Mr. Jim and I learned that most of the kids have a strong interest in chess! After the break, we will start a completely optional chess club on Thursday mornings beginning as early as 8:30. I will need one parent stay and hang out each Thursday morning while Mr. Jim helps the students with chess. If you are interested in staying, or being on a rotation to stay, please let me know! I should be there to relieve you by 9:10.
The chicken group began a new phonics chart today. They have learned a lot about suffixes so far, but today they learned about prefixes. The class practices marking special sounds, vowels, and blends before learning "a-" asleep and "al-" in also. They had a spelling review game, as well. In vocabulary, they worked through list 6 together. They are really mastering these vocabulary words, which is just awesome!
The Guinea group also had a spelling review game. These words are pretty tough,and they did an excellent job! The class is finishing up their William Blake poem project, and it will most likely be completed on Tuesday. They also worked through vocabulary list 6 as a group.
In history, the students had read about stone castles in medieval England. Today, they discussed the different parts of castles. They incorporated different parts into their own castle diagrams. They really enjoyed creating their own!
In grammar, the horse group spent the day reviewing linking verbs, helping verbs, direct objects, predicate nominatives, and predicate adjectives. They have been working on diagramming each other these different parts of speech, but it can get tricky! We are going to continue to review these concepts for a little while longer, and will be moving on when we return from break.
The cow group had a quick review of the different parts of speech that they have learned so far. Then, we began working on our Conjunction Junction video project. These kiddos talked me into a remake of the old Schoolhouse Rock classic... and how could I say no! They worked through their scripts and are so excited about putting it all together!
After math independent study, we had Show and a Tell and a quick Thanksgiving craft. It was a great day!
See you all after Thanksgiving break!
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