Estimation

This week's estimation items were goldfish! We were so hungry, we ate the goldfish before this picture was taken! These two friends estimated the closest with 55. The actual number was 52. Nice job!

Sight Word Hopscotch

Yesterday we played sight word hopscotch! We replaced the numbers on the hopscotch layout with sight words. The rules are as follows:

The first player tosses their marker (we used a teddybear counter) into the first square. The marker must land completely within the designated square and without touching a line or bouncing out. If the marker lands in the wrong square, the player forfeits his/her turn. If the marker is successful, the player hops through the court beginning on square one. Side by side the squares are straddled, with the left foot landing in the left square, and the right foot landing in the right square. Single squares must be hopped on one foot. For the first single square, either foot may be used.

Below is a video of us recalling our sight words in this fun game!

Estimating and Go Fish

Our estimating friend brought in small books for us to estimate. These friends guessed spot on with the number 20!

In math today we also played Go Fish! In the regular game of Go Fish, you ask a friend for a number you need in order to make a pair. If the friend does not have this number, they say "Go fish!" In our math version, the students had to pair up numbers that totalled 10. For example, 1 and 9 would be a pair, because they equal ten. We had fun playing this new version of Go Fish!

Penpals!

There was mail in our mailbox yesterday! At first we thought it was from the mystery messenger, but later we learned it was from our new PENPALS! We talked about the word penpal, and learned it is actually composed of 2 separate words- pen and pal. By separating these two words, we figured out a penpal is a special friend who writes to you, and you can write them back!
Our pen pals are from Leithwalk Elementary School in Baltimore City. They are in the 3rd grade in Mr. Bryden's class. Our pen pals gave us clues about what they were going to be for Halloween. For example, one letter reads:

"Dear Friend,
I hope you are having a great school year! Who is your best friend? I hope you are not getting into trouble! Here are clues to my costume:
1. I have a red hood.
2. I live in the woods.
3. I have a basket with food.
4. I met a wolf.
5. I have a dress.
6. My grandmother is sick.
7. I am going to give her the basket.
I hope you guess who I am! I hope you have a great school year.
Your future penpal,
(Friend from Leithwalk Elementary)"

We began writing our penpals a letter. In the letter we will include our guess about who they will be for Halloween. We were thrilled to make these new friends!

Star of the Week!

Our Star of the Week brought in an awesome framed picture poster! We learned our star of the week is a true athlete who loves to play t-ball, lacrosse, and swim. When he goes to the beach he likes to jump over waves with his dad, and dig in the sand! He also likes to ride on his mom's boat. He even shared his favorite snacks this week- yummy grapes and starburst! Thank you, Star of the Week!

6th Age Visits Port Discovery!

Last Friday the 6th Agers went on a field trip to Port Discovery in Baltimore! 6D started the trip by learning how to weave using many different shades of colored construction paper.



Then we went into a diner and learned about different kinds of foods. Afterwards we had tons of time to play in the water area (building pipes and sailing boats), and ran through the large maze in the center of Port Discovery.







We had soo much fun! 6D is looking forward to our next field trip in January to the Aquarium!

Feel Better, 6D!

6D has been home this week with the sick bug! This includes me, Mrs. Armstrong! I am looking forward to returning to school tomorrow (healthy)in time for our field trip to Port Discovery! In the meantime, catch up on your Zzzs 6D, and I look foward to seeing you soon!

I miss you!

Love, Mrs. Armstrong

Henri Matisse

We are learning about Henri Matisse in Discovery. He was a french artist who "painted with scissors"! Did he really use paints? NOO! But he did use scissors to create fabulous pictures with lots of color.

Our first step in this project, after learning about Matisse, was to collect leaves. We collected a variety of interesting fall leaves at Molly's Garden, then brought them back to the classroom as inspiration.

Some friends stenciled the leaves before cutting them out, others eyed the shape, and cut out a similar-looking shape out of paper.

Here are the beginning products! We will continue working on our Matisse masterpieces next week!

Estimation

This week a friend brought in the estimation jar, and we estimated sour gummy worms! We all guessed correctly with 30! Nice job, mathematicians!

Mystery Messenger

There is a mystery messenger who has been visiting Mrs. Armstrong's reading group! We can tell someone has stopped by because the flag on the mailbox is up, and there is mail inside! This week our mystery messenger sent us a note with sight words from our new story, The Hat, inside.

We wrote the mystery messenger back, asking for a clue about who they are.

The response was:

"I have an A in my name."

Who are you mystery messenger? We will continue to write to you in reading, in hopes we can learn more about you!

Thank you for sending us your notes!

Star of the Week!

Our Star of the Week made a huge posterboard and filled it with special pictures and decorated it with fun words! I can tell he spent thoughtful time with this project. We learned that our friend likes to swim, wear masks (and dress in disguise), and go to Six Flags. He also LOVES his family! I can't wait to learn about our next Star of the Week!

Soccer Stars!

This past weekend I was lucky enough to visit some of my classmates and other Calvert friends playing soccer! It was really nice to catch up with the parents and cheer from the sidelines! Calvert has some incredible soccer players- watch out Mrs. Sewell and Mr. Vorsteg!

Mrs. Armstrong is the STAR OF THE WEEK!

We are starting a new project in 6D, which will highlight a special friend each week! This week was my turn- I was the "star of the week". There are three aspects to this project:
1. When you are star of the week, you are allowed to bring in a photo collage/picture collage of some of your favorite things. I made a photo collage of myself and of my family. One day this past week I shared this collage with 6D.
2. You are allowed to bring in a favorite snack for your friends to eat. I brought in one of my favorite cookies- oreos! Please make sure that when you bring in your snack, you do not include any nuts.
3. Last, but not least, when you are star of the week, your friends will draw a picture of you doing one of your favorite things. These pictures will be combined in a book for the star of the week to take home and cherish. Stay tuned this week for our next star!

Another Friday morning of play included boys coloring and girls building...

Estimation and Math Games

We estimated jenga blocks in math on Friday. These two friends guessed closest to the exact amount- with the number 18. The actual number was 16. Nice job, ladies!

We were able to choose a variety of math games to play with after our estimation. Some friends made patterns with blocks, other friends built with legos, and one friend put together an entire map of the United States (each state was a separate piece) by himself. Boy was I impressed!! Play = Learning in 6th Age Math.

Mr. Martire

Mr. Martire read to us on Friday morning! Thank you, Mr. Martire!

Interview

This past week Mrs. Williams' 9B class and 6D got together for the first time. We decided to meet at Molly's Garden, located near the Middle School. It was such a beautiful afternoon! The 9th Age and 6D will be meeting periodically throughout the year. It was really fun to meet new friends, especially the bigger kids at Calvert! On this visit, we were partnered with a 9th age girl, who interviewed us. This interview helped them learn about us. The 6's were also able to interview the 9's girls. Thank you, Mrs. Williams and 9B for a fabulous first meeting! We look forward to seeing you again in November!

Something Made Of Wood

This week's sharing was "something made of wood". We brainstormed as a class a week before on possible items to bring in. These included a bird's nest, a stick from outside...a friend suggested they could bring in their bed from home! We decided the bed would probably be too large to fit inside of our bookbag. I was a little curious what would come in to school, and I was truly surprised on Monday morning when sharing began...(drum roll please):
A seesaw from a dollhouse is made of wood.

A box decorated with gems in made of wood.

This is a wooden frog. When you take the peg from it's mouth and roll it over it's back, it makes a frog sound!

A golfball; the brown one is made of wood.

Jenga is a game made of wooden rectangular blocks.

This friend brought in 3 wooden animal cars, and a town made of wood!

A surfboard keychain is made of wood

This friend decorated a wooden birdhouse!

This friend built a wooden model jeep!

These toy animals are made of wood.

This is a letter from this friend's name, and (yes, you guessed it)- it's made of wood!

These are teeny tiny wooden people.

And these are ladybugs!


YAY for Sharing!