Our day began with our Wonderful Word of the Day:  permanent.  What is something you know of that is permanent?  After working on our spelling activities, we added two ornaments to our Jesse Tree:  The Angel and Jesus.  We can’t wait for Jesus’ birthday on Christmas!  After listening to Ramona Forever on cd, we took […]

Our day began with our Word of the Day:  original.  Have you thought of any original ideas lately?  After heading to the library, we worked on spelling activities and our Christmas stories.  After recess, we read from our Advent book and added two ornaments to our Jesse Tree:  The Star of Bethlehem and The Shepherds.  […]

Our day began with our Wonderful Word of the Day:  opportunity.  When did you have an opportunity to do something great?  After working on spelling activities, we read the first half of Ramona Forever in our reading textbooks.  Reading in small groups was a new way of reading.  It was fun!  Discussing the story together […]

Our day began with the Wonderful Word of the Day:  opinion.  Do you have a strong opinion about something?  How is an opinion different than a fact?  We began a new chapter in spelling.  All of our words this week have the /ar/ pattern.  After working on spelling activities, we added four new ornaments to […]