Circle of Hearts

Each student picked a name of another student in our class and wrote 1 nice thing about the student. I found this activity as a nationwide memorial for those who lost their lives on Friday December 14, 2012. It was a way for us as a class to show respect to one another and hear a kind word.We did not discuss the events of 12/14/12 but I thought this was a beneficial activity for us to do as a class and show our unity with each other and our nation.

Holiday Websites

I promised the class I would post this website on the blog so they could check on the reindeer from home. We watched the reindeer a couple of days ago and I let them know at 9am, 4pm and 7pm they can see Santa fed the reindeer. They were all very excited. There is also a nice list that scrolls across the screen with children's names, so far Mrs. Morett found everyone in the class's name on the list with a little magic reading.  Reindeer

Another website that I love during this time of year is the Portable North Pole. On this website, you (parents/guardians) can set up a email video that Santa will send to your child/children. You can personalize the email and then Santa prepares the video and sends it to your email address.

Hope you all enjoy the websites, if you know of any other websites the class may enjoy let me know and I will post them on our class blog.

Spelling Words

This weeks spelling words are:
       1. hand
       2. back
       3. has
       4. van
       5. sat
       6. black
       7. that
       8. sang
       9. land
      10. ask
      11. have
      12. thank
      13. matter
      14. last
      15. fast
      16. catch

Sentence Dictation:
      The man has to catch the black cat fast.

Week of 12/3-12/7

Reading- In small groups we are reading Todd's Box out of our Harcourt book and working on our sight words. In listening groups we are listening to A New and Improved Santa.

Math- We are working on subtraction and drawing pictures to solve word problems. In small groups we are working on adding and subtracting 10 to any given number. We are working on your student mentally adding or subtracting 10 and understanding the value of 10.

Science- This week we are doing a hands on activity called Will it Grow, to learn about living and nonliving things. We have currently placed different objects in water to see if any of them will grow. We are observing our materials every day to see if anything sprouts up.

Spelling-For the next two weeks we will be reviewing the short /a/ sound. We will have more words this week because it is a review week.
This weeks spelling words are:
      1. van
      2. and
      3. an
      4. has
      5. after
      6. am
      7. flat
      8. than
      9. hand
    10. add
    11. cat
    12. man
    13. at
    14. can
    15. ran
    16. fast
    17. last

Sentence Dictation:
          A man has a cat that ran fast.

$1 Jean Day and Jersey Day

Tomorrow is $1 Jean Day for technology. To go along with jean day we will also be having jersey day. Support your favorite teams!