The End of March

Language
Grade 3 spelling words are: prank, uplink, rethink, chipmunk, flunk, gang, everything, string, along, wrong, belong, sung, swung, especially, except.
Grade 4 spelling words are: arcade, invade, lemonade, mermaid, serenade, renegade, bridesmaid, marmalade, difference
I will send home a spelling worksheet on Wednesday which is due on Friday.
Reading Homework:  Students need to read, listen to and pass a quiz on two books.

Bible
We are going to have a Bible test on Tuesday.  We did a practice test on Monday, and the test will be very similar.

PBL
We will be learning how to get the information for our brochure projects.  We will be designing them too.  We will present them to our classmates on Monday.

Math
We are learning about time.  I am having the grade 3 students do the grade 4 work for this unit because they can!

What We Are Doing

We are starting community.  We are doing art.  We have been doing PBL.  We have been learning math.  We have been doing bible.  We have been doing jim.  We have been doing reading buddies.  We have been doing music.  We have been doing languages. We have been doing french too.
By CARSON and  RONNIE....      

A New Week

Welcome back!

This week our spelling words are as follows.
Grade 3 words are alphabet, complex, speedy, cartwheel, daydream, weapon, threat, perform, news, bundle, settle, gentle, relax, question, speech.
Grade 4 words are weightless, discontinue, signal, consignment, musical, historian, powerful, overnight, overcast, continual
Students will get a homework page on Tuesday that will go with their spelling words.
Students are expected to read 2 Raz-Kids books during the week too.

Eggstronaut Drops

I've finally uploaded the videos for the eggstronaut drop.

Math in the News

I ran across an article about Math education in Macleans magazine.  It is about how the current trend isn't working.  As I read it, I was reminded of why we've switched to Jump Math.

Click here for the Macleans article.

What we have accomplished together

• We did well on spelling tests
• We did awesome on our eggstronaut experiment
• We did well on our multiplication (math)
• We did well on our space project
• We were great reading buddies
• We did well on our pioneer project
• We did well on our language classes
• We all became a great reader
• We did well on our bible studies
• We did well on our project based learning
• We all rocked at French

Update coming...

I will be putting the video from our Eggstranaut Drop shortly.

One Week to Go!

Language

This week the grade 3's will be working on the different sounds and patterns that e can make.  Their spelling words are: pet, sweet, danger, dew, little, uncle, evil, them, sixteen, each, bread, sweat, brother, cashews, title.

The grade 4's have 7 new Nifty Thrifty Words.  They are: antifreeze, forecast, midnight, overpower, semifinal, supermarkets, underweight.  

Bible

We will be learning about Joseph a little more.  I have a homework assignment for students to complete.  It will come home Tuesday and be due on Thursday.  Essentially the students are going to have to talk about someone who shows godliness and righteousness in their work.  The two memory verses for the unit are:

And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand.     Genesis 39:3 (NKJV)

The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.  Genesis 39:23

PBL - Space

We are building some devices to protect our "eggstranauts" from smashing when we throw them off of the roof.  Students have 2 materials to use: newspaper and tape.  

Have a great week and a fabulous March Break

A Day With Two Students

This is what we do when we only have two students: we make movies.  This stop motion animation has about 200 different pictures in it.  Levi and Sebastian worked very hard on it.