Yes for Technology!

Thank you Chevron!!! We are the recipient of a "Donors Choose" grant funded (last night) by Chevron. We never have enough money for technology and I heard that some money was available, so I wrote a grant asking for 2 ipod touches (they use the same apps we do on our ipads.) Now every child in a reading group can be working on a device at our center time. Yahoo!

(And is this the safest internet photo you ever saw??) Short week spelling: when, sheep, both, then, chase, teach, dish, which, boo, food, mood, poof, smile, file, pile, while. Test on Thursday!

Spelling Review for Short Week!

We all know these words...

but we are going to have a quick review just to make sure on Wednesday.

(these, use, swim, glad, brave, next, add, across, grass, goes, space, does, come, want, really) It will be a short day and then I hope you all have a FUN fall recess!

Can You Believe It???

What a week! Two of our classmates have broken left arms! Fortunately they are right handed and both of them are very brave.

Just a reminder that our library day is Wednesday and we need to return our books so that we can continue to choose new ones.

Great job this week on the baggy books! Let's keep reading!

New Spelling words for the week: bell, hill, well, egg, grass, across, add, off, pumpkin, stump, lump, grumpy, stall, football, basketball, baseball. Bonus: Bonus: Halloween , skeleton, ghost, jack-o-lantern

We wrote sentences using great descriptive words like explode, hover, drifting and melting this week. When we got to Tanner Dance we danced our own sentences. Fun times!

A new math packet went home today with a great website for practicing math reasoning. If your child plays the 10 frame games at least 3 times, initial the front cover of your packet for an extra sticker.

A BIG thank you to our parent volunteers! Our centers are going quite well and the children love them. I love getting up and learning in different ways too, I feel so grateful for your support! We will be doing baggy books starting next week.

New Spelling words: there, their, they (there is no a in they poem...) next, glad, trip, swim, space, flute, chute, cute, Utes, lame, flame, game, name. Bonus: salute, famous, soccer, mountains

Welcome Autumn!

We have been getting ready for fall with pastel drawings of leaves and great vocabulary words to do with autumn. Animals habitats are important considerations as the weather changes too. We are working on long vowel words in reading and spelling. Here are our new words...

from, his, her, does, want, really, caught, you, hope, mope, rope,elope, tile, pile, mile, vile. Bonus: antelope, envelope, crocodile, smile

Constitution Day-Tanner Dance & Friendly Football Fun!

Look at these patriotic teachers! Friday was Constitution Day.
These friends are cheering for different teams.

Tanner Dance is fun physical activity for all of us.

We have had a great time ...our students did an outstanding job on their spelling tests this week!

Our new words for next week continue with the long vowel pattern:bone, these, cute, close, those, drove, use, goes, talk, walk, chalk, stalk, hoop, loop, snoopy, goop. Bonus words: habitiat, world, chalkboard, beanstalk

The Caves at Lascaux France-Revisited!

We talked about the art that was left behind so many years ago in the caves in France. (Sam saw them in person last June!) We looked at the kinds of pictures they drew and then we drew our own with oil pastels and paint. It was great fun! Our spelling words have long vowels this week: bite, late, size, made, ate, fine, same, hide, mate , fate, date, late, nine, pine, shine, mine. The bonus words are divine, pine cone, whine (we don't do that in second grade...) and ice skate.