Spelling 2/28-3/4

1. loud
2. house
3. outside
4. mountain
5. cloud
6. proud
7. power
8. however
9. shower
10. crowd
11. bush
12. July
13. cushion
14. butcher
15. pudding
16. stood
17. took
18. wood
19. football
20. brook


1. barefoot
2. jury
3. coward
4. thousand
5. announced

Spelling 2/14-2/18

1. piece
2. friend
3. field
4. said
5. again
6. ask
7. only
8. brought
9. heard
10. heart
11. build
12. believe
13. weird
14. height
15. weight
16. neighbor
17. rattle
18. pickle
19. toes
20. hospital


1. interview
2. poetry
3. sword
4. tongue
5. unusual

READING this week

Hey! Have you shared with your parents what week it is in reading?!? It's mystery week! We will be using our skills such as drawing conclusions and making predictions to help us solve mysteries in class this week. Currently, we are reading a book together in class called A Clue in Code. I am hoping to read a Meg Macintosh story this week as well.

We are focusing on a couple of different language arts skills. We have learned antonyms and synonyms so far. We will also do idioms, metaphors, similes, and onamonapias!

Don't forget:

Students are now working with Mrs. Nichols for classroom science.
Social Studies will be tested at the end of this week.
Valentines day is coming up! A parent letter and class list will be sent home soon. :)

Spelling and so much more!

I apologize I have been 'M.I.A.' (missing in action) on this blog! Randy, thank you for reminding me to update the spelling words to the most current week.

Here are our review words (that means we have 50 words this week and they now need to be written in cursive :) ).

ability, able, compose, composition, crumb, heal, health, meter, relative, signal, soft, change, charge, edge, excellent, excited, explain, extra, fudge, liquid, quart, quick, quilt, relax, Texas, village, beaches, bunches, classes, flowers, friends, glasses, holidays, memories, a lot, always, eleven, father, feelings, lazy, missed, want, washed, didn't, doesn't, I'm, it's, let's, shouldn't, we'll

PHEW! That should be all of them! Remember to practice writing your words in cursive at home, so you are ready for our test on Friday.

C.J.'s Week in Review

This week we went to gym and science and I went to math munchers with my friend.Plus Jackson had his birth day and Alex had his half b-day and we are reading a cool story called the storm.Another thing that we did is we got to play may Olympics at gym and we got new seats.Third grade came in and showed us about ecosystems and food chains and more.We got to do math unit 5 test and we went to Jaci's journey at the media center, I got to help with the pennie's for patients money.

Target Skill: Predicting

Next week we will be working on the target skill of prediction. Here is a great game to get you thinking about making predictions!

The Game

Who is Marven?!

Marven of the Great North Woods

The Lasky family emigrated from Russia to America in the early 1900‘s. From 1880 - 1930, 3,300,000 emigrated from Russia. People seeking to come from Russia would often make their way to Hamburg, Germany or Rotterdam, Netherlands and board a ship departing for America. Most ships would disembark at Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor. It had been designated the first Federal immigration station in 1890.

Minnesota Fun Facts
* Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota actually has more than 11,000 lakes 10 acres or bigger. It has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
* The average snowfall in a Minnesota winter is 58.9 inches.
* Bloomington, MN has the largest shopping mall in America.
*The name 'Minnesota' means cloudy or sky-tinted water from the Dakota language.
*The Northwest Angle at the top of the state is the northernmost point in the continental (excludes Alaska and Hawaii) United States.
*Minnesota is one of the leading producers of milk in the country.
*The first successful open-heart surgery took place at the University of Minnesota in 1952.
*Minnesota inventions include: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables

Vocabulary Word Game!

Vocab Flashcards

Did you say you wanted to learn another language?

bonjour - hello
derriere -bottom
en retard - late
leve-toi - get up
mon petit - my little one
merci beaucoup - thank you much
au revoir - good bye
Qui es tu?- Who are you?
Quel est ton nom?- What is your name?

Read a Graphic Novel about Lumbering!

Health: Influenza

There was a flu epidemic in Minnesota. An epidemic is an outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely.

What causes the flu?
The flu is caused by the influenza virus. It is spread from person to person by direct contact (shaking hands), small droplets from sneezes or coughs, contact with objects (hanker chiefs, clothing) that have been in contact with fluid from an infected person's nose or throat.

What are flu symptoms?
Different strains of flu include various symptoms, but the following are the most common:
~fever (usually 100° F to 103° F)
~cough
~sore throat
~runny nose
~headache
~muscle ache

Sometimes diarrhea and vomiting are also symptoms. Most people recover from the flu in 1-2 weeks.

Lots of people get the flu, but what do you do?
~Drink lots of liquids, like water, chicken broth, and other fluids.
~Get plenty of sleep. If you can't sleep anymore, keep resting. Listen to music, watch a movie, or read a book or magazine.
~Wear layers. You might be cold one minute and hot the next, so if you wear plenty of layers you can pull your favorite sweatshirt on and off.
~Wash your hands! You don't want to spread the germs that cause the flu. Don't share cups and eating utensils, like forks and spoons, with anyone.

It's important to let someone know if you have trouble breathing, your muscles really hurt, you feel confused, or if you start feeling worse at any time.

The Flu Germs

Chicken Jokes
Marven doesn't want his dad to tell the chicken joke again. I wonder which one he was referring to...

Q: Why did the chicken cross the park???
A: To get to the other slide!

Q: Why did the chicken cross the basketball court ?
A: He heard the referee calling fowls!

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road ?
A: To prove he wasn't chicken!

Q: Why didn't the chicken skeleton cross the road ?
A: Because he didn't have enough guts!

Q: What do chicken families do on Saturday afternoon?
A: They go on peck-nics!

Q: What do you call a rooster who wakes you up at the same time every
morning?
A: An alarm cluck!

Q: Why don't chickens like people?
A: They beat eggs!