Archive for September, 2010

Sep
26

Last week Mr. Salsich’s class got a package that had traveled all the way from Australia! It was sent to us by our blogging buddy Bianca from Miss McGeady’s class in Leopold, Australia. Bianca has left us a comment on every one of our posts! She also has her own fantastic blog, with excellent posts [...]

Sep
23
Filed Under (Reading) by on September 23, 2010 and tagged

We have been spending a lot of time talking about how important it is to be thinking about your reading. Thinking while reading helps you understand the book, so good readers are always thinking about what they read. In our reading we have been focusing on these types of reading thoughts: Making connections Predicting Visualizing [...]

Sep
18
Filed Under (Science) by on September 18, 2010 and tagged ,

After our last post about adaptations there were a lot of questions about the fennec fox, so we decided to learn more about them. We made a voicethread to share what we learned about this amazing animal. What do you think of our first Voicethread? Which adaptation do you like the most? Why? (Here is [...]

Sep
08
Filed Under (Science) by on September 8, 2010 and tagged

We have been learning about habitats and adaptations in science. A habitat is the place and conditions where a plant or animal lives. An adaptation is the way an animal’s body helps it survive, or live, in its habitat. We learned that camels have long eyelashes to keep sand out of their eyes in the [...]

Sep
07
Filed Under (General) by on September 7, 2010

Mr. Salsich’s Class is back in action for another exciting year of learning. On this blog we will share lots of the incredible things we are learning together. Families, friends, and other students can follow along with our adventures and leave comments or ask us questions. * We will have pictures, articles, videos, and lots [...]