Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Science-- Meal Worms
I'm sure you've already heard by now, but Mrs. Mueller's classroom had some special guests for a few months. MEAL WORMS! In science, we watched our meal worms grow and change. We recorded our observations and measured the meal worms in centimeters. The students had a great time checking out these little critters each day. They observed the meal worms as worms then watched them change into a pupa. After the pupa stage, they changed into a beetle. Here's a picture:
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Spelling Tips!
Here are some helpful tips for studying spelling words:
Shaving cream finger writing: Have your child practice writing their spelling words by letting them write in shaving cream. You can do this with a large cookie sheet so it doesn't cause too much of a mess.
Mess free finger painting: Take a large Ziploc baggie and fill it with finger paint. Close the page carefully and tape the end to ensure it doesn't leak. Then have your child lay the Ziploc baggy flat on the table and spell out their words with their fingers. This can be used over and over again!
Write a story using each spelling word!
Draw a picture for each spelling word!
Rainbow spelling.
Try writing the word in cursive.
Spell out the spelling words using letter tiles. You can make letter tiles by cutting small squares from a big piece of paper. Have your child write one letter of the alphabet on each piece of paper. Then find the letters to spell your spelling word!
Spelling tic tac toe— Instead of using X’s and O’s pick two spelling words write the words instead of X’s and O’s for the entirety of the game. Next game pick two different words.
Make spelling fun! Come up with your own game—and please share if you have any other ideas! We'd love to hear them!
Shaving cream finger writing: Have your child practice writing their spelling words by letting them write in shaving cream. You can do this with a large cookie sheet so it doesn't cause too much of a mess.
Mess free finger painting: Take a large Ziploc baggie and fill it with finger paint. Close the page carefully and tape the end to ensure it doesn't leak. Then have your child lay the Ziploc baggy flat on the table and spell out their words with their fingers. This can be used over and over again!
Write a story using each spelling word!
Draw a picture for each spelling word!
Rainbow spelling.
Try writing the word in cursive.
Spell out the spelling words using letter tiles. You can make letter tiles by cutting small squares from a big piece of paper. Have your child write one letter of the alphabet on each piece of paper. Then find the letters to spell your spelling word!
Spelling tic tac toe— Instead of using X’s and O’s pick two spelling words write the words instead of X’s and O’s for the entirety of the game. Next game pick two different words.
Make spelling fun! Come up with your own game—and please share if you have any other ideas! We'd love to hear them!
Important Note!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Many of the children’s supplies have been either lost or used up. If possible, please buy them new crayons, pencils, glue sticks, glue bottles, homework folder, and anything else they have lost or damaged. Some have even lost scissors which we use often. A plastic folder for inside the binder works great! Some students did not have all their supplies at the beginning of the year, therefore; this would be a good time to ensure they have all their supplies. The classroom is running low on baby wipes and Kleenex so if you could bring in one or two packages, that’d be great!
THANK YOU!
(If you are unable to purchase supplies for your child, please let Mrs. Duffner or Mrs. Mueller know-- we have a family outreach program at Sahs and we can help supply these materials to your children)
Many of the children’s supplies have been either lost or used up. If possible, please buy them new crayons, pencils, glue sticks, glue bottles, homework folder, and anything else they have lost or damaged. Some have even lost scissors which we use often. A plastic folder for inside the binder works great! Some students did not have all their supplies at the beginning of the year, therefore; this would be a good time to ensure they have all their supplies. The classroom is running low on baby wipes and Kleenex so if you could bring in one or two packages, that’d be great!
THANK YOU!
(If you are unable to purchase supplies for your child, please let Mrs. Duffner or Mrs. Mueller know-- we have a family outreach program at Sahs and we can help supply these materials to your children)
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