January 11-15, 2016

Specials
Monday - 3
Tuesday - 4
Wednesday - 5
Thursday - 6
Friday - 1

Upcoming Events
January 15 - Report Cards go home
January 18 - MLK Day (No school!)
January 19 - PTA Meeting at 6:30
January 29 - 2nd 9 weeks Recognitions at 10AM

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with oa and ow letter teams.
I can write facts about penguins.
I can use verbs correctly in past, present, and future tenses.
I can locate key facts or information using text features.
I can identify unknown words or phrases.
I can describe numbers using tens and ones.
I can compare two digit numbers using >, <, or =.

Spelling List

Please practice writing your spelling words in sentences this week. I will be selecting one of the following words on your child's spelling list to write in a complete sentence. He/she will be evaluated for capitalization, punctuation, writing every word in the sentence, and spelling the word correctly in the sentence.

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs)

coat
soap
soak
loan
row
tow
snow
throw
float

List B (Blue Dogs, Yellow Ducks)

throat
coach
toast
arrow
know
window
show
approach
flown

Week in Review!
Last week was a full, busy week! We hit the ground running this month with verbs, place value, and PENGUINS!

We started off by comparing penguins to other birds. We spent the rest of the week researching penguins and discussing how text features help us gather information. This week, we are diving (ha!) into different types of penguins.

We practiced using Base 10 blocks to build numbers all the way to 100! We learned how the first digit is the tens place and the second digit is the ones place. 

We used our Base 10 knowledge to help us write numbers in 4 different ways:

Standard

Expanded

Base 10

and Tens & Ones.

Here's an example:

42

40+2

IIII - -

4 tens, 2 ones

We cracked ourselves up with these fun pipe cleaner people. We chose different verbs to represent ourselves as pipe cleaner people. Check out how creative this class is. Always blowing me away. :)

January 4 - 8, 2016

Specials
Monday - 4
Tuesday - 5
Wednesday - 6
Thursday - 1
Friday - 2

Upcoming Events
January 15 - Report Cards go home
January 18 - MLK Day (No school!)
January 19 - PTA Meeting at 6:30
January 29 - 2nd 9 weeks Recognitions at 10AM

Kid-Friendly Objectives

I can read, write, and identify words with the o_e spelling pattern.
I can write facts about penguins.
I can describe what a verb is and use it correctly when writing.
I can locate key facts or information using text features.
I can identify unknown words or phrases.

Spelling List

Beginning next week, spelling tests will include a sentence writing component. More info will come next week.

List A (Purple Cats, Green Frogs)

vote
note
rose
bone
nose
joke
home
hope
stole
slope

List B (Blue Dogs, Yellow Ducks)

code
cope
hope
tote
slope
scope
stove
quote
compose
telescope

Week in Review!
I hope you had a great (and well-deserved) Christmas Break! I know it is going to take a bit of adjusting to get back into the swing of things for me! 

Before our 2-week hiatus, our class was having a blast receiving packages from our friend Globetrot Scott. He was traveling all around the world and sent us fun packages filled with information, crafts, and souvenirs to help us learn about the ways in which people from all over the world celebrate the holidays. 

When Mr. Globetrot finished his adventures, we ended 2015 with a fun movie day and Holiday party! We truly could not have had such a successful December without the help of all of your sweet families. Thank you SO much.

Early in the week, Globetrot Scott sent us a package from China! He told us that many people in China do not celebrate Christmas but celebrate Chinese New Year, instead. He sent us such a neat craft. We decorated our own red envelopes. We also chose 3 friends to write sweet messages to on our golden coins. We then snuck around the room and stuck the golden coins in our friends' envelopes. It made us think of sending Valentine cards!

 We made such a fun writing piece. We wrote to share our opinion of what we believe is the best gift of all.

Then it was FINALLY time for our Holiday Market!!
We decorated cookies like many people do in Ethiopia.

We made our own version of the poinsettias many people use to decorate in Mexico.

We traveled to Israel where we made our own paper dreidels.

We made our own drums to celebrate like people do in Uganda.

 And our friends had so much fun learning about special ways to celebrate in Japan!

Later that day, we got messy with some paint!

 and made these fun snowmen :)

Friday, we got to relax and watch The Grinch in our pajamas. But first, we couldn't resist the urge to make Max (and compare him to my Max, of course!) Check out one of our friends' cute result!

Here is to another amazing week at Wellington! :)

Dec. 11-18

Specials
Monday - 6
Tuesday - 1 
Wednesday - 2
Thursday - 3
Friday - Non-Rotation Day (Winter Fun Day)

Upcoming Events
December 17 - World Market (I have had this date wrong the whole time! I am so sorry! The market will be THURSDAY.)
Please click here to sign up to volunteer to bring items for our holiday week! 
I need everyone to send in at least one clean, empty food can by Wednesday. If you are able to send more than one, that would be a great help!
December 17 - Chorus performance 1:30 and 6:30
December 18 - Movie Day! Please Return your Grinch Permission Slips ASAP! 
December 21 - January 2 - Winter Break

Kid-Friendly Objectives

Same as Last Week!

Spelling List

No Spelling Lists or Homework this week. Woohoo!!!

Week in Review!
Globetrot Scott has given us the BEST weeks in December! Thus far, we have learned about the following countries:
USA
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Sweden
We'll be visiting China, Russia, and India and then we will wrap up with Australia, Japan, Uganda, Israel, and Ethiopia at our Holiday Market!

We learned that students in Italy write secret napkin notes to their grown-ups to celebrate the holidays.

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you so much that my heart's filled with love from your love."

"Dear Mom and Dad, I love you more than infinity!"

We learned that in Italy, students celebrate with a WITCH! 

In Sweden, kiddos sometimes run across a Tomten!

We also filled our stomachs with yummy, buttery buns sent to us from Globetrot Scott!

We found out that there is also a wonderful tradition called "Boxing Day!" It's like musical chairs but with a gift that has been wrapped over and over!
 We played it in our classroom...

Everyone was VERY excited at first... 

Then everyone showed their frustration for how many times that silly gift was wrapped :)

The anticipation...

The reveal!
We got our own copy of Frosty for the classroom.

We have been working hard on Measurement and Data in Math.
We finished our week with a fun day of telling the class, "I mustache you a question!" in order to graph our answers.

FIVE MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!