Writing letters

Compound Words

Please start practicing find compound words....remember each word should be able to "stand" on its own...but when you put them toether, they form a new word.

To Begin the New Year...

Ok Geckos...dig in the recycle box at home and find a large glass or plastic jar with a lid or bring a Mason jar with a lid to class...we will tissue paper them in a mosaic pattern and keep them in our Writing Center

Tracking Santa Claus!!!

Reindeer Migration

Dreidels and Christmas trees

Thank you Gecko parents and Geckos for a wonderful performance!!! Many thanks to Emma's dad, Angelina's mom and grandma, and Zach's mom for helping out with the costumes!

And the tune sounds like this

Learn these lyrics! for our Performance Dec 18th @ 6:00

 

 

 

Lyrics

I have a little dreidel. I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play.

O dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play.

It has a lovely body, With legs so short and thin,
And when my dreidel's tired, It drops and then I win.

O dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play.

My dreidel's always playful, It loves to dance and spin,
A happy game of dreidel. Come play now, let's begin.

O dreidel, dreidel, dreidel. I made it out of clay,
And when it's dry and ready, Then dreidel I shall play.

and tomorrow, we go to the Magik Theatre to see....

The Best Christmas Pageant ever!!!   We will be writing a 3 paragraph paper so pay attention!!!

The Tower of Americas

 

 

This is where we are going on Thursday!

How to make a rain stick

Geckos: please watch and use as review for a quiz Friday

Parents: This is what we are dealing with

Please Review, Engage, and Test yourself

http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/the-earths-scrapbook/youtube-learn-about-the-rock-cycle#./lets-rock?&_suid=138535503979909871966390505729

My Life as a Turkey

Part 2 of Three Types of Rocks Review

Fall Fruits...pumpkin/ghord still life with chalk pastels; apple oil pastels

How is wheat/grain harvested? take a look

Harvesting seeds, grains

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away...

Learning to read music

Patterns in the Corn/South Texas Corn Maize

 

 

 

Watch and Answer the questions

Growing Pumpkins, Slow Motion

Quiz on Monday

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgktM2luLok&feature=player_detailpage#t=16

Volcanos

Awww...family!

Write me a poem about what this picture means to you.

Such an imagination!

check this out

http://ed.ted.com/on/0sNgwnu9

Watch to see how to clean your new recorder

First Week Practice

Students...Please be practicing your finger positions on your recorder for the following notes: G, B, and A     Jingle Bells will be our performance song for the Holidays

Getting ready to flip....haha....a peek into my confusion...but if I can do it...so can you

This is what we are shooting for kids!

Phonic reminders

The Color Wheel

Seabed Prehistory

more landforms

Learn at least 5 landforms:

Let's start practicing our shading

Subject and Predicates

Know your quarters!

Place Value Lesson

Time to start adding $$$

Rocks rock! please review

Field Trippin'

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As we wrap up our Space Unit consider this....

Vowel Digraphs...when 2 vowels go awalking...

The Great Space Race

Caine's Arcade Global Cardboard Day of Play

Friday is International Day of Play....and we celebrate little Caine and his cardboard store...Geckos: please watch and share your thoughts in a small paragraph

Hey Geckos...we continue to explore the big wide unknown SPACE ...please respond by posting a return post

The Marshmallow Test

A perfect illustration of why setting parameters as parents and as educators is so important.

The Cup Song

 

Firefly Fun !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFOmPQWw4Io&feature=player_detailpageFirefly Fun !!!

Glow Stick Night Bowling!

First one out of the box!

Woo hoo! Nice letter Eli! He wrote a small essay from his trip in Idaho :)
Who's next? Keep an eye on your mail Eli...I've will get something coming your way.

Ms. Rios

Hope Everyone is having a Great Summer!

Here's a fun website to practice your skills

The Science of Learning

The Science of Learning

First Fun Summer Activity ...Paper Doll Chain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qxa66E63xaU

The Human Form....beautiful in shadowy dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h0_dwb2x4qc

The Stella Sisters' "Call Your Girlfriend" Cup song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_aJHJdCHAo&feature=player_detailpage

The Cup Song...step by step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gCsMUeXLPuk#t=0s

Rainforest Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eX54klzOJpY#t=120s

Santa Lucia Dance/Sweden

This is our interpretive dance of the changing seasons...winter to spring to summer....beginning with the Winter Solstice, Dec 13 to Walpurgis April 30....The kids were phenomenal as the opposing forces of light vs dark as they "battle" over Sta. Lucia.

Taking Imagination Seriously

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sAuz1Qkg_zg

A case against using the words "good" and "bad" in our writing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D5zDkW1thls

Gorgeous Film on Pollinators

Pollinators

Saying Goodbye is Hard

This is for you Christian...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe-pA6TaZk

This is a fave of mine...always makes me smile! (but Parents: The title contains the word H-E-double hockey sticksWhere the heck is Matt 2012?

Back by popular demand...The Tooty Ta!!!

http://youtube/yF1BrP-vLpI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF1BrP-vLpI&feature=player_detailpage

Geckos: Write a paragraph about what this quote means to you

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered

Letter Generator

Hey class!

We just finished writing thank you letters and studying about how mail is delivered (though not everyone stil uses the Pony Express like we did!)...I found an online tool you might like to use:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

check it out!http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

Hey Geckos!   Check out this cool puzzle site!
http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/2013-02-07