Synonyms & Vocabulary!

This week we have been learning about synonyms. Here is a fun link to play a game about synonyms:

Synonym's Sam's lab

Here is also a link for a vocabulary game for this week:

E word game: theme 9.2

Earth day crafts

The kids had so much fun reusing items for fun Earth day crafts. We made book holders out of cereal boxes, bird feeders out of pinecones, peanut butter and birdseed, a flower mural out of toilet paper rolls and paint and finally, we planted flower seeds in a tin soup can. Thank you so much to everyone who donated items from home. I really think the kids better understand the importance of the three R's: reduce, reuse and recycle now. A special thanks to our awesome volunteers- Mrs. Cohick, Mrs. Strong, Mr. Meade and Katie's grandma Mrs. Rieber!

Pinecone bird feeders!

Science: Living and Non-Living Activity!

Thank you for sending in your old magazines for our Living and Non-Living Activity! The kids had so much fun cutting out examples of Living and Non-Living things to glue onto their posters.

March Star Students!

Savannah and Maya were our Star Students for March! Congratulations sweet girls!!

Report Writing!

We have begun working on our Report/Informational Writing Standard. You may have noticed a sudden interest in Non-Fiction books! The kids have been exploring Non-Fiction texts to look for features of print like labels, headings, table of contents, diagrams, real photographs, etc. On Tuesday, we took it further by discussing how authors use headings to organize all of the facts that they know about something. The kids will also be using headings and other features of print in their report booklets!
Our group activity was to sort various facts into headings. The kids had so much fun and they are looking forward to starting their booklets on Monday. Please encourage your child to check out Non-Fiction books from the library. I know a lot of my boys are loving my Outer Space books in class and the girls are loving animal books.