- cent
- sent
- scent
- threw
- through
- weather
- whether
- their
- there
- they're
- chili
- chilly
- tide
- tied
- pale
- pail
- aloud
- allowed
- course
- coarse
Challenge Words:
- counsel
- council
- bizarre
- bazaar
- patients
Monday, January 27, 2020
This week's spelling words (U4W3)
Spelling pattern: Homophones are words that sound alike but have different meanings and are spelled differently.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Week of 1/13 and 1/20
Dear Families,
I hope you all had a great long weekend and week! Students came back from the long weekend ready to learn and ended up earning their next whole class reward of a movie! We will vote tomorrow on our next reward. Students will receive their reward when they earn 500 Dojo points!
The past two weeks have been all about ending units and beginning new ones. In reading workshop, we launched our nonfiction unit! To begin, students are reading different nonfiction articles to practice reading and finding the main idea with supporting details. This reading strategy will help students when they get into their new book clubs and will be responsible for teaching their group about their topic through readings and research. Some topics that we have already read is Hurricane Dorian, the Australian wild fires, Fortnite and how young is too young to play, and technology in the classroom. Students are enjoying reading nonfiction texts and articles and are ready to get into their book clubs!
In writing, we will be launching our informational writing unit next week and will begin by generating topics we are experts in and creating a table of contents for our "chapters." Students will then choose the topic they want to explore and will begin their first informational teaching book!
In science, we wrapped up our ecosystem unit and will be starting the water cycle next week!
I hope you all had a great long weekend and week! Students came back from the long weekend ready to learn and ended up earning their next whole class reward of a movie! We will vote tomorrow on our next reward. Students will receive their reward when they earn 500 Dojo points!
The past two weeks have been all about ending units and beginning new ones. In reading workshop, we launched our nonfiction unit! To begin, students are reading different nonfiction articles to practice reading and finding the main idea with supporting details. This reading strategy will help students when they get into their new book clubs and will be responsible for teaching their group about their topic through readings and research. Some topics that we have already read is Hurricane Dorian, the Australian wild fires, Fortnite and how young is too young to play, and technology in the classroom. Students are enjoying reading nonfiction texts and articles and are ready to get into their book clubs!
In writing, we will be launching our informational writing unit next week and will begin by generating topics we are experts in and creating a table of contents for our "chapters." Students will then choose the topic they want to explore and will begin their first informational teaching book!
In science, we wrapped up our ecosystem unit and will be starting the water cycle next week!
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
This week's spelling words (U4W2)
Spelling pattern: Prefixes over-, under-, sub-, super-, out-
- overlook
- underline
- subway
- subset
- supermarket
- outlet
- underground
- overboard
- undercurrent
- superstar
- overtime
- supersonic
- submarine
- undercover
- overcast
- outfield
- output
- supernatural
- subdivision
- subheads
Challenge words:
- overwhelm
- superimpose
- underestimate
- underprivileged
- subcommittee
Sunday, January 12, 2020
This week's spelling words (U4W1)
Words from other languages with unexpected spellings
- khaki
- hula
- banana
- ballet
- waltz
- tomato
- vanilla
- canyon
- yogurt
- banquet
- macaroni
- polka
- cobra
- koala
- barbecue
- safari
- buffet
- stampede
- karate
- kiosk
Challenge words:
- papaya
- artichoke
- sauerkraut
- succotash
- tsunami
Happy New Year!
Dear Families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation and holiday with friends and family. Our first full week back was a busy one. We used our first two days back to familiarize ourselves with our classroom expectations and rules, as well as get back into our usual routine. We also set a new class goal to reach 590 points on Class Dojo. Students voted and agreed on a movie day. We are very close already! Individual students also started to reach their 25 point reward of a homework pass! This is to be used only with a homework assignment that I give and must be attached to the assignment when handing it in.
We continued to set goals and discussed what a New Years resolution was and how we can make one for ourselves. We first discussed growth mindset and how we can grow and stretch our brains when we try and learn something new. We brainstormed things we couldn't do YET and then turned that into a New Years goal and explained ways we will achieve our goal. These are hanging up in our classroom and will be kept up to remind us that we can achieve anything if we grow our mind and have a positive outlook!
In science we began to wrap up our soil unit. Students will have a test on ecosystems and soil NEXT Wednesday the 22nd. Everyone will receive a study guide on Tuesday and we will begin filling it out and studying in class. I encourage students to study a little each night!
In writing, we took a look at last year's MCAS writing question and worked through it together. Students are asked to read a fictional story and then finish writing the ending. Students are loving this assignment and are really being creative! We will be wrapping up our narrative unit this week and will be launching our informational writing unit! This writing unit will go great with our new unit in reading, nonfiction book clubs! Students will be working in groups to read and discuss nonfiction texts based around different topics.
Please make note that there will be NO school this Friday the 17th and no school Monday the 20th for MLK day. Have a great week!
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation and holiday with friends and family. Our first full week back was a busy one. We used our first two days back to familiarize ourselves with our classroom expectations and rules, as well as get back into our usual routine. We also set a new class goal to reach 590 points on Class Dojo. Students voted and agreed on a movie day. We are very close already! Individual students also started to reach their 25 point reward of a homework pass! This is to be used only with a homework assignment that I give and must be attached to the assignment when handing it in.
We continued to set goals and discussed what a New Years resolution was and how we can make one for ourselves. We first discussed growth mindset and how we can grow and stretch our brains when we try and learn something new. We brainstormed things we couldn't do YET and then turned that into a New Years goal and explained ways we will achieve our goal. These are hanging up in our classroom and will be kept up to remind us that we can achieve anything if we grow our mind and have a positive outlook!
In science we began to wrap up our soil unit. Students will have a test on ecosystems and soil NEXT Wednesday the 22nd. Everyone will receive a study guide on Tuesday and we will begin filling it out and studying in class. I encourage students to study a little each night!
In writing, we took a look at last year's MCAS writing question and worked through it together. Students are asked to read a fictional story and then finish writing the ending. Students are loving this assignment and are really being creative! We will be wrapping up our narrative unit this week and will be launching our informational writing unit! This writing unit will go great with our new unit in reading, nonfiction book clubs! Students will be working in groups to read and discuss nonfiction texts based around different topics.
Please make note that there will be NO school this Friday the 17th and no school Monday the 20th for MLK day. Have a great week!
Monday, January 6, 2020
U3W5 Spelling Words: Test on Fri. 1/10
- uncover
- defrost
- uncomfortable
- discourage
- disadvantage
- unfortunate
- unfamiliar
- disability
- discomfort
- deodorant
- unemployed
- deflate
- disbelief
- unpredictable
- disapprove
- disappoint
- unpleasant
- dehydrated
- disqualify
- undecided
Challenge Words:
- unnecessary
- disobedient
- dehumidifier
- disinfectant
- disenchanted
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