Monday, November 12, 2007

Nov. 12-16th . . .

Spelling
Group 1- Dancing Rainbows
1. wild
2. bright
3. die
4. sight
5. child
6. pie
7. fight
8. lie
9. tight
10. tie
11. might
12. mind
13. design*
14. delight*
15. I like the bright design of that coat.
16. What a delight it is to see you!

Challenge
Group 2 /i/ words
1. idea
2. silent
3. myself
4. lying
5. apply
6. knight
7. quite
8. I’m
9. license
10. buy
11. inquire
12. higher
13. variety
14. smiling
15. diagram
16. rhyme
17. widest
18. python
19. I found myself smiling at the funny rhyme about a knight.
20. Where do you apply to buy a fishing license?

Homework:
Monday: Spelling words, math
Tuesday: Spelling words, math, cursive
Wednesday: Spelling words, grammar, cursive
Thursday: Words per Minute, Thanksgiving activity, cursive
Friday: READ A BOOK & have a great weekend!!

Monday, November 5, 2007

Short week . . . (Nov. 5-Nov. 9)

As most of you know, there was no school this Monday (yes, my meetings were FANTASTIC!!) so the kids will only be responsible for having homework Tuesday-Friday!!

Homework for the week:
Tuesday: Spelling & Math Sheet
Wednesday: Spelling, Math Sheet, & Contractions Worksheet
Thursday: Spelling, WPM, Plural & Singular Nouns
Friday: Read a book ****

***One important note, the kids are expected to read at least 6 books a month and take tests on them. If they are able to do this, they are awarded an hour at the end of each month where they can play games, do art, or watch a movie. Several of the students were not able to make this goal. Please encourage your child to read books at home!! Thanks for your help.

Also, we are going to be working on projects that have to do with a particular country. The country that I have choosen to concentrate on is Mexico. If you have any knowledge on Mexico and would like to share it with the class that would be greatly appreciated! So far, we have a lady from the Boise Art Museum coming to give a presentation on masks from Mexico in December.

The class would also like to send out a big THANK YOU to Amaria's mom, RaNell Goldthorpe! She came and shared her violin with us. It was great. The kids really enjoyed themselves and learned a lot!

Hello November!!

Wow . . . I can't believe it's November already. Thanks so much for all of you who attended Parent/Teacher Conferences, I always look forward to meeting the students' parents. I had a great turn out for conferences and it was a pleasure meeting you all! Now to the fun stuff . . .

There will be 2 lists for Spelling this week: Group 1 (Regular Spelling) & Group 2 (Challenge Spelling). There will be hand outs that the challenge kids will need to do just like the regular spellings kiddos. Both lists will be posted on the web site as well. So here goes:

Regular Spelling:
1. spring
2. knee
3. throw
4. patch
5. strong
6. wrap
7. three
8. watch
9. street
10. know
11. spread
12. write
13. strength *
14. kitchen *

15. Will you write three letters to me?

16. Get the plates from the kitchen across the street.

Challenge Spelling:
1. rough
2. grudge
3. stunt
4. thumb
5. once
6. another
7. does
8. trouble
9. cousin
10. began
11. oxygen
12. copy
13. very
14. until
15. umpire
16. sudden
17. which
18. city

19. They’re moving to another city once school is out.
20. The stunt diver used an oxygen tank until he reached the surface.

If you have any questions regarding either list, don't hesitate to call and ask!