October All Over!

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Reading is on a Roll

By Jillian, Sophia, and Jyotleen

          Books here, books there, books, books everywhere! On October 16 2012, the Levermans went to the Cantiague book fair. There were some great books on sale: The Big Nate, The Grimm Legacy, the Rotten Apple series, and more! There were some helpful parents helping us find books, “How about Captain Underpants,” says a parent “He is very funny.” We got some wonderful books at the book fair that we enjoyed!  Stay tuned for more articles in December! 



Sharing some favorites!



Writing Wonder

By Lindsay, Carly, and Zarah

       Do YOU want to know what WE published in writing during the month of October? We published personal narratives! Once we finished the writing process which is collecting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, we had a publishing party! At the party we shared our stories with our classmates. After we shared, we munched on tasty snacks and drinks, such as soft cookies, crunchy Oreos, and sweet apple juice. Stay tuned for our next published pieces in December!!!

Alyssa and Mikaela - proud authors!

Brandon and Charlie sharing their published pieces!

Abby and Carly - enjoying each other's stories!

Sophia and Jillian - excited to share and celebrate!

Sweet Social Studies 
By Alyssa, Mehnuma, and Shriya

       Welcome to the bakery! We liked creating a cookie in the shape of New York State.  We shaped the mushy gushy dough to look like NY. We put sprinkles to represent the Catskill Mountains and Adirondack Mountains. We used a big brown chocolate chunk to represent Albany, and Skittles to represent cities. Then our raw cookies went in the oven to get steaming hot. Next, we put a Swedish fish to represent Long Island. We put blue icing to represent the St. Lawrence River and the Hudson River. Finally, time to eat!

Matthew, Jyotleen, Shriya, and Meja working together

Alyssa, Jonah, Lindsay, Carly, and Abby - great chefs!

Jake, Dylan, and Zarah - enjoying their yummy NYS cookie

Special Activities
By Abby, David, and Jonah 

          We love to play games in the Levermans' class.  Read on to find out what the games are and how they are played...Have you ever played the game Guess That Number? We try to guess a six or seven digit number. When we guess digits, there are symbols that give us clues. Another fun game we play is Mumball. To play the game you can't speak, and you throw the ball lightly to someone.  If you don’t catch it, you're out! Our favorite special activity is Good and Welfare, which we do on Friday afternoons. We get in a circle and share something we are doing over the weekend, a compliment, or something we enjoyed in class that week. It's a great way to end the week!  These are some fun games we like to play in the Levermans’ class.

Someone throw to Mrs. Kupferman!

Over here, Mrs. Levine!

Shh! Mum Ball!





Worldly Levermans
By Charlie, Matthew, and Meja

        Do you know what Cultural Literacy is? Cultural Literacy is understanding important people, places and important phrases or quotes. Some of the people and places we learned are the Empire State Building, Abraham Lincoln, Montauk Light House and RSVP!  In addition to cultural literacy we also learned about the presidential election.  Who were the 2 candidates? Barack Obama and Mitt Romney!  The 5 main issues during this election season were Education, Health Care, Taxes, Defense, and the Economy. In room 16 we learn about the world around us and have a lot of fun!  

We used a TFK mini-site for most of our election info and news...Check it out:

Click for up to date info and news about election '12!

or...

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Erosion Everywhere
By Aadarsh, Avi, and Jake

       Did you ever go to the beach and notice there was less sand? That’s called erosion. One of the topics we’re learning in science is erosion. We did a project using a slant table, sand and water. We learned that if you change the variable there will be more or less erosion. We changed the variable by increasing the slant of the table, changing the size of the water tube and changing the sand to rocks. That experiment showed us more or less erosion. Now let’s hope the beach doesn’t disintegrate!

Avi, Charlie, Abby, David, and Mehnuma - observing erosion

Zarah, Matthew, Shriya, and Dylan - active scientists

Alyssa, Mikaela, Meja, and Jillian - focused and engaged!

Mehnuma - pull the plug!!

Math: Move With The Groove

By Dylan, Brandon, and Mikaela

       In October we watched a funny rap about subtraction. The video taught us how to subtract in a fun and catchy way. We learned to subtract all the way to the hundred thousands place. We also learned rounding to the thousands. It was fun and challenging for some people. We just had an addition and subtraction test. The test had a lot of things such as short responses, multiple choice questions, and explanations.  We had to make sure to show our work! We are becoming great mathematicians!

Example by students of subtracing with zeros!

    Watch the video to learn the regrouping rap!!!  Beware: you might start dancing!

During the several days that we did not have school due to Hurricane Sandy, we missed everyone very much!  We couldn't wait to get back to school, back to work, and back to normal.  We hope that everyone is doing well and is safe and warm.  Due to the limited number of school days in November (hurricane, nor'easter, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving), the Levermans will not be publishing a November blog.  Instead, check back for our "Remember December" blog post!  See you soon...