- Pumpkin walk's theme is "The Grave Yard." We will have our pumpkins right outside my window. So get those pumpkins ready for Thursday night.
- Reflections are due November 9th.
- And RED RIBBON Week is a big success.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Some announcements for this week.
Dictionary for Third Grade
Spelling with /ch/ sound
Here are the words (Sorry for the delay): Don't forget I have the spelling words also posted at SpellingCity.com.
Our Planner:
| | chick much pitch teacher chum lunch ditch cheek hatch cheese | | bench chunk stretch watching crunching weak green seal catcher sandwich |
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Freaky Fly Day
The third Ravenspell installment finds Ben and Amber teaming up with the world's most perfect human -- California's glamorous movie star Governor Harold Shortzenbeggar -- as they attempt to defeat Beele Z. Bug! http://davidfarland.zenfront.com/ravenspell/ravenspell-freaky-fly-day.html
David Farland will be doing a book tour through Utah throughout September and early October. Watch out soon for information on release parties for his books IN THE COMPANY OF ANGELS and FREAKY FLY DAY.
And a sample chapter: http://www.fantasyreadersunderground.com/Freaky_Fly_Day_sample_chapter.html
Friday, October 23, 2009
http://www.billharley.com/Store_Level3.asp?ProductID=141&CategoryID=9
Bill Harley wrote the song "Wash Your Hands" to remind kids that hand washing will help to prevent the spread of the flu. The four important things to remember are:
1) Get vaccinated
2) Cover your cough
3) Wash your hands
4) Stay home when you're sick
We will be discussing this in detail this next week in a lesson that I have planned. We have a black lamp that will allow us to see if just washing our hands is enough. Usually the kids will see that washing hands and then using hand sanitizer is the best route to really clean hands.
Enjoy the songs and pass them on:
Long Version (3 minutes, 51 seconds): 1. Click here and save the file | Short Version (1 minute, 49 seconds): 1. Click here and save the file |
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Spelling with long /e/
Friday, October 16, 2009
Check it out Week 8
Dear Parents,
This year, we will be using SpellingCity.com in our classroom. SpellingCity is a website that helps students learn their weekly spelling words while having fun at the same time. As a teacher, I will put up my weekly spelling lists on SpellingCity and your children can review the words, and play spelling games with their words to reinforce the learning process. Here’s how to help your child master his or her spelling words: Simply go to http://www.spellingcity.com/
To get started, click on “Week 8” Spelling List. Then try the Teach Me, Test Me, or Play A Game link. You can always find our class spelling lists by simply clicking on “Find a List” and typing in my name, Ronald Fisher. The lists will appear and your child can immediately start using it to practice his or her words. Many kids enjoy building their spelling skills with Spelling City. Please encourage your children to spend about twenty minutes, two nights in a row before their weekly test. The challenge is to do the "Test Me, Teach Me and Play a Game" links before Thursday.
Let’s work together as a team to ensure that your child becomes an independent, lifelong learner. I have also linked the icon on the side to go directly to our Spelling List.
Yours truly,
Mr. Fisher
Monday, October 12, 2009
Pictures and SEP Conferences
See the notes that went home today:
Week 7 Daily Grams
I thought it might be helpful for you as parents to know what we do everyday. I will start with an example of our Daily Grams. We do this every morning first thing when we sit down and wait for the school announcements. I feel that the English language needs to be practiced and used so we can understand it better and utilize its tools in our reading and writing. I hope this becomes a weekly update (see below), so you can see what we are working on. This week I have outlined basically what the students will see throughout the week. For example, Mondays assignment will have the following:
- A part of a friendly letter,
- exclamation marks in sentences,
- Sentence Types,
- the use of pronouns, and
- Combining two subjects into a compound subject.
Daily Grams (Days 28 - 31 - respectively Monday = Day 28, Tuesday = Day 29 and so on).
- Capitalization (part of a friendly note, proper nouns, do not capitalize plants or animals, Titles).
- Punctuation (Exclamations, Initials, Comma after town, Possessive nouns, Abbreviations).
- Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
- A. Sentence Types (statement, question, command).
- B. Adjectives describe, and they often tell what kind
- C. Prefixes / Roots / Suffixes - Some words are made by adding a prefix before the main word (root). Example: bicycle
- D. Subject of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about. The verb often shows action.
- More Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
- A. Pronouns take the place of nouns (Use I as the subject of a sentence).
- B. Nouns (plural nouns, most words add s, however add es to words ending in sh and ch).
- C. Verb has to agree with the subject. A boy rides / ride his bicycle.
- D. Prepositions and how they work in a sentence.
- Sentence Combining (Combining the subject, combine a list, use adjectives to combine).
Thanks,
Mr. Fisher