It's Election Day!!

Today is the first Tuesday in November and that means that today is Election Day!! We are voting for the learner that we want to represent our class on Lee Elementary's first "LEE"dership Council! We've heard the speeches, we've seen the posters, and now it's time to make our choice! Please click the link below to cast your vote! Remember, voting is confidential. We have 9 amazing candidates, I can't wait to see who you choose!

VOTE HERE!

What a week!

Welcome Lee Spurs! It's been a while since I last posted, but boy have I (we) been busy! The first week of school in our amazing new building was fantastic. I have loved meeting each one of you and can't wait to get to know you better. We are going to have a great year! I look forward to the exciting things to come!

Games!!

We finally finished our research project about building our own business. Through this project, we worked SO hard to create our own toys and games. They are amazing!! As I was watching the presentations, I was so proud of your creativity!! Here is our hard work!!

We need your help!!

We have been working hard on our games and toys, and now we need your input. Click on the links below to complete a survey!

Thank you for your input!!

The Sunniest Journey to Hula...

Mission Incredible

Race Car Obstacle Course

Texas Citrus!

How lucky can we get?! We just won a contest! A couple of months ago, we learned all about Texas Rio Star Grapefruits. We got to taste some too, and they were yummy! Today, we just received the amazing prize pack from texasweet.com! A huge box of juicy grapefruits, aprons and juicers! Looks like we have a delicious healthy snack to enjoy this afternoon!

Business is Booming!!

Wow!! Building a business is hard work!! We've been working on a business plan as well as our logos and now we have begun the process of creating our own toys and games. As Lilly said, "At first I thought this would be easy, but this sure is hard!!" We know that hard work pays off and our projects are really coming along! I can't wait to see how they turn out!

It's been awhile!!!

It has been too long since my last post! Sorry about the delay, but I was busy getting married!! Anyway, we have also been very busy in class as well. We are so excited that we were awarded some great things from DonorsChoose.org. We now have 1 iPad and 2 iPad minis!! We are so grateful for the donations to our class that made this possible. These are so helpful to our class, we can't wait to use them for our upcoming project!! Stay tuned...

Getting mail is the best!

We read so much in our class. We all love books! One of the stations that we can choose during rotations is to write a letter to our favorite author. Well, the best part of this has been receiving a response! So far, we have gotten a response from two of our all time favorites, Judy Blume and Patricia Polacco!! We know how busy an author is, so we really appreciate the time that they take to write us back. Here are the two letters we have recieved so far...

Happy Halloween!

Although Halloween is not actually until tomorrow, we got to dress up a little early. Yesterday, we had "Book Character Dress Up" day! Everyone looked great! We had such a variety of great costumes, and most important, we had fun showing ourselves off! Here's look at our costumes...

Hot or Cold?

We did an awesome experiement in Science last week. We had jars of hot and cold water. We colored the cold water blue and the hot water yellow. First, we put the cold water on top of the hot water and the colors mixed right away because the cold water is heavier than the hot. The water became green. Next, we put the hot water on top of the cold water. It was so cool, because the colors didn't mix! We made predictions about how long it would take for the colors to mix. It took longer than we expected! Finally, the water cooled down enough for the colors to mix. It was a great Science lesson!

Science Fun!

We have been having so much fun learning about Matter, Mixtures and Solutions. We made a delicious fruit "mixture!" It helped us to see that we can separate a mixture, but not a solution! Yesterday, we used different tools such as magnets to try to separate a mixture of sand, gravel and iron filings. After lots of work, it was a success!

A Bad Case of...

These first weeks of school have been busy!! It has also been a lot of fun! We have been working on a fun writing activity this week, based off of the book, A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon. It is one of my favorites!! We started planning by listing all of the foods that we love and drawing ourselves with the "stripes!" We used those ideas to write our own stories. They are amazing!! Here is some of our work!

 



A New Adventure!

I am so excited to start this new school year, knowing that we will go through through this new adventure together! Last year was so much fun, and I can't wait to spend another year with all of you! We will be working hard, getting ourselves ready for the STAAR test, but we will be having a blast! I'm so ready to kick off our new adventure!!

Love Ms. Wolff

Charlotte's Web

My favorite time in the year is when we get to read Charlotte's Web. It is by far one of my favorite books! As the year is winding down, we just had the chance to finish reading. We all loved this great story, especially, the amazing characters and examples of friendship. There are many great things to do with this book, and we made webs with character traits that described Charlotte. Here are some of the webs we created!

Earth Day!

 

Our PTA program was a huge success! The performance was great! I am so proud of all of you! The singing was right on key and you all looked perfect!

Who's Who?

Over the past several months, we have been working on our Biography research projects. We've worked SO hard on these, and can finally say that they are almost finished!! We are putting the final touches on our presentations. We each got a chance to choose how we want to present our information, here are some examples of our hard work!

Let it Rain!!

In Science, we have been learning about the water cycle. Specifically, we've learned about condensation, precipitation and evaportation. I found this fun experiment online, we had to try it out! It was a great way for us to see what happens when a cloud gets too heavy and leads to precipitation. All it took was a little shaving cream and some food coloring!

Life in a Snow Globe

Recently, we read one of my favorite books, Snow Music by Lynne Rae Perkins. The illustrations in this book are amazing and it inspired this writing lesson. The kids wrote, "If I lived in a snow globe..." and their responses were great! They were so creative and fun to read! After we finished writing, they each made their own snow globe. And of course, they put themselves in them!! They loved taking the pictures and deciding how they would be floating around inside. They did such great work, I decided to share a few...

Snowflakes for Sandy Hook

As we look forward to the holiday season, we are especially grateful to be able to celebrate with our friends and family. We heard about a special project for Sandy Hook Elementary. They are going to decorate their new school with snowflakes, creating a Winter Wonderland. We were very excited to help with this project. We will be sending our snowflakes along with our messages of hope!
Have a very Happy Holiday, see you next year!

Who will be our Class President?

The time has come to vote for our Class President! We have two great candidates: Katherine and Noah. Either one would be a great choice!! Your vote counts!! Remember, you can only vote once, so make sure you choose the one that you think will do the best job for our class! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!! VOTE TODAY!!