Holiday Break

Greetings to all of you!

I hope you are enjoying this break as much as I am. I have been using all of this time to read a few of the books that have been sitting on the shelf calling my name. I just finished a wonderful book called the Book Thief. This is an adult read, but I really enjoyed it. It was about a little girl named Leisel who had to leave her mother during World War II to live with her foster mother and father in Nazi Germany. This is a very scary time and Liesel is a brave girl who finds beauty through the power of words during such an awful time in our history.

 I am now reading Gossamer by one of my favorite authors, Lois Lowry.

 I already have a few of you in mind that I know would enjoy this one! I hope you are reading something wonderful too. Make sure to tell me all about it when we get back. I would love if you shared a favorite book with me or a friend. I am always on the lookout for new book "treasure"! 

Remember, your homework over the break is just the reading challenge. I don't expect you to send in a reading log. I simply want you to enjoy time with your family and continue to read!

Be safe and have a happy New Year!!

Busy Mrs. Newport!

Just thought I'd send you a reminder and give you a peek into what I'm up to! Tomorrow is p.j. day!

Wrapping gifts...

And preparing for our Gingerbread celebration! What are you doing to get in the holiday spirit?

Thursday Homework

Wear your jammies tomorrow! Please remember to wear shoes so that you can go outside. You are welcome to take them off in class or even wear your slippers. 

For tonight's homework students will write a book recommendation for their peers. They have done this in class before and I have included a few examples. 

I know, I know I spelled recommendation wrong! I was sure it was two c's and not two m's :) 

If your child dropped the homework on the way out the door they can cut a piece of paper in half and fold it like a book. They will need to draw and color a cover on the front and include the information shown in the examples belw on the inside.

 

Holiday Celebration on Friday + Homework

For homework tonight I want students to have an opportunity to write about what they want to. 

Please encourage your child to use proper paragraph form. If the paragraphs are not indented properly I do have them fix it. Can't wait to read their creative ideas!!

Tuesday Homework

Below is a picture of tonight's homework.

Remember tomorrow is twin day too!

This Week + Monday's Homework

We have a very busy week planned before the holiday break!

Spelling: 

As always, click any of the picture to download your copy!

And finally, tonights homework. I noticed that there are times that homework is not copied exactly. If you ever want to be sure that your child copied all of the directions for homework you can check the picture I upload here. 

Popcorn Thursday!

Today is the first ever Popcorn Thursday!

Each Thursday, students can purchase popcorn for 25 cents. 

They can eat it in the cafeteria or on the playground!

Here is a snapshot of tonight's homework!

Nothing to download, just copy into your journal. 

Our spelling test is tomorrow so make sure to study! 

Wednesday Homework and Helpful Homework Information

Wednesday's Homework

Tuesday Homework and Canned Food Drive

Please remember to send in your non-perishable foods! If every student brings at least one item that's 30 donations! Check your cupboard and pantry. 

Here is tonight's homework. As always, you can click the picture to download and print if you need to. 

Happy Tuesday and remember to do your snow dance!

Monday Homework

It is my goal to post homework here one day ahead of time. 

I do my best to remind everyone to check and make sure that they have their homework journal on the way out, but now and then we still forget. If your student forgets homework at school you will still be able to find it here. I hope that this helps. 

Here is tonight's homework and this week's spelling list!

You can click either picture to download and print. 

The flip book stocking is just to make thing more fun and interactive! If it was lost feel free to simply write the multiples of each number. Example: The multiples of 2 are 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 etc. 

Thank you for all of your hard work!

As always remember to read 20 minutes each night :) 

Monday Homework: The Word Eater

We had a great first day! 

For tonight's homework students are to write 

2 paragraphs (3-5 sentences each) and tell what word they would have Fip eat and why. What do you think would happen? What would be the positives and negatives?

Today we began The Word Eater!

Fip is a magical worm. When Lerner Chase a young girl discovers that any word she feeds Fip causes that very thing to disappear she soon realizes that this power may be more than she ever anticipated. What if she were to have him eat the word potholes? Yes, those terrible bumps in the road would disappear but so would many jobs of the people who fix them. What if you wanted Fip to eat the word spiders and spiders were to disappear. Would the world soon be swarmed with fruit flies? Choose carefully!