Sumo Wrestling Match Up!!

How lucky are we that two fabulous leaders would sumo wrestle for the students' fundraising efforts?!

Awards Abounding!

I am so proud of our recent award recipients...

Matthew has been a fantastic leader, so it was no wonder when the class chose him as our Student of the Week this week.

Elli has been showing amazing strategies, so she was chosen as our Math Star of the Week.

Matthew chose Ryan as the next student of the week for his awesome hard work.

Elli chose Emma as the next Math Star of the Week for her leadership in math stations.


Madison received our first GRIT award last Friday for outstanding determination and effort.

Mikey received our ALL STAR award for giving 100%!


Congrats to all of these WONDERFUL students! I'm proud of you!

Check out our fun with the dirt doctor!

A GIANT "THANK YOU" to Emma and her dad for helping us learn lots about soil and weathering!

Pictures from today

Such wonderful things are happening!

Here are a few recent highlights from our fabulous class...


-Eryn received our character award for Trustworthiness

-Emory was our Student of the Week last week and Eryn was our Math Star!

-This week William is our Student of the Week and Mikey is our Math Star!

-Lots of students are shining with Corbell Cash, including Isis, Anoushka, Madilynn, Gage, Ethan, Emma, and Mikey. 

-Lauren F has been spotted helping special needs friends daily at recess!

-We have loved helping our Kinder class (including Mrs. Jones' son Graham) as our book buddies!

Way to go Mrs. Jones' class!

The Wild Walk

A GIANT thanks to Matthew's mom for sharing these fantastic pictures with us!

Addition and Subtraction

A super week!

Here are some of the fantastic things happening in our room this week:

--Madilynn was recognized with our Character Award over Friendship
--Emma earned an All Star Award
--Madison is our new Student of the Week
--Maddie D. is our new Math Star of the Week
--Matthew's mom purchased new balls for our Bal-a-Vis-X program all by herself!! Thank you so much!!

Student created math videos

Adding and Subtracting Strategies

Please have your child talk to you about these math strategies we are using for adding and subtracting. 

Exciting things are happening here...

Here are our top ten favorite things right now in class!

10. We wrote a paper about ourselves in 20 years
9. Mrs. K presented a great lesson on being unique
8. We enjoyed our movie snacks!
7. We have had lots of cool physical property experiments
6. Wait until you see our flexible math strategies!
5. Dressing up for College Week
4. The movie premiere of our College Week Dreams!
3. William had a birthday. 

2. Madilynn is our new Mathematician of the Week!
1. Emma is our new Student of the Week!

College Week Dreams

Take a look at our new video! The students selected a background and acted in front of a green screen. Then Mrs. Jones put it all together in iMovie. Voila! Our very first movie production. We hope you enjoy it!

Decomposing Numbers/Place Value

Practice with Rounding

Grandparents Lunch

I'm so sorry if I missed anyone. The lunch room was packed! So fun to see all those loved ones today!

We're off to an amazing start!

Here are the top ten things we've enjoyed since we walked into our new classroom:

10. We have been rockin' problem solving!
9. We've been thinking before, during, and after in our reading. We're growing already!
8. We're gaining new vocabulary. 
7. We're learning to decompose, compose, and partition numbers. Fancy!
6. We used technology to learn about each other. Animoto was fun!
5. We're using new ideas in writing. 
4. We loved our science candy experiments. 
3. Gage, Caleb L. and Emma looked AMAZING in the birthday tie. 
2. Isis is our first Mathematician of the Week!
1. Luke is our first Student of the Week!

Birthdays This Week

We loved celebrating Gage, Caleb L, and Emma this week!

Welcome to our Class Blog!!!

Yea! You found the blog! This is our place for sharing all the crazy, wonderful things we're doing in the classroom. I absolutely LOVE reading your comments (as do your fellow classmates), so please take a moment to leave one. This is a great way to share your feelings on anything we're doing, comment on Mrs. Jones and how much you love her :), or even ask a question.

To leave a comment, go to the post you want to comment on and click on the link where it says the number of comments...like (0 comments). It's directly under the post.
Then type your post. Afterwards, select the drop down menu right underneath and click on "name/url". Type your first name in only and leave the url section blank. Click okay and it might ask you to type in a word as a security measure (to make sure you are safely accessing the blog). Your post will be sent to me to approve (so you won't see it automatically) and after I do it will appear on the blog! Viola! That may sound like a lot, but once you do it a bit, it will be so easy and YOU will be a pro at blogging!

Multicultural Week

What facts can you share about Asia for Multicultural Week?

Hamster Race

Sparkling Week

10. We loved the SQUIRM! musical (with Natalia's and Madison's siblings)
9. Ella and Mrs. Jones didn't mess up announcements (that microphone business last week was embarrassing)
8. Famous Person Dinner Party
7. Our JDRF jug is overflowing
6. Wyatt's dad brought Mrs. Jones tulips and covered her walls for STAAR!
5. We have that gross-o ladybug habitat in our room. #Ididntkillany
4. Sylvester Silvercoins is ours again!!
3. Cole, Emily, and Lauren celebrated their birthdays
2. Natalia is our Mathematician
1. Caleb is our Student of the Week

Let's End Diabetes!!

Reader's Theatre

Birthday Month

PS, kiddos...

It's worth noting that this is Mrs. Jones' birthday MONTH. Yes, that's right. She will be celebrating all month. Make sure to tell her daily that she still looks youthful (word choice!). 

Snow in March

Seriously? A Snow Day in March?!?! How happy was everyone yesterday?!? What a way to welcome in a new month!

We were going to post about the awesome things that rounded out our Feb, so here they are...

--Katherine and Natalia went on stage for their awesome dances. Those ribbons and awards are AMAZING girls! So proud of you!
--Ella and Marie were recognized for their SPARKLING Reflections work. Sparks is so lucky to have you both representing us. I am so proud of you girls!
--Camden actually danced on stage. I'm serious!
--We are loving these projects. Mrs. Jones has planned us some amazing projects (and even though she's typing this, we are telling her to do so!). Parents will be super impressed when Open House comes around. 

Top Ten This Week

10. We won the Box Top Awards
9. We added the balance board for Bal-A-Vis-X
8. We are practicing for our musical! So excited!
7. We loved our planet research!
6. Devices for geometry
5. Sana joined our class
4. Connor celebrate his birthday
3. Lauren got a You Sparkle
2. Dixon is our Mathematician
1.Natalia is our Student of the Week

Top Ten This Week

10. Bluebonnet voting
9. Parts for the musical 
8. Super Bowl shirts
7. Abby donated books to the library
6. We went through a battle with Poppy
5. We finally went outside
4. Planet research
3.We earned a class party!
2. Ella is our Mathematician!
1. Katherine is our Student of the Week!

PS-Dixon is excited about Natalia's dance competition!

Reading Strategies

Bal-a-Vis-X

Who did you teach your new moves to? 

Using Partial Products to Multiply