A quick blog for the week…

SPELLING WORDS- op chunk   top  mop  hop  pop  stop  flop  slop  drop  crop = 9 words

Two of the words connect with stories that we read..slop  ” I Really Like Slop”  and

“Tops and Bottoms” crop

MATH-Making different configurations with different manipulatives.

READING-I will not be having Reading Groups for the next 2 weeks because I will be testing.

We are focusing on our “Bagels With Mom” this Friday.  We are very excited and hope each of you can come!!

Sorry so short today.  I need to get my kids.  See you on Friday!

Mrs. Smith

Look at this beautiful weather!  It’s definitely SPRING!

Here’s where we’re headed when we return…

READING-Comprehension   What did we just read?  Tell me about the book.  We’re getting very good at reading words but we need to understand what we’re reading.

WRITING-Riddles  (Descriptive words-adjectives) about bugs.

SPELLING-“ot” chunk   pot  not  hot  dot  tot  got  slot  trot  shot  forgot

MATH-We will continue on with Module 5.  They are doing well with MATH.  They tell me daily how easy Math is for them.  Great!!

SOCIAL STUDIES-Since Monday is Earth Day, and part of our Social Studies is “taking a stand” on an issue, we’ll be discussing ways that we can help care for our Earth, our home.

WEDNESDAY IS LATE START.

I hope you all enjoy the long weekend and for those celebrating it, I hope you have a Blessed Easter!

Mrs. Smith

“Constant kindness can accomplish much.

As the sun makes ice melt,

kindness causes misunderstanding,

mistrust, and hostility

to evaporate.”

-Albert Schweitzer

Either pictures and/or money is due tomorrow.

Reminder to Friday Book Bag holders…please bring your reading Book Bags tomorrow,Thursday,  since we won’t have school on Friday.

New things coming…We’re planting in here.

A few friends were absent for this picture.

Potatoes went home on Monday.  Just put the plant in the ground, cover it up with some soil and forget about it until August.  Then dig it up-hopefully you’ll have some little potatoes!!

We love to sing!

Moms, hopefully you got your invitation yesterday

for “Bagels With Mom.”

Friday, May 3 @ 9:00 in here.

Hope you can come.  We’re excited!

I can hardly believe that I am writing April 15!!  Even after all of these years teaching, I am still surprised at how quickly a year goes.  I get so attached to each one of these special people.  Thanks for sharing them with me each day.

Here’s what I have planned for next week…

READING- Plants

WRITING-Informational Writing about …what else but PLANTS!

They will also do a “cold write,” where I will give them a topic and assess it against a writing rubric.  They will do a second “cold write” in May.  Have them keep writing at home-notes to Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, the dog, their teddy bear, special friend, their neighbor…  More than just a grocery list.  It needs to have sentences, just like we’ve done all year.  Write with details.  How about writing to an author?

SPELLING-  “ip”  chunk   hip  lip  sip  nip  dip  rip  ship  skip     did   come

SCIENCE- We’ll plant.  You know me and I like them to make things to foster that application of learning.  So, we’ll “make” a plant.

After we make our entry in Science Journals about our potatoes, the potatoes will go home next week.  Just dig a hole, add a little water, cover and forget about them until fall when you can dig them up and you you should have some little potatoes!!

We’ll also talk about Recycling.

PHONICS-  sm  sk

PARTS OF SPEECH-Mon & Tues-Nouns   Wed & Thurs Verbs

MATH-We will start Module 5  Counting/Explaining groups of 10 (which I have been doing with my class all year)

Reminder that there is NO SCHOOL next Friday, April 19.

Friday Book Bag Reading Group, please bring your Book Bag on Thursday.

Have a good weekend.

Mrs. Smith

“The great man does not not think beforehand

of his words that they might be sincere,

nor of his actions that they may be resolute-

he simply speaks and does what is right.”

-Mencius

My choices for March Students of the Month!

Congratulations to Nicholas and Theo for continuing to

make good choices and being good models.  Keep up the good work!

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed the breath of Spring offered to us!  I spent some days with 3 of my granddaughters.  They decided to fill Easter Eggs and hide them for my husband and me to find.  38 eggs were filled and hidden.  32 eggs were found.  oh boy…I’ll be looking for a while to find the remaining eggs.

The kids has soooo much to tell me!  Lost teeth, new haircuts, new shoes, trips, visits, making tents, food, etc.  Sounds like you were busy during the days, making beautiful memories!  Wonderful!

Here’s a look at what we’ll be doing in here…

READING/WRITING-Spring!!

WRITING-OPINION WRITING about Spring

Next week they will be writing an Informational Piece and it is to be a “cold write,” meaning no help from me and it will be graded (assessed).  So, I am trying to have them write as much as possible on their own for practice.

MATH-We will finish Module 4 by Friday.

SCIENCE-Plants   Our potatoes are starting to “change!!”  We are being real Scientists as we observe, predict and document our observations. The noise level of excitement in here this morning was quite high…they are really enjoying the changes in the potatoes.

SPELLING-“in” chunk    fin  tin  win  bin  pin  spin    into  will this = 9 words

PHONICS-sp   st  blends  Look for words in your reading that start with these blends.

READING GROUPS- Great progress continues.  I am impressed with their reading levels and how they are moving upward.  Good reading, good comprehension (it’s important to know what you read), and good prediction.  I am also working on summarizing and sequencing with them…”What was this story about?”  “What happened first, next, last?”  Practice these skills at home when you read to them every night.

WEDNESDAY-Library Day

Have a beautiful week.

“The world is good-natured

to people who are good-natured.”

-William Makepeace Thackeray