The Lorax

While learning about text-to-world connections, we read the story 'The Lorax' and the boys and girls made connections to air pollution and global warming in our world.  We talked about the importance of saving our planet and being eco-friendly.  We all signed a pledge to promise to help our planet and keep it a nice place to live.  We even went out to collect garbage today!  We found a lot of waste in our school field...we need to remember to take care of our planet!

Making Connections

Good readers always make connections.  We learned about the different connections and this week we have learned the final connection, which is text-to-world connections.

There are different types of connections that we can make: text-to-self (relating the book to something that happened to you and your life experiences), text-to-text (relating to book to another book), and text-to-world (relating the book to something happening in the world).   Try to make connections when reading your books at home!

Spelling Poem #21: A Chubby Little Snowman

There has been some snow on the ground and last week a lot of us made snowmen!  Here's a funny poem about a chubby little snowman.

Spelling Words:

1) bunny
2) funny
3) sunny
4) look
5) book
6) took
7) shook
8) that
9) this
10) there


Additional Questions:

1)  What are the synonyms (words that mean the same) of:

fat: _______________

bunny: _____________

small: _____________

2)  Describe how the snowman was feeling when the rabbit ate his nose.

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3)  We all know now how to make a snowman.  Can you write me a procedure on how to make a snow angel?  Remember what you need in a procedure (Title, Materials, Steps using order words such as First, Next, Then, Again, Finally).  If you don't know how, you can watch a video on how to make one here:

Spelling Poem #20: Love is....

This week's poem is about love in the spirit of Valentine's Day on February 14th!  However, we should remember to show those around us that we love them every day :)

Spelling Words:

1) love
2) dove
3) keep
4) beep
5) feel
6) peel
7) wheel
8) going
9) song
10) everyday

Additional Questions:

1)  Make a sentence with the following words:

feel:________________________________________

going: _______________________________________

song: _______________________________________


2)  Which words rhyme?

____________     ____________


3)  What is the past tense of:

feel: ______________

like: ______________

keep: _____________

4) Showing someone that you love and care about them should not just be on Valentine's Day.  How can you show someone you love them every day?  (e.g., I can show my parents that I love them by helping around the house.).

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Our Tree of LOVE

Ms. Stephanie did an art activity with us about what we love.  We wrote what or who we love on a heart and decorated it.  Then we all posted it on our Love Tree.  Here is the final product!  

 

Spelling Poem #19: Dress for Winter Weather

The weather is a bit unpredictable at the moment.  Always check the weather and dress for it!  Remember to wear your coats, boots, scarves, snowpants, and mittens!  A lot of us are forgetting to wear our snowpants at recess time, please wear them because it is cold outside!

Spelling Words:

1) put
2) on
3) you
4) your
5) hat
6) play
7) come
8) say
9) take
10) off


Additional Questions:

1)  What are some words that describe the weather (e.g., sunny)?

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2)  What are some words that rhyme with ''hat''?

_______________________________________________________

3)  Which words are opposites in the Spelling list?

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4)  What is the past tense of come?  ______________

5)  What is the past tense of take?    ______________

6)  Draw a picture of you all dressed up for winter.

Happy Year of the Rooster!

We wish that everyone will have a wonderful year of the rooster!  We learned how to paint with forks to get the effects of feathers on the roosters!