Valentine Exchange

Spelling Words for the Week of February 10^th

^{1.  jelly}

^{2.  belly}

^{3.  bunny}

^{4.  funny}

^{5.  furry}

^{6.  hurry}

^{7.  take}

^{8.  came}

^{9.  will}

^{10.  was}

^{1.  The furry bunny likes to hop.}

^{2.  My belly is full of jelly.}

^{Challenge Words:}

^{1.  February}

^{2.  plain}

^{3.  girl}

^{4.  young}

5.  Sunday

Enrichment Words:

1.  rivers

2.  knowledge

3.  appear

4.  insects

5.  ate

6.  dinner

7.  hurt

8.  spend

9.  jumped

10. experiment

11. marks

12. touch

13. drop

14. chair

15. south

Congratulations to Ethan and Jazmin for receiving the Catch the Vision award last week at the assembly.

Today we conducted several experiments to learn about matter.  The favorite experiment was when we blew up a balloon by mixing baking soda and vinegar.  Some of the kids want to try it at home so here are the directions:

Fill an empty water bottle with 1 1/2 cups of vinegar.  Using a funnel put 3 tablespoons of baking soda in a large balloon.  Put the balloon over the water bottle opening with the balloon hanging over the side.  Quickly lift the balloon so baking soda empties into water bottle and watch the reaction.

Note:  The blue group has NOT done this experiment as we ran out of time.  We will do it Friday morning so please don't try this at home (if your child is in this group) until after we have done it in class.  Thank you.

 We learned that matter is anything that takes up space.  We also learned that matter can be a liquid, solid, or a gas.

Both classes will have a short Valentine exchange on Friday, February 14th.  Please send your child to school that day with a decorated Valentine mailbox and Valentines for the class.  I will send home a list of student names this week.  There are great mailbox ideas on Pinterest.  Have fun and be creative!

Photos from Curriculum Night

Meryn and Ava read a story in Reading Horizon's about a fly named Herman.  Herman went on plane ride around the world.  Ava and Meryn made a  paper mache model of the earth and labeled all of the places Herman visited along the way.

Spelling Words for the Week of February 3rd:

1.  came
2.  game
3.  gate
4.  late
5.  lake
6.  take
7.  feet
8.  me
9  would
10. ask

1.  We were late for the game.
2.  Take me to the lake.

Challenge Words:
1.  care
2.  second
3.  book
4.  carry
5.  took

Enrichment Words:
1.  narrow
2.  metal
3.  useful
4.  public
5.  buildings
6.  according
7.  steel
8.  salt
9.  carrying
10.  watching
11.  speech
12.  machines
13.  forth
14. nation
15.  location