Building Contractions and Famous Americans Project

This week, we've been focusing on contractions.  A fun way to do this and learn just how to combine the two words with a contraction was this activity.  We called it "Building Contractions."  We spelled out the two words, then had a "bossy apostrophe" tell certain letters to "sit down" and he/she took their cards, then put the apostrophe in that place.  It really helped students visualize exactly how contractions work!

For the next several weeks, homework will be the "Famous American Project."  A letter will be going home on Monday in the homework folder that gives more details about the project, as well as a "how to" sheet and a rubric.

Students may choose any famous American - not just the ones we studied - for the project.  It can be someone modern or from the past.  Below are pictures from some of last year's projects to give you an idea!  Please email or write a note if you have any questions on your child's choice.  I will try to help them narrow it down this coming week in class.

Last Week of January - Hello Mr. Groundhog!

Hard to believe it's the last week in January - make that WAS the last week!  (Today being February 1st).  Well, with two 2 hr delay days to start and end our week, we crammed a lot of things in!

Monday, we discovered fossils......

Tuesday, we got to explore different states (and one country!) as part of the Gingerbread Project!

 Wednesday was the 100th Day of School.....

We studied the Northern Lights on Thursday.....

Friday, we predicted whether the Groundhog will see his shadow or not on Saturday! (We'll check our predictions on Monday).

Can't wait to see what next week holds! :)