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Mrs. Stehling |
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News From Room 254 November 13, 2009
Tuesday – We
wrote sentences using our Spelling words.
During Phonics, we completed an oral drill identifying the blend in a
given word. Sometimes a word was given
without a blend just to keep “254 friends” on their toes. We worked with the word chunk families *at,
*an, *ad, *ap as we completed a practice activity. Another new math concept was introduced. We found the sum for an addition fact and
then had to show the related subtraction fact.
We practiced this concept by going to the board. We continue to work on our Advent Musical “Stary
Night, Noisy Night” with Mrs. Cantagallo.
We earned seven stars once again.
A fun project was making turkey windsocks today. Wednesday – We
worked with the short a sound in Phonics.
We illustrated our Spelling words.
We read Mr. C’s Dinner. We
completed some Veteran Day activities as we remember those who serve and are
serving our country. In Math, we worked
with identifying the related subtraction fact when subtracting and completing
an addition fact and showing the related subtraction fact. We then turned the table over and completed a
subtraction fact and showed the related addition fact. Lots of boardwork practice again. Thursday – We
attended an all-school Mass. We
practiced putting our Spelling words in ABC Order. We’re becoming pros doing three words. We even tried four words. We completed a practice ABC activity. Most “friends” did quite well. We re-read Mr. C’s Dinner. Our reading activities had us completing a
comprehension check of the story. We all
did a “great” job. In addition, we
worked with our story words and words to be mastered. Another skill had us working with the short i
as well as the short a. Math was
strictly a good review of the three new concepts introduced this week. During Science, we observed and recorded the
happenings of our two Science experiments.
We were excited to see what happened to our pumpkin seeds as well. The seeds have sprouted in 16 of the 17
cups. Some even have two sprouts. We could see the seed coat still attached to
Shane’s sprout. Roots can be seen as we
planted our seeds in clear plastic cups.
So we all are very excited.
Terrariums are producing their own precipitation so all is well in our
greenhouse. Friday – We
took our Spelling test. We read our next
Big Book selection Hilda Hen’s Scary Night. We liked predicting what might be scaring Hilda
Hen. In all cases, it wasn’t what Hilda
Hen thought. Our reading skills had us
working with blends, contractions, and classifying. We finished up our review of the short a
during Phonics. Again we reviewed new
concepts learned this week in math. We
then put this all together and made fact families. During Religion, we learned more about what
we say and do at Mass. We practiced our
poems and songs we are learning for our Thanksgiving program. Spelling words: snap skip
glad swim plan
drop Bonus word: Pilgrims
Challenge word: Thanksgiving Reading words to be
mastered for What a Trip: also
like trap funny
brown crab green
money color blue
crack some it’s
let’s Reminders: ·
Don’t forget to
return Off We Go anthology in its book tote ·
First November
Book Report due November 16th ·
Some really NEAT
letters to Santa are due on Tuesday, November 24th. Don’t forget to have your child ask
questions. We’re hoping Santa has time
to answer us. Lastly,
thanks to all those who participated in the Food Drive for the St. Vincent de
Paul Food Pantry. Mrs. Stehling |
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