Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Our Week in Review: Digital Edition of the newsletter sent home 4/7

We have continued our study of punctuation marks, and what would happen in a world without them. We wrote postcards to our punctuation friends who were on vacation at the beach. We asked them to come back to us! We also wrote letters to Flat Caitlyn, a real girl who lives in Kansas.
During math, we built fraction sundaes and decorated them with crazy topping like trees, worms and rainbows. Then we calculated the fraction of the whole that each topping made up.
Our science of metamorphosis unit continues. There are more and more beetles emerging from chrysalises everyday. We learned about the two kinds of insect metamorphosis: holometabolism and hemimetabolism! Holometabolists undergo a complete metamorphosis- changing from a larva to a pupa in a cocoon and then to an adult. Hemimetabolists hatch from eggs as mini versions of the adult. They shed several skins as they grow and then become adults. We are also beginning to study the red-legged frog and the woolly bear caterpillar!
Our PE time was spent playing monster kickball. We used mats for bases and kicked a giant ball.

We have been telling jokes every morning. These are the ones we have collected. I hope you enjoy reading these jokes with your child. Please feel free to keep sending in jokes!

What happens to frogs when they are angry?
They get hopping mad!

What did the farmer get when he crossed a cow and a duck?
Cheese and quackers!

Out of all the animals, why is the rabbit the coolest?
Because it can hip-hop.

What kind of rabbit has fleas?
Bugs Bunny!

Where did the three little pigs get money to build their houses?
From a piggy bank!

What monkey is always exploding?
A baboon.

What’s a cat’s favorite color?
Purr-ple!

What happened to the dog who fell in the freezer?
He became a frozen pupsicle!

How do you keep fish from smelling?
You have to cut off their noses!

Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Lettuce
Lettuce who?
Lettuce stop doing these knock knock jokes.

What did ET’s mother say when he came home?
Where on earth have you been?

How do you catch a squirrel?
Climb up a tree and act like a nut!

What did the frog order at McDonald’s?
French Fries and a Diet Croak!

What do you call a millionaire that never takes a bath?
Filthy rich!

Why do teachers wear sunglasses?
Because their students are so bright!




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