"It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~ Albus Dumbledore

Thursday, August 25, 2016

WEEK 2

Here's a rundown of week 2:

Your kiddos are funny, respectful and a joy to have. They're learning my orderly ways and we are having fun along the way. 

Reading:
We finished up our context clues activity. The students created made up words and used them in sentences. We pulled context clues from these sentences to determine their meaning.

On Monday, the students received their new spelling words. They'll test on 9/1. You may practice these at home - they're in a sheet protector in their binder. 

We began learning about character traits. I read Spaghetti on a Hotdog Bun and Tackylocks and the Three Bears. The students determined traits for the characters in the stories using evidence from the text. We will continue working on this in book club.

Writing:
We learned the process of writing an opinion paper. We taste tested Cinnamon Bun Oreos and Chocochip Oreos and wrote an opinion paper on which one we liked best. We began by filling out a graphic organizer and then using that to write a rough draft.
On Thursday we practiced using editing marks on a rough draft I created.

We've been working on cursive! They have beautiful handwriting - it should be in their binder; take a look! 

Grammar:
We've been learning about pronouns and irregular plural nouns

Projects:
We are learning about forces and motion and simple machines. We watched a Bill Nye video on simple machines and on Wednesday the students got to build a pulley.  (pictures of this are in our picture tab)

Misc:
We started recording our behavior in our Google calendar.


Saturday, August 20, 2016

FIRST WEEK!

Well our first week is down in the books. I'm exhausted, but it was great.

Here's a run down of what we did:

Reading:
We reviewed Read to Self , Good Fit books, and started building our reading stamina.
We also learned about context clues. I read a book called Henry P. Baloney to the class. Henry uses crazy alien words and we used context clues to determine just what he was saying. Next, students got in partners and created their own made up word. They will put these words into sentences on Monday so the rest of the class can try to figure them out.

Writing:
The students did an opinion and a narrative writing for me. This gives me a snapshot of what they know and can do.

We did two art journal entries. They're like a regular journal entry with a fun twist.

Grammar:
We reviewed nouns this week.

Projects:
This week we just worked to understand the Tribes Agreements and get to know one another through a variety of activities. Next week we will start our first official project.

REMINDERS:

- If you haven't already, be sure to check out our picture tab located on the blog.

- Please return all forms on Monday if you haven't done so. This includes the 'About Your Child' paper, which is something I handed out. I read these papers right away and reference them again as the year progresses and I get to know your child more. It gives me some insight and I truly find the information to be valuable.

-Scrapbook pages are due Monday. Your child picked out a scrapbook paper at school. If they lost it, please use 12x12.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Pictures

Want to see more cute pictures like this? Please check out the "Our Pictures" tab on the blog. :o)

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Email

Parents,

I sent an email to you all about volunteer opportunities in our class. If you did not receive this email, please check your spam/junk folder. If it is not in there, please email me so I can verify your email address and resend.

Thank you