George Washington

Today we read 2 books about George Washington. When he was 11, his father died. He had a half-brother named Lawrence. Lawrence taught George how to hunt for food. George had a sister named Elizabeth. He was a great leader for our nation. George's daughter died when she was only 17. He joined the army. He married a girl named Martha. She had 2 children. He fought England the second time. George died after he got a sore throat. There was no medicine to help him then.

Friendly letters

Today we talked about writing friendly letters. There are 5 different parts to a friendly letter. There's a date. Next comes the greeting. The greeting says Dear _____. There is a body part. The body tells what you did during the weekend or some other time. There's a closing. There are different types of closings. The closing can be love or your friend. Your name is called the signature. Riker is an example of a signature. Some parts need punctuation marks.

Adjectives

Today we are talking about adjectives. Adjectives are fun. We played a game about adjectives. Adjectives describe things. An adjective describes a noun in sentences. A noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. An example would be "It was a hairy bear. Another example would be "The stinging bee is mean." Another example would be "Some people are fast." "It was a scary bear." "Some people are good at dodge ball." One more example would be "A fire truck is speedy." Adjectives help you describe things better. Adjectives can describe: shapes, color, number, and size. Adjectives help make sentences better.

More Favorite Books

These are some more of our favorite books:
Brandon's favorite book is Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot.
One of Tyler's favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham.
Taylor enjoys the Junie B. books.
Riker likes the Magic Tree House books.
Chamilla enjoys Mixed Up Max.
Caine enjoys reading about fires and firefighters.

We hope you check out some of our books.

Our Favorite Books

These are some of our favorite books: Star Wars Galaxy of Fear is Darien's favorite.
Goosebumps -- Stay Out of the Basement is Connor's favorite.
Tony Hawk is Noah's favorite book.
The Green Bay Super Bowl Champs is Sam's favorite book.
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids is Sarah's favorite book.
Don't Ever Get Sick at Granny's is Emma's favorite book.
Toys Go Out is Abbie's favorite book.
Magic Tree House Research Guide of Space is Alexis' favorite book.
Dragon Slayers' Academy -- The New Kid at School is Colissa's favorite book.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is Maura's favorite book.
Magic Tree House -- Midnight on the Moon is Caleb's favorite book.
Hannah Montana Chapter book is Destiny's favorite book.

The rest of the class will tell us their favorite book tomorrow.

The President

We heard him take the oath and was sworn in to be the President of the United States of America. We think there are over 200 rooms in the White House. They guessed that there were about 2 million people to watch. The former President, George Bush, rode a helicopter and plane back to his home. The new President. Barack Obama, gave a speech. He rode in a limo with his children and his wife. His daughters are Malia and Sasha. Malia is 10 and Sasha is 7. He has lots of guards. There was a big parade. His limo is bullet proof. There were lots of people standing by his limo. Barack Obama is now our official president. He is our 44th president. He will be president for four years.

It's Been a Long Time

We're going to tell you about the things we are doing in English, Reading, and Math. In reading we have been doing computers. In reading some classes study about the state of Maryland. In math we are studying subtraction in Partner Math. We are adding double digit numbers that end up in the 100's. In reading we have been doing spelling tests. In reading we are reading about Spike's Bone. In reading we have read AR books. In math some people are on subtraction and some are on 5 minute. In reading some are learning about Arkansas. We have been taking AR tests in reading. In reading some of us have read so much we're ready to burst. In reading we are writing poems. In math we have homework. In math we are doing Partner Math. In reading we have been reading a lot. In reading next Friday we will paste words on our paper. We have been doing things on the computer. We had our Christmas party this Monday. Today everyone blogged.