Happy Tuesday! Although it feels like a Monday! I hope everyone had a great three day weekend. It is always hard to get back into the swing of things but my class did wonderful today.
Spelling - We are working on inflected endings this week in Grammar. So, all of our spelling words have inflected endings ("ed" or "ing").
At home: You can ask your child to change the ending of a word by adding "ing" or "ed."
Spelling List #1
1. dropped
2. dropping
3. excited
4. lifted
5. lifting
6. exciting
7. hugged
8. hugging
9. smiled
10. smiling
11. talked
12. talking
13. early
14. warm
Spelling List #2
1. laughed
2. laughing
3. giggled
4. giggling
5. juggled
6. juggling
7. interested
8. interesting
9. quivered
10. quivering
11. snuggled
12. snuggling
13. ascended
14. descending
15. orbiting
During morning meeting today Mr. Thornhill presented our two leaders of the month for August. Here they are! Great job Hannah and Trent!
Trent has already shown great leadership qualities this year by putting first things first. Trent completed three star homework almost every night and worked extremely hard on in-class activities. I am very proud of Trent for accepting all the challenges that have come his way.
Hannah has been a leader this month by putting forth her best effort in everything she does. She listens well to instruction and always puts first things first. I saw Hannah act like a leader multiple times this month by helping her friends in and out of the classroom.
We started our book clubs today! I have placed students into reading groups for the month. While with their book club members, students will read a part of their chosen book and complete their daily job activities. Students will read one chapter a day until the book is complete. Once they have finished the book, they will work on their first book project! Each day students have a different job while in book clubs. These jobs are, quiz maker, scene setter, character analyzer, problem solver, and story teller. Each day students will share their work with their group and converse over the reading assignment. Each group picked out their book today and did a great job sharing the readings for the day. I think book clubs are a great way to get students motivated to read and practice our 7 Habits!
Speaking of 7 Habits...our Lighthouse Team Leader, Hunter, came to visit us today. He taught the class the important components of Habit 1 - Be Proactive. We recited and practiced the motions for all 7 Habits. This was a big help to me since I am a rookie! We can't wait for him to come back!
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