Preposition Composition Song by Melissa

Preposition Cappuccino Dance

"Prepositions" song by The Bazillions

Spelling Challenge- Week 16

Spelling Challenge- Week 16

Spelling Sing-A-Thon

Warm up those vocal cords, channel your inner Justin Bieber and start singing your spelling words! That's right, you heard me correctly, sing them. You have done it before with the song B-I-N-G-O, everyone's favorite, so try it out with this week's words. Use whatever song or beat you like but a simple B-I-N-G-O like song & some clapping works wonders especially on your first day of practicing words. Parents, this method really helps kids begin to remember those words. La, la, la.

1.	tasted
2.	ripping
3.	forced
4.	flipping
5.	tapped
6.	flipped
7.	scared
8.	flagged
9.	ripped
10.	skipped
11.	tapping
12.	saved
13.	skipping
14.	scaring
15.	flagging
16.	discussed
17.	saving
18.	tasting
19.	forcing
20.	discussing

Happy Highlighting!

Today we tried something new with our sentence diagramming. We took our past S.E.W. (Stop Everything and Write) papers and decided to decorate them with some color. We first started with nouns. The students were instructed to find all of the nouns they wrote in their story - Proper Nouns, and all types of Common Nouns- Persons, Places, Things and Ideas. Once they finished with nouns, we moved on to Verbs! We broke out the blue and first started with Action Verbs. After finishing that we reviewed Linking and Helping Verbs and colored those blue as well. Finally, we opened up our Yellows and searched for Adjectives. The students seemed to get a kick out of doing it and it was a nice variation to our daily grind. The nice revelation I saw with the students (hopefully it sticks) was that some of them realized their papers were in fact not very colorful....which poses a structural problem. We discussed and agreed that we "knew" Subjects were Nouns and Predicates were Verbs. We then talked about how we "knew" that in order to have complete sentences you had to have a Subject and a Predicate.....thus meaning each sentence needed a Noun and a Verb. So it opened some eyes to some when they did not see a red and blue pattern on their papers. Most of the papers I saw were a sea of red. Our final connection was that if we were truly using Elaborative Detail in our papers then there would have been a lot more yellow- which was the least seen color. All in all I think it was a great way to put things into perspective and remind the students that it is not just about "knowing" the information, you have to apply it all in your writing! Below are two great examples of what I was hoping to see out of today's lesson.

Spelling Challenge- Week 15

Spelling Challenge- Week 15

Scrabble Spelling

If you have the Scrabble board game, Scrabble Jr, or even Banana Grams break out the tiles and use them to spell this week's words. After spelling the word, add up how much the word is worth using the numbers on the tiles. This is a great way to get your child's brain back into gear after Thanksgiving break. If you don't have the games mentioned above, see the chart below to use. Happy Spelling!

1.	fishbowl
2.	lookout
3.	backyard
4.	desktop
5.	campfire
6.	overhead
7.	waterproof
8.	grandparent
9.	railroad
10.	snowstorm
11.	loudspeaker
12.	bookcase
13.	bedroom
14.	blindfold
15.	newborn
16.	bedspread
17.	yourself
18.	overdo
19.	clothesline
20.	undertake

Spelling Challenge- Week 14

Spelling Challenge- Week 14

On the Other Hand Spelling

If you are right handed write your words using your left hand, if you are left handed write words using your right hand. Start off writing the words with your dominant hand and then switch and write the words again with your non-dominant hand. Compare your work and see how close you got. At the end of the activity it may be sloppy but hopefully it helped you learn this week's words!

1.	clams
2.	mints
3.	props
4.	arches
5.	dresses
6.	parents
7.	caves
8.	glasses
9.	hobbies
10.	engines
11.	couches
12.	arrows
13.	enemies
14.	babies
15.	ranches
16.	patches
17.	mistakes
18.	supplies
19.	mosses
20.	armies