Monument mountain

On a halfday Friday we went on a field trip on Monument mountain with mrs. Manzolini's class. We took the hard trail up the hill. It was really fun.

Open house

On 9/16/15 we had open house and lots kids were there. Lot's of parents were there too. They learned a lot parents learned alot

Sceince

Today we did sience for the second time we used water again and four surfaces the surfaces were wax paper,white paper, paper towel and tin foil. 

Regions fair

We have been studying the regions of the United States and alone or with a partner, creating fabulous tri fold display boards about our regions. Our regions fair is on Thurday the 18th. Please come!

Chicks

Today we were assigned chicks that we will observe. It is very exciting!

Our classroom chicks

BTG play

We recently performed our play, written by Aria, and we had so much fun! If you were there to watch it, we hope you enjoyed it. We are really grateful to Travis for teaching us.

BTG

Remember, complete BTG plays are due on Monday!

The Lions of Little Rock

Our school participated in the Masachusetts Children's Book Award. Those who chose to read at least five of the nominated books and voted on what was their favorite. The school winner was “The Heroes of Olympus: The Son Of Neptune.” The winner of the award was “The Lions of Little Rock.” It is a great historical fiction book about friendship that takes place in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the time of racial segregation. It is a great book, and I would highly recommend for you to read it!

Happy Spring

There is finally warm weather after a cold, tiring Winter! The temperature is perfect, the sun is shining, and plants are plentiful! Make sure to spend lots of time outdoors.

 We are starting our poetry unit for reading, and will soon begin our writing poetry unit.

 It was recently Dahlia's birthday, and tomorrow will be Victoria's birthday. Happy birthday to Dahlia and Victoria.

PARCC and more

PARCC is tomorrow, so try to practice math today. We are learning about fractions and how to convert them to decimals. 

 At technology and library, we are creating travel videos that convince people to visit U.S. landmarks. We gather information and write scripts for our video with a partner.

  Speaking of scripts, we worked with Travis from Berkshire Theatre Group today. We created conflict charts, making up characters and listing their objectives and why, and their tactics.

Mrs. Cosel and Jack visit!

Today Mrs. Cosel and Jack visited! We've missed her a lot. Jack is so cute!

BTG

Today, Travis from the Berkshire Theatre Group visited our class. We played a game called park bench, in which one person sat on a "bench" and the other person tried to make them laugh or smile. The person that wasn't on the chair would say "Is this seat taken?" and the person  on the bench would say, " Yes." The person that wasn't on the bench would say, "By whom?" Then, the person on the bench would make up someone sitting on the bench beside them. After that, the improvising began( if the person hadn't laughed yet)

PARCC

There was PARCC today. Thank you, Ms. Davison, for bringing us heavenly banana muffins! Tomorrow is PARCC again, so work hard! Keep thinking about a replacement for the glider!

 We are learning about adding fractions with a different denominator.

 

 

PARCC

PARCC is tomorrow, so remember to work hard. Today we practiced for the ELA test. Get a good night's sleep and have a healthy breakfast. You may bring gum from home, but only one piece.

 Also, collect money for Pennies for Patients. Our class goal is $250. Please help to make that happen!

Measurement

Today we focused on why units of measurement are useful. We discussed how there are different units for different things we're measuring. We thought about what would happen if we switched from the standard system to the metric system. What would be good? What would be bad about it? We were also measuring a wood chip, a checker, and a metal disc. We started measuring with paper clips, then grams. The paper clips were different sizes and so it wasn't accurate.

Upcoming Events

There is so much happening here at Muddy Brook!

  PARCC testing is coming up, so remember to work hard!

  Pennies for Patients is also almost here, so collect money! Remember, all the money you collect will go to helping kids with blood cancer. With your donation, you will save kids' lives! 

   We are replacing the glider on the playground with a safer piece of structure.

Fractions

We have started our new fractions unit. During math, we played memory match, finding pairs of fractions, and figures or pictures that represent the fractions. We are also working on drawing different ways we divide figures into fractions and learning about equivalent fractions.

Also, remember its our readathon! Read, read, read and record!

Parcc

Today we were practicing our Parcc test. We read a passage about horses that lived on islands. 

Acrobats

Today we went to the Mahaiwe to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats. They did crazy tricks on chairs, juggled with their feet and much more.  The acrobats showed us lots of tricks that required strength, focus, and perseverance.  It was a spectacular performance!

Circus

In P.E we are starting a circus unit! Together we are putting  a show for the parents.Tight rope, stilts etc. Groups will work together to perform a routine. We will be presenting it on Literacy Night.

Rose Blanche

Today we learned about Rose Blanche, a little girl who sacraficed her life for the Jewish. We read and listened to the book, and after we drew a picture of the picture that stuck in our head after reading the book. We read it because we started our historical fiction unit. We also started our class read aloud, Number the Stars. 

News

There is no school tomorrow. Also, we, after learning about animal adaptations, are studying how plants adapt.

Math

We will have our unit math test on Thursday .Hope everyone studied!

Animal Open House

 

The Desert

The Tundra

The Rainforest

The Grasslands

Deciduous Forest

The Ocean

 

Animals

We continued to work on  making and building our animals that we created .We will hopefully be finishing them this week or the next!