December 19-23

Math: We will continue solving distance riddles. We will start comparing numbers and writing several equations for them.

Writing: We will write thank you letters to our volunteers for Junior Achievement. We will also begin writing our New Year's Resolutions.

Social Studies: We will listen to a speaker from the Dakota Prairie Museum.

Handwriting: We will learn lowercase cursive o and w.

WE DO NOT HAVE SPELLING WORDS THIS WEEK!

WE WILL HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY ON FRIDAY THE 23RD.

December 12-16

Math: We will solve distance riddles. We will continue to solve story problems as well.

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.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive p.

Science: We will learn how living things make changes.

December 5-9

Math: We will work on solving story problems using a variety of strategies. We will also solve related facts.

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.

***Christmas Program***

The Christmas program will be December 8th at 9:30 and 1:30 in the school gym. Hope to see you there.

November 28-December 2

Math: We will continue working on solving story problems using different strategies. We will learn a new math game, Capture on the 300 Chart.

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 finish our pet reindeer stories.

Science: NSU biology students will be coming to teach us about genetics.

Social Studies: We will have 2 volunteers from Dakotah Bank come to our class as part of the Junior Achievement program. They will be teaching us about our community.

Handwriting: We will learn lowercase curse g.

~Pictures~

We played our math game, Close to 100.

We went on a scavenger hunt with our Kindergarten Buddies.

We dissected owl pellets with some biology majors from NSU.

We had dress up days for Red Ribbon Week.

Cole was our Character Trait winner for October. He always shows perseverance.

We had a Halloween Party with our Kindergarten Buddies.

We had some fun ghost suckers from Callen.

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

We worked on measuring in inches, feet, and yards in math.

We played a matching game about baby animals with our Kindergarten Buddies.