100th Day Of School

 100th Day of School Fun!

On Tuesday, January 28, our class began to celebrate the 100th day of school.  Unfortunately, we had to leave school early due to snow.  So, 6 days later on February 3, room 20 finished our 100th day celebration on the 101st day of school!  The children had so much fun!  Below are a few pictures of the activities we enjoyed.



Ty'Karius works hard to write 100 words.  Everyone who completed that task earned a 100th day bracelet.

Christian and Saul make necklaces made of 100 Froot Loops.

Damion and Weston work to estimate items in 4 different bags.  Students then counted to objects to determine if the bags contained more than 100 items or less than 100 items.

Roger stacks 100 pennies into sets of 10.

Hayden works to complete a 100 piece puzzle of the United States.

Savannah works to stack 100 pennies.

Emma counts her collection of coins by 5's. 

Weston counts his collection of marshmallows by 1's.

Trinity uses a bingo marker to count to 100.

Hayden and TyKarius stack their pennies to 100.

More Duke Dog Adventures

 Below are three of the latest "Duke Dog" stories.  Soon, Duke Dog will get to make a second visit to some students' homes.  Enjoy!

Duke Dog and I pushed a four wheeler.  We eat fish.  We played producer and consumer. 

Me and Duke Dog played the Xbox 360, only me and Duke Dog.  He helped me on my homework then we played with my puppy and met my toys.  We brushed our teeth then we went to Starbucks.  Then we played with my 3ds XL Zelda.  Then we went to bed.

After homework Duke Dog and I played my Wii together.  We are dinner and played with my sister Carrington.  Later I took a bath and Duke Dog watched TV.   Duke Dog and I had fun together.  I love Duke Dog.

2 Duke Dog Visits

 Below are Ty'Karius' and Crystal's stories about their adventures with Duke Dog.  Great job to both of them!  Duke Dog spent the last week at school while we were out for snow, but he is looking forward to going home with a student this week! 

Me and Duke dog played the tablet.  We went to Taco Bell and we went back home and we went to bed.  Me and Duke Dog ate candy.  We had fun.

 

Duke Dog and I got off the bus.  After we got off the bus, Duke dog and I went to my baby sitter's house.  I stayed there.  After that, Duke dog and I went to my house.  I watched TV with Duke dog.  We saw My Little Pony two times.  After that Duke dog met my toys.  I took a shower and Duke dog did not take it.  We saw a movie together.  Then we go to sleep.

STEM Mobile Lab Visits Axton Elementary!

"That was cool, Mrs. Joyce!"

 

Our students had the opportunity to visit the STEM Lab from Danville's Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.  STEM stands for "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics."  The pictures below show some of the interesting experiments the children were fortunate to see and participate in.

 

Duke Dog has been busy!

Below are three stories about Duke Dog's adventures with our students.  The students are certainly enjoying having him visit them at their homes. 




Damion's story: 


Me and Duke Dog played with my 3DS.  Duke Dog met my toys.  And he watched TV with me.



Jay's story: 

Duke dog and I were swinging.  Duke Dog met all of my toys.  Duke dog helped me win on Mario Brothers.  Duke Dog also helped me do my homework.

Roger's story:

I watched TV with Duke dog and we built a Lincoln log town, while waiting on the school bus.  We played on the iPad together.  Me, Mom, and Duke dog danced oppa gangnam style.  Yesterday we watched the Polar Express.  We had a good weekend, Duke dog and I.

 

Estimation

These students estimated the closest amount to the number of cotton balls in the jar.

These students estimated the closest amount to the number of chips in the jar. 

We are studying estimation in math this week.  Above and below are pictures of students who have become expert estimators!  Great job!!!

These students estimated the closest amount to the number of cubes in the jar.

Spelling Bee Winners

Congratulations to Roger and Damion, our first and second place classroom spelling bee winners.  Everyone did a great job, and Mrs. Joyce is proud of all who participated.

Best wishes to Roger who will be competing in the school spelling bee next week!