12-12-12

12-12-12 is a once in a lifetime date. We had lots of fun noticing when the number 12 appeared throughout our day (time of day, math answers, etc.). We took a "good" pic and a "crazy" pic.  You can decide which one is which!

Artwork inspired by Vincent Van Gogh

Last week, we read two books about Vincent Van Gogh and looked at several examples of his artwork. The students chose what medium they'd like to use to make a piece inspired by Van Gogh. They got right to work, using acrylic and watercolor paints, oil pastel crayons, colored pencils, and markers. 

Here are some of the finished products. 

Spelling Words for the week of Dec. 10-14

Lesson 14:
1. crown
2. proud
3. however
4. count
5. crowded
6. around
7. south
8. loud
9. house
10. shouted
11. howl
12. growl
13. bounce
14. fountain
15. sound

Spelling Words for week of Dec. 3

Lesson 13:

1. joyful
2. choice
3. voice
4. joint
5. moist
6. spoil
7. royal
8. annoy
9. noise
10. employ
11. soil
12. loyal
13. boiled
14. destroy
15. pointy

Spelling words for week of Nov. 26

Lesson 12:

1. pantry
2. flute
3. bicycle
4. picture
5. memories
6. darkroom
7. answers
8. phone
9. tongue
10. office
11. address
12. classroom
13. lucky
14. unlucky
15. money

A guest speaker, F&V Derby, and spelling words

November 9 - We enjoyed hearing from a guest speaker, David Lien. He talked to the kids about mountain climbing, setting goals and trying to achieve them, and his adventure of attempting to climb Mt. Everest. After the talk, he allowed the students to try on some of his gear.

Nov. 16 - We celebrated the end of our nutrition unit with a Fruit and Veggie Derby. The kids worked in teams to create a vehicle to "race" down a ramp. 

Team 1 - the Funky Fruits

 Team 2 - the Grapesters

Team 3 - the Bouncing Bananas

Team 4 - the Derby Girls

 Team 5 - the Banana-mobile

Team 6 - the Vicious Riders

After the first race attempts, the students went "back to the drawing board" and modified their vehicles before racing again.

The white strips mark where the vehicles ended up. The strip of the car that went the farthest is way off to the right of the photo. It really rolled!

SPELLING WORDS for Lesson 11:
1. wrinkles
2. friend
3. timer

4. shutter
5. film
6. peonies
7. farmer
8. perfect
9. teacher
10. walrus
11. dollars
12. homework
13. blackboard
14. proud
15. tickle

Spelling Words for week of Nov. 7-9

For the next several weeks, the students will be reading two novels - Marvin Redpost, Alone in His Teacher's House and Journey. The spelling words for Lessons 9-12 will be taken from those two books, so they won't follow a set spelling pattern.

Lesson 9:
1. journey

2. meadow

3. camera

4. travel

5. lilacs

6. album

7. photograph

8. garden

9. fence

10. sneeze

11. bowl

12. walrus

13. liver

14. plate

15. bonus

Halloween Hijinks

The Halloween season was full of art projects, joke reading, and dressing up. Here are a few pictures from our classroom.