We have been learning how to estimate numbers. This allows us to quickly figure out about what the answer to a math problem will be. To estimate means to round. Estimating and rounding are very useful in everyday life. You don’t always have time to figure out the exact amount of things. Below is a [...]

Congratulations to our blogging buddies Mrs. Yollis’ Class for winning “first runner-up” (second place) for Best Class Blog! They definitely deserve it! And, a huge congratulations for our group blog The Reading Round-Up for also winning “first runner-up” (second place) for Best Group Blog. Yee Haw! Finally, and the biggest news of all, Mrs. Yollis [...]

We have a phenomenal art teacher named Ms. May. She teaches us amazing things and we always look forward to art! Last month she taught us about the famous French painter Henri Rousseau. Henri rousseau is most famous for painting jungle scenes even though he never went to a jungle. Instead, he did a lot [...]

Last week we had a Skype call with Mrs. Yollis’ Class in southern California. It was great getting to “meet” our blogging buddies. It’s amazing that we can share a classroom with friends that are almost 3,000 miles away! We shared information about our schools and our towns. We found out that some things were [...]

I am very excited and proud to announce that our blog has officially been nominated for Best Class Blog for the Edublog Awards! Click here to vote. Voting is open until noon on December 14th. It is a great accomplishment to make the short list of nominations. Hundreds of other blogs were nominated, and we [...]