Halloween and Emerald's Eggs

Thank you so much to our room parents who planned a fantastic party for Halloween!

Our Unit 10 Spelling Test is Friday. It is a review unit.  Here's the link to Spelling City.


Our spelling story this week is Emerald's Eggs.  Students will need to reread this story for homework on Tuesday evening.  We will be going over the vocabulary tomorrow in class.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8eGw1oyYoQ - Baby Sea Turtle video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnl73lZ17n4 - 14 Sea Turtle Facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Sea Turtles and Tortoises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Quick Sea Turtle Video for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12OLtGmUbA - Draw a Sea Turtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0kXtmXuj8 - Sea Turtle Migration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlI_R8Vno8 - Endangered Sea Turtles


Candy can be sent in for the troops if you have extra Halloween goodies.

DON'T FORGET to go online tons schedule your choice of Parent-Teacher Conference times!

We have been learning about Prepositions.  Check out these sites: 

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Prepositions by the Bazillions

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.  November Book-it will be sent home tomorrow. 

Owls, Prepositions, and Spelling

We are working on our VCCCV words for Unit 9 Spelling.  Our test is Friday.  Here's the link to Spelling City.

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Ms. Gilbert helped us to learn more about prepositions today.  Here are some Preposition Songs:  

Prepositions by the Bazillions

Preposition Sing a Long

This week we will be learning about Owls and Snakes in our National Geographic magazines.  Rereading one of these articles will be our Tuesday night's homework assignment:

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA
Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday is Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday is Sports Day

Thursday is Twin Day

Friday is Spirit Day

Who's Whooooo?

We are working on our VCCCV words for Unit 9 Spelling.  Here's the link to Spelling City

This week we will be learning about Owls (Who's Whooooo?) and Snakes in our National Geographic magazines.  Rereading will be tonight's homework assignment:

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA
Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Red Ribbon Week

Wednesday is Sports Day

Thursday is Twin Day

Friday is Spirit Day

Snakes and Owls

We are working on our VCCCV words for Unit 9 Spelling.  Here's the link to Spelling City


Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Preposition Songs:  

Prepositions by the Bazillions

Preposition Sing a Long

This week we will be learning about Owls and Snakes in our National Geographic magazines.  Rereading one of these articles will be our Tuesday night's homework assignment:

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA
Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday is Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday is Sports Day

Thursday is Twin Day

Friday is Spirit Day

Spooky Stories

Today we finished our preposition maps.
Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

We used descriptive adjectives to write spooky stories today. We will display our spooky stories along with our "Steps in a Process" haunted houses.

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Red Ribbon Week Next Week:

Monday is Pajama Day

Tuesday is Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday is Sports Day

Thursday is Twin Day

Friday is Spirit Day
Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA

Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Prepositions, Library, and Special Events

Tomorrow is our Unit 8 Spelling Test.  We completed practice workbook pages and Spelling City today.  

Spelling City

Spelling Lists:  Spelling Lists

We also are working on the difficult skill of identifying prepositions and objects of the prepositional phrase.  Students created hidden treasure maps using prepositions, and we played some preposition games that you can use at home:

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Students went to Library today.  

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Red Ribbon Week Next Week:

Monday is Pajama Day

Tuesday is Crazy Hair Day

Wednesday is Sports Day

Thursday is Twin Day

Friday is Spirit Day
Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA

Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

The Three Little Pigs Revisited

Our Unit 8 VCCV pattern words for spelling are a bit difficult.  I'd suggest using the links below to practice at home. 

http://www.spellingcity.com/wisyanski/
Today we reread and presented The Three Little Cyber Pigs.  We took our story comprehension and vocabulary test. We read another story called the Three Little Pigs Revisited.  We also discussed some of the nursery rhyme characters in the story.  Here are some funny video clips about the original nursery rhyme characters that walked into Ann's Cybershop:

Three Little Pigs Traditional Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmwFQTrtvk - Humpty Dumpty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnSqnVQ7yg - Three Little Pigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGHspuNSqcE - Jack and Jill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXsMkYV5ms  Little Miss Muffet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwUy9lf8zgs - Little Bo Peep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZNyBwXTIU - Little Jack Horner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRPqOzxLW_E - Jack Be Nimble

  

Three Little Cyber Pigs: eBook

We also are working on the difficult skill of identifying prepositions and objects of the prepositional phrase.

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Important Web Sites:

Spelling City

Spelling Lists:  Spelling Lists

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA

Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Cyber Pigs

Cyber Pigs!

Our Unit 8 VCCV pattern words for spelling are a bit difficult.  I'd suggest using the links below to practice at home. 

http://www.spellingcity.com/wisyanski/


For homework students should reread the play Three Little Cyber Pigs.  We will take our story test tomorrow and present the play as a class.  We also discussed some of the nursery rhyme characters in the story.  Here are some funny video clips about the original nursery rhyme characters that walked into Ann's Cybershop:

Three Little Pigs Traditional Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmwFQTrtvk - Humpty Dumpty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnSqnVQ7yg - Three Little Pigs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGHspuNSqcE - Jack and Jill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AXsMkYV5ms  Little Miss Muffet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwUy9lf8zgs - Little Bo Peep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZNyBwXTIU - Little Jack Horner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRPqOzxLW_E - Jack Be Nimble

  

Three Little Cyber Pigs: eBook

We also are working on the difficult skill of identifying prepositions and objects of the prepositional phrase.

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Important Web Sites:

Spelling City

Spelling Lists:  Spelling Lists

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA

Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts

Snake sites:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Prepositions

Today we practiced our Unit 8 Spelling words and completed workbook pages 31-32.  These are vowel/consonant/consonant/vowel words.

We also are working on the difficult skill of identifying prepositions and objects of the prepositional phrase.

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

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Important Web Sites:

Spelling City

Spelling Lists:  Spelling Lists

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Research Sites:

Owl video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BfS_wZLiA

Snowy Owls
About Owls
Owl Facts


http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/super-snakes/Snake Facts
Snake Videos
National Geo Snakes

Yummy Recipes

Presenting a Recipe 

Today we took our Unit 7 Spelling test.  

It was fun to hear the special recipe presentations that students showcased today for extra credit.  This extra assignment required both fluency and knowing the steps in a process.  Students received bonus points on their Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World unit if they chose to complete this extra credit project.

Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea.  This shows how to draw a haunted house.  We had fun trying this out in class today.  

Draw a Haunted House

Important Web Sites:

Spelling City

Spelling Lists:  Spelling Lists

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.

Steps in a Process

Our spelling words are VCCV patterns.   We practiced our words in our workbook as well.  

Spelling Lists

Spelling City Games

Our spelling test over VCCV (vowel/consonant/consonant/vowel) words is on Friday.

Extra Credit:  We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday.  This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence.  Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk

Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea.  This shows how to draw a haunted house. 

Draw a Haunted House

Best Biscuits & Extra Credit

Today we reviewed "Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World" and took our comprehension and vocabulary assessment over the selection.  

Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games

In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys.  Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: 

African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West

Kids Rodeo

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Our spelling words are VCCV patterns.   We practiced our words in our workbook as well.  

Spelling Lists

Spelling City Games

Our spelling test over VCCV (vowel/consonant/consonant/vowel) words is on Friday.

Extra Credit:  We are also working to learn "Steps in a Process." Students have been offered a challenge (Bonus) assignment to present a short "Steps in a Process" recipe to the class on Friday.  This helps with fluency and presentation, as well as keeping events in sequence.  Here's a "Cooking for Kids" video that can help to show how steps in a process are important:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuiSB6M-Imk

Here's another "Steps in a Process" idea.  This shows how to draw a haunted house. 

Draw a Haunted House

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

Today we read Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, and students should reread the story tonight for homework.  We completed our vocabulary workbook page as well.

Justin and Best Biscuits Vocabulary Games

In the story, Justin's grandfather taught him about famous black cowboys.  Here is a documentary about the history of some of these great men: 

African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West

Kids Rodeo

eBook

Our spelling words are VCCV patterns.   We practiced our words in our workbook as well.  

Spelling Lists

Spelling City Games

We are still working on our four sentence types  Here's a game about the four types of sentences:

Sentence Games

Big Run Wolf Ranch

Here's a link to see what types of exhibits we viewed on today's fun trip:

http://www.bigrunwolfranch.org

We also are creating factual animal posters about the mammals that we encountered on this trip.  

Wolf Information:

Wolves - National Geographic for Kids

Grey Wolves

Porcupines: 

Porcupines - National Geographic for Kids

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-porcupines/

Coyotes:

Coyotes - National Geographic for Kids

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-coyotes/

Tigers:

Tiger - National Geographic for Kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/tiger.html

Hedgehog:

Hedgehog - National Geographic for Kids

http://www.coolkidfacts.com/hedgehog-facts-for-kids/

Black Bear:

http://www.ngkids.co.uk/animals/Black-bear-facts

http://www.defenders.org/black-bear/basic-facts

http://www.discoverwildlife.com/animals/mammals/10-amazing-black-bear-facts

http://animalstime.com/american-black-bear-facts-for-kids-black-bear-habitat-diet/

Puma, Panther, Cougar:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/panther.html


http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/facts/cougar_k6.html

http://kids.mongabay.com/animal-profiles/puma.html

Skunks:

http://kids.mongabay.com/animal-profiles/puma.html

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-skunks/

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/skunk_facts/12/