Our morning began with spelling activities.  We took several parts of our Terra Nova test today:  Reading and Language Arts Part I, Science, Word Analysis, and Social Studies.  We will feel so relieved when we are finished with testing tomorrow afternoon.  We read more of our story about Chibi.  We also used our Fact and […]

Our morning began with spelling activities. After getting ourselves settled, we began Terra Nova testing. We completed Sequences, Analogies, and Reasoning. After our morning testing, we read two books about St. Patrick’s Day. Jamie O’ Rourke’s giant “pratie” was enormous! Can you imagine a potato that feeds an entire village? We also worked with our […]

Our morning began with a new chapter in spelling.  We worked with words that have the same “s” sound as in “city” and the “k” sound as in “neck.”  Our Word Wall Wizard Word of the Day was:  through.  After discussing some of our schedule for this week, we filled out our Terra Nova name […]

TGIF! Spelling activities and our Word Wall Wizard Word of the Day (threw) started our day off with a bang!  After checking our homework and working in our literacy groups, we took our spelling and selection tests.  The castle is in an uproar in The Tale of Despereaux because Princess Pea is missing!  Our invention […]

After starting our morning with spelling activities and Word Wall Wizard Word of the Day (thought), we checked some of our homework.  Meeting in our literacy groups at the carpet, centers, and class book is always a fun way to learn.  Our short story at the rug about broccoli and milk had us giggling.  In […]