A Note from Your Teacher

    As I am sitting in this classroom, enjoying lunch in these peaceful and quiet moments of a busy day, I am thankful for all the little bodies that walk through my door every day. Teaching has been my mission in life... the "job" I decided that I was meant to do when I was sitting in my third grade classroom. This job is not easy, but it is one that I am truly honored and blessed to have, So as we are almost finished with the LAST day of the 2015, I just wanted to wish each of my students and their families a wonderful two week break, Enjoy your family time and this amazing season of giving and being thankful. We all lead busy lives, so I am wishing you time and much happiness this holiday season, See you in 2016.

Merry Christmas!
Love, Mrs. McNeely

Pics from our class holiday party

Molly's Pilgrim Clothespin Doll Resource

https://www.houseofnames.com/

5 days til Winter Break Memo

Gullah Traditions of the SC coast

This video and website were two resources that my students found intriguing when studying the Gullah people... so they recommended that I add both of them to our class blog. :)
https://youtu.be/INLoxvNjFiA

http://www.knowitall.org/gullahnet/

Welcome Back! Newsletter for Nov. 30

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. As much as I love being home, this break only makes me wish for Christmas break sooner than later. :) It will be here before we know it though.

This Week's Memo

Create Your Own Animal: What special adaptations would your animal need to survive and what habitat would it live in?

Switch Zoo

Exciting News

Recently, I created a project on donorschoose.org, and amazingly in less than 24 hours it was completely funded! My students and I are looking forward to getting our packages in the mail and can't wait to use our new equipment. 

You can check out our project here..

 Learning Inside and Outside Our Classroom

This Week's News

Red Ribbon Highlights

Guided Reading discussions leading to inquiry

EcoKids: Coral Reefs


Tell me more about coral reefs!
What are coral reefs made from? How many fish can live in a coral reef before the habitat is too full? What is a staghorn coral? What is a limestone cup? How do the fish not get scratched by the coral? These were just a few questions that this little group of inquisitive kids had in store for our table discussion. 

KDE: Kids Do Ecology

YouTube

Like Working with Words?

Try playing this neat website from readwrite.org

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/construct/index.html

Red Ribbon Week

Monday Memo Oct. 19

RMSC field trip highlights

Our first field trip of the year was today and what a fun, learning-filled day it was. We traveled to the rain forest and studied poisonous dart frogs. Then we ventured on down to the coast and studied marine life. We focused on habitats, plants, animals, and adaptations. 
New Vocab: Behavioral vs Physical Adaptation

 We were thinkers, inquirers, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, communicators, and became more knowledgeable. 

Happy Monday

Array City

Students created their own "Array Cities" to showcase their knowledge of arrays. Students constructed their arrays throughout the city and showcased the multiplication fact sentence that matched. This was a fun and relevant way to display our learning. 

First in Math Challenge

Let's see how many classmates can move up from Rookie to Student in our First in Math Program. I challenge you to MOVE UP in 1st in Math. 
Rookie= 0-249 stickers
Student= 250-499
Scholar= 500-999
Whiz= 1,000-1, 499

Who will take the challenge? Who will our STUDENT of the DAY be tomorrow? And will our team ever get off Rookie status? 

This Week's Newsletter

FiRsT QuArTeR CoNfErEnCe TiMe :)

Hi! I hope everyone is having a great day!
It's that time of year...
FiRsT QuArTeR CoNfErEnCe TiMe :) 
Below is a link to sign up for your first quarter conference. I look forward to meeting with you. If you have any questions or concerns before we meet, please let me know. :) Happy Wednesday. 

~Mrs. McNeely

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c48aeab2daafd0-mrs

Hands On Science at Home

EQ: How do seeds travel?

This is one of the many Science questions that students are answering this week. Attached are three activities that you can do at home with your child to demonstrate how seeds are dispersed.


Glider Seed Pod

Rotocopter Seed Pod

Spinner Seed Pod