Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of January 28- February 1 are:

sorry, press, God, god, teacher, November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, person, nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be, yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor

Cursive

Your child will begin learning cursive penmanship this grading period. Because of this, you will see cursive practice in the homework folder for the next few weeks. The focus is on quality and not on quantity.  The assingment will be to write a few perfect letters and not to write several mediocre letters.  If you notice your child struggling or needing extra help, please email me. lbateman@edisoncs.org

Thanks again for your support at home!

Schedule Change

With the start of the second semester, some of the special classes have changed.  Our new schedule looks like this: 

Monday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 P.E.

10:15 Math

11:20 Lunch

11:55 Storytime

12:05 Grammar

12:15 New Practice Reader

12:45 Read Aloud

1:00 History/Science

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:00 Clean Up

2:10 Computers

2:25 History/Science

Tuesday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:20 Lunch

11:55 Storytime

12:05 Grammar

12:15 Writing

12:30 Read Aloud

12:55 Wordly Wise

1:20 Recess

1:35 Music

2:05 Poetry/Hayes

2:30 History/Science

Wednesday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:20 Lunch

11:55 Storytime

12:05 Grammar

12:15 New Practice Reader

12:45 Read Aloud

1:00 History/Science

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

1:55 Clean Up

2:05 Art

Thursday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 P.E.

10:15 Math

11:20 Lunch

11:55 Storytime

12:05 Grammar

12:15 McCall Crabbs

12:30 Lit Set

12:50 Library

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:05  Read Aloud

2:30 History/Science

Friday

8:35 Spelling

9:35 Recess

9:50 Math

11:00 Lit Set

11:20 Lunch

11:55 Storytime

12:05 Grammar

12:15 Time for Kids

12:35 Read Aloud

12:55 Music

1:20 Recess

1:35 Writing

2:05 Spotlight

2:15 Clean Up

Phonograms

The phonograms for the week of January 28-February 1 are:

 o, oy, oi, eigh, ar, ui, ear, aw, g, gn, ay, oo, ow, ey, ie, ea, gu, ir, u, dge, ei, ou, qu, au, ng, ai, ee, ew, y, ch

Spelling Words

The spelling words for the week of January 22-25 are:

death, learn, wonder, pair, pear, pare, check, prove, heard, hear, inspect, itself, always, something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare, dollar, evening, plan, broke, feel, sure, sugar, least

*Students will enter words Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and take the spelling test on Friday.  I will make adjustments to the grades if the short week affects the test scores. 

Moon Unit

We are studying the moon in science.  Your child is bringing home his/her science journal and a piece of chalk each night for the next 2 weeks.  Please remind your child to draw what the moon looks like each night.  If you can't see the moon, you can use the following website to check the moon phases:

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon-november-2013.phtml

Poetry

Just a reminder that your child's poem is due on Tuesday, January 8.  Please make sure your child is ready to present it in front of the class with a prop, some actions, or sharing their favorite part of the poem. 

How Creatures Move

The lion walks on padded paws,

The squirrel leaps from limb to limb,

While flies can crawl straight up a wall,

And seals can dive and swim.

The worm, he wiggles all around,

The monkey swings by his tail,

And birds may hop upon the ground,

Or spread their wings and sail.

But boys and girls have much more fun;

They leap and dance

And walk and run.

~Anonymous

  

Upside Down

It's funny how beetles

And creatures like that

Can walk upside down

as well as walk flat.

They crawl on a ceiling

and climb on a wall

without any practice

or trouble at all.

While I have been trying

For a year (maybe more)

and still I can't stand

with my head on the floor.

~Aileen Fisher

Little Talk

Don't you think it's probable

that beetles, bugs, and bees

talk about a lot of things--

you know, such things as these:

The kind of weather where they live

in jungles tall with grass

and earthquakes in their villages

whenever people pass!

Of course, we'll never know if bugs

talk very much at all,

because our ears are far too big

for talk that is so small.

--Aileen Fisher

  

Spider

I saw a little spider

With the smartest spider head:

She made-somewhere inside her-

A magic silken thread.

I saw her sliding down it.

She dangled in the air.

I saw her climbing up it

And pulling up each stair.

She made it look so easy

I wished all day I knew

How I could spin a magic thread

So I could dangle too.

~Aileen Fisher