Fall Picture Day and Small Moments!

We are beginning to write personal narratives focusing on Small Moments in our lives.  In this unit, the students are taking everyday events of their lives and making them into focused stories. 

Word Study and Activities

Hi Everyone!  Today your child is bringing home their spelling words. This week's spelling words are focusing on a short vowel word study along with individualized spelling words based on your child needs.

The spelling words can be found in your child's Pelican Folder and they were also written in your child's Assignment Notebook. The students have a nightly writing sheet to practice their words and this should be returned daily to school.  In addition, students can choose to do other activities.  

Follow this link from The Wise and Witty Teacher: 

Spelling Activities

Students individualized word study can also be found on Vocabulary Spelling City.  You can find your child's list by going to my teacher page at https://www.spellingcity.com/mrslieck/ and then clicking on your child's name.

Your child can then complete the Spelling Teach Me activity by clicking each word on the list and select the Play A Game button to practice their words using any of Vocabulary Spelling City’s free activities.

Have Fun!

Important Dates to Remember

Fall Picture Day - Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Remember to bring your beautiful smiles!

Homecoming Week is October 5th - 9th 

and the Spirit Days are as follows:

Monday (10-5) - Team Day

Tuesday (10-6) - Backwards Day

Wednesday (10-7) - Neon and Crazy Sock Day

Thursday (10-8) - PJ Day

Friday (10-9)- HODAG Colors Day 

& the Homecoming Parade is Friday Afternoon

Fall 2015 CAVOC Field Trip

Today we had our first field trip of the new school year. It is always nice to visit our School Forest! We learned about How Animals Protect Their Young, How They Protect Themselves from Predators, and Why Camouflage is Important to Animals.

Check out our video Fall 2015 CAVOC Adventure

Mother Goose to the Rescue ~ This Friday at 8:30!

Something to Hoot About Today!

 My name is Kara. I like the playground because it is colorful  .

 My name is Kali.  I like to go  fishing with  my dad because I like to spend time with my dad. I love fishing because it is awesome.

 

My name is June. I like to go to grandpa and grandma’s because they let me hop on the trampoline and in the mud. I love gator riding!

Hi I am Abe. A pal is someone who says please and thank you. I can be a pal to Emma.

It Is The Beginning of a New Week!

These Kid Bloggers will be happy to share their stories with you tomorrow morning so be sure to check back soon!

Today we began our Math Unit - Addition Concepts. The students will be:

• Looking at the different ways to add numbers through modeling, exploring, explaining and problem solving.
• Creating and solving addition number sentences.
• Practicing and applying strategies using both vertical and horizontal addition number sentences

Some online resources are as follows:

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2. Math Fluency - Online Flashcard Games
3. Sum Sense
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During Writer's Workshop the students heard the beginning of the story Harriet's Had Enough!  

The students will be practicing how to make connections with a story and add details to strengthen their writing through meaningful conversations.  

They practiced today and shared that in order to have a meaningful conversation you need:

• TWO PEOPLE
• SOMEONE TO TALK
• AND SOMEONE TO LISTEN

Finally in WORD WORK the students are using conjunctions to respond to text through conversation and writing.

http://d4wps.weebly.com/conjunctions.html