Spelling List 18

List 18 contains two syllable words following the VCCV pattern. To spell a word with the VCCV pattern, divide the word between the two consonants.

Yellow List:

1.  invite
2. Monday
3. forget
4. order
5. mother
6. father
7. picture

Blue List:

1. invite
2. Monday
3. forget
4. napkin
5. garden
6. market
7. order
8. basket
9. mother
10. father
11. picture
12. sentence
13. distance
14. include

Green List:

1. distance
2. kitchen
3. sentence
4. include
5. danger
6. tremble
7. napkin
8. garden
9. picture
10. bargain
11. order
12. invite
13. mother
14. father

ATTENTION AWESOME AUSTIN!!

Today, January 30, 2013, Austin turns 9! Unfortunately he has been out sick all week. =[ We still had to wish you a happy birthday.....

We all hope you feel ONE MILLION times better Austin and that we get to see your awesome face tomorrow!

Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Amelia and Jacob for making it all the way to the Riverside Spelling Bee. You two did AMAZING! I am so proud of both of you. =] 

Friday's Magic Show

Mr. Kollross and Miss Jensen got to help Billy up on to his platform before they set him on fire.

Panoramic view of the school, taken by the magician

Spelling List 17

List 17 contains words that begin with be- and a-. In two-syllable words, the unstressed sound at the beginning of a word may be spelled with an a- or be-

Yellow List

1. ago
2. above
3. about
4. before
5. alive
6. across
7. behind

Blue List

1. above
2. about
3. ahead
4. ago
5. before
6. behind
7. between
8. alive
9. against
10. began 
11. across
12. afraid
13. belief
14. avoid

Green List

1. afraid 
2. belief
3. amusing
4. beneath
5. avoid
6. adapt
7. against
8. began
9. across
10. between
11. above
12. below
13. ahead
14. before

Fun Fun Fun

What a crazy week! We had no school on Monday AND a cold day on Tuesday! Even though it was such a short week, we still had a lot to do...

Amelia shouted, "We had an ice cream party for collecting the most box tops!"
Jonah yelled, "We started our quarter three AR goals!"
Makenna whispered, "Our SUMDOG competition is over."
Phing howled, "We had an orchestra/band visit yesterday."
MJ whispered, "Our AR reward for second quarter is a pizza party."
"We had a special guest on Friday." exclaimed Amelia.
"We had a Social Studies test on Wednesday." exclaimed Makenna.
Austin shouted, "WE STARTED RECORDERS IN MUSIC!!"
Jacob screamed, "IT'S SNOWING TODAY!"
Cody yelled, "We have a Magic Show assembly today."

 

We had our ice cream reward party on Friday for collecting the most box tops during first quarter. In November, we collected 652 for a total of 1,501 for the entire first quarter of the school year! That equals $1,129.80 for Riverside's PTO. Wow!

Spelling List 15

List 15 contains words with the "s" sounds (c, s, ss). The 's' sound can be spelled with the following patterns:

• s, as in someone
• ss, as in glass
• c, as in city

Yellow List-

1. special
2. nice
3. face
4. city
5. dress
6. glass
7. pencil
8. circle

Blue List-

1. nice
2. face
3. city
4. someone
5. dress
6. circle
7. pencil
8. glass
9. once
10. since
11. sentence
12. special
13. peace
14. center

Green List-

1. several
2. certain
3. special
4. center
5. cereal
6. peace
7. once
8. since
9. sentence
10. someone
11. pencil
12. circle
13. nice 

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess. Since her father ruled the city, she was certain that everyone adored her. "She has a very nice face!" exclaimed all of the subjects in her kingdom. She had the most fabulous sense of fashion; someone was always jealous of the way she dressed. The princess would never leave the castle without wearing her special glass slippers. She would often spin in a circle to show off her beautiful dresses (which is quite hard to do in glass footwear). Once she spun so fast, she almost tipped over! But she maintained her balance because, after all, she is the most graceful princess in all the land.

One day, several of her loyal subjects asked her for her autograph. Since she just happened to have a pencil in her pocket, she agreed. Above her signature she always wrote this sentence: You must love one another to have peace. She was such a wise and intelligent princess.

Even though she was the smartest princess of them all, her story does not have a happy ending. One morning, as she enjoyed a bowl of cereal, something tragic happened. She had stayed up late the night before reading and did not get enough sleep. The beautiful princess dozed off at the table. Her gorgeous face landed smack dab in the center of her cereal bowl (which happened to be full of milk because she always saved the milk for last.) She drowned that sunny morning in her milk.

Her subjects never quite recovered from their terrible loss. Everyone now only eats dry cereal for breakfast. Milk in cereal has been banned in order to avoid this tragedy from ever occurring again. Everyday at noon the church bell rings in honor of the beautiful princess. No one will ever be able to fill her shoes (especially because they were glass slippers custom made for her dainty feet).

This week went fast!

"We did a play!" yelled Genna
"We read 'The Crowded House." screamed Cody.
"We are learning division in Math," whispered Isaiah.
"We made Martin Luther King Jr. projects!" exclaimed Mari.
"We made 'peace' poems and doves to go with it." howled Phing.

"We started our SUMDOG challenge." exclaim
ed Amelia.
"We watched a movie about MLK Jr." cried Shane.
"We are starting Hockey in gym." yelled Austin.
"We are painting a landscape picture in Art." yelled MJ.
"We get a ice cream party next week for collecting the most box tops first quarter." yelled Aidren.
"This is the last day for our second quarter AR goals," exclaimed Reagan.
"We get to make suggestions for what our reward should be for meeting our AR goals." yelped Ella.
Bethany screeched, "We're starting recorders in Music soon!"
"The Spelling Bee is in two weeks." whispered Courtney.
"We are making hand necklaces with our Kinderbuddies." exclaimed Brett.
"We are finishing our realistic fiction stories," exclaimed Jonah.
"In science, we mixed food coloring, milk and dish soap together." exclaimed Kobe.
"In social studies, we are researching important people in American History." whispered Elijah.
"On Tuesday, we get to start working towards our 3rd quarter AR goals!" screamed Makenna.

We do not have school on Monday, January 21st. On Tuesday, January 22nd, we are having a school-wide assembly, so please wear your Riverside apparel to show your support!

Second quarter is officially over. Check out how many students reached their 2nd quarter AR goals! I am so proud of how much effort you put into this! I can't wait to see your success next quarter.

Math Competition

Dear Parent(s)-

We are having a Math competition at Riverside between all of the third grades! The competition will run from Thursday, January 17^th until Wednesday, January 23^rd. This is an online competition taking place at www.sumdog.com. I have placed a link to the login on our classroom website for easy access.

School code: riverside-elementary

Good luck and have fun!

Spelling List 14

List 14 contains words with the 'j' sound (j, g, dge). The j sound can be spelled with the following patterns:

• consonant j
• consonant g followed by e, i, or y
• with the letters dge.

Yellow List:

1. page
2. change
3. large
4. edge
5. june
6. stage
7. judge

Blue List:

1. judge
2. stage
3. gym
4. giant
5. edge
6. June
7. jeans
8. large
9. page 
10. change
11. subject
12. giraffe
13. imagine

Green List:

1. language
2. giraffe
3. orange
4. gentle
5. imagine
6. subject
7. page
8. change
9. judge
10. giant
11. June
12. large

Weekend Update 1/7-1/11

We had our math test this week. - Reagan
We also had our spelling test this week. And in Music, we are going to start playing the recorders. - Jacob
 (and you all did excellent!!! -Miss Jensen)
We played speedball in gym today. -Aidren
We made a symmetrical shape project on area and perimeter. -Austin
We made 'snowflake similes'. -Genna
We have been working on similes. -MJ
We played a 'roll-a-snowman' game with the kindergarteners. We are all working on subtraction for our timed tests in Math. - Makenna
We finished unit three in math. -Phing
We got a unit 4 practice sheet. -Amelia
We read "Snowflake Bentley" which was about Bentley photographing snowflakes to share with the world. - Ella
"Snowflake Bentley" was meant to inspire people. -Isaiah
We made family tree projects in Social Studies. -Mari
We had presentations today. - Jonah
We read "The Talent Show". -Brett
We read "Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs". -Shane
In science, we are learning about mixtures and solutions. - Kobe
We read "The Best Christmas Pageant EVER." - Cody
We cross country skied in Phy. Ed. - Bethany
We worked on a landscape painting in Art. -Elijah

LOTS of book orders coming home tonight!

Book Club Order Due Date : January 28

Scholastic Book Clubs Ordering Information
www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: L6HD6

Dear Parents,
This month's Scholastic Book Club flyers are ready for you to explore with your child. Children
read more when they choose their own books, so I encourage you to look at the flyers together.
You can return the order form and payment to me, or give online ordering a try. It saves time,
offers more book choices, and earns extra rewards for the classroom!

Happy reading,
Miss Jensen

P.S. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE Books for our class and you also
get a $5 FREE Book Pick Coupon to use on your next online order!

Ordering online is fast and easy:
REGISTER at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
ENTER the Class Activation Code at the top of this letter
CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia eBooks
SUBMIT the order to your child's teacher
EARN FREE Books for you and the classroom too!

Spelling List 13

List 13 contains words with 'OO' sounds (oo, ew, ue).
The long 'OO' sound, as in tooth, can be spelled with these patterns:
                •oo, as in boot
                •ew, as in flew
                •ue, as in glue

The short oo sound, as in cook, can be spelled with oo.

Yellow List

1. tooth
2. room
3. shook
4. school
5. food
6. took
7. soon

Blue List

1. tooth
2. room
3. shook
4. grew
5. blue
6. chew
7. school
8. food
9. took
10. soon
11. true
12. shoe
13. group
14. argue

Green List

1. cruel
2. jewel
3. argue
4. choose
5. shoe
6. group
7. grew
8. school
9. took
10. food
11. soon
12. true

My snowman melted because...

 

Snowflakes falling
Thick and fast,
Build a snowman
Make him last . . .

Snowflakes falling,
Swirling, slow,
My snowman melted -
Where'd he go?

Every Friday we get to hang out with some amazing kindergarteners. We love to read books with them and help them with their sight words. Today we worked together on a 'melted snowman' project.

We glued together paper to make it look like our snowmen were melting. Then we wrote down a few reasons why our snowmen might melt. Here are a few examples of their beautiful work:

December Awards

Can you believe this?!? TWELVE students met their reading goal last month! Keep up the excellent work!

Jonah, Aidren*, Reagan*, Brett, Genna*, MJ*, Jacob*, Amelia*, Bethany*, Courtney, Austin*, Phing* and Elijah* all received awards for having NO late work during the month of December.

Ella, Aidren*, Reagan*, Genna*, MJ*, Mari, Cody, Jacob*, Amelia*, Bethany*, Shane, Austin*, Phing*, Elijah* and Makenna all received Above The Line awards for NO warnings during the month of December.

Students of the Month for December are.....

Austin and Aidren!

AHHH!

I couldn't resist getting Aaron a Riverside shirt for Christmas!

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2013 in room 32!! Here's what the class had to say about some of the things we've accomplished this year:

We had our program (FINALLY)!
In math we are learning about area and perimeter.
We earned a "Bruno" star for excellent behavior.
We had our December Awards.
We learned how to spell Mr. F's name. (Fritsche) =]
We started a new Humphrey book!
We set new reading goals for January.
We made melted snowmen with our Kinderbuddies!
Courtney said, "I found a box top on the bottom of the empty Kleenex box!"
We're typing a realistic fiction story.
We only need THREE more compliments to fill our jar! We got two compliments yesterday.
We finished the first Humphrey book.
We started using typingweb.