Weekly Spelling Lists -

Phonetic List - Suffix -ing
doing
going
seeing
feeding
feeling
keeping
mowing
packing
bending
picking

High-Frequency List - Words 71-80
no
make
than
first
been
its
who
now
people
my

Tomorrow is a Res Spirit Day!  The students may wear jeans...and anything they have with Res on it.  They may wear the black handprint t-shirt, any Res clothes you've ordered, sports uniforms, etc.  If they don't have anything, they may wear Res colors - green and white.

This week's spelling lists -

Phonetic List -Suffix -s
bugs
cats
pigs
sits
runs
gets
cards
chips
twins
pumps

High-Frequency List - Words 61-70
into
has
more
her
two
like
him
see
time
could

Reading - Our word work focus this week is contraction words.  We have also been revisiting our stamina with read to self and read to someone.  Now that we finally have a five day week, we can get back to reading groups and daily 5!

Phonics - We have been reviewing all of the glued sounds.

Math - We have been working on place value - tens and ones.

Science - Our seeds are starting to sprout!  We planted kidney beans, peas, pumpkins, and sunflowers.  It's fun to see how much they grow every day!  We are patiently awaiting the arrival of our first shipment of organisms.  (water plants and land plants)  Due to the cold weather, the shipment was postponed a week. They should be here Wednesday - and then we can start building our terrariums.

Religion - Our Promise Paper on Friday was about the baptism of Jesus.

I had a typo on the website.  It's www.einsteinproject.org.

If you don't have any plans on Saturday, the Einstein Science Expo is at Shopko Hall.  It's from 9-4.  The cost is $2 for adults and $5 for kids.  The Einstein Project is the amazing company that brings science to life for classrooms!  We do three Einstein kits a year - weather, organisms, and solids and liquids.  The Science Expo has tons of hands on things to do.  The kids can make paper, make paper rockets and shoot them to the ceiling, make silly puddy, hold snakes, see electrical demos, etc.  My boys look forward to it every year.  I was telling the class about it and I was asked to send some info about it home.  You can check it out at einsteinproject. org.

Have a great weekend!

I've been teaching for 15 years.  I've never seen this happen before  Green Bay schools are closed AGAIN tomorrow!  Enjoy another day!

I just found out - school is cancelled for Tuesday, too!  Stay warm!