Tuesday December 13th and Wednesday December 14th, 2016

Vocabulary

1. telescope
2. magnify
3. pyramid
4. strangest 
5. unlikely
6. geometric
7. measurement
8. future
9. garden
10. giggle

Spelling Challenge 

"BINGO!" or "Scrabblegrams"

Students get to select our last spelling challenge of the year! 

Reading

Class Reading 

Students participate in BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Each student reads for 20minutes and answers a worksheet to strengthen reading comprehension skills. 

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "All I Want For Christmas" and "Santa Is Coming"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Tuesday December 6th and Wednesday December 7th, 2016

Vocabulary

(Au and ou sound; academic vocabulary words)

1. sea
2. began 
3. river
4. however
5. crown
6. around
7. growl
8. ground
9. fountains
10. pounds

Spelling Challenge 

"BINGO!"

Student randomly filled out a blank BINGO card with their list of vocabulary words. We used a random number generator to call out our words. The first one with 5 in a row, won!  

Reading

Class Reading 

Students participate in BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Each student reads for 20minutes and answers a worksheet to strengthen reading comprehension skills. 

Worksheet

• "Responding to Literature"

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Pirate's Life" and "Pinnochio"

Students took 5 minutes in class to creatively write. They used a holiday themed worksheet to enhance their creative writing skills. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization skills are not the focus of this challenge! Students have five minutes to dig deep into their creative minds and write about what they see! 

Worksheets

• "Writing Prompts"

Homework

• Any unfinished class work.