May 29th-June 1st

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Please send in the $3.50 admittance fee to the Animal Park (if you haven't done so already) as soon as possible!  On the day of the field trip, students will be allowed to bring $2.00 from home to spend on either an ice cream or a drink.

Last week was the last week for the homework packets.  They will not have a new homework packet in their boomerang folders today. Students are still expected to practice their goals at home only now they are no longer required to log when and how they practice.

Classroom wishlist:  expo markers and tissues

This week in...

Phonics:  We are working on r-controlled vowels that make the /or/ sound with the spelling patterns or, ore, and oar.  We practiced these patterns with the following words:  more, tore, wore, store, oar, roar, board, port, north, and fort.  We will continue to build and blend words with the /or/ sound throughout the week.

Vocabulary:  Our new vocabulary words are:  invented, design, products, instrument, powerful, and allowed.  We used our elbow buddies to define the word, use it in a sentence, and build connections to each of the words.  Then we listened and searched for the words in the the story called Kid Inventors Then and Now by Kali Capria.

Comprehension:  This week we will be practicing the strategy of rereading something when something doesn't make sense.  When we reread, we'll ask ourselves questions about the characters, the setting, and the plot.  If we can't answer the questions, we will know that we need to go back and reread to figure them out.  We'll also be reviewing what it means to compare and contrast while reading.  When we compare, we are looking for how people or things are similar.  When we contrast, we are looking for how people or things are different.  We will be practicing these skills while we read the story called African American Inventors by Jim Haskins.

Grammar:  We will be talking about why the word "I" is always a capital.  Together we will look at examples of when I should be capitalized and then students will have the chance to practice on their own.

Writing:  Our main focus again is working on completing our Animal Research Books.  Everyone is working on pulling their final drafts together and creating their beautiful illustrations!  We will also be practicing how to write to a prompt.  The question students will be challenged to answer is, "If you were going to invent a machine named after yourself, what would the machine do?  Describe it." 

Math:  This week, we will be finishing up measuring objects using different units and also how to measure two objects to determine how much longer one is than the other.  We continue to talk about the importance of measuring at the beginning of an object and starting at zero on their measuring tool.  We also talk about making sure we pay attention and measure with the correct units.  In addition, we continue to talk about which tools are appropriate for measuring certain objects.  Later this week, we will work together to measure the lengths of several objects and then plotting those lengths using a line plot.  

Social Science:  We are making our dioramas!  Students will be planning out what their animal's habitat will need to look like and materials they might need in order to create that look.  Once they have planned the scene, they will have a chance to create the background for the animal using whatever materials we have.  These could be things like paint, paper, sand, rocks, sticks, etc.  They will use the materials that fit their animal's habitat best.  Once their habitat is complete, they will be using modeling clay to create a figure to place into their dioramas.  We are so excited!

I hope you have an amazing week!

May 21st-25th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Field Day is happening tomorrow!  Rain or shine!  Please send your child prepared to participate!  Please bring extra clothes and maybe even shoes as it may be wet!  It's going to be a lot of fun!

Shoe boxes are due on WEDNESDAY May 23rd.  Please remember to send it in with your child ASAP!  Also, if you are willing and able to donate clay to our classroom, it would be greatly appreciated!

Please remember to send in permission slips for our upcoming field trips to the Animal Wildlife Park and Dunn School!  Students who are going on the Wildlife Park field trip also need to send in $3.50 for their admittance fee.  Let me know if you have any questions!

This will be the last formal week for homework.  Students are still expected to bring in their homework packets next Tuesday when we return from the three day weekend.  In the following weeks, students are still expected to practice their goals at home.  For example, they should still be reading for 20 minutes every night, practicing their spelling words, and practicing their math goals (either on IXL, the portaportal, games that were sent home, or math fact cafe).  However, I will no longer be sending out the actual homework packet to record how many times your child practices at home.  It's important to remind your child as well that although summer is right around the corner, we still have 16 more days left of school! We will still be setting goals and meeting goals everyday!  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

This week in...

Phonics:  We will be practicing the /ir/ sound with the spelling patterns:  eer, ere, and ear.  At the same time, we will be practicing the /ur/ sound with the spelling pattern er.  We will be practicing with these words:  near, queer, dear, verb, ear, perch, deer, here, steer, and where.

Vocabulary:  This week's vocabulary words are:  impossible, treasures, watch, talent, and pleasant.  We'll use our elbow buddies to figure out what these words mean, how to use them in a sentence, and build connections with them!  Then, we will listen and search for the vocabulary words in two short stories.  One is called Frozen Art and the other is called  Elephant Artists.

Comprehension:  We will be practicing how to analyze text structure.  This means we will be looking at the way the author organizes the information.  We will also practice how to make judgments while reading.  This means that we are thinking about the information the author gives us and then form an opinion about the topic.  We will be practicing these things while we read Music of the Stone Age.

Grammar:  We will be practicing adjectives that compare.  For example adding -er or -est to the end of the word.  Adjectives that compare are words like brightest, bigger, oddest, and longer.

Writing:  Our main focus in writing right now is our animal book projects.  This week, students will be working to complete the final draft of their books which include pictures and facts about what their animal looks like, their habitat, their diet, and also fun facts about the animal.  As an extra fun part of the assignment, students will be creating an "about the author" page that shares information about themselves as the author of their animal books.  

Math:  Our last unit focuses on measurement.  As of right now, we have opened two standards to work on.  

I can measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter stickers, and measuring tapes.

I can estimate the lengths of objects using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

These two standards are combined onto the same menu with the following as the students' checklist:

1.  I can choose the best tool to measure an object.

2.  I can estimate and check lengths using inches.

3.  I can estimate and check lengths using feet.

4.  I can estimate and check lengths using centimeters.

5.  I can estimate and check lengths using meters.

6.  I can measure the length of an object using a ruler.

7.  I can measure the length of an object using a yardstick.

8.  I can measure the length of an object using a meter stick.

9.  I can measure the length of an object using a measuring tape.

This week, our whole group lessons will focus on estimating and measuring various objects around the room with all of the measuring tools.  At the end of the week, we will begin to measure the same object using different units (i.e. inches and centimeters).  

I hope you all have a fabulous week!

May 14th-May 18th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Permission slips for the Step Up Day and the Animal Wildlife Park need to be returned!  Please remember to send in $3.50 for the admittance fee to the Wildlife Park.

Field Day will be next Tuesday, May 22!

Remember to return the yellow sheet with Step Up Day information for Dunn School.  The bottom of the sheet indicates whether your child will be bringing a lunch from home or if they need a bagged lunch from Russell.  This needs to be returned by Friday!

We need shoe boxes!  As a part of our Animal Projects, we will be creating dioramas in the classroom.  Please send in a shoebox for your child.  Also, if you are willing and able to donate any modeling clay for us to use to make the animals, it would be a huge help!  A letter will be going home soon about this as an extra reminder.

BIG thank you to those of you who were able to donate supplies to our classroom!  It was greatly appreciated! 

Classroom wishlist:  TISSUES!  We are running low!

This week in..

Language Arts:  This week, Team Blowey is trying a new and improved CAFE work time.  We will be exploring and practicing a lot of new options to help us build our reading and writing skills!  Here is a glimpse at how our CAFE time has changed:

First, we have two rounds of CAFE goal time.  Each round is separated into two groups of students.  In both rounds, there will be one group of students working on either writing or word work.  There will also be a group of students working on CAFE (comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary).  At the end of round one, we meet on the rug for a mini lesson.  Then, we have round two.  Students who were working on either writing or word work in round one will now switch to CAFE and vice versa.

When students are working on writing, they get three different choices in how they will practice.  First, students may work in their writing journals.  They can write about a topic they choose or if they have trouble deciding what to write, they can pick an idea from our idea box.  Second, student may choose to work on our current writing project.  At the moment, that is our Animal Research Project.  Third, students may choose to work out of the writing flip book.  The flip book provides writing prompts that are coordinated with the stories we read each week to help us build our comprehension skills.

When students work on word work, they are working off of their spelling menus.  Before students take a spelling test, they must prove to their partner that they have completed a spelling workbook page and also practiced one other menu option.

There are four parts to the CAFE part of our work time:  comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary.  Each part has different options for students to choose from.

When students are practicing comprehension, they can choose from lots of different choices.  First, students may choose to read to themselves.  They can do this by choosing a book from their book box or by using a website from the portaportal.  Near the end of the goal time, they need to fill out an accountability sheet telling me what story they read and what their favorite part was.  Second, students may choose to work through the reading flip book.  Just like the writing flip book, students have a chance to practice their reading skills through activities that are specifically designed with our whole group comprehension story.  Third, students may choose to practice comprehension by completing a book project.  Once they have completed a book, they can show that they understood the book by completing one of a variety of projects.   A few examples would be a story map, a story chart, a web, or the likes and dislikes of the book.

When students are practicing accuracy, they can choose from two different choices.  They can either practice their sight words or they may choose to play the game speedy phrases.  The goal of speedy phrases is to say as many short phrase cards as you can in one minute, and then try to get even more phrases the next minute.  They will time themselves for five minutes total.

When students are practicing fluency, they can choose from even more options.  First, students may practice fluency by working with a partner and doing "I read, you read".  When they are done, they have an accountability sheet to fill out telling me who their partner was and what expressions they used when they were reading.  Second, students can work on fluency by listening to reading.  They may listen to stories by using several of the websites on the portaportal.  Third, students may practice fluency by playing Express It!  Express It! is a game where students work with a partner to read a variety of phrases with correct expression.  First, they read the phrase.  Then, they read the phrase again with more expression.  Then, their partner reads the phrase.  If they read it differently, they figure out why.

When students are practicing expanding vocabulary they can choose from one of three choices.  First, they can go on a vocabulary adventure!  Each week, their will be picture cards with a story on the back that feature 6 vocabulary words.  In their notebooks, students need to write the words, define them, and use them in a sentence.  Once they have completed that, they may read the story together.  Second, students can practice expanding their vocabulary by using a vocab catcher.  When they are reading to themselves, they will tune into interesting words and note them on their vocab catcher.  When they have finished recording them, they will look up the word in the dictionary and practice using the word in a sentence.  Third, students can practice expanding their vocabulary by exploring the word work flip book.  The flip book has specific activities designed the words we study each week as a whole group.

Throughout this process, I am keeping track of student's choices.  This allows me to help students broaden their horizons and make sure that they are exploring different ways of practicing.  It allows helps to make sure students are working on all components of reading and not necessarily just their favorite part of reading.

As a part of this introduction, whole groups lessons this week will revolve around two things.  First, we will be working together to take our research and put it into a rough draft.  Second, our lessons will be revolving around teaching, modeling, and practicing our new system for our language arts goal time.   This  will help us to some time to review comprehension strategies, phonics patterns, and vocabulary words from earlier in the year.

Math:  We are coming to the end of our odd and even unit.  We will have a few more lessons figuring out what numbers (from 0-20) are odd and what numbers are even.  We will also practice writing a doubles or near doubles number sentence for each number.  In addition, students will be using their critical thinking skills to explain why a doubles number sentence is written for even numbers and why a near doubles number sentence is written for odd numbers.  In order to do this, we have been talking about partners and teams.  If a number is even, everyone will have a partner and the number can be split into two equal teams.  If a number is odd, someone will be left out and the two teams will not be equal.

Later this week, we will unpack our final unit:  measurement.  In this unit, students will learn to measure objects accurately using appropriate tools, measure the same object using different units, find out how much longer one object is than another, estimate lengths, measure several objects and show the data on a line plot, and also solve word problems involving length.  The complete checklists will be posted next week.  If your child has moved on to measurement, they can practice any of the measurement standards on IXL.  They are all letter "S."

Other news:  This past Monday was the last time we got to see our book buddies.  We had a lot of fun creating creatures to help us remember each other!  It was awesome to have some older role models for us to look up to.  Working together helped us learn what Team Blowey will need to look like next year as third graders at Dunn School!

May 7th-May 11th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Tonight is the spring concert!  The concert starts at 6 p.m. and will be at the Middle School!  The students are so excited to show you all of their hard work!

Remember, homework packets are due on Monday!  Please send them in the boomerang folders.  More practice = more homework points!  50 points earns a prize from the prize box!

Next Monday is an early release day!  Students will be dismissed at 1:00!

Classroom wish list:  erasers, pencils, whiteboard markers, old (but clean) socks to be used as whiteboard erasers

This week in...

Phonics:  We are working on r-controlled vowels with the spelling patterns:  ar, are, and air.  Together, we spelled, sorted and read the following words:  star, shark, care, stare, rare, dare, hair, pair, chair, and fair.  Throughout the week we will continue to blend and build words using these spelling patterns.

Vocabulary:  This week's vocabulary words are: creating, memories, familiar, imagination, glamorous, and occasions.  We will use our elbow buddies to define these words, use them in a sentence, and build connections to them so we are more likely to remember and use them.  Together we will search for these words in the short story called Making Stories Happen.  

Comprehension:  This week we will continue to analyze story structure.  This means we are looking at how a story is organized.  Knowing these details will help us understand the story better.  We are also going to work on drawing conclusions.  This means that we are making decisions about a selection based on the text and the picture clues.  We will also use our background knowledge to help use understand what we are reading.  We will practice these skills while reading the story called Stirring Up Memories by Pam Munoz Ryan.

Grammar:  We will be practicing using a and an.  We will do a few examples together and then students will be practicing independently.

Writing:  This week, we have introduced our new research project, ANIMALS!  Today, students had the opportunity to pick an animal they would like to research.  They will be looking for sources (library books and websites) to use for their research.  Once they have found their sources, they will begin their research.  Over the next few weeks, they will be organizing their research onto a graphic organizer.  Then, they will use the information they gathered to create a rough draft.  This rough draft will be checked by two peers and a grown up so that we can look at ways to make our writing better and also to make sure we have used correct grammar and spelling.  After students have finished editing their rough draft, they will use that to write a book that will teach other students about the animal they researched.  They will also have the chance to illustrate their book.  All of this will be happening over the course of the next few weeks.  Students will be mainly searching for information about what the animal looks like, their habitat, diet, and other fun facts.  We are very excited about our new project!

Read aloud:  To go along with our Biography Day, we began reading a book called Being Teddy Roosevelt.  It's a story about a fourth grade class who also does a biography report.  Instead of parading to other classrooms though, they have a biography tea where they get to impersonate the person they wrote their report about.  It's been a lot of fun to compare and contrast our Biography Day to the book's!

Math:  This week, math will be focusing on a lot of different topics.

First, we will be reviewing how to identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

Second, we will be reviewing what a "face" and an "angle" are and how to identify them on a shape.

Third, we will be reviewing how to construct a retangular array of tiles given a certain amount of columns and rows and counting to see how many same-sized squares are in each.

Then, we will also be reviewing 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4.  We'll be talking about what those fractions mean and also how to divide a rectangle and circle into halves, thirds, and fourths.

Later in the week, we'll be discussing how parts of a whole can be different shapes.  For example, a rectangle can be divided in half by dividing it down the middle or diagonally.

We will also begin to unpack how to determine if a number is odd or even (up to 20).  We'll also unpack how to write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends (for example, 7+7=14).

Science:  A lot of our animal research project will have parts of science woven into it.  For example, talking about what a habitat is.  Together, we will be researching beluga whales as I model what it looks like to do the research, organize the information, and write the book.

At the end of the week, we will also be attempting to re-plant some of the seeds that we got from the pods of our other brassica plants.  This will reinforce the complete life cycle of plants.

I hope you have a fabulous week!

April 30th-May 4th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Today is the last day of the month which means April reading logs should be returned to school tomorrow!  Students will be rewarded for every 300 minutes they read.

Wishlist:  pencils, erasers, glue sticks, expo markers, and whiteboard erasers (which can also be clean, old socks!)

IXL practice:  Geometry (Letter T) and Fractions (Letter U)

Team Blowey did an amazing job with their Biography Day!  They were so excited to see each other dressed up as various famous people from history!  They did a fabulous job presenting their reports to the class and introducing themselves to other classes at Russell School.  It was such a fun day!  Thank you so much for all of your help!  It wouldn't have been possible without your cooperation, too!

 

This week in:

Phonics:  We are practicing the /j/ sound spelled -dge, -ge, -lge, -nge, -rge.  Together, we sounded out, spelled, and sorted the following words:  cage, page, judge, lodge, large, barge, buldge, change, range, and hinge.

Vocabulary:  Our new vocabulary words are:  menu, fetch, forgetting, simmered, assembled, and devoured.  We will use our elbow buddies to define these words, use them in sentences, and build connections to them so we are more likely to remember and use them.  We will search for these words in a story called Bobo's Celebration by Keith Fish.

Comprehension:  This week we will be working on analyzing story structure and distinguishing between fantasy and reality.  When we analyze a stories structure we are looking at the different parts of a story and how they are put together.  For example, we would look at what the story is about, who is in it, where it takes place, and when it takes place.  All of these things will help us to understand the story better.  When we distinguish between reality and fantasy, we are trying to sort out what things in a story could happen in real life and what things could not.  We will practice these skills when we are reading a story called Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan. 

Grammar:  This week's focus will be on using commas in a series.  Together we will talk about how to use commas when we are listing three or more things.  Student's will also have a chance to practice a few examples on their own.

Writing:   This week, students will be practicing how to spice up their writing using their five senses!  Oftentimes, students struggle with putting more details into their writing.  Using their senses is one way to help them with this.  Students will be challenged to describe a place using their five senses so that their teammates can guess the place they are talking about.  For example, students writing about a swimming pool might write something like:

"I can see lots of people playing games.  I can feel the cold water splashing my face.  I can smell lots of sunblock.  I can hear people laughing and splashing around.   I can taste the chlorine in my mouth."

The goal is that by the end of their description, everyone will be able to guess where they are without having to ask any questions.

Math:  This week, whole group lessons will focus on some geometry vocabulary (such as angles, faces, and polygons) and also being able to identify and draw shapes with specific attributes.  Later in the week, we will begin to talk about arrays where students will be able to construct a rectangle out of rows and columns of same-sized squares and count the total.  Students will participate in whole group lessons and then use their menus to help them practice their individual goal.  When they feel like they are ready to be checked, their work will go into the check-me bucket so that I can see if they are ready to move on to the next goal.

Science:  Last week, we were able to start planting our seeds in our planter in the reading garden!  Team Blowey and Ms. Thornhill's class will be sharing a planter for the rest of the year.  Together, we planted the seeds and we will share the responsibility of taking care of them.  We divided the planter into three parts and planted 3 different types of seeds.  We planted sunflowers, sensation cosmos, and buttercrunch bibb lettuce.  We drew what each of the seeds looked like and what they will look like after the flowers have bloomed.  We should be able to see some things sprout by the end of next week!  We also read a poem about planting and found rhyming words, nouns, and verbs.  

Social Studies:  We are still waiting to hear back from our Flat Stanley Pals!  As soon as we start getting letters back, we'll have a chance to use our map and calculate how many miles we have traveled.  We'll also get the chance to learn some really fun facts about places all over the world!

Other News:  Mrs. Thibodeau will be visiting our room again this Friday! 

April 23rd-27th

I hope you all had a fabulous spring break!  Hopefully you were able to take advantage of some of the wonderful weather we had.  It almost seems like a forgotten memory while I'm sitting here, looking out the window at the gloomy sky, listening the rain pour outside.  Well, at least we had a few nice days to help hold us over until the warm summer days head our way!

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

This Friday night is the Contradance Family Night!  The Family Night will be held at Memorial School.

THURSDAY IS BIOGRAPHY DAY!  Please send your child to school already dressed in their costume.  If their costume is a hat, please make sure they have it with them!  If you need any help at all coming up with a costume, please do not hesitate to ask!  

We are opening up more math standards this week!  We will be working on Geometry and Fractions.  Want to know what to practice on IXL?  Your child can practice T1-T9 and U1-U7.

This week in...

Language Arts:  This week, our main focus in Language Arts will be our biography projects.  By now, students are working on taking their edited rough drafts and turning them into their final drafts.  Students will be looking out to make sure they have upper and lower case letters where they belong, periods at the end of every sentence, and that most of the words are spelled correctly.  Once they have completed their final draft, they will work to create a portrait of the person they have researched.  On Thursday, students will have the chance to present their reports to their teammates.  They will be given time in class to practice their reports so that they are comfortable reading them.  

When students have completed their biography reports they will be participating in their CAFE goal time.  This is the time where they will be working on their individual reading, writing, and spelling goals. 

Math:  We are beginning to wrap up our adding and subtracting using place value unit.  This week whole groups lessons will continue to focus on adding up to four two digit numbers and adding and subtracting three digit numbers using drawings.

This week we are also beginning something called "Investigation Exploration" where we will be investigating and exploring the wonderful world of shapes!  That's right! We are opening up our geometry standards.  Along with geometry, we will also be doing fractions.  Today, students were able to take a pretest to see where they will be starting in the investigation exploration.  Tomorrow, we will be unpacking what we need to do in order to meet these new standards.  This week we will also have the chance to explore some of the new menu options so that students know exactly how to practice their personal goals independently.

Here's a sneak peak of what students will be working towards during the investigation exploration:

-Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

-Recognize how many faces and angles a specific shape has.

-Draw a shape with a specific amount of faces and angles.

-Be able to divide a circle or rectangle into halves

-Be able to divide a circle or rectangle into thirds

-Be able to divide a circle or rectangle into fourths

-Know that an equal share of identical wholes can be a different shape (example: a rectangle can be divided into halves down the middle or diagonally)

-Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count the total number of them.

Social Sciences:  Our Flat Stanley Kid Exchange is underway!  We will be waiting anxiously to hear about all of the fun places our flat selves got to travel!

I hope you have a wonderful week!

April 9th-12th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

There is a note in the boomerang folders with a few more details about the biography project.  If you have any questions about it let me know!

There is NO SCHOOL on FRIDAY, April 13th!  Next week is spring break!  

Classroom wish list:  index cards, expo markers, top erasers for pencils, and whiteboard erasers.

Biography day will be April 26th!  

This week in...

 Phonics:  We are working on hard and soft consonants /k/c, /g/g, /s/c, and /j/g.  We'll be practicing with the following words:  camp, cave, cent, face, girl, wagon, gift, gym, gem, and germ.  We'll practicing sorting the words by their sounds.  We will also practice building and blending words with similar patterns.

Vocabulary:  Our new vocabulary words are:  surface, spacecraft, lunar, visible, footprint, and discovered.  We will use our elbow buddies to help us figure out what these words mean, how to use them in a sentence, and also to build connections to these words so we are more likely to remember and use them.  We'll be searching for these words in a short story called Discover the Moon. 

Comprehension: This week we will be practicing how to summarize a story by picking the most important parts of a story and retelling them in our own words.  We'll also be working on classifying and categorizing.  This means that we will be sorting words, objects, ideas, and people into groups.  Doing this helps us see how items in a group can be alike.  We will be practicing these skills while we read The Moon by Seymour Simon.

Writing:  We are hard at work researching for our biography book reports!  We have been practicing ways to record information and how to sort it all out into a report that makes sense.  We use green, yellow, and red pieces of paper to help students sort out their ideas.  Green sentences are at the beginning and the end of your report.  They tell your audience what it is you are writing about.  Yellow paper shows us our star ideas, the main points we want to make in our writing.  Red sentences are our detail sentence.  We write two red sentences for every yellow star idea.

Math:  This week we are continuing our practice with adding and subtracting 10 and 100 from a number in you head as well as adding four two digit numbers together.  When students are adding four two digit numbers together they can use whatever strategy they want as long as they can label their thoughts.

Social Studies:  We are getting ready to send out all of our Flat Stanley letters across the country.  Students will be addressing the envelopes themselves and then they will be on their way!  We are so excited to learn all about the different places our friends and family members live!

Other news:  Today we headed over to Dunn School to meet up with our book buddies.  We continued the challenge of making rhyming poetry.  This time, Miss Audette had students add to the saying, "April showers bring May flowers."  First students found as many words as they could that rhymed with flowers and showers.  Then, students used those words to make two more lines of the poem.  When they were finished, they had a poem in the shape of a flower!  Students took this project home with them today.  Some students were not able to finish their project today so they may choose to finish it at home, but they do not have to.  It is simply their choice if they would like to finish it or not.

Have a wonderful and fabulous week!