Math centers!

Here are some of our math centers from this week!

Where is Peanut? We are practicing identifying and reading bigger numbers. We hide the mouse under a number. Our buddy has to guess which number it is under by asking "is it under __?" We have to find the one our buddy guessed and flip it over to reveal whether or not peanut is under there!

I Have Who Has: by 2s

Making pictures in Farmyard and using them to write addition and subtraction sentences in Educations.

"Losing teeth" subtraction

Teen Fishing with One Less

Art.Food.Community

The kids (and teachers!) have had so much fun making clay bowls and glazing them. Students will each take home one of their bowls and donate the other to the Art.Food.Community fundraiser to benefit Arlington Eats.

Here are some pictures of the kids in action:

Here is more information about the event:

Art.Food.Community: Turning 400 student-made BOWLS into 3,000 MEALS for Arlington EATS

Please join us: 

May 16th 4 pm – 8 pm

Thompson Elementary School: 187 Everett Street

Food, Music, Art Show, Silent Auction, Games and More!

$25 per ticket includes student-made bowl and meal ($5 for children–meal only) 

Purchase ticket through this link http://www.arlington-eats.org/bowls/

About Art.Food.Community:

Eileen de Rosas and Melody Wolfe Thomas,  ceramic artists, educators, and Thompson parents, have for six months  dreamed and planned for an arts integration and enrichment project.  With grants from the Arlington Education Foundation and the Arlington Cultural Council,  Melody and Eileen are bringing our kids and our community to a common table.

Art.Food.Community is a community integration project that will give Thompson students the chance to learn about and create pottery with Melody and Eileen.  Each class will receive two sessions of a Ceramic Arts Integration workshop specifically tailored to their curriculum by the grade level teachers. During these sessions, each student will make two bowls that will then be professionally fired and glazed– one to keep and one to donate to Arlington EATS.

The 400 handmade bowls donated to Arlington EATS will be the showcase of our fundraiser on May 16th.  The community is invited  for a meal for a $25 donation to EATS.  Each $25 ticket includes a handmade bowl of your choice.  The bowls serve as a reminder of all of those in our community who don’t have enough to eat.

Friday Flash

Friday Flash 

April 27^th- May 1^st, 2015

Focus of the Week      ·      Literacy/Science:    -       Dolphins at Daybreak/Ocean -       Sight words      ·      Science: Spring & plants      ·      Math: -       Addition -       Subtraction -       One less Notes/Reminders      ·      April 20th- 24th: Spring Break      ·      May 4th- 8th: Turn off TV week      ·      May 6th: National Walk to School Day      ·      May 19th: Early Release 1:00 (lunch will be served, no snack) Pete the Pig Pete is excited to spend the vacation with Ms. Joseph!

Conversation Starters      ·      How do you play Playdough Smash in math (a subtraction game)?      ·      What were the Thompson Plays about?      ·      How do you predict Dolphins at Daybreak will end?      ·      Are you more like Jack or like Annie? Why?      ·      What was your learning goal this week? How did it go? Things we need (thanks!!)     ·      Potting soil (small bag)     ·      Seeds (preferably quick growing and hard to kill J) Kindergarten Sight Words a at and am are by can come go he I in it is like me my on of see said some she to the went we was you We have now introduced all of our kindergarten sight words. Kindergarteners should be able to read and write these words by the end of the school year!

Friday Flash

Friday Flash 

April 13^th- April 17^th, 2015

Focus of the Week      ·      Literacy/Science: -       Dolphins at Daybreak -       Sight words            ·      Math: -       Addition -       Counting out large collections Notes/Reminders      ·      April 14th: Early Release 1:00      ·      April 14th & 15th: Parent Teacher Conferences (students will have school with Ms. Joseph and a substitute)      ·      April 20th- 24th: Spring Break      ·      If your child is NOT returning to Thompson next year, please let me and Vicki Rose know as soon as possible!

Conversation Starters      ·      What are the different zones in the ocean? What equipment would you need to explore each zone?      ·      Would you like to be an oceanographer? Why/why not?      ·      How do you play Addition Connect 4 in math? Kindergarten Sight Words a at and am are by can come go he I in it is like me my on of see said some she to the went we was you We have now introduced all of our kindergarten sight words. Kindergarteners should be able to read and write these words by the end of the school year!