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Welcome Rockstar Parents of 2014-2015!


This week our spelling words for word study are listed below:


Group 1--endings -ing, -ong & -og


Ring          Song          Fog
king            gong          clog
sing            long            hog
string          strong        jog
swing         wrong         log
thing                             smog


Sight words for group one are put, white, jump, tell and must.


Group 2--endings -ack, -ock & -ank
Black           Dock          Rank
lack              block           bank
pack             lock             crank
quack           mock           drank
rack              rock            Hank
sack             sock            sank
snack           shock          thank
                    stock


Sight words for group two are want, will, let, very and soon.


Group 3--Short I and Long I


dish             hike
chip              fine
dime             life
give              live
grin               ride
price             ripe
twig               whip
twine             white


Sight words for group three are never, pick, right, full and together.


Reminder:  On Thursday is our school's Books Alive Day!  Your student can come dressed as a book character, but please no scary costumes or real/pretend weapons.  There are tons of book character costumes that will not require you to purchase one little thing!  This a Rosa Parks tradition that I just love! 


Here's a link of homemade costumes:
https://seeker-of-happiness.squarespace.com/blog/2014/8/29/book-character-halloween-costume-fern-from-charlottes-web


And here's another:
http://www.netmums.com/activities/g/top-world-book-day-costume-ideas/96262


Please join us for our school carnival on Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m.  There is no charge!  I hope to see you there!

It's Official---I'm Back

I'm back!  I have been teaching Pre-K for the last year in a Reggio Inspired School.  If you'd like to learn more about that, check out my other blog at Cowan's Pre-K Caterpillars.  I loved Reggio, but I'm VERY interested in applying some of the philosophies to a higher grade level.

Call me crazy, it won't be the first time, but the whole year my heart called out for the older kiddos!  I missed teaching multiplication, division and reading strategies.  My heart actually ACHED.  I know, I know, I'm a teacher freak or something.  But I just love everything about 3rd grade!

So, it's official, I am back in an elementary school building and with my favorite grade of all time.  At Rosa, we do a teaching loop, so I'm in a 2nd/3rd grade loop.  I'll be finishing up one loop and then my next class will be with me for 2 years!  I'm so excited, I literally cannot sleep!

Here's some pics of my new classroom.  Just observe the before, keeping in mind that the old teacher is winding down the year (we have just 7 more days of school). 

 The first picture is standing at the classroom door, it's just a partial view so I can start processing how I'm going to change things up and try to make it a little softer and homey. 

I wonder if my principal will allow me to paint the purple wall, something softer and neutral? 

This is some of the rooms in my current building...

 

These last three are from my classroom...

 

How will this translate for 3rd grade? What are your thoughts?

 

 

Keep Rockin' Rock Stars!

 

Christina