Spelling Lists

Today we will be bringing home 20 spelling words in our agendas. These words have Long O and U vowel patterns. We will be practicing these words for the next two weeks, and then be tested on 10 random words from our lists on Friday, February 3rd. Last week, we started being tested on writing complete sentences with three of our spelling words, using correct capital letters and end punctuation.

Multiplication Test Date Change

Due to weather conditions and the resulting amount of absent students this week, our multiplications facts test will be moved to Tuesday, January 24. We will push the problem solving and division start dates a few days back as well. I hope students are bringing home their multiplication charts to work on! The students have a good grasp of 1-5 and 10 facts, but 6, 7, 8, and 9 are ones that we need to keep working on.

Math and E.L.A. websites that can be used at home!

Yorkdale has recently acquired memberships to www.ixl.com for all students. This is a great practice tool with questions for all levels K-9! We have been using it in our center activities and when a student finishes their work early. So far, we have achieved certificates for 10 hours of practice time and answering 2,000 math problems. Check out the certificates here: http://ca.ixl.com/certificate/WS0xLDEsMTAsMDFfMDY02qfMjAxMixDQSxY02qb3VyIGNsY02pXNz
http://ca.ixl.com/certificate/WS0xLDAsMjAwMCwwMV8wOV8yMDEyLENBLFlvdXIgY02p2xhc3MY01t

Notes were sent home in December with each students' username and password. The reports are easy to see where they are succeeding and where they need more help. I hope that they can find time to use this site to practice their math skills at home.

Another website we have been using in class is www.spellingcity.com . Students type in their spelling words and are able to play games, have the words read to them in a sentence, and be tested all online. This is perfect  for allowing your child to study their words on their own at home.

Welcome back!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break. We are back at it with our first full week back to school behind us, and enjoyed a fun week back all dressed up in our ugly sweaters, jerseys, and P.J.'s. We also started units on light and sound in science, and multiplication in math.

Have a great weekend! See you on Monday.

Happy Holidays!

Our last day of school is Thursday, December 22nd. Students will be going to the Gallagher Center in the morning until 11 AM and then we will be having a pizza lunch. Students will be dismissed from school early that day - at 2 PM.

I hope you have a great Christmas break! See you in the new year.

Science Habitat Glogsters

The students have been working hard researching habitats to put on a Glogster webpage. They are complete, and ready to be shared! You can check them out at home by going to our kid blog website, http://kidblog.org/MsBudzsClass/ . You can tell which one is yours by looking at the initials of the student who posted the message.

Students enjoyed using technology to share what they learned. We will get together in the new year to go over how they did and how they can improve for next term by marking the Glogs together.

Merry Christmas!

Fun video below! Those hardworking elves sure look familiar........

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/SJ2SWQpzG7LlQeUg