Friday Book Share

How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

We had a great time reading the timeless tale of how the Grinch stole Christmas.  Many of us had read this story and were excited to hear it again. What a fun choice!  At the end of the story we even had our own class rendition of the song "You're a mean one Mr. Grinch"! Thanks so much to our special Friday book share friend!

                   

Halloween at Calvert!

It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen
On any other night.

Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
Grinning goblins fighting duels,
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.

In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And knock on doors
for trick or treat.

Tonight we are
the king and queen,
For oh tonight
it's Halloween!

~Jack Prelutsky~

A special Halloween greeting from 7th Age Reading:

Web of Sounds

Who knew that we could have so much fun with yarn? This week we have focused on the short i sound. Our task today was to create a web using only words that had the targeted sound. After we said a short i word we then tossed the yarn ball to another person while still holding onto one end. We continued taking turns and were able to successfully weave the web! A few of the words we cam up with were: wig, tin, will, pig, hill, pill, igloo, iguana, and fin.

Shape Creations!

What a great discovery! Using pattern blocks we were able to manipulate individual shapes and place them together to create a new picture. Above, a friend decided to use shapes to make a boy and girl holding hands. The detail is amazing. The boy is wearing a tie and the girl is dressed in a red skirt. Great work!

Look below to see how we used shapes to form other exciting objects. We created a flower, a bow tie, a person, a bridge, a rocket ship, a rose, buildings, and dinosaurs.

Slap It!

Our new sight word game "Slap It" was a big hit! Each child takes turns as they read a word. If you read the word correctly you get to keep it. Wild cards marked by a smiley face sticker randomly come up in the deck. The first one to slap the card gets to keep it. The object of the game is to have the most cards when the deck runs out. This game can be made easily and may be a great addition to your sight word review at home.

Take a look at us playing...

Pumpkin BINGO!

We had so much fun playing pumpkin BINGO together. All of our sight words from the year were used and we did an awesome job reading them aloud as we played! This is an easy game to play at home also. I hope you enjoy our pictures.

Reviewing Shapes

We have had so much fun learning about shapes in chapter 2 of our math book. As we were reviewing, we found that we can create different shapes with our hands! Take a look out our great work.

Great Ways to Practice Your Sight Words

1. Use coins or buttons to form your words


2. Print your words on someones back using your finger. Have the person guess the word


3. Use yarn or string to form your words.


4. Record yourself saying and spelling your words


5. Use cooked spaghetti to form your words


6. Play BINGO with your words


7. Spread peanut butter or jelly on bread then use raisins to form your words


8. Use colored crayons or pencils to copy your words in as many different color combinations as possible.


9. Paint your words using water color or finger paint


10. Read a story. See how many times you can find your words


11. Write three or more sentences using each word


12. See how many times you can write your words in 1 minute


13. Use colored chalk to write your words on the sidewalk


14. Write your words in shaving cream


15. Fold a sheet of paper in fourths. Write your words one time in each square and decorate the squares with art supplies, stickers, etc.


16. Use cookie dough to shape your words and bake them


17. Write three or more words that rhyme with each of your words


18. Play Tic-Tac-Toe using your words

Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

Reviewing Opposites

We had a great time reviewing opposites today. After we each came up with our own pair of opposites we had the opportunity to act them out either individually, or as a team. Take a look at a few of our friends demonstrating opposites.

AWAKE/ASLEEP


ON/OFF

UNDER/ OVER

HAPPY/SAD

Friday Book Share

"Little Oink", by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace

Today our friend chose to share "Little Oink", by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace. This story tells the "tale of a decidedly different pig. Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean, clean, clean, that's all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won't have it! They say in order to be a respectable pig, he has to learn to make a proper mess" (Rosenthal, Corace). We loved this silly spin on the age old chore of cleaning up. We all agreed that Little Oink was a silly pig indeed!

Chapter Two!

We have officially moved on to chapter two in our book! We will be exploring both shapes and patterns in this new chapter. Today we read a story about shapes, and found shapes in the various illustrations. We also did an exercise where we had to find and match shapes that were the same. Finally, we introduced patterns. We made a special pattern using the members of our class. Take a look...

Girl / Boy Pattern!

Word Family Flip Books

Sadly, a few of our friends were home sick today. We hope they feel better soon.

One of our fun activities of the day was to use our word family flip books. As we flip each page the beginning sound of the word changes and we read the new word. The boys did a great job!

Capture The Flag!

The sixth grade girls came to kick-off their alliance with the 9th Age ladies during P.E. today. We played a spirited game of capture the flag, and fun was had by all. Check out a few pictures from the exciting activity!