Spelling Words for the Week of April 29th

1.   lead
2.  head
3.  bread
4.  read
5.  ready
6.  heavy
7.  rule
8.  use
9.  four
10. walk

1.  I read four books.
2.  The bread in the oven is ready.

Challenge Words:
1.  ground
2.  interest
3.  reach
4.  fast
5.  sing

Enrichment Words:
1.  venom
2.  seedlings
3.  probably
4.  butterfly
5.  America
6.  caterpillar
7.  clever
8.  amazed
9.  village
10. impatient
11. tornado
12. wrote
13. life cycle
14. chrysalis
15.  sprout

Photos from our field trip to the Natural History Museum at SUU.

I asked the children to write about what they learned today and here are some replies:

I learned that some animals have scales.  I learned that some animals eat insects.  I learned that some plants eat bugs.  I learned that some bugs have hard shells.  I learned that some lizards blend in.

by Mason

Our class went on a field trip.  I saw sunflower seeds, plants, and real animals.  I saw a two headed calf.  We got to go up in the greenhouse.  We got to go all around the museum.

by Aidan W.

I learned that some lizards have spikes and some don't.  I liked touching the iguana and the snake.  They were fun to touch.  I also liked when we got to go on a seed search.  It was my favorite. The museum has lots of live animals and lots of dead animals.

By Addison

I liked the snake best and I liked the greenhouse.  I didn't really like the cockroaches.  I also liked the two headed calf and the sunflower seeds.

by Toryn

I learned that the cockroaches from Madagascar hiss to keep predators away.  Also, bearded dragons can poof out their chin.  They eat cockroaches and use their tail like a whip.

by Izzy

The assembly times have been changed for Wednesday, April 14th.  Our first graders will perform at 9:15 for the 3rd-5th graders and and 10:15 for the K-2nd graders.  You are welcome to come for either or both performances.

Our walking field trip to the Natural History Museum at SUU is scheduled for Thursday, April 25th.  We will leave at 9:10 and return for lunch.  

Due to end of level testing in the upper grades, we will lose our Title One reading aides starting tomorrow.  I have decided to cancel Friday reading groups and have those parents come on other days.  We will now have reading on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays only.  I hope to continue groups until the end of the year as I think they are very beneficial.  The DIBEL'S reading test is coming up in May so please continue reading with your child nightly.  There is only one month left to pass off sight words and Fry Phrases.  

Our focus in writing for the next three weeks will be non-fiction report writing.  We will begin our mapping unit in social studies and soon start the life cycle unit in science.  

Mr. Burton has hired the third grade dual-immersion Spanish teacher.  His name it Mr. Niles.  I have heard many good things about him and I think you will be very happy.  He has taught at South Elementary and is currently at Three Peaks Elementary.

Spelling Words for the Week of April 22nd

1.  tube

2.  cube

3.  cute

4.  use

5.  huge

6.  rule

7.  page

8.  fudge

9.  jump

10. yellow

1.  Did you use the yellow tube?

2.  The rule says not to jump.

Challenge Words:

1.  remember

2.  step

3.  early

4.  hold

5.  west

Enrichment Words:

1.  lowest

2.  mission

3.  address

4.  local

5.  Utah

6.  borrow

7.  playground

8.  allowed

9.  future

10. Cedar City

11. pencil

12. louder

13. crumb

14. friend

15. memorize