Weekly recap and reminders: 

 

Reminders: field day is Monday May 6. Please bring a water bottle for your child! I’ll have something to carry all of them around in. Look for the crazy pink lady waving her pink pom pom. 

 

Tuesday May 7 is Friday U registration for the fall. I teach the storybook stem class and would love to have some of my former students in there! 

 

Wednesday May 8 is the Africa party.

 

Monday: 

 

In lightning literature, we started the morning with our curious George presentations. After we finished those we read Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. We talked about some discussion questions based on the book and talked about what is a strong adjective verses a weak one. 

 

In spelling, we did lesson 32A. It was our first day with 5 letters! The class did really well.

 

In all about reading, we focused on lesson 52 with OY and OI words. Each student wrote our lesson words on their white boards and finished sentences with my started phrases. We also did a read the sentence and illustrate sheet for more reading review. 

 

In math, we did pages 120 and 121 focusing on subtracting with 10 a different way. Sometimes this works for students and other times it confuses them even more. I saw a lot of confused faces when they felt like they could solve the problem a simpler way. At home if they have their own way, that’s ok! The goal is for them to see lots of different ways to solve things and decide what works for their brain. We also did math ninjas today.

 

In social studies, we did an intricate African coloring page. 

 

We also worked on something top secret for the mamas! 

 

Wednesday: 

 

In lightening literature, we reread the book and did discussion questions that dived into the story components. We also did a diagramming sentence sheet in their workbooks as well as a summary.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 32C. 

 

In all about reading, we had reading groups and they rotated through reading with me, doing an Egypt hieroglyphics page and an Ispy Kenya sheet. 

 

In math, we did page 124 that focused on using addition to subtract. We also did the word problems as a class.

 

In social studies, we went through some Kenya facts slides and they were able to color an African design sheet that Mrs. Koh made. 

 

In science, we built our own constellations using marshmallows and toothpicks. They washed their hands before using them and brought them home for you to decide if they could eat them or not! 

 

That was our week! Have a great weekend!

 

Weekly recap and reminders!

 

Reminders: April 29 is the Curious George presentation.

 

Field day is Monday May 6 (we are pink!)

 

Monday: 

 

In lightning literature, we read This is London and did several discussion questions on it. We also did a grammar page focusing on if books are fiction or nonfiction. We did a brainstorming web on the whiteboard as a class about Knoxville and the different key things they would want people to know.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 31A.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 50 and focused on our words for the week. I had each student sit with me and read a few phrases from the activity book. While rotating through that they used 10 words from our lesson to think of a sentence and a drawing to go along with that.

 

In math, we did pages 113 and 114 that focused on a trick with 9 and 8. If your child doesn’t need to physically draw it out for them to understand it in their head and in fact the drawing is throwing them off, feel free to not do that step. We also did math ninjas and math table game stations. 

 

In social studies, we did an African country matchup sheet with a map. We talked about how many countries in Africa are the sizes of our states. 

 

In science, we watched a constellation video and talked about the different pictures in the sky people think they see. We also made up our own story for stars we see. 

Wednesday: 

 

In lightning literature, we reread the book and did discussion questions more in-depth about the city of London. We also compared it to Knoxville and talked about how they are similar or different. We did an alphabet cities page in their workbooks as well as a summary. On the whiteboard, we went back to our original brainstorming about Knoxville and added details to those facts.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 31C. 

 

In all about reading, we talked about synonyms of words and did reading groups. They rotated through reading in their readers with me, a spelling activity sheet and a hidden pictures sheet.

 

In math, we did pages 116 and 117 focusing on adding within 20 and word problems. We talked about tricks we use to get to the answer of addition problems and did our math ninjas. 

 

In social studies, I brought in some things from home that my grandmother had given me from a mission trip to Kenya about 20 years ago. Each student was able to hold and see each of the objects.

 

In science, we used a light up globe with the constellations on it to see what we could find. We also looked at a glow-in-the-dark constellation book and created our own constellation heart using a pin, foil, toilet paper roll, and a flashlight.

 

That was our week! Email me if you need anything!

Weekly recap and reminders!

 

Reminders: Curious George short story presentation is April 29.

 

Field day is May 6th (we are pink!)

 

Monday:

In lightning literature, we read Babar the King and had some discussion questions about the story. We also talked about how a story can have holes and ways to fill them in. We also did a grammar page talking about subject and predicate.

In spelling, we did lesson 30A.

 

In all about reading, we reviewed the words for our lesson. I had made copies of their activity book reading pages and partnered them up. As partners they practiced saying a sentence to their partner as their partner wrote the sentence out and then fixed their spelling errors. They also had a writing prompt for their favorite thing about spring and they were able to draw a picture to go along with it. 

 

In math, we did pages 105 and 106 that focused on going over 10 and how to group numbers together to make 10. We also did math ninjas.

 

In social studies, we built our own safari animals. 

 

In science, we colored a star picture and because creativity was taking off with our safari animals, we will save the rest of my star activities for next week. 

 

Wednesday: the class had Ms. Koh as their sub today. I heard it went very well! I’m proud of your kiddos!

 

Have a great weekend!

Weekly recap and reminders!

 

Reminders:

Monday April 8 is early release for the solar eclipse. We get out at 12:30 but there will be no lunch. Please pack a big snack for your student that day.

 

Also on Monday April 8 we will be doing the Asia experience. I will shift all hands on activities that take longer as well as all of the science to Wednesday. 

 

Wednesday: they started the morning with a cross color by numbers sheet.

 

In lightning literature, we read the book Millions of Cats and talked about discussion questions and the story components of that. We also did a summary page, what we thought of the story and our favorite sentence.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 28B.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 47 with word card review. They selected a handful of words that we have learned and created sentences on the whiteboard. They also made their own matching game with sight words of their choice and played with partners.

 

In social studies, we made tangrams and read the Chinese story to go along with it.

 

In math, we did pages 92-93 that focused on adding without regrouping. 

 

In science, we did planetary bingo to review our planet facts! They did awesome!

 

That was our day! Have a great weekend.

Hi parents, here is our weekly recap and reminders! 

Reminders: no school Friday or Monday. 

 

Monday: 

 

In lightning literature, we read the book Tikki Tikki Tembo and did some discussion questions on it. We did a grammar page focused on setting and we did a composition activity about setting. 

 

In spelling, we did lesson 27A.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 45 with reading groups. We rotated through reading with me in the reader, working on an Easter booklet, doing an Easter maze and an “oke” word search. 

 

In social studies, we watched a virtual field trip on Jerusalem. They got so into this! It was perfect for our Holy Week. 

 

In math, we did pages 84 and 85 that focused on three-dimensional shapes. We were able to work with our giant geometric shapes.

 

In science, we learned some facts about Neptune and Uranus. We finished out their solar systems, and they were able to take those home. They were extremely proud of finishing this several weeklong process!

 

Wednesday: we did an Easter story order card activity.

 

In lightning literature, we reread a story and it’s a discussion questions. We also talked about the meanings of their names, and anybody that sent me an email with some details, I shared it with the students. A lot of them already knew what their names meant which was special. We also did a summary page and a first names alphabet page. They were having fun with this! 

 

In spelling, we did lesson 27C.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 46 that focused on the fourth sound of O and the fourth job of the silent E to make sure words that are not plural don’t end with an S. We played build a man based on those words.

 

In math, we did test 6 and an Easter adding and subtracting page.

 

In science, we did a science experiment making clouds in a jar to talk about our gas planets.

 

We ended the day with a wonderful Easter party!

 

Have a great long weekend!

Thank you all for loving on me so much! I’m honored to teach your kiddos along side you.

 

A message from Mrs. Koh: 

 

I am deeply grateful for your generous gifts, delicious foods and treats, and warm-hearted gestures and cards during Teacher Appreciation day. Your support and kindness mean the world to me. Thank you for being such wonderful parents and for your encouragement.

 

With heartfelt thanks,
Ji Koh

 

Reminders:
No school March 29 or April 1

 

Monday: we started the morning with a March coloring sheet.

 

In lightning literature, we read Always Room for One More and did discussion questions on it. The story was a little bit different because it is almost like a Scottish poem so some of the words were a little unique. We did a composition piece on the whiteboard (I sent a previous post with this). We also did a grammar sheet on context clues and word meanings.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 44 that focused on the third rule of silent E (not letting U or V end a word). We also talked about how there are always exceptions to the rule, because this is the English language. We played build a man with some of the words that we had just learned. We also played going on a picnic with a couple different word rules. We ended with reviewing all three rules of the silent E. 

 

In spelling, we did lesson 26A.

 

In social studies, we are focusing on Israel in Asia this week and next leading up to Easter. We did an ISpy Israel sheet and a reading page with coloring. I always give anyone a chance to read aloud if that’s something they like to do. 

 

In math, we did pages 77 and 78 that focused on measuring weight. We crossed off the part about the scale in pounds on page 78, and instead did an interactive activity with a classroom scale to see lighter vs heavier. I also had a lighter vs heavier game as groups. We ended with math ninjas.

 

In science, we added Saturn to our solar systems we are building and I showed them a video about some facts on Saturn.

 

Wednesday: we did a watercolor cross for our Easter craft.

 

In lightning literature, we reread the book and talked about some discussion questions. We also talked about how we can use context from the book to answer questions we have. We also did our summary page. 

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 44 and used our word cards to come up with our own sentences. We also played going on a picnic and my rule was all the words had to have five letters.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 26C. We are focusing a lot on letter blends.

 

In social studies, we learned how to write love, Easter, and hello in Hebrew. We also learned how to say those words in Hebrew.

 

In math, we did math ninjas and page 81 that focused on measuring. We talked about how it’s important to check if it’s in centimeters or inches.

 

In science, we did a demonstration to show Saturn rings using black paper, glue, sugar packets, beans, and rice. They all put their creations on my Lazy Susan and we spun it to see the rings moving.

 

They had a great time with the mom’s that volunteered their time so that I could enjoy the teacher lunch! I’m grateful for y’all.

 

That was our week!

Weekly recap and reminders!

 

Reminders: 

Your child’s progress report is in their folder so please check their backpack! 

 

Spring break March 11-15

 

Monday: 
This week is Dr. Seuss week so they started out with a coloring page and a new Dr. Seuss pencil on their desk. I showed them our big Dr. Seuss book station that they are able to use during the day and had a couple other Dr. Seuss goodies for them.

 

In lightning literature, we read the book Best Friends for Frances and talked about some discussion questions from the story. We talked about possessive pronouns and our summary from the book.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 43. I wrote down some words from the lesson on the whiteboard, and then each student was able to come up and read a word, then erase it off the whiteboard until we had a clean whiteboard. Then I gave them a chance to read through several Dr. Seuss books, and write down some rhyming words they found. After the timer went off, they were then able to write their own poem using some of the rhyming words.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 25A that focused on beginning blends.

 

In social studies, we talked about the cherry blossom tree and the meaning behind it. We then finger painted our own cherry blossom trees. 

 

In math, we did pages 69 and 70 that focused on shapes and fractions within those shapes. We also did a Dr. Seuss math sheet and math ninjas.

 

In science, we read facts about Jupiter and added Jupiter to our solar system. Ask your kiddo how big the storm is on Jupiter! (The answer is 2 Earths!)

 

We cleaned up and packed up with enough time to play heads up seven up! 

 

Wednesday:They had a Dr. Seuss coloring sheet on their desk this morning and we did a put me in the zoo activity sheet (even though it’s not by Dr. Seuss it’s still in the family). We also watched the read aloud because I forgot my copy at home.

 

In lightning literature, we reread the book and did some more in-depth discussion questions. We focused on the feelings of the characters based on actions. We also did a composition activity on the whiteboard together telling a story.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 43 that focused on complete sentences or fragment sentences. We did an activity around the room with clipboards. I wrote sentences and fragments on paper dots around the room and they went to go hunt for the complete sentences. If it was a complete sentence, they wrote it on their sheet of paper. If it was a fragment they left it. 

 

In spelling, we did lesson 25C.

 

In social studies, we colored Japanese nesting dolls.

 

In math, we did pages 73 and 74 that focused on measuring length. They got a kick out of the fact that I had to take my shoes off and borrow students shoes to measure. We also did math ninjas and a Dr. Seuss counting page.

 

In science, we watched a video about Jupiter as well as what would happen if you fell into Jupiter hypothetically. They thought this was pretty funny. We also did a science experiment about swirly storms.

 

That was our week! Have an awesome spring break!

Weekly recap and reminders!

 

Reminders: 
Spring break March 11-15

 

Monday:
We were able to walk through the third grade wax museum at the start of the day. The class loved seeing all the posters and costumes!

 

In lightning literature, we read Bill and Pete to the Rescue. We answered some discussion questions for this, did our summary page and did a grammar page about punctuation in letters. If your child would like to write their own summary instead of what is on my whiteboard, I’m telling them that’s fine as long as it’s a true summary. We talked about what that means to summarize a book.

 

In all about reading, we did lesson 41 and reading groups. Reading groups consisted of reading in their readers with me, doing a read and match activity sheet and a soft C worksheet. We also talked about an alternate ending for our story.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 24A. Lots of CH and TH blends.

 

In math, we did pages 63 and 64 that focused on basic shapes. We were also able to break out our rulers for this activity.

 

In social studies, we did an iSpy Japan sheet.

 

In science, we tried a new activity with a cipher wheel. They were able to decode a message with a fact about the solar system. We also watched a video about asteroids and shooting stars. Everyone created their own galaxy with gold star stickers and we learned that stars can actually be a handful of different colors. We also read a book about asteroids and meteors.

 

Wednesday: The class had a sub this day. They followed the syllabus, and I had a handful of worksheets to match up with each area we are focusing on in every subject.

 

Have a great rest of the week!

Weekly recap!

 

Monday: they started the morning with a spot the differences sheet.

 

In Lightning Literature, we read the story Mouse Soup. This was a longer story, so it was great for us to practice with. We talked about discussion questions on each mini story within the book. We did a summary page as well as a grammar page focusing on punctuation in dialogue.

 

In All About Reading, we did lesson 40 that focused on the jobs of silent E. They played a silent E board game with a partner as well as worked on some word cards with me.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 23A.

 

In social studies, we are now starting our study on Asia so today we did an all about Asia cutting and coloring wheel.

 

In math, we did pages 50 through 52 focusing on time and calendar. Time practice is super important because we will continue to build on this. We also did math ninjas. 

 

In science, we are focusing on the planet Mars this week so we talked about some interesting facts and added Mars to our solar system. We also watched a video about the red planet.

 

Wednesday: they started the morning with a coloring page that everyone thoroughly enjoyed!

 

In Lightning Literature, we reread the book and talked about some more discussion questions now that we’ve had time to consider different things about the book. We got great perspectives from different people! We also did a writing dialogue activity with a partner.

 

In All About Reading, we did lesson 40 that focused on silent E words. We did a silent E word search and then reading activity stations.

 

In spelling, we did lesson 23C.

 

In social studies, Mrs. Koh took the lead! She had an awesome presentation about South Korea and some fun coloring sheets. She gave everyone a little name tag with their name in Korean as well as brought in several goodies for them to try on. She also taught them some phrases and how to properly hand someone something. The kids were surprised to hear that you would never hand somebody something with one hand. It’s always two hands. They did some practicing with this.

 

In math, they did the chapter 5 test and once they were finished I had an addition sheet for them.

 

In science, we learned about rockets. Everyone got to blow up a balloon and we taped them to a straw on a string and watched the reaction when we let the balloon go. 

 

That was our week! Let me know if you have any questions!