Langner's Letters

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Teeth

Monday, November 17, 2014

We had a very busy week last week! 2 rehearsals and 1 informance. The kids were troopers through it all giving it their best. I was so proud of them the night of the concert. They gave every song that extra "oomph" it needed to give everyone goosebumps.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Concert tonight

Check in at the classroom at 6:15. Concert begins at 7pm at SLES. Pick your child up at the classroom following the concert. Wear red, white & blue.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Live Webcast

Yesterday kids listened to a live webcast from Scholastic featuring Usher. He spoke about how reading opens your imagination & allows you to escape from reality. His main message to kids was to stay positive and set goals for themselves. He gave examples of how this worked in his own life. What an inspiring person to listen to. At the end of the webcast, he sang. Pretty exciting!

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Long Haul

I don't know who is more

excited-the kids-or me!?!

I know how I'll be spending the night, curled up with an obnoxiously orange book!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Try this site!

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Ants: Backyard Science (clip)

World's Deadliest - Army Ants Eat Everything

ants digging tunnels 900x life speed

Fall Conferences Schedule

Monday, Oct. 27

8 am Sophia

Tuesday, Oct. 28

8am Angelina

1 Si SI

1:30 Cherlin

2 Destiny

2:30 Daniela

3:30 Dulce

4 Gabriel

4:30 Pedro

5 David

5:30 Teia

6 Giselle

Wednesday, Oct. 29

3:30 Anahi

Thursday, Oct. 30

1 Fernando

3:30 Lita

4 Darlyn

4:30 Valeria

5:00 Joshua

5:30 Ramon

Monday, Nov. 3

3:50 Peyton

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Pumpkin Project!

We are going to collaborate online with children in other schools using the following website:

www.projectsbyjen.com

This morning we weighed our pumpkin:

240 ounces (thanks Twyla!)

Then we estimated the number of pumpkins seeds we thought we'd discover inside. My guess was 56. Boy was I wrong! Students all estimated in the 100's and were much closer.

We all took turns feeling the inside of the pumpkin and used great adjectives to describe: spidery, dry, silky.

Then we dug in!

Adjectives began to change the more we dug at the interior of the pumpkin.

Mushy, gushy, slick, stringy, wet!

Then as teams we split up all the seeds to count. Students decided the most efficient way to count was by using groups of ten. They made quick work of this and had totals in less than 3 minutes.

EFFICIENT STRATEGY!