This Week in Room 8 (2/26 to 3/2)

ELA

This week we continue to read about different leaders and good citizens. We are learning how to compare and contrast characters and their experiences in different texts. We will also be working on the following skills:

Phonics:

• long u (oo, eu, u_e, ew, u)
• long o (oe, oa, ow)
• long i (igh, y, ie)
• suffixes (-ful and -ly)

Grammar:

We will continue to work on gaining a better understanding of adjectives and how to incorporate more adjectives in our writing.

Word Wall Words:

• better
• hold
• only
• drink
• warm

Root Words:

-polis, polit-, and poli- means city, citizen, and government

Reading:

We will be reading non-fiction text as we continue reading about strong leaders. We will identify and make connections of characteristics of strong leaders.

Writing:

We are beginning our new unit in writing. For the next several weeks, students will be working on writing realistic fiction. This week we will focus on how fiction writers do a lot of pretending. They image a pretend character, describe who they are, where they are, and how to get their character in and out of trouble!

Math:

Students will be working on the following skills:

• comparing and contrasting 2D shapes
• identifying and comparing 3D shapes
• continued work and practice on place value, graphing, and word problems

Science:

We will continue to work with light and sound. We will see if we can send secret messages using only light!

Leader in Me:

We will continue to prepare for our Kindness Assembly for March. In addition, we will continue to learn more about Habit 8 (finding our voice)

Cacioppo Crew... Class Reviews!

We have been working hard on writing reviews. Please check out some of our favorite games, restaurants, snacks, apps, and more!

Lego Avengers
By: Nishchal
Do you like video games? If yes try out Lego Avengers on the X Box one. I give Lego Avenger a 1,000 stars because you move your body to play the game with the controller. Everybody will like this game because when you are Hulk you get to smash things. You should play Lego Avengers!

Minecraft
By: Henry
Do you like video games? You should play Minecraft. You can make your house and get pets. You can swim in water and dig holes. You can get lights and crystals. The crystals are good because they are rare. They help you make the house. The lights are blocks. They help you see and to make your house. I think kids six to twelve would like it. I give this 8,000 stars.

Minecraft Mini Games
By: Nathan
Do you like to play Minecraft? You would like Mini Games because if you like Minecraft. You can play Mini Games. It is different than Minecraft because you can glide and you can battle your friends and family. I recommend this game for people that like Minecraft. I think kids at Kipling would like Minecraft Mini Games. I give it 10, 000 stars.

Minecraft
By: Nolan
Do you like to play Minecraft? Minecraft is a game with secret portals. You can kill pigs, horses, and cows. You can also build really tall buildings and really small buildings. You can also go on top of really high buildings with your friends and family. If you have enough gold, you can buy torches. And if you have a lot of gold you can buy pets. I love this game. I give this game 5,000 stars. I think everyone in the entire world would like this game.

Sugar Snap Peas and Cucumbers
By: Liam
Do you like fresh? I want to explain a food that I was eating for snack. Sugar snap peas and cucumbers! It is so good. The sugar snap peas taste good and make me more hungry. It is my favorite snack. My mom gives it to me sometimes.

Magic Tree House
By Anastasia
Do you like to read chapter books? If you do I think you will like Magic Tree House books because there are ten chapters of the book. Another reason is there are lots of adventures that Jack and Annie go on. Jack and Annie are people who find this tree house that belongs to Morgan. My last reason is that there are 28 Morgan ones and lots more Merlin ones. I give it 1,000 stars. I think you will like this book.

Dude Perfect
By: Maxwell
Do you like Dude Perfect? If you don't like it you are in luck or do not know what it is I will tell you what it is. They do really epic trick shots. They are in Guinness World Records 2018. For one of the records they were standing on a really high building in Texas. Two of them were standing right by the basketball hoop and they threw it off the building to make it in the basketball hoop on the ground. The basketball went in. I think that everyone in the entire world would like to watch these videos and the show on Nickelodeon. I give it 10 million stars.

Minecraft
By: Reed
Do you like digging and swimming? You will like Minecraft. On it you can go on adventures to the woods. You can find different animals. I recommend this game for people who like Minecraft.

Candyland
By: Aratrika
Do you like candy? Then get the game Candyland. All you have to do is pick a gingerbread and put it on the arrow that says start. Then you shuffle the cards and then put them down. And then you pick a card if you get a color you go on the one that it is there. First if you get a card with the same color but two of the same color then you go two times. By any chance you get a candy you go on that candy. But if the candy is behind you you go backwards.

McDonalds
By: Riley
Do you like chocolate milk, french fries, or chicken nuggets? You should go to McDonalds. One reason is you can get the McDonald's free app and if you have a lot of toys good but you might want to give away some to other people. My next reason is you get the toy in your order and you had to dig to find the toy and the part is you can shove it in your mouth and you can drink and you can laugh. I think McDonalds is the best.

Star Wars
By: Max N.
Do you like movies? Yes or no. I prefer Star Wars The Last Jedi because it has action, cool machines, and cary parts. Do not watch it in 3D because it's the same without 3D. There is one confusing part in the movie. I would give a 7 billion lite savers!

Domino's Pizza
By: Miles
Do you like pizza? I like Domino's because the pizza is yummy. I love the pizza. I want to eat Domino's Pizza now. They make the pizza the best. I give it 1,000,000 stars. Thank you Domino's!

Subway
By: Daniel
Do you like sandwiches? I recommend families go to Subway because they have the meatball sandwich. Have you ever went to Subway? They also have soup and a kid's menu comes with a toy. I give it 5 stars!

Chuck E Cheese
By: Layla
Do you like games? I recommend Chuck E Cheese for kids ages 5 and up. I think it is the best for kids because it has lots and lots of games. It also has a huge mouse. It has tons and tons of prizes. It has candy, whistles, stamps, and more. You can win 100 tickets. You also can have a party there. I give it 100,000 stars!

Banana Bread
By: Sadie
Hi. If you like bread you should try banana bread. It sometimes has chocolate chips in it. It is so good! It tastes like cake bottom sometimes. I give it 10 stars exactly. It is really easy to bake. It has good batter. It especially tastes good when you eat it with the chocolate chips. It is a good treat to make for family and friends. Make sure you make it when the bananas are brown, but not too brown. It is soft and easy to cut up. I hope you like it.

McDonalds
By: Livia
I recommend the restaurant McDonalds. Do you like chicken nuggets and yogurt? If so you should go to McDonalds. One reason is I love their chicken nuggets and honey mustard. Another reason is their yogurt. It is my favorite yogurt. My last reason is they give you fun toys. My favorite toy they have is the emoji key chain.

Last Week in Pictures!

We learned that leaders help others lead!

We worked on reading following the descriptions given in a poem called 

"Green Giant" by Jack Prelutsky.

We used the app called Educreations to design our giant.

Afterwards, we read our poem to our families on Seesaw!

We used a new app called Discovery Education to watch videos on sound.

Our 5th grade buddies from Mrs. Jorjorian's class taught us about big rocks and small rocks.

We learned that our big rocks are what's most important in our life. We have to take time to get our big rocks taken care of before we have time for the little rocks that are less important.

We had a friend from 4th grade read to the class for a reward from lunch.

It is always great to have old friends come back to visit!

We love hearing stories from our classmates!

One of our math challenges was to compose shapes using different pattern blocks.

Be sure to check out your child's Pic Collage on Seesaw.

We used our creativity to show what we know about different 2D shapes.

We had to pick a shape and write down different attributes like number of sides, types of lines, and length of the sides. We then made a video on Telestory, Toontastic, or Seesaw to share what we know!

We filled our Put Up Jar!

We chose to watch a movie here at school!

Friends synergized after buddy reading to creatively share what book they read, a summary of the book, and their favorite parts. It was great watching the class work together, problem solve, and CREATE!

Last Week in Pictures (2/12 to 2/16)

Our compliment bags were a HUGE hit for Valentine's Day.

It was a win-win.

We felt good writing special compliment messages to our friends!

It always feels good to hear and read what you do well!

We busted out the paint to learn more about symmetry!

We learned that symmetry happens when one side is exactly like the opposite side. 

There is a CHANCE this might be a new favorite game for the class!

Chance was a huge hit as we worked on understanding place value location 

and reading large numbers. 

Thankful for a purchase I made over the summer!

We loved exploring the shape connectors.

We made different 2D and 3D shapes.

We have been learning about contractions.

Students went on a "scoot" around the classroom.

We had to determine either the two words that make the given contraction 

or the contraction for the two given words.

How does sound travel?

We know that vibrations bring the sound to our ears.

We also learned that our fingers can stop the vibration/sound.

I wish I had video of the moment students heard the vibrations of the tuning fork through the yarn!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We started our day with some 4th grade visitors from the Innovation Committee.

They were asking the students what we like at Kipling and what we would like for the future.

We learned how to "Sharpen the Brain" by doing these three steps: focus, connect, and repeat.

We synergized to try to memorize a poem about the number of days in the months of the year.

It was a different spin on a poem that I taught the kids earlier this year. 

The class did a great job when we sang the poem at the end of the session!

Way to sharpen your brain!

We worked on cards for our loved ones for Valentine's Day.

We passed out valentines to our classmates.

We worked on our cheer cards for patients in a local hospital.

It was a win-win to make someone else's day a little brighter!

Mrs. Friedlander, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Comitor are with me as we present our cards to Ms. Elaine Van Dusen from NorthShore University Health Systems. 

We played "Win, Lose, or Draw."

We have so many amazing artists and guessers in room 8.

Another puzzle in the books!

We have been busy working on different puzzles during indoor morning recess.

We were exploring different shapes as we design with pattern blocks.

We read "Grandfather Tang's Story" as a class.

Students then used the books and pattern blocks to recreate the different animals from the story.

Our Guest Reader came in to read to the class.

We love to hear stories!

Our leader of the week is sharing his talent... Baby Freeze!