Halloween fun!!

Thanks so much to Mrs. Hiskett for organizing our buffet today!! It was the perfect snack and we loved it.  We had such a great day, here are the pics to prove it! Tomorrow is the book fair for our class, we will be going during reading in the afternoon. I love.my little people, they sure are fun!!

Pics!

We are proud to introduce our little Bighorn Buzz staff! These little people will be gjided by Racquel Feest and produce a K-8 newspaper. I can't wait to see what they come up with!  Ambitious Bighorns!
We also had our highschool biology friends in to present to us. They did a great job!

Enjoy Fall Break!!!

We have had a really busy week, but we finished everything we needed to do and we are ready for quarter 2!

Yesterday I sent out an invitation from Sign Up Genius regarding parent conferences. Sign ups are first come first sign up, so make sure to look for it.

We are moving into The Revolutionary War, we front loaded information last week,  and will be full in when we return.

I hope your children enjoy their time off, they work hard and deserve some down time!

10/12/16

Mr. Lenon!

October 10, 2016

Just a reminder that our Fall break starts Monday! I hope everyone gets the rest they need!

This week will be our last week of Community Service with Mr. Lenon, we are so appreciative of our time with him.  We will have Coding next quarter with Mrs. Hammon. We have heard Coding is really interesting and fun so we are excited to get into it.

Writing:  We have been working on figurative language (metaphors, similes, idioms and adages), we are also working on the etymology of words this week. We will get back into a larger piece of writing after break.  Your students are already improving a great deal in their writing skills. I am very happy with their efforts and work ethic!

Projects: Today we began to learn about the road to the Revolutionary War.  We learned so much today and your children are like little sponges-soaking up all the new information they can.  We will roll right into the events that led to the war as well as important people.  Our project will take us into our students presenting a "Wax Museum" made of those important people. You will be invited to attend! You will receive the date soon!

Reading:  We have finished up CRASH and are now working on our final projects in partners. We will have these done by Thursday and will move into another novel after break.  The discussion surrounding this novel has been excellent and I am sad it is almost over!

I so enjoy my days with your children, they are hard working, smart and we really do have fun together. Thank you for trusting me with them, I love my little people!

October 6, 2016

Mr. Lenon is a favorite!

October 6, 2016

Reading Projects!

October 6, 2016

Reading Projects!

Spelling transition

Your child will be bringing home a spelling list today that they will be working on for 2 weeks.  Their test will be on October 13th.
After this test, most spelling will be addressed during the writing process, in the context of their writing and through vocabulary.  Most children can memorize words well and quickly, but many have a difficult time transferring that information into their daily writing.
All students during writing block and reading block are required to use a paper dictionary for their spelling. The only time they are allowed to use Dictionary.com is during projects when content is most important and time is an issue.
Using a paper dictionary does a few things.  First, it really makes the student THINK about the word, the patterns, the sounds and the way the word looks. Computers give the student the word, or variations of the word to choose from. This takes away the analyzing process, analyzing sounds, parts, chunks and patterns in words, and does not make them figure out what they are missing if they can't find the word in the dictionary.
This does not mean that your student will never be tested on the spelling of various sets of words. We are incorporating spelling into our vocabulary as well. There will be times a more traditional spelling test will be given and times when vocabulary will be paired with spelling.

You will receive notification on my blog each time a new group of spelling and/or vocabulary words is assigned to your student.  They are really very responsible though, and I am confident in their abilities!