Sneak Peek At Our Week!

This week in spelling and phonics we are learning about the "magic e".  This very special silent e makes vowels long. We are focusing on the LONG A  this week.  We did a word building activity where students wrote SHORT A words on their dry-erase boards and then added their "magic e" wands to the end of the word and "TADA" the SHORT A changed into a LONG A!   Students also wrote their spelling words on candy canes and highlighted the a and silent e in each word. (Here is an example...... cane)

In grammar this week were are learning about VERBS!  My students love playing the action verb game were I call out verbs and nouns and they have to imitate the verbs but stand still if the word is a noun.  They do such a great job using their listening ears and following directions.  They colored ANGRY BIRDS today and filled in the blanks with actions verbs that they thought their bird could do!  Check it out!

We also read When The Leaf Blew In and did a verb search as we read through the story.

Last but not least! With Christmas right around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect time to discuss NEEDS and WANTS during our social studies lessons this week.  For homework, each student was asked to bring in an item that they NEED in order to stay alive and also a item they WANT for Christmas.  We are filling Santa's NEED and WANT bags in the hallway very quickly.