Scaredy Squirrel

     We have been having lots of fun with Scaredy Squirrel.  Scaredy is afraid of EVERYTHING and we've been reading stories about his adventures.  We created our own squirrels this week and wrote about them today.  I expected at least three sentences that had proper punctuation and capitalization.  I was very please with how they came out.  I hope you had a chance to read about your student's squirrel today.

presents for Scaredy

class of squirrels

     In science we have been learning about living and non-living things and what all living things need to survive.  We also read about the life cycle of frogs.

     Social studies has been lots of fun.  Mr. Larry Guiseppe did an excellent job speaking with our students at the Veteran's Day program.  We have also been comparing and contrasting our lives to that of Pilgrim children long ago.  Ms.  Cotter has invited us to her Thanksgiving play next week which is always a smash hit.  I'm looking forward to that.

     Math is getting tricky.  Finding unknown addends is hard stuff:  ex 5+___=9.  If you are noticing your child struggling,  please give them a little extra support at home.

dice math game

     This week, I had a sight word game focusing on long vowels.  We haven't formally studied them yet but have touched on them a bit, mostly v-e words like "cake".  I knew it would be hard but the students told me they were up for the challenge.  I paired the students up and off they went to play.  They rocked it.  Yes, many were tricked on words like boat (they wanted to make a sound for "a") but after a quick mini-lesson they had it.  I even heard a student who doesn't particularly like new, challenging things say "this is actually fun".  WHOO HOOO.......way to make a teacher's day!!!!!

tricky long vowel fun

     Head over to our edline account to see pictures of our Halloween party.  Freeze dance......so fun!!!