Weekly Spelling Lists -

Phonetic List - R-Controlled Vowels
star, corn, her, third, turn, far, born, jar, bird, torn

High-Frequency List - Tricks Words - Words 91-100
long, little, very, after, words, called, just, where, most, know

Reading - Our word work center is working on compound words.  Compound words are words that have 2 smaller words inside of them.  For instance rain+bow=rainbow and foot+ball =football.  As always, there are a lot of choices.  The students have puzzle games, matching cards, making compound word flap books, and compound word snowmen just to name a few.  During daily 5 the students are either meeting with me in small reading groups or working in one of the five centers.

Making compound word snowmen

Work on Writing

Compound Word Snowmen

Matching words on eggs to make compound words

Science - We are starting a new Einstein kit.  It is called solids and liquids.  Last week we investigated the first two solids - the spoon and the ball.  This week we are going to investigate and observe all 20 solids.

Writing - We worked on a New Years writing sheet.  I'll have to snap some pictures to show are great they turned out.  This week we are also going to add to our writing.  We have been working on writing numerous ways in daily 5.  We're going to add writer's workshop into the mix this week.  I'll explain more as we get into it later this week.  It's going to be so much fun!  :)

Religion - We will be starting a new virtue card - Generosity.  This week in our Religion book we'll be learning about Jesus' apostles.

Read-Aloud - We have been reading from The Magic TreeHouse series.  We just finished book 1 - Dinosaurs Before Dark.  We are now starting #2 - The Knight at Dawn.

Thank you again for all of the cards, Scrip, notes, gifts, etc. at Christmas.  I am truly blessed here at Holy Cross!  Christmas and vacation went by so quickly!  It was a relaxing and fun break!  This week we'll get back into the swing of things.  Have a great week!  :)