Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!! We had a FABULOUS party with lots of sweet (and healthy) treats, games, and even a school wide costume parade!

WOW!

Our class collected the most Box Tops of any class at Riverside during the month of September!  They collected a total of 795 Box Tops! WOW! Way to go Class!

Spelling list 7

Our words this week are all contractions using not, will, have, and are. A contraction is a short way of saying or writing two or more words. An apostrophe takes the place of one or more letters. Connect words that are related to each other because they have the same contraction part.

Yellow List:

1. don't
2. won't
3. didn't
4. aren't
5. isn't
6. wasn't

Blue List:

1. I’ve
2. I’ll
3. you’ll
4. you’ve
5. couldn’t
6. doesn’t
7. they’re
8. we’re
9. I'm
10. didn't
11. haven't
12. can't
13. won't

A touch of Halloween

I spend some time this weekend adding a few touches of Halloween to room 32. Our 'spelling spiders' are attacking us from all over the room!

 

 

They've set up their web in our Truffula Tree Forest.

And a mummy watches over us from the doorway!

PS. Picture retake day is November 7th. Mark it on your calendars if you are interested in trying again for a FANTASTIC new picture. =]

End of week 7

This past week was "Red Ribbon Week". This brought up a discussion of activities you can do to stay healthy and active! Ask your child what they can do to stay active!

We used our spelling word patterns to make creepy spiders. Our room is now FILLED with GIANT spiders! AHHH!

We had a math test on Friday. In the next unit, we discuss telling time.

REMINDER: Next week we only have school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Because of this, we will not have spelling words this week. Also, since we do not have school on Friday, October 26 (the day I have asked all book orders to be in by) any paper orders from this months book orders should be in by Wednesday. You can ALWAYS order online through scholastic.com. If you do, make sure to use our classroom's code (L6HD6) to help us earn points for free books!

Because of the short school week, our Weekly Reading Minutes sheet (WRM) for this week will be due on Wednesday, October 24th. Remember, minutes read outside of school can't be counted towards your goal unless it gets turned in!

Our OUTRAGEOUS facts from this week:

• Mosquitoes prefer to bite people with smelly feet!
• Your teeth are stronger than your bones.

Working Together

          Today we practiced working together in Literacy Discussion groups. We all read the same book, took notes while reading, and discussed it in groups of four. We are learning to use conversational phrases such as 'I think that..." "I agree/disagree..." "I didn't understand..." "I wanted to add..." I noticed..." We are well on our way to becoming expert talkers! =]

Week 6 Spelling

This week our focus is on words with 'k' and 'kw' sounds. The 'k' sound can be spelled with the pattern 'k', 'ck', or 'c'. The 'kw' sounds can be spelled with the 'qu' pattern.

Yellow List:

• skin
• picnic
• crack
• scab
• week
• check
• second
• school

Blue List:

1. quick
2. queen
3. skin
4. picnic
5. crack
6. scab
7. week
8. check
9. second 
10. school
11. quiet 
12. square
13. pocket

Green List:

1. square
2. pocket
3. quiet
4. electric
5. skunk
6. quite
7. second
8. school
9. crack
10. picnic

End of Week 6 10-12-12

Today the Fire Department came to visit! We got to go into the smokehouse to learn all about fire safety. During snack, we all made cards to thank them for all that they do!

Our OUTRAGEOUS facts this week:

• Some spiders catch and eat fish!
• Raw termites taste like pineapple.
• A man in Canada can balance 17 spoons on his face at once.
• Some clouds are more than 10 miles tall.

Note For Parents 10-11-12

In today's planner:
Reading minutes due tomorrow! I can't count the minutes towards a goal if they are not turned in!

Spelling test tomorrow!!!! Check out the fun spelling games on spellingcity.com! A link can be found under 'Classroom Links'. I've even uploaded this weeks words!!
 
Math homework tonight too! Here's a copy of the note I sent home:

Dear Parents-

We have been working on the partial sum method in math this week. I have given each student (and you [= ) a copy of the method found in our reference book for help. Your child can use either standard addition or the partial sums method to complete tonight’s homework, which ever they are most comfortable using.

Thank you for all of your support!
Miss Jensen

Week 5

Happy October! Today was Unit 3's first award ceremony! Students with no late work and no warnings in September received awards.

Jonah, Reagan*, MJ*, Mari*, Jacob*, Amelia, and Austin all received awards for having NO late work during the month of September.

Kobe, Rozalyn, Reagan*, Genna, MJ*, Mari*, Jacob*, Bethany, Phing, Elijah and Makenna all received Above The Line awards for NO warnings during the month of September.

September's Students of the Month from our class were (drum roll please)......

Jacob and MJ!!!

Keep up the great work! I am extremely proud of you all!

 Here's a picture of ALL of Unit 3's Student's of the Month! YOU ROCK!

Our OUTRAGEOUS facts for this week:

• Crocodiles sometimes walk on the backs of hippos.
• A shark can live for six weeks without eating.
• The sun is 400 times larger than the moon.
• Dolphins may be smarter than chimpanzees. 
• Parrots talk without vocal cords.

Spelling List 5

This weeks words contain the long 'i' sound (i, ight, ie).

Blue list:

1. kind
2. mind
3. child
4. fight
5. night
6. might
7. pie
8. tie
9. white
10. high
11. arrive
12. idea
13. delight

Green list:

1. arrive
2. final
3. idea
4. delight
5. island
6. silence
7. white
8. high
9. tie
10. might