Stories that Gooney Bird Greene Tells

We LOVE Lois Lowry's book Gooney Bird Greene.  

Gooney Bird tells some amazing stories, and they are all absolutely true.

We made this bulletin board to help us keep track of all the characters in the book and all the stories that Gooney Bird tells.

Using arrays to multiply

We've been learning how to use models to help us multiply.  Here are some arrays that we've made.  Can you figure out what we did?  What's the next step to find out how many total m&ms there are?

Here are some pattern block arrays.  What multiplication equation would you write to represent each array?

Welcome to the new school year!

This class loves to read!

A Visit to the Stream

Egypt Movies!!!!!

Collecting Aquatic Invertebrates at BEEC

We had a great trip to Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center last Thursday.  We hiked to a vernal pool and collected a variety of different organisms to observe.

Making Movies!!!!

We are finishing up publishing our narratives as movies!  This long process has involved writing, revising, editing, making props, reading, filming, and more editing not to mention having perseverance and good teamwork!  Here we are in action.  The movies should be posted soon for you to watch.