Spelling Words - week of Oct. 26-30

1. shot

2. chance

3. match

4. watch

5. showed

6. shock

7. pushed

8. such

9. crash

10. chew

11. batch

12. hitched

13. sharp

14. mush

15. speech

Spelling Words - week of Oct. 19-23

1. known

2. written

3. laugh

4. sphere

5. wreck

6. writer

7. wrong

8. wrap

9. wrench

10. knocked

11. knot

12. wring

13. enough

14. rough

15. wrinkle

Bike Safety

Last week we had a guest speaker from the Helmet Heroes program. She talked to the students about bike safety, properly fitting your bike, and the importance of wearing a helmet. She demonstrated how a helmet can protect your head by dropping an unprotected egg onto the floor and dropping an egg into a box of styrofoam pieces. The kids definitely decided they didn't want to be the unprotected egg. Each student was given a helmet, and it was fitted properly to their head. I hope they all wear those helmets whenever they ride their bike.

Tuesday Letter highlights

* Book orders are due on Tuesday, Oct. 20th.

* No homework on Wednesday, Oct. 14th.

* Halloween Party will be on Friday, Oct. 30th. Bring costumes to school. We'll put them on in the afternoon. Treats are welcomed. :)

* Mid-quarter reports went home in this week's folder. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Spelling Words - week of Oct. 12-14

1. least

2. fast

3. just

4. burst

5. strip

6. stick

7. strike

8. artist

9. almost

10. student

11. strong

12. start

13. blast

14. step

15. street

Remember, because of the short school week, there will be no pre-test this week, just a post-test on Wednesday.

Read for the Record

Today our class participated in Read for the Record, which is described as a "worldwide campaign to celebrate the joy of reading with children". All around the world, children were reading or being read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Our class participated by choral reading the book with our Minnesota Reading teacher, Jeanette Brown. They did a terrific job! We also celebrated by watching a video about Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of the book. If you want to learn more about Read for the Record, check out their website -

www.readfortherecord.org

Spelling Words - week of Oct. 5-9

All of our words this week have the long i and long o sounds.
1. tight
2. while
3. show
4. stone
5. bright
6. whole
7. window
8. time
9. follow
10. close
11. flight
12. tide
13. grow
14. broke
15. below