Spelling Words for 9/30-10/3

1.       dime

2.       sky

3.       high

4.       silo

5.       night

6.       your

7.       goes

8.       erase

9.       polite

10.   have

11.   done

12.   store

13.   only

14.   Friday

15.   want

16.   ancestor

17.   legend

18.   symbol

19.   holiday

20.   honored

~Bold Words are BONUS WORDS!

Week Wrap Up

We are headed into another weekend!! I just want to take a minute to let all of you know how great your children are! We have a new student and I am very impressed with how nice and helpful everyone was with her! You are truly raising kind and patient children!

I also wanted to say that we are getting cooler weather and if you would like to send extra winter gear to school that would be perfectly okay, it's better to be over prepared than under prepared! I will be getting a hold of those of you who marked that you can help out in class.... we have a few things planned and I would really appreciate the extra help! I will also be sending out a note to ask for permission to post photos of your kiddos on this page..... If you could please mark either way that would be helpful.... This is more for you to see what we are doing in class and to get a peek at your child's day!

Thank you for all of your support it is so wonderful to get comments and feedback from you!

Have a GREAT weekend......  ~Mrs. Wills

Spelling Words for September 23-27

      1. Oatmeal
2.       Meet
3.       Feast
4.       Peanut
5.       Toaster
6.       Erase
7.       Open
8.       Toenail
9.       Rope
10.   Teeth
11.   Use
12.   Once
13.   Lost
14.   Been
15.   Grade
16.   Happy
17.   Memorial
18.   Landmark
19.   Culture
20.   Tradition
~Numbers 17-20 are BONUS WORDS!

Happy Thursday!!

I just want to say I hope you and your family have a great weekend! I am sending home newsletters tonight I just want to make sure you know that pictures did go home Tuesday so please let me know if you didn't get everything you ordered- we did have a few mix ups! I also wanted to add to our "Need List" if you could save toilet paper or paper towel rolls for our class that would be super helpful!

Thank You Again!

Mrs. Wills

Classroom Need

Hey Parents!! I could use your help!

I am planning an activity in the middle of October and could use a lot of empty cans- washed and paper removed from the outside-- I could also use Pringles cans-- If you have any could you please send them my way?! Thank You!!!

Hoot Of The Week!

Hoot of The Week!!

Dear Parents,

In our class we do a Hoot of The Week- Sometimes we send home a paper to fill out and other times we are allowed to do something special! There will be a few times that we can bring things into our classroom- such as a pet J

I will always let you know in advance…. Whoever is Hoot of The Week will be allowed to bring in a snack for the class on the Thursday/ Friday for the week that they are the Hoot of The Week.

If your student brings home a plastic folder that says Hoot of The Week then it is their week, please return the folder with the requested materials for that cycle…. If you ever have questions please feel free to contact me!

Thank You

Mrs. Wills

Weekly Recap

What Have we been learning about?!

Reading-Authors Purpose- easy as PIE! Using descriptive words in our stories.

Writing- Mr. and Mrs. Write- Use of Voice, Word Choice and Adjectives in our writing!

Math- Chapter 2 Even and Odd Numbers

Social Studies- ~Landforms- plains, valleys, mountains, islands, lakes and peninsulas

~Hemispheres on the globe

~We looked at globes, maps

~ We learned about climate and weather

Spelling- Weekly VoWac words

~Talking Points~

~ASK ABOUT OUR CLASS PETS!

~ask your child what they find interesting about Google Earth!

~See if your child can retell you a story

~Discuss 9/11 with your child

~Enjoy Your Weekend!

Spelling Words Week 4

1.    painter

2.  Friday

3.  game

4.  chain

5.  Sunday

6.  grapes

7.  mailman

8.  vacant

9.  stay

10.     plate

11. done

12.     want

13.     very

14.     button

15.     what

16.  hurricane

17.  valley

18.  natural

19.  resource

20.  environment

16-20 are BONUS words

Remembering September 11th

Hi Parents!!

Just a heads up we have discussed September 11th- vaguely...... Some of the students wanted to watch videos of the day but I have told them that if they want to do that it would be better to watch with mom and dad so that a good discussion with your family feelings and thoughts could be addressed afterwards. I know this is a sensitive issue for many of us. I have found a video that seems more "kid friendly" it does discuss other topics so I suggest you view it as parents first if that is a route you would like you can view it here:  http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/september11th/ . Otherwise it was a great day! Please remember we have a spelling test, reading test and spelling test tomorrow! 

Classroom pets....

I'm sure most of you have heard but we have two classroom "pets" a salamander and a frog.... students are super excited so do not be surprised if they ask to bring them bugs......

Weekly Recap!!

Hi Parents!!

First of all please let me tell you how happy I am with your children!! They all worked really hard this week to try and get things finished up and even with the week being out of the norm they worked hard to stay on task!

This week you may have heard about Homeworkopoly!! This was a great success! Your students learned quite a bit of material this week so here is a list of things to chat about to help them retain the information!

~We learned how to compare and contrast with a Venn Diagram!
~We played around with Google Earth and explored other areas of our world!
~We read and listened to poetry, and learned that it is meant to be read and heard. We also learned how to make one of the most simple poems an acrostic.
~We worked on complete sentences and  worked on using subjects and predicates correctly.
~We started our family tree project and had fun with some paint...
~We finished up a reading unit, social studies unit and our first math unit!
~We built a town out of paper.....

I have decided that Wednesdays will be our homework nights please let me know if this works for your family! 
Yes they are exhausted but hopefully the next few weeks will provide us with the opportunity to get used to our daily schedule and routine.... Please let me know if you have any questions!!

*Mrs. Wills*

Please remember Tuesday is the bring someone special to breakfast school event!!

Family tree study

Dear Parents!

We are discussing Family trees in class—Please help your student fill out the Venn Diagram about their family (Sent home Thursday night)! Please return tomorrow.

Mrs. Wills

REMINDER!!!

BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW~ SEPTEMBER 5TH~~

Week Two Spelling Words

1. Rabbit

2. Crust

3. Tablet

4. Silent

5. Tomato

6. Bonnet

7. Tiny

8. Zero

9. Fry

10. Relax

11. Have

12. Was

13. Want

14. Only

15. Neighborhood

16. Community

17. Lunch

18. Cushion

19. Groom

20. Calf

Number 15/16 are CHALLENGE WORDS~ If your child spells these correctly they will get extra credit points~