The last few weeks...

These kids made it to Homework Club for the month of November! They remember their homework every time!

We played a math game, Collections Match.

We worked with a partner to solve math problems.

We played Close to 100 in small groups.

We have 2 volunteers from Dakotah Bank teaching us Junior Achievement. 

December 14-18

Math: We will continue to solve distance riddles. We will then start comparing numbers.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week have either hard c, soft c or soft g.
clock         large             page         mark             kitten
judge         crack            edge         pocket          brake
change       ridge             jacket       badge           orange
freckles     advantage      pledge      Kentucky      kingdom

Language Arts: We will be learning about graphic sources, author's purpose, and alphabetical order. We will also learn about subject-verb agreement. We will review prefixes.
We will listen to our 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: dim, gas, gigantic, ladle, patterns, shine, and temperature.

Reading: Our story of the week is Seeing Stars.

Writing: We will write a story about a pet reindeer and making the Grinch grin.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive k.

Science: We will finish up learning about habitats and start learning about life cycles.

December 7-11

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM ON THURSDAY- 9:30 AND 1:30

Math: We will work on solving distance riddles. Ms. Sanders, our junior field student, will teach 2 lessons.

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 how to make The Grinch grin.

Social Studies: We will have Junior Achievement and learn about city components.

November 30-December 4

Math: We will continue working on solving story problems using different strategies. Our Junior Field student from NSU will teach a few math lessons.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week are all contractions.
let's        he'd           you'll        can't         I'd
won't      haven't       hasn't       she'd        they'll
when's    we'd          should've   wasn't      didn't
they'd    would've     could've    needn't     you've

Language Arts: We will be learning how to draw conclusions and find the author's purpose in stories we read. We will also learn about action and linking verbs. We will review consonant digraphs and homophones.
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: raisin, area, raise, artificial, proof, grapevine, and preservative.

Reading: Our story of the week is How Do You Raise a Raisin?

Writing: We will begin brainstorming ideas for Christmas writing projects.

Science: We will finish up learning about animal habitats.

Social Studies: We will be learning about our community with the help of the volunteers from Junior Achievement.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive k.

Pictures from November

Brayden was our class's character winner of the month. He always shows great sportsmanship.

Our class had the most blood donations, so we had a pizza party!

We played our math game, Go Collecting. 

 We solved math problems using many different strategies.

We partner read stories.

These kids were in Homework Club for the month of October. They remembered their homework every time! 

 We played some more math games, Close to 100 and Go Collecting.

We helped our Kindergarten buddies make a turkey, and then we read them stories. 

These kids all wore their Jump Rope for Heart shirts on the same day! 

 We made turkeys and wrote what we are thankful for.

 We played our math game, Capture on the 300 Chart.

Several families came to math night and played our math games.  

We solved math story problems with a partner.

We watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving with our kindergarten buddies.