Ms. Johnson's Kids for Character ... Character Counts!!

Monday, October 19, 2015

Student of the Week #2!

Zachary is our current student of the week ... October 19th-23rd! Zachary always has a positive attitude,
is a good role model for his peers & models great character! :)

Student of the Week #1!

Josie was our first student of the week ... October 5th-9th! Josie has been a positive role model to her peers
and always shows good character ... even when no one is watching!! :)

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Our Self - Portraits

We have been working on our self - portraits & Hopes and Dreams! We have some very creative artists in our class!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Thursday, October 8, 2015

We had a wonderful journey through the music of the Mediterranean with Baladino, a fresh Israeli world ensemble.
We heard century old melodies and sounds & instruments carried from Spain, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and
Arabiccountries to the cultural melting pot of Israel.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Happy Birthday Aaron!

Thanks for the YUMMY birthday cake and drinks!! Hope your day is AWESOME!

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Baladino - Israeli Music!

We are looking forward to a great time with Baladino on Thursday at Lincoln High School!
The Israeli band will show the students a combination of several traditional music styles from all over the world ... AND WE GET TO GO SEE THEM FREE OF CHARGE!!!! Please be sure your kiddos are on time Thursday! We will leave right away in the morning! They will be performing a concert open to the public this Saturday at 7pm in the LHS auditorium. Admission is only $5 to travel the world of music!

What We're Up To In ...

MATH: We have been working on 3 digit addition and subtraction within story problems. Please keep watching your kids to see if they are following the right steps! READING: We are working on learning about biographies and their characteristics along with Main Idea. We have also been reading many biographies as well. WRITING: We have done some short writing, lists, paragraphs and such in our writer's notebook. We also have begun reading personal narratives so that soon, we can begin our own. Talk with your child about a good story that has happened in his/her life that he/she could write about! HANDWRITING: We have learned about 5 cursive letters so far. We have also been working on NEAT printing in class. PLEASE EXPECT your child to print neatly at home as well! ART: We have been working on warm and cool colors incorporated into fall trees. WORD STUDY: We are studying the sounds hard and soft "c" and "g" make. Spelling lists can be found under the top tab on our blog! SOCIAL STUDIES: We are learning about immigration. If you have immigration stories about your family, please share them with your child or even our class! SCIENCE: Our kids get science once or twice a week this year with either Mrs. Miller or Mr. Christianson. They are working on characteristics of leaves and other scientific things!