Spelling For the Week!
Spelling List for the Week
A big welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! It is hard to believe that we are almost at the end of the year!
Here is the spelling list for the week along with the links to Spelling City:
Here are the links to Spelling City!
Going On A Field Trip! It’s Going To Be A Fun Time! . . .
Uh-Oh a Boat! A creaky, leaky boat!
Can’t go over it!
Can’t go under!
Got to go through it!
Creaky! Creaky! Creaky!
Going on a field trip . . . .
I think I have been reading too many kids books with my daughter! Anyway, it’s fieldtrip day tomorrow and I wanted to just give some info before we go.
Students are still expected to wear uniforms though it does not have to be full dress. As we are there all day, students will need to pack a lunch for the trip. We will be leaving at 8:30 sharp! So please try to have you child here by 8:25. We need to be there for 9:45! We are expecting to be back sometime around 3:30.
If you have a digital camera, please bring it along. It would be great to get some pictures, not only for the blog but for our slideshow at the end of the year!
If you asked to be a volunteer, I should have put a note in your child’s planner! If that did not happen, just come see me before and after school and we can chat! As it is only our class going, there is room on the bus for everyone!
Looking forward to a great day!
Study Guide for Weather Unit Test
We will be having our unit test for Weather on Friday. I have put together a little study guide for the test, which you can look at and/or print out below.
Spelling for the Week!
A Little Canada, A Little Fun And A Little Learnin’ All In One!
So I was sitting on the coach taking a breather from a long day of working and thought to myself, “I need to get more fun stuff on the blog!” So here goes:
Just a reminder that tomorrow is our one year anniversary of Canada winning the gold at the Olympic Men’s Hockey tournament. It was such an exciting day. Remember to wear your Canada, Olympic or hockey gear tomorrow. Here is the magical memory from our friends at Youtube!
So, if you are feeling in the Olympic spirit and want to get into some physical activity but don’t happen to have an Olympic speed skating track in your basement, here is an easy to make ping pong game. Just get a couple of juice containers like in the picture and a wooden stick. Cut some holes through the juice containers (maybe get your parents to help. You don’t want to get an Olympic size injury!) and insert the wooden sticks through the holes. Voila! There is your ping pong game. Now, all you need is some paddles and a ping pong ball. If anyone wants to make one for the class and bring it in to show us, that would be fantastic!
Our dining room table gets used a lot and not just for dining. We eat at our dining room table nightly but after the dishes get cleared, let the ping pong games begin! We turned our dining room table into a ping pong table. You can do it, too, by following these easy steps.
Ping Pong Table: DIY Project Materials Needed
- 2 plastic containers (one for either side of the “net”) that holes can be poked into (I suggest Odwalla juice). Must have lids.
- Pennies, marbles, sand or rocks to weight the plastic containers.
- Wood dowel to make a “net” to reach across your table.
- Screw driver or scissors to poke hole in plastic container.
- 2 ping pong paddles and balls.
First, empty, clean, and dry plastic containers.
Fill bottoms of each container with your material of choice. I used pennies. Put on lid. Consider gluing lids on if you have little ones around.
Cut holes with scissors, screw driver or other tool.
Push wood dowel through holes.
Finally, here is a little learning fun for you. Not related to anything in our science this year, but learning is still fun no matter what it is or where it comes from. And who says we have to learn just what we have been told to learn. So here is a neat video showing the distance our Moon actually is from us.
Did you catch it? There was some stuff about light which is what we are studying now! If you missed it, watch it again. First person to tell me that it takes light one second to get to Moon, gets a prize!
Enjoy and we’ll see you tomorrow!
Spelling for the Week
Here are the spelling words and links to Spelling City for the week. Scroll all the way to the bottom for a special treat!
Here are the links to Spelling City! Remember! You can bring in your completed Spelling City test with 100% on it to receive an extra point on your spelling test! Why lose out on this great deal! Get your free mark today!
I found this picture the other day as I was roaming around on the net. Seeing as we all love Star Wars so much and also as we mourn the loss of our AT-AT and look towards the day when we get it back, I thought I would include this picture for fun! Enjoy!
What If Dr. Seuss Wrote Star Wars!
Social Studies Inuit Study Guide
Hi! It’s Mrs. Goosen here. Last Thursday I sent home a study guide to help your child prepare for the Inuit test this Thursday afternoon. I will also post it here in case the guide didn’t make it home. We will end off our unit with a movie called AnArctic Tale – a really great documentary type movie following some arctic animals. If your child would like to bring some snacks to eat during the movie they are welcome to do so…I will bring a little snack for the class to share as well.
Thanks & happy studying!
Mrs. Goosen
FSA Test Dates
For your information, I have added the dates of the FSA’s to the online blog calendar. There are quite a few of them and I have tried to space them out as best as I could while also leaving some time for helping the students to prepare for them. Please remember to practice the online FSA’s and the practice math questions that were sent home last week with your children!