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What's in an Owl Pellet? Plenty!
In our science unit we've been exploring owls. Recently primary students got the chance to discover what an owl eats by dissecting owl pellets, the compressed regurgitated leftovers of an owl's last meal! Inside the pellets we found fur, bones, skulls and teeth, and a hands-on learning experience we won't soon forget.
Spelling List
Spelling lists for the week of
February 6, 2012
Week 17: or/ore/our sound
Word Wall Words:
1. we've
2. isn't
3. she's
4. they're
5. aren't
Words for each group:
BLUE
1. four
2. tore
3. fork
4. more
5. born
6. pour
7. store
8. cord
GREEN
1. short
2. score
3. horse
4. court
5. storm
6. chore
7. fourth
8. snore
RED
1. correct
2. course
3. support
4. ignore
5. favorite
6. resource
7. important
8. before
PURPLE
1. therefore
2. resourceful
3. foreign
4. folklore
5. mourning
6. category
7. sophomore
8. gourd
9. extraordinary
10.metamorphosis
BLACK
1. correspondence
2. gourmet
3. herbivore
4. territorial
5. concourse
6. proportionate
7. sycamore
8. portrayed
9. conquistadors
10.tamourine
Bats at AALC!
This friendly critter made a stop at our Community Meeting as a part of the Primary Team's study of bats. The Organization for Bat Conservation brought some new mammal friends for all students to meet on a recent Friday afternoon.
For more bat information, check out http://www.batconservation.org/
Math Finger Game
One fun game we play to practice addition facts from zero to twenty is called Finger Game:
•Two players face each other with fists closed.
•On the count of three, both players use both hands to show any number of fingers. (Hold fingers still; a fist is zero.)
•Quickly add up the total number of fingers and call out your answer.
•Whoever adds up all the fingers first gets a point.
•We also played the game with three people, each person using only one hand.
Try it out as one way to practice with your child, or better yet, get two kids to play!
Dependable Spelling Patterns
As spelling words get more challenging, consider dependable spelling patterns (usually at the end of words) to help your student learn them. For future reference, here's a great resource using the 37 dependable patterns as identified by Wylie and Durrell:
Dependable Word Patterns
This website has all 37 patterns, examples of words that use each, and lots of useful links to help with learning spelling.
Educational Freeware
Here's a site with many links to free educational software that can be used online or installed on your computer. Tux Paint, for example, is a free open-source version of Kid Pix. The site has links to many types of software including 3D, Art, K-12, Kindergarten, Languages, Mathematics, Music, Programming, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Toddlers, Typing, and Videos. Check it out at:
Educational Freeware
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