Singapore Math

We are using a new math program this year, Singapore Math.  It has been a challenge for both students and teachers because a lot more thinking and problem solving is involved.  The district's math team spent a lot of time deciding whether or not this was the way to go.

Keaton has this to say about Singapore Math:

In math this year we are doing Singapore Math. In Singapore Math it is new because the sixth graders are doing algebra. The fourth graders are doing long division and long multiplying. The fifth graders are doing prime numbers and comparison. That is all we are doing for math so far in the year.

It has been fun watching the kids learn the new concepts and really understand them.  The sixth graders, especially, are feeling pretty smart.

Soccer Mania

Most of the kids are playing soccer this fall.  They practice on Thursdays and have games in Ely on Saturdays.  The kids are really enjoying the sport.  Here is an update on soccer season by Vic:

It's lots of fun for people who play soccer. It is just riveting to watch us play soccer. It has been going well for all of the teams. You should come and watch us. We have won 2 and lost 1. Krystee and Darrin  are our coaches for the U14. The U11 coaches are Krystee and Cody. They have won 2 and tied 2. So both of the teams are doing good.

District Writing Test

Last week there was a district-wide writing test.  All of the students in the district had the same writing prompt and directions.  All of the teachers at Lund School got together and scored the tests with a rubric.  The writing pieces from our school will be compared with those from other schools.  

The kids in our class really enjoyed the topic, which was about their favorite place to play.  Papers were written about everything from the beach to the mountains and Disneyland to Circus Circus.  The papers should be sent home soon.

Garett wrote about the writing test:

Last week we had the district writing test.  It wasn’t fun.  I hope the class got a good score on it.

They were graded yesterday by the teachers   I bet the class got a awesome score on it.

The class write about places we like to play.

Nevada History

Our class is studying Nevada history this semester.  We have learned all of the state symbols.  The kids did really well on the state symbol test; the lowest grade was a B.  Keaton, Garett, Colten, Sage and Paige all earned 100% scores on the test.

Here is what Garett had to say about Nevada history:

 We are learning about Nevada history yesterday we had a test about the basics.

The basics are the state flag, seal, reptile, animal, and tree.

9 11 Remembrance

On Thursday, September 8, the Student Council asked all of the staff and students to dress in red, white, and blue to honor those who died on September 11, 2001.  Most of the kids in our class were babies when the attacks happened, and some weren't even born yet.  We talked about the attacks in class and did some writing on what the day  meant to each of us.

Here is Jace's take on the day:

On Sep. 8 2011 Lund School had a red, white, and blue day. To represent   9/11

when  two  planes had crashed  in to the World Trade Center.  The planes  were

highjacked  to  crash into  the  Twin Towers.  Over  2,749 people  died ,and about

5 just  wounded.  And  that  is why  we had red, white, and  blue day.

October Book Clubs

Savanna wrote this post on our October Book Clubs before she moved. 

Our class's book club groups went great. We all learned something new from each of our groups. We had fun working together with the people that we were reading with. Everyone that was in different groups learned something different. For example the people who were reading The Cay learned that if you were blind never give up hope.

   It was great whoever gets the most points from our AR test gets a prize (which was my group by the way) We all had fun reading and learning together. Everybody earned some points on AR.

   Well I hope you get to do the same as my class did, and I hope you will have a fun time when you do what we have done. I will see you next time, Bye!

Parent Conferences

Parent Conferences were held at the beginning of November.  Braedon wrote this post to let us know about PT conferences from a kid's point of view.  Thanks to all the parents and students for attending.
I think parent  teacher  conference  went  good  for  almost everyone.  I  think  the  lowest  score  was  a  F-.The  highest  score  was  a  A+.  I  bet  everybody  got  at least  one  or  two A’s.  I  bet  about  12 people got an A+ in Mrs.C’s  class.  There are 18 people in Mrs.C’s  class.  What  did we do?  We  told  our  parents  how  we  were   doing  in  school.  Everyone is  doing  good  in  school  so  far  in  this  class. I hope that we get even better grades next time.