The focus this week was the “ou” sound.  The test will be Friday, November 13.  The words are clown, crowd, crown, bow, loud, round, sound, ground, would,  cloud, mouth, count.

Mrs. Ollar came in today and introduced the children to the program, “How Does Your Engine Run?”  The children made speedometers for school and home.  Ask your children about the program.  Next week she will give the children strategies to … Continue reading →

Alex’s Story One cloudy morning a boy named Tommy lifted up his pillow and went to the deck, held out his plate, fork, and knife.  He held out his plate slap down was a hot pancake, cold apple juice and … Continue reading →

The students wrote stories based on this book.  Following will be the student’s stories.  We hope you enjoy them. Storms of Chew and Swallow by Karolina One day on a sunny summer day in the morning of Chew and Swallow … Continue reading →

Parents, I hope the checking progress forms that are being sent home after every unit is helping you to be more aware of your child’s strengths and weaknesses in math.  You can use this information to practice skills at home … Continue reading →

Our focus this week is the long i sound.  Our test will be Friday, November 6.  The words are: bright, sight, fight, tight, might, wild, child, mind, die, pie, lie, tie.

We are using the 6 + 1 Traits of writing.  The traits are: Ideas, Organzation, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, and Conventions.  Throughout the year we will focus on each trait.  Currently we are focusing on ORGANIZATION.  Following are the … Continue reading →

The focus of the spelling this week was three letter clusters.  The test for lesson six will be this Friday,October 30.  The spelling words are: scream, screen, spring, spray, spread, strong, straight, stream,street, string, throw, three.

There is no school for students on November 3.  This is a professional development day for the teachers.

The school’s book fair is being held this week.  Our day to visit the book fair is Wednesday at 11:00.