Spelling Lesson 28

Spelling Lesson 28 Word List

do

does

could

would

be

been

did

done

Test Date:  Friday, April 10, 2015

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Lesson 19-Words with Long O

 Lesson 19

Words with Long o

no

so

rode

nose

stone

hope

those

never

 

Test Date:  Friday, January 30, 2015

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~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Miss Summerville's Visit

 Miss Summerville just returned from her journey of student teaching in New Zealand and came back to us!  We didn't get to tell her good-bye in February due to the snow days, so we took this chance to give her a "proper" send off into the world of education.  Above, she is sharing a slide show of her time in New Zealand. 

 

Opening her gift basket....

 

....filled with classroom supplies....

 

.....a personalized candy jar....

 

 

...the book I Knew You Could....

 

....a print with all of our thumbprints as the leaves, so she never forgets us....

 

 

...and All The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss.

 

 

 

Our class

 

We wish Miss Summerville all the best!  Congratulations Miss Summerville on your graduation from

UPJ!  We are proud of you!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 

 In Science this week, we took a closer look at seeds as part of our plant unit.  The students were given a variety of seeds which we described and compared.  I didn't get photos because I was caught up in what we were doing at the moment.  Their papers will be coming home on Monday. 

 

 

Our final Research project is learning more about George Washington Carver.  He found 100s of uses for peanuts.   Above is our investigation paper. 

 

In Math, we began our Fractions Unit.  In this picture, students are sorting a variety of cards with objects divided into 2 parts.  They had to determine if the object was equally or not equally divided.  We then labeled the objects as 1/2 if the parts were equal.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

St. Patrick's Day

 

 

The students shared treats and encouragement with their reading teachers to spread some cheer!  Behind the tags are mini bags of Skittles candies.  The printable is available here.

 

 

 

 We read The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman.  It's an engaging tale about friendship.

 

 Then we wrote about when we feel lucky and created a Leprechaun, which we named with our own Irish name.  I am Mrs. O'Dryzal today! 

 

 This activity was in my file from when I taught first 3 years ago....you can get the patterns here.

 

 

Lucky Leprechaun left us a letter, along with some "Magic Powder." 

 

We added milk to our "Magic Powder" and then....

 

While we sang the chant, the powder turned green!  After letting it set for 5 minutes....we had our own Leprechaun Snack!

 

 

 

Some of the children enjoying the Pistachio Pudding!

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Erin Go Bragh!

 

Mrs. Dryzal

 

Here's what's happening in Room 23......

 

In Science, we have been learning about Plants and Seeds.  We learned the life cycle of a plant, what a plant needs to grow, the parts of a plant and much more!  Next week, we will be doing a study on seeds. 

 

 

We placed lima beans in baggies with a wet paper towel to see if they would sprout.  A few are sprouting as of today, which is day 6.  Students are recording the growth of their beans in writing and with pictures.

 

We also planted lima bean seeds in soil and will observe and record the results of that experiment. 

 

In Math, we are finishing up our unit on Geometry.  The students worked with Geoboards and geobands today to create shapes.  Then each student made a triangle, a rectangle and a square on the board and wrote a description about the location of each shape using words, such as below, above, beside, next to, and in the corner. 

 

More math pictures to come!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Polygons and Plants

 

Last week, we read the story of Square Cat by Elizabeth Schoonmaker.  Following our reading of the story, we mapped our ideas of what problems we would have if we were square, then wrote our story about our day as a square shaped person.  Below you can see our display of writing on our square people.  This activity was a freebie on TPT.  

Our Hallway Display

 

 

One of our square people

 

 In Science, we learned the parts of a plant.  Today the students made a diagram of a flower and labeled it appropriately to show their knowledge of the parts of a plant. 

 

 

Our next unit in Science has us learning more about seeds and plants.  Look for more activities to come!

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Science Snapshot: Living and Non-living

 

In Science, we are working on our unit on living and non-living things.  Inspired by this freebie by Sarah Paul on TPT, I brought in mealworms and rocks for the students to observe, compare and draw conclusions about living and non-living things.

 

 

The students followed the steps of the scientific method and concluded that mealworms are living because they moved, ate and changed into insects (eventually!).  The rocks did not move and were not eating, therefore, they were non-living.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

Announcements for the Week of January 26, 2014

School News

--Report Cards were sent home Friday.  Please sign and return the envelope with your child ASAP.

--Reading Classes will be cancelled Monday and Tuesday to administer the GMADE and GRADE assessment in homeroom.  Please make sure your child is still reading at home nightly.

--We are participating in the Snowflake drive to help support our monthly incentive days.  For 1.00 a snowflake with your child's name is placed on our door.  Your help is appreciated!

Have a great week!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

What's Happening in Room 23?

 We started the new year by writing our Resolutions for home and school and making Celebration Kid.

 

This is the wall outside our classroom.  Above our celebration kids, we have an All About Me banner that was made with Miss Summerville, our student teacher.

 Here are some of our Super Spelling Tests!

 

In Language Arts, we are working on Explanatory Text.  Students wrote about how to make a snowman, then created a snowman inside a snow globe.

 

We also celebrated the 80th day of School this month!

 An 80th Day Snowman

Thanks for stopping by!

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal

December Highlights

 

We are learning about place value and two-digit numbers in Math.  The students each made a Place Value Tree (from TpT!) completed with ornaments!

 

 

A closer view

 

 

As part of our Christmas Around the World Unit, we had some plum preserves on crackers to get a taste of the plum pudding that is often made in England during the holidays.

 

 

The children loved it!

 

 

Since evergreens are the symbol of Christmas in England, we made Christmas trees to add to our suitcases.

 

 

In Language Arts, we are learning to write Expository paragraphs.  This week, we are learning all about Reindeer.  Above is the book I made as a reference for our writing.  Each student will be bringing home a copy later this week.

Today was the 70th day of School!  Zero the Hero brought us a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer craft!  I think they turned out great! 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!

 

~peace~

Mrs. Dryzal