If I Lived In a Snow Globe......

This week the students had a chance to let their imaginations go. They had to imagine that they lived inside a snow globe. Each student created a story of what they would do inside their snow globe. We worked through the writing process of brainstorming, rough drafts, editing, and then publishing. They turned out great!!!

Keep your eye out for more wonderful winter themed activities we will be doing in class the rest of the week!

Weekly Words!!!!!

Here is our list of weekly words!!! Last one before our much deserved winter break!!!

Sight Words

today
this
sing
be
know
read
write
friend
girl
she

Spelling List 11 Test Friday Dec. 20th

skin
skill
small
snap
sniff
spot
still
stick
swim

Challenge Words

swing
smart

Sight Words

red
two

Extension Spelling List 11 Test Friday Dec. 20th

skunk
smile
smash
snoop
spoon
sleep

Challenge Words

swing
smart

Sight Words

red
two

Picture Program

Think week we were lucky to have Mrs. Otte take her time to come in and teach us about a famous artist. We learned all about the life and work of Grant Wood. The students even got to draw a picture influenced by Grant Wood' piece "American Gothic". 

Then they actually got to be the models and dress up like the people in the picture! Ask your child to tell you all about the artist Grant Wood!!!

Weekly Words

Here is our list of weekly words! Please be sure to study them at home with your student. They can also play different learning games with their weekly words at www.spellingcity.com.

Sight Words

people

from

picture

mother

children

love

new

your

father

come

family

Spelling List 10 Test Friday Dec. 13th

block

clap

club

flat

flip

glass

glad

plum

plan

slot

Challenge Words

slow

blank

Sight Words

blue 

one

Extension Spelling List 10 Test Friday Dec. 13th

blanket

blast

flower

clean

click

plant

Challenge Words

slow

blank

Sight Words

blue 

one

A Special Thanks

Our class has been studying about the winter holidays celebrated around the world. We were very lucky to have a special guest come in to talk with our class about the traditions of Hanukkah.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Sucherman shared with us the stories and traditions of Hanukkah. We loved seeing the real menorah she brought and playing with our very own dreidels.

Thank you again Mrs. Sucherman for helping to enrich our learning!

Happy December!!!!!!!

Happy December and Welcome Back!!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break and got to spend some times with your families.I was grateful to see everyone's smiling faces back at school today and to hear all the stories from the break.

This weeks sight words are:

also

green

has

brown

some

make

many

color

funny

Spelling List 9 Test Friday Dec. 6th

brown

crab

drum

frog

grin

press

trap

crop

drop

grab

Challenge Words

truck

pretty

Sight Words

come

find

Extension Spelling List 9 Test Friday Dec. 6th

brownie

craft

brother

drive

dress

track

Challenge Words

truck

pretty

Sight Words

come

find

Have a good week back and remember to practice your words!!!!

We Are Stuffed!!!!!

Room 6 is stuffed full of Thanksgiving learning and fun!!

The past few days we have been busy learning about the holiday of Thanksgiving. We talked about the first Thanksgiving and how the Native Americans and Pilgrims worked together to prepare foods for their celebration. 

We also spent time talking about the traditions that still go along with the holiday today.

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the things we are lucky to have in our lives. We created turkeys and on each feather we wrote one thing we are thankful for....

They turned out great!

***I am thankful for a wonderful class full of bright and cheery students who bring joy and happiness to me each day!!****

One of today's traditions for Thanksgiving is to eat turkey. We wrote recipes in class for how to cook a turkey.

They sound yummy!!!!

Wishing you all a very happy and joyful Thanksgiving!

Weekly Work!!

Hello Everyone!!!
     This week we will not be having a spelling test, due to the short week for the holidays. We will also just be using this time to review our sight words we have learned up to this point in the year. 
I look forward to seeing you all at conferences!

Weekly Words!

Sight Words for the week of Nov. 18th

all

call

eat

every

first

never

paper

shall

why

nice

that

List 7: Test Nov. 22nd

map

tap

nap

jam

am

ham

dig

wig

fig

big

Challenge Words

clap

twig

Sight Words

away

here

Extension List 7: Test Nov. 22nd

strap

scrap

clam

swam

jig

rig

Challenge Words

clap

twig

Sight Words

away

here

Creepy Crawly Spiders......We LOVE science!!

We are LOVING learning about spiders!!! Here are some of the fun activities we have been doing in class!

We began our unit by taking a survey of the class.        "Are you afraid of spiders?"

We collected and analyzed our data and the results show us that most of us are NOT afraid of spiders.

The results show 7 student are afraid of spiders and 14 are NOT afraid of spiders.

We then went on to discuss our schema (what we already know about spiders) and came up with some questions we were hoping to answer as during our exploration of spiders.

Our posters are surrounded by some of our super cute spider fact projects!

We have learned SO much about spiders over the past week and a half. Please be sure to ask your student to use their science terms to teach you some interesting facts about spiders!

Weekly Words

Sight Words for the week of Nov. 11th

animal
bird
full
cold
had
flower
went
look
of
fall

List 7: Test Nov. 15th

1.              back
2. lock
3. puff
4. off
5. tell
6. fall
7. mess
8. pass
9. fizz
10. jazz

Challenge Words

1.         spell

2.     class

Sight Words

1.         down

2.     up

Extension List 7: Test Nov. 15th

1.                        block
2. shock
3. cliff
4. sniff
5.brass
6.grass

Challenge Words

1.         spell

2.     class

Sight Words

1.         down

2.     up

Batty For Learning!

We finished up our science unit on bats. The students loved, loved, loved learning about these amazing mammals. We did many wonderful activities throughout this unit. The students researched bats and wrote opinion papers, made bat fact projects, and even got a chance to record class data about our opinion of bats. You will be amazed at how your student has become a bat expert. Ask them to teach you all the fancy science words we have learned to describe bats.

Do we think bats are cute or creepy???

        

Survey says..........

CUTE!!!!!!!!!

Here are some of our bat fact projects!!

Up Next.........SPIDERS!!!!

Weekly Sight Words and Spelling Lists

Sight Words for the week of Oct. 28th

but

us

me

do

I

my

for

said

you

List 5: Test Nov. 1st

1.              net

2.              pet

3.              let

4.              get

5.              wet

6.              hem

7.              ten

8.              men

9.              pen

10.      Ben

Challenge Words

1.         yet

2.     when

Sight Words

1.         for

2.     me

Extension List 5: Test Nov. 1st

1.                        jet

2.                        upset

3.                        then

4.                        den

5.                        sled

6.                        Fred

Challenge Words

1.         yet

2.     when

Sight Words

1.         for

2.     me