Our newest science unit is all about natural resources and conservation. Natural resources are things we get from the environment that we use for survival or for fun. Some examples are trees, water, oil, and metals. Conservation means things we can do to save natural resources and not waste them. For example, using both sides of a [...]

Okay all you cowboys and cowgirls, it’s time to get back on the RR trail! Sheriff Yollis and Sheriff Salsich have published a new video all about nonfiction texts. Yee haw! * Git along now! Click here to mosey on over to the Reading Round-Up to see for yourself.

We have been working hard at learning our multiplication facts. Memorizing math facts is very important as we start to solve longer, bigger math problems. Last week we played “multiplication baseball” to practice our facts in a fun way. To play the game you need a game board, some game pieces, and dice. The “pitcher” [...]

On Friday we had a beautiful day with a good breeze, so we went out on the back field to fly some of the kites we made in math class. Our field is in a little valley and is surrounded by trees, so the wind can gust and swirl around unpredictably. Sometimes the wind just [...]

We have noticed that when we visit our blogging buddies in New Zealand (Open the Door to B4, Room 8, Super 7 Scoopers, Moturoa’s Blog, Pirates of Room 4) sometimes they aren’t wearing shoes. (People from New Zealand are sometimes called “Kiwis.” Who can tell us why?) This got us wondering, “Why are some of [...]

In science we are learning about rocks and minerals. To get us started, our friend Mr. Dewire from “Nature Scapes” visited our class to share some cool rocks with us. Properties of Rocks Mr. Dewire told us that there are six properties that we can use to tell rocks apart. Remember, we already learned that [...]