Scholastic Extended

I have extended the Scholastic Book Order due date. If you are still wanting to give me an order to place, I will accept these up until Friday, Dec. 2nd. If you would like to place an online order you can do so at anytime. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Homework & Spelling

Welcome back from a long weekend!
We are back at in the classroom digging in and working hard. A new week means a new homework packet. This made its way home on Monday and is due back on Friday.

You will see on the bottom of the homework schedule a note about our carnival basket. Our classroom theme is Arts & Crafts.  If you have any items to donate please send them in with your child. I have a place in the classroom to put these. Our baskets are due to the PTO by Dec. 16th. Thank you!

New spelling words this week!

The spelling words this week have words with the spelling

kn for /n/

wr for /r/

wh for /w/

qu for /qu/

Some words also have the suffixes -ing and -ed

Spelling test is on Monday, Dec. 5th!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our classroom did a super fun Thanksgiving activity today! We made thankful pumpkins!

All students did an awesome job on this! NO ONE came to me asking to help of what to write down. EVERYONE had at least eight thankful things to write down. Needless to say, this activity went by a lot faster that I anticipated. Which was a very good thing...they have a lot to be thankful for :)

Thankful pumpkins are coming home today with your child. Enjoy going over their pumpkins with them!!

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Holiday! See you back to school on Monday, November 28th!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Updates & Reminders

Scholastic Book Order

Monday ALL students brought home a Scholastic Book Order. If you are ordering online you can enter orders whenever you want as many times as you want. If you are sending in an order for me to place, please have these into me by Monday, November 28th.

Please keep in mind books are GREAT holiday gifts for all students! If you are ordering anything for your child that you are gifting later this year, just let me know and I will contact you when they are in. 

Let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Donations

We are in need of a few items if you are out and about and willing to purchase items for our classroom as a donation.

Clorox Wipes

Kleenex Boxes

Big Black Expo Markers (no colors please)

Thank you in advance!!

Homework & Spelling

As I am sure you child has already told you, we do NOT have homework or spelling this week. There also will NOT be anything sent home over break. My homework to the kiddos is to rest, relax and read while they are on a four day break. I would love for them to be well rested and perky for a fresh Monday to dive into school work. We will resume homework and spelling that Monday, November 28th.

Silent Auction Baskets for the Winter Carnival
The Winter Carnival is just around the corner on Jan. 27th! Please donate any items you can to our classroom basket. Our theme is ARTS & CRAFTS. All baskets are due by Dec. 16th.

Winter Wear
Our Northern Michigan air is getting colder. The snow has made an appearance as well and will be coming back frequently. Please remind your child to bring the appropriate winter clothing with them to school. Hats, mittens/gloves, snowpants, winter coats, and optional scarves.

Take the A Away

Today we read a very clever story that gave a twist to the alphabet. 

Take Away the A.

The idea behind the book is that within every language there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single letter. Students do this in the classroom now and then with a process called "chaining" in CKLA. The link from this book to what we are doing in the classroom was exciting!

Here are a couple examples below:

 

 

After we read the story, and had a few laughs, we discussed our own play on words. In addition, I gave the students a task over the weekend to think of one, two or a few different phrases to then create on Monday. Next week we are going to make our own classroom book, Take Away the A!

Stay tuned to see all the imaginations at work!!

Thankful for YOU!

Thursday with our learning buddies we made Thankful cards for a family member! 

Look for these coming home this weekend!

 

 

Ishi

 Today we read a very positive and uplifting story. This book is a cozy hug of a picture book featuring Ishi, an optimistic little rock who reminds readers to choose and share happiness! The Ishi book features a simple rock character with valuable lessons in compassion for the self and for others.

We had a lot of fun reading and stopping at each page to share different aspects of life that make us happy, give relief, and refresh our bodies and mind. 

We had a lot of fun learning from Ishi! Ask your child more about who Ishi is and how this happy rock spreads happiness with every read.

Watch out, students are wanting to come home to make an Ishi of their own or to even bring back to the classroom! 

Here is also the website if you would like to learn more about the story

http://www.ishitherock.com/

Unit 3 for CKLA!

This past week we began Unit 3! 

This unit is devoted to introducing spelling alternatives for vowel sounds. Vowel sounds and their spellings are the most challenging part of the English writing system. 

Students will also focus on further attention to capitalization, quotation marks, and ending punctuation. In addition, Unit 3 focuses on common and proper nouns, antonyms and synonyms, and verbs.

Our new reader Kids Excel is a fictional Reader consisting of profiles of kids who excel at various activities - spelling, swimming, playing soccer, jumping rope, splashing, math, rock skipping. Each profile progresses across several selections. Look for some of these stories coming home Fridays to read over the weekend.