Math is VERY Cool!!!

If you didn't know, the Fourth Grade Math Is Cool team competed today at Mount Spokane. We had six kiddos from our classroom on the team: William, Tylor, Alex, Mikal, Shay, Annika (Dylan also made the team but was on vacation so had to decline.)

Here is the Math Is Cool team participants from Room 503 (minus Tylor....he will be in the "after" picture). There were about 12 other 4th graders on the Hallett Team. They have been working very hard with their coach, Mrs. Gilbert, for the past few weeks in order to get ready for the big day....they were very nervous and excited at the same time......

We took this picture just for fun....but I think it's a fitting way to let you know that the Hallett Hawks Math Is Cool Team took

SECOND PLACE!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Also, Congratulations to Shay for an overall 5th place finish and Alex for an overall 6th place finish. I am so proud of ALL of you!!! Thanks Mrs. Gilbert for all you did!

Prefixes, Root Words, Suffixes, Oh my...

We have been working with prefixes and suffixes and it has been "oh so confusing".....so, Miss Landeene came to the rescue. She designed a great lesson to help us out.

Her professor from Eastern came and watched her, so we helped her out, too! Funny how that worked out!

We also had a chance to practice working in groups.....always a great opportunity.

Prefixes, Root Words, and Suffixes make much more sense to us now!

March 16th....

March 16th was a special day...Annika brought some very green cupcakes in to share with us. She wanted to celebrate her birthday with us. She was born the day before St. Patrick's Day and wanted to prove it with glittery Shamrock cupcakes. They were so yummy!

Happy Birthday, Annika!!

Friends and Food....

I thought it might be fun to snap a few pictures of the kids in the lunchroom today. I was hoping to get some candid shots but no such luck. They were "hammin'" it up for the camera. Gotta love the smiles! Some of the kids were still in line getting food and I didn't want to try taking pictures while they were filling their trays....:) There will be more pictures to come!

Can you believe I actually get paid to spend my day with these smiles?

Miss Landeene

I have been trying to get a few pictures of Miss Landeene but she seems to quietly step aside when I am pointing my camera. As she is starting take over more of the teaching responsibilities, she has become a "sitting duck". I wanted to include her in our blog. Many of you met her at conferences, but if you still aren't sure who she is, she is an Eastern student who has been spending time in our classroom since January of last year. She is now at the point of beginning her student teaching. We are both excited and I know she is going to do a great job!

Miss Landeene read The Lorax by Dr. Suess to us and helped us with a fun writing project.

She makes reading groups exciting and fun....Shay can hardly wait to share!

She is always very interested to hear what everyone has to say.....

Even though Miss Landeene hasn't officially started student teaching, I have no concerns...she is a natural and the kids love her! We are so lucky she is spending a year with us!!