Read Across CIC

Our class had the pleasure of reading with CIC Grade 8 students on Dr. Seuss's birthday. We showed them how we use Kid Pix and together we made a picture for a part of Dr. Seuss's book called "Fox in Socks". After, we watched some of the Fox in Socks videos on YouTube and played some Dr. Seuss games with our new friends. Thank you to all the Grade 8s who helped us so, so much!

Fox

Socks

Box

Knox

Knox in box.

Fox in socks.

Knox on fox in socks in box.

Socks on Knox and Knox in box.

Fox in socks on box on Knox.

Chicks with bricks come.

Chicks with blocks come.

Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.

Look, sir.  Look, sir.  Mr. Knox, sir.

Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir.

Let's do tricks with chicks and clocks, sir.

First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack.

Then I'll make a quick trick block stack.

You can make a quick trick chick stack.

You can make a quick trick clock stack.

And here's a new trick, Mr. Knox....

Socks on chicks and chicks on fox.

Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks.

Bricks and blocks on Knox on box.

Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir.

Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir....

Clocks on fox tick.  Clocks on Knox tock.

Six sick bricks tick.  Six sick chicks tock.

Please, sir.  I don't like this trick, sir.

My tongue isn't quick or slick, sir.

I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, 

mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir.

I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir.

I'm so sorry, Mr. Knox, sir.

Here's an easy game to play.

Here's an easy thing to say....

New socks.  Two socks.

Whose socks?  Sue's socks.

Who sews whose socks?

Sue sews Sue's socks.

Who sees who sew whose new socks, sir?

You see Sue sew Sue's new socks, sir.

That's not easy, Mr. Fox, sir.

Who comes? ...

Crow comes.  Slow Joe Crow comes.

Who sews crow's clothes?

Sue sews crow's clothes.

Slow Joe Crow sews whose clothes?

Sue's clothes.

Sue sews socks of fox in socks now.

Slow Joe Crow sews Knox in box now.

Sue sews rose on Slow Joe Crow's clothes.

Fox sews hose on Slow Joe Crow's nose.

Hose goes.  Rose grows.

Nose hose goes some.  Crow's rose grows some.

Mr. Fox!  I hate this game, sir.

This game makes my tongue quite lame, sir.

Mr. Knox, sir, what a shame, sir.

We'll find something new to do now.

Here is lots of new blue goo now.

New goo.  Blue goo.

Gooey.  Gooey.

Blue goo.  New goo.

Gluey. Gluey.

Gooey goo for chewy chewing!

That's what that Goo-Goose is doing.

Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir?

If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, 

with the Goo-Goose, chew, sir.

Do, sir.

Mr. Fox, sir, I won't do it.  

I can't say it.  I won't chew it.

Very well, sir.  Step this way.

We'll find another game to play.

Bim comes.  Ben comes.

Bim brings Ben broom.

Ben brings Bim broom.

Ben bends Bim's broom.

Bim bends Ben's broom.

Bim's bends. Ben's bends.

Ben's bent broom breaks.

Bim's bent broom breaks.

Ben's band.  Bim's band.

Big bands.  Pig bands.

 Bim and Ben lead bands with brooms.

Ben's band bangs and Bim's band booms.

Pig band!  Boom band!

Big band!  Broom band!

My poor mouth can't say that.  No, sir.

My poor mouth is much too slow, sir.

Well then... bring your mouth this way.

I'll find it something it can say.

Luke Luck likes lakes.

Luke's duck likes lakes.

Luke Luck licks lakes.

Luck's duck licks lakes.

Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.

Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

I can't blab such blibber blubber!

My tongue isn't make of rubber.

Mr. Knox.  Now come now.  Come now.

You don't have to be so dumb now....

Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please....

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.

Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.

Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.

That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

Stop it!  Stop it!

That's enough, sir.

I can't say such silly stuff, sir.

Very well, then, Mr. Knox, sir.

Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles....

What do you know about tweetle beetles?  Well...

When tweetle beetles fight, 

it's called a tweetle beetle battle.

And when they battle in a puddle, 

it's a tweetle beetle puddle battle.

AND when tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle, 

they call it a tweetle beetle puddle paddle battle.

AND...

When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle 

and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...

...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle.

AND...

When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles 

and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...

...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle 

bottle paddle battle.

AND...Now wait a minute, Mr. Socks Fox! 
When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle 
with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, 
THIS is what they call... 
...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled 
muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!
Fox in socks, our game is done, sir.
Thank you for a lot of fun, sir.

We are the World

We are the world, we are the children.
We are the ones who make a brighter day...

We would like to introduce you to our continents map and some of the new kids in our class! (You can click the pictures to make them bigger.)

India - Asia - Sabrina

Spain - Europe - Emilio

Thailand - Asia - Daniela

Japan - Asia - Diego

Mexico - North America - Claudia

Morocco - Africa - Carlos

Netherlands - Europe - Antonio

South Korea - Asia - Manuella

Afganistan - Asia - Juan Cristobal

Australia - Oceania - Enzo

Ghana - Africa - Gabriel

Greece - Europe - Alejandro

Hungary - Europe - Luiza

Minute Math

We will begin our “One Minute Math” tests on February 19^th. We will have a math fact speed test each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday until the end of the year. The goal of the tests is to have the children writing the answers to 30 fact questions in 60 seconds. This poses three challenges for our students: writing rapidly, computing correctly and quickly.

The speed tests build upon facts “mastered” in previous tests, so it is essential that the students recognize their errors and correct them.

Week of Feb 18^th +0 rule, +1 rule

Week of Feb 25^th +1 rule, 2+2

Week of Mar 3^rd 2+3, 2+4

An excellent website for focused practice on their facts is:

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsadd.html

If you would like to print practice pages for in your home, they can be generated at:

http://themathworksheetsite.com/add_single_vert.html

Happy Valentine's Day!

The students had such a blast affirming their friendships with cards and candies. A huge thank you to all the families for providing such wonderful treats that their children were so excited to share. Also, thank you for all the chocolates and cards given to their teachers! ;-)

100th Day of School!

Lots of learning and fun were had by all on February 6th, 2008. Please visit our "100th Day of School" website to see photos of our activities and collections.

http://cicgradeone.tumblr.com

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