December 2-6

Math: We will learn how to round to the nearest ten and hundred. We will continue working with numbers to 1,000 and practice adding those numbers.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have prefixes.
unhappy        recall           disappear             unload            mistake
misspell         dislike           replace                 mislead          disagree
rewrite          unroll           unknown              dishonest        react
unfortunate    discourage    uncomfortable      recycle           mispronounce

Language Arts: We will be learning about character, setting, and plot. We will also learn about main and helping verbs. We will review contractions and comparing and contrasting.
We have a new grammar jammer about verbs. You can listen to the song by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer - click on Language Arts
Our vocabulary words this week are: poked, overhead, antlers, languages, imagined, and narrator.

Reading: Our story of the week is Pushing Up the Sky

Writing: We will write a play about Christmas.

Science: We will finish up learning about food chains. We will begin discussing how people and animals affect the environment.

Handwriting: We will review all of the cursive letters we have learned so far.

Last Week in School...

Here the students are helping each other trace their hands and feet for a Christmas craft with Miss Goetz, our Junior Field student. Don't mind their hair; it was crazy hair day!

November 25-29

REMINDER: THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND SCHOOL GETS OUT AT 11:30 ON WEDNESDAY!

NO SPELLING TEST THIS WEEK!!

Math: We will be learning how many tens and hundreds are in numbers to 1,000. We will also learn how to round to the nearest ten and hundred.

Spelling: You have 2 weeks to study the next words which all have prefixes.
unhappy        recall           disappear             unload            mistake
misspell         dislike           replace                 mislead          disagree
rewrite          unroll           unknown              dishonest        react
unfortunate    discourage    uncomfortable      recycle           mispronounce

Science: We will finish up learning about the life cycles of frogs and butterflies. We will begin learning about food chains.

Handwriting: We will learn how to write the lowercase cursive w and b.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Last Week in School...

Here, the students are working in pairs to complete a worksheet about contractions.

 We love singing and dancing along to our Grammar Jammer about verbs.

 The character trait of the month was compassion. Logan was chosen as the student in our class who always shows compassion. Kadence and Brooklyn's papers were also chosen to be read in front of the entire school. They both wrote about someone who always shows them compassion.

In math, we used our thousands charts to help solve math problems.

We also had time to play some fun math games. We played Close to 100 and Go Collecting. Some parents even came to learn some of our games on Math Night.

 

We finished our Junior Achievement program. Mrs. Kappes and Mrs. Martyn gave each student a water bottle, candy, and a dollar coin on their last day. We got very lucky to get such great volunteers in our room!

In science, we read about life cycles in groups.

 We wrote fictional stories by finishing the prompt, "My mom was making a turkey. I walked in the kitchen just as she opened the oven and..." The kids came up with some very creative stories.

We also made turkey crafts and wrote what we are thankful for on each feather. Our turkeys are "Stuffed with Thankful Thoughts!"

In sign language, we played Go Fish with newly learned Thanksgiving words.

Miss Goetz will be completing her Junior Field experience in our classroom. She will be with us until December 11.