Reading and Writing

* The Scholastic News we read this week all about Constitution Day * The book The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza- who are the characters and what happened at the end of the story * The book A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue and what did we learn from Josh and the TattlePrince about tattling (4 Rules) * How my 10 Black Dot book is coming

Ask Me Abo
Dot Day

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Phonics and Spelling

* Practicing word endings, or word families this week- check out my Phonics, Whats My Ending? papers * Making Words using letter tiles * The word family cubes I made and the game we played * Continuing to practice.... If you have a wimpy vowel you need a ck. Not just a k, you need a ck.

* The book the dot by Peter Reynolds and what it is all about The connect the dots morning work I did * counting by 2s and ask me to count for you by 2s as high as I can * The Colar Mix application we used on the ipad to make our dots 3D Using domino dots to create number * sentences * The Art Centers and the materials (tempera paint dot tubes, pastels, water colors and scented markers) I used to create my own dots and the one I left at school to be on display

REMINDERS!
Tomorrow~ Monster Word Spelling Review Our Book Orders are due tomorrow! Dont forget you can send the order in with your child or you can order online. This is a great way to add books to your collection

Math
* Thermometers- what are they and why do we use them- what activity did we do using a thermometer and hot/cold water- what happened? * Number stories- what are they and ask me to give you an example of one I can make upalso ask me to show you how I might solve it using a picture strategy * My rst Math Show-What-You-Know, SelfAssessment and Open Response

Other
* Zairs Star of the Week- what was his favorite book and favorite game * Scrapbooking with Mrs. Holbrook Playing Rolling for 50 with Mrs. * Donaldson * Meeting with my 3rd grade buddy (check the blog for pictures!) * The Computer activities/skills I have been working on- uppercase/ lowercase letters, changing the font color, logging in using my username and password