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Monday, November 27, 2017

November 27, 2017

Hello families!

We are back at it and learning so much this week!  In language we're working on past and future tense verbs.  Ask your student to tell you a verb in the past tense and then in future tense this week to work on this at work!

In comprehension we're working on cause and effect.  We read a book today called Interrupting Chicken and talked about how the chicken interrupts others so it causes his dad to be tired :)!


In phonics we are learning a difficult skill of using "soft c" where the C makes an S sound in the word - like in mice.  We're also learning about "soft g" that the G makes a J sound.  Working on their spelling words at home is very helpful in learning these skills.  Try having students write their words with their fingers after they tell you the word.  We write our words in the air too to help us!



In math we're working on subtraction word problems and understanding what our word problem is asking.


In writing, we are beginning a how to writing piece, where students are the expert and teaching another student how to do something through their writing!



Spelling Words:

age
ledge
nice
page
rice
wedge
from
once

Sight words:

any
from
happy
once
so 
upon








Pictures from our Red Ribbon Week performance!

Pictures from our Red Ribbon Week performance!

Pictures from our Red Ribbon Week performance!

Pictures from our Red Ribbon Week performance!

Students doing "Write the room"



Next week we are starting a very FUN unit about holidays around the world.  I have a request for some things we will be using to celebrate this unit. If you would be able to take a look and see if you would be able to help our class with some of these items, it would be GREATLY appreciated!  Thank you all for your help!  You can click here to go directly to the sign up.






Monday, October 30, 2017

October 30, 2017

Hi families!

We had a wonderful red ribbon week at Wellington.  Here are some pictures from our special guests today during our assembly.
Mr. Boles had a serenade from the singers!

Lafayette Basketball coach and 2 players

 Special singing group from UK

Our class enjoying the performance



We have a great week coming up at Wellington.  On Tuesday we will be having a Story book Character day where students can dress up as their favorite storybook character.  

Our Junie B Jones Jamboree is also tomorrow (Tuesday).  We are celebrating the books we have been reading with some fun activities.  If you have any small pumpkins you would be able to donate to our class - we are still 13 pumpkins short for all students to have for our afternoon pumpkin investigation.  We will be measuring, determining if they sink or float, and making estimations about our pumpkins.  This is a fun afternoon of learning for our students!  Thank you all for your help in preparing for this day!

Spelling words:

fast
lend
past
send
sink
blink
who


Sight words:

eat
no
by
under
who
many


Thank you!  Have a wonderful week!






Monday, October 23, 2017

October 23

Happy Monday families!

We're back at it today and learning so much!  In Language this week we are beginning to focus on singular and plural nouns.  For comprehension we're focusing on retelling our stories with partners and will later in the week write about what we have read.  In phonics our skill is short 'u' this week.  We are beginning a new writing piece soon about our opinion.

In math our focus is on using commutative property.  Today we used a balance to make both sides of our equations equal.

Last week we had fun using what we had learned about community helpers and made cut outs of our faces to show what we want to be!




 


 




 







Don't forget it is Red Ribbon Week.  Here is the schedule for the rest of the week:
Tuesday - Wear socks - Sock it to Drugs
Wednesday - Slippers - Don't slip into drugs. (Please bring slippers to change in to)
Thursday - pajamas! - Don't get comfortable with drugs!
Friday - wear red day! 

Our spelling words this week are:
bug
cut
fun
rug
run
hut
live
one

Our sight words are:
could
of
live
one
then
three

Next Tuesday (October 31) will be book character day.  Please note the hand out in folders today for ideas.  We are also celebrating the books we have read so far about Junie B Jones with a fun Jamboree celebration!  We have centers planned for the morning where students will explore activities to help with what they have learned about in reading these fun books in class.
Tuesday afternoon we will be doing a pumpkin investigation.  

If you would like to help our class with some supplies for these fun events - there is a link HERE with some things our class will need for this exciting day!

If you haven't had a chance to sign up for conferences you can sign up Here.  I can't wait to share with you the great work your wonderful kiddos have been doing in class!

Have a fantastic Monday!

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Red Ribbon Week reminders

Hello!

I wanted to send out a blog with reminders for Red Ribbon Week - this will be next week (October 23-27).

Monday - Wear sunglasses.  Too Cool for drugs by wearing their sunglasses.

Tuesday - Crazy Socks.  Sock it to drugs - wear wacky socks.

Wednesday - Slipper day.  Don't slip into drugs.   (Please wear normal shoes and bring slippers to change into).

Thursday - Pajama day!  Don't get comfortable with drugs day.

Friday - Wear Red day.

We will have an assembly on Friday the 27 in the afternoon.

thank you!

Monday, October 16, 2017

October 16

Good afternoon families!

Our class is finishing up our writing piece on our personal narratives.  They are having a great time sharing a fun adventure they have been on and telling their friends about their writing.



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This week we are beginning to work on the short e sound - like in the word egg, leg, beg.  Spelling words are:

leg
egg
met
bread
head
fed
use
help

Our weekly sight words are:

again
help
new
there
use

In comprehension we are working on retelling our story.  When students read their baggie books at night, ask them what happened in the beginning, middle and end of their story to help their comprehension of the story.


In language we're talking about nouns and will finish our week by creating Noun Town to share in the hallway.

Image result for noun town pinterest


Weekly reminders:

Pictures are tomorrow!  Dress your best and show beautiful smiles!

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Fall festival is FRIDAY!  It is a fun night for all families!  I hope everyone can attend.




Next Week is Red Ribbon Week - there is information in folders about the events for each day.
We are celebrating Story Book Character day on October 31.  Students are encouraged to dress as their favorite character to celebrate.  That day (October 31) will also be our Junie B. Jamboree!

Image result for junie b jones

I have some events planned for the students and will send our  a volunteer spot shortly to ask for help from families.  In the afternoon we will be doing a pumpkin investigation and I'll be asking for donations of SMALL pumpkins - picture will be included.

Image result for pumpkin

Please check email for the volunteer spot information for that fun event!

Have a wonderful week!

Friday, September 29, 2017

September 29, 2014

Good afternoon families!

We've had such a fun week in our classroom.  Here are some pictures of our hard work and learning this week....

Ever wonder what your kiddos mean by buddy reading? Here are some friends reading with a buddy!  

Our students did a write the room this week where they were reading sentences and telling the type of sentence.

writing the room!

Students writing the room!







Have your heard your student mention read to self time?  Here is a student enjoying a book to herself!




Our sweet teddy bears had a sleepover at school last week!  Some of them decided to get on our computers!

.....and read our books.

...........and even have their own reading groups at our reading table!

This teddy bear was working on successmaker before I arrived at school I think!


Reading some books together....

This stuffed animal was being the teacher when I got to school last week!









Enjoying our lunches outside with our teddy bears!

Picnic outside!




We all did so wonderful on our spelling test this week!  We've been working hard on the short o sound this week and learning lots of new words.  Thank you for your work at home!  

Our awesome field trip to Junie B. Jones will be on WEDNESDAY October 4.  

Our fall break will be next Thursday and Friday (October 5 and 6).  It's a great time for the kiddos to relax and enjoy the fall weather, which is hopefully sticking around!

For next week our sight words will be:

jump
move
run
two

Our spelling words are:
two
skin
frog
swim
grab
move
drip
spill

In phonics we will be working on blending sounds at the beginning of our words.  (No spelling test next week since it's a short week!)

Have a great weekend!