Prop-Building

Spelling- We discussed the spelling of each word in list 13. We noticed that a lot of the words in this list have something in common... an “e” at the end that does not make the vowel long! We decided that these were “The E's That Don't Do Anything”!

Grammar- Today was a huge review day. We went over the definitions of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. We reviewed each type and drilled our diagramming skills. It's awesome to watch as things they thought would be “so hard” weeks ago are now simple! I love it when they skip ahead in the book, see something that looks very complicated, only to see that they can master it easily when they get there, learning along the way!

Handwriting- This is our last border sheet before we deliver them to Assisted Living on Friday! They are doing such a good job on these. Keep taking your time and doing your best... We will continue to come up with worthwhile destinations for our beautiful work!

We will meet at 9:45 at Dogwood Assisted Living in Fayetteville. The residents have devotional at 10:00. We will be playing and singing “Be Still and Know” for them and giving them our border sheets. I know we will be putting smiles on many faces on Friday!

Writing- The kids did a fabulous job with their creative writing stories! Sometimes, the best writing prompt is actually a picture!

Agricultural Education- For Thursday, we are going to be making Thank You cards for The Farm Bureau and Garry Farm for all of their support and help with our egg project! Let's say Thank You and also show them what we have learned through their generosity!

Math- Today, we practiced telling time. As usual, we took what we already know and bumped it up a notch! These kids really exercised those brains today as they learned when to use “till” and when to use “past” in telling time. “Half past” and “o'clock” are easy... but when to use “20 till” or “17 past” can get very tricky! I gave them a trick... when using the words “till” and “past” to tell time, you will not use a number higher than 29! Work on this at home... Practice, practice, practice!

Poetry- We have almost finished up our backdrop for our video! The chimney place is all set, the clock is complete, the plate is almost decorated, and the gingham dog and calico cat costumes are in progress! We'll have it all finished up for our grand production on Thursday.

Social Studies- Today, the kids read about Jamestown and Roanoke, and did a reading comprehension exercise. They also discussed and did a crossword puzzle using the economics terms they learned.

Art- We finished up our Paper-maché projects today! The acrylic paint totally transformed our creatures into awesome works of art! We also learned about positive and negative images. Ms. Nancy taught us about the images that are created as we cut away. It's a little tricky to get our minds around, but we did a great job!

Music- We really worked hard on playing Be Still and Know together as a group. The class learned about rhythm, and how music must follow the beat. Mrs. Beresford used a metronome beat to help illustrate the importance of synchronization. We have some bright kiddos!