Food Chains and Food Webs

Our Imagine It unit has focused on Animals and Their Habitats. A couple of weeks ago, we read a story titled Wolf Island. In the story, a family of wolves move away and it causes problems with the food chain on the island. To go along with our story, we learned about food chains interactively, and then made our own food web. We learned how animals are interdependent on one another, and how the disappearance of one species can have a horrible effect on the food web. Here are a few pictures.

 Interactive food chain

 Morning class makes their food web

 The afternoon class makes their food web

 Devean had some problems...

Devean still having problems! :) 

Nobody is quite sure how he got tangled up in the food web, but

we were all very entertained by it.

Good news: Devean managed to get free!

Homograph or Homophone?

We have been busy learning about homographs and homophones over the past two weeks. This can be a very confusing concept! Here are some ways to remember the difference between the two:

• A homoPHONE: We talk on a phone. When we talk on the phone we HEAR SOUND. So we can remember a homophone sounds the same, but is spelled different and has a different meaning!
• A homoGRAPH: When we use a graph we have to LOOK at it. So we can remember a homograph looks the same (meaning it is spelled the same), but has a different meaning and can sometimes (but not always) sound different.

Still confused? Watch this video for some examples!

Don't Forget to "Fall Back!"

Happy Halloween!

We had a couple of surprise visitors to our class today! A ninja, and Michael Jackson!

M.J. (aka Harlon)

Ninja Cyrell

We had our own milestone at the Owen house: Madelyn's first Halloween! She was a little ladybug!

Hope you all had a wonderful evening. Don't eat too much candy! :)

Joe Budd 2011

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Joe Budd

PICTURES ARE COMING SOON!

Mrs. Owen is checking with Mrs. Henderson to see who has photo permission for the Internet.

Pictures will be posted as soon as we have this information.

Stay tuned!

Imagine It Tests

Exciting news! We are now able to take our Imagine It! tests online! Every Friday, we head to the computer lab and log onto the Imagine It website and complete our weekly assessments. It is way more fun than the paper/pencil way, and it's easier for parents to view grades!

To access the Imagine It website go to www.sraimagineit.com. Your child has a username and password stapled into the front of his/her agenda book. The login page will look like this:

Once you have logged in, click on the green "Progress Reporter" button. This button will take you to a page that looks like this:

You can then select a test to view. The tests will say "Submitted" when they have been turned in, and "Complete" when they have been graded. Double click on any test and it will show the percentage grade, and you can scroll through to see what items were missed. You can click on the "reports" tab to view your child's success as well.

Please feel free to contact me if you ever have any questions or need help with the website. I am happy to help!