Students are reading like crazy . . .

They have read 6, 991 pages so far!!

I have only read 482!!

Great job!!

READ ACROSS AMERICA CHALLENGE

It's Read Across America Time!! I am soooo excited and so are the kids! I sent home an informational flyer giving the gist of the program, but for those of you who haven't seen it . . . here is the info:
I have challenged the kids to Read Across America. For each page of a book, magazine, or newspaper that they read, they get a mile towards going around the world. The class' goal is to READ AROUND THE WORLD before Mrs. Nutt & I READ ACROSS AMERICA!! The kids need to read approximately 19,000 pages and Mrs. Nutt and I have to read about 4,300 pages. The kids are already excited about this program . . . you should see a Reading Log come home and all that I ask is for you to initial your child's log when they read at home. I take weekly totals and I will be sure and post the results to this blog site! Happy Reading Everyone!!

By the way, the kids need to read a minimum of 500 pages in order to be invited to Dr. Suess' birthday party on March 3! Thanks for your support!!

Spelling Words for Jan. 3-5

Hello everyone . . . HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Here are the spelling words for the kids this week:

The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
1. girl
2. clear
3. her
4. turn
5. dark
6. work
7. smart
8. word
9. hurt
10. serve
11. north
12. third
13. tornado *
14. scurried*

Challenge Words
1. urgent
2. Thursday
3. purpose
4. thirsty
5. camera
6. wonder
7. smuggler
8. remember
9. surprise
10. earth
11. certain
12. person
13. dollar
14. color
15. collar
16. early
17. mayor
18. doctor

Homework for this week:
Wed.- Spelling Words, 2x's Worksheet, & Following Directions Worksheet
Thurs.- Spelling Words, 5x's Worksheet, & Cursive (didn't send a following directions worksheet!)
Friday- 3x's Worksheet


Also, we have started on our multiplication unit for Math. The kids NEED to have all of their multiplication facts memorized as soon as they can. For those that do already, I will be going ahead with them during math time. If you can, please make or purchase some flashcards. It would be great to practice at home with your child. If you need any ideas, let me know! Hope your Christmas Break was great!!

It's been too long . . .

Alright, I'll get back on the blog wagon! Sorry about that kids and parents! This week should be a pretty normal week . . . finally. The music concert was great. I'm very proud of the kids and of all their hard work. We have a busy week coming up. Some of the kids might have mentioned that we are learning about Mexico and that we have a big presentation coming up. This is all true. They have their presentations next week. Each student is going to memorize lines that they are going to recite during our Mexico presentation. It should be fun. I can't wait to see them in action.

Until then here are this week's spelling words:

Challenge Group:
1. fifteen
2. referee
3. eager
4. easily
5. ready
6. please
7. ecology
8. maybe
9. been
10. only
11. universe
12. future
13. communicate
14. beautiful
15. unusual
16. cute
17. cube
18. fuel

19. Player number fifteen was eager to hear the referee’s decision.

20. She was ready to buy that unusual stone cube.

Regular Group:

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!!

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!