Turkey Bingo

Turkey Bingo is on Tuesday, November 26th from 6-8pm.  Doors open at 5:30.  It is at the Codington County Extension Building. Concessions (walking tacos, pizza, nachos...) are available for supper.  Thank you to the PTO for putting on this event. Hope to see you there!

December Book Orders

       Check out the December book orders! There are many great books for under $5.00, even a couple for a buck!  

Order on-line for even easier shopping.  Use my class code, J2WRP, and use a credit card for your purchase.  Saves on sending the forms and check back to school. If you send a check, please make it out to Scholastic Reading Club

www.scholastic.com

Due Monday, November 25th  

Week 13 Spelling words

We are continuing to look at homophones. Most of the words are not difficult to spell, but the trick is to learn the definition and usage to match the correct spelling. 

Group 1 
cell
sell
sent
cent
dear
deer
four
for
great
grate
hair
hare
hall
haul

Group 2
buy 
by 
bye
cent
scent
sent
dear
deer
flour
flower
great
grate
groan
grown

Group 3
sealing
ceiling
cent
scent
sent
cereal
serial
cheap
cheep
cite
sight
site
coarse
course
creak
creek

Big Universe

I am so excited to announce that Jefferson PTO has purchased a school-wide license for an exciting new website - Big Universe.  

This website is an online library of books and a writing program all in one!  Your kids can log-on at home, choose a book to read by choosing from hundreds of books at their level or interest! 

They can just use their regular computer log-in and then type in jes-sd to get into the site.  When the kids return to school, they can take an AR test if they wish.  There are also quizzes built into the site which we take at school.  A writing section is also available, which I have not explored.  If you would like to try it out, be my guest and let me know how you child likes it!

It is a wonderful site which I hope you take advantage of at home, especially if your child has forgotten library books at school.  

Big Universe

Week 12 - Spelling Words

This week all groups are working on homophones - words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. Some of the spellings may not seem difficult  but it is matching the correct spelling to the correct meaning. 

Group 1
ad
add
I 
eye
ball
bawl
bear
bare
be
bee
blue
blew
by 
buy
bye

Group 2 
ball
bawl
bare
bear
beat
beet
blue
blew
board
bored
buy
by
bye
break
brake

Group 3
aisle
I'll
allowed
aloud
arc
ark
alter
altar
oar
or
ore
aye
eye
bald
bawled

T. L. York Visit

Third Grade had the honor of having local author T.L. York visit our classroom. She shared her journey of writing a children's book and encouraged the kids to become imaginative writers.  Below are three sites she recommended for publishing your own book.  

www.lulu.com
www.createspace.com
www.blurb.com

Wall of Flags

You received a white flag cut-out yesterday.  Please write the name of a veteran from your family, alive or deceased, and the war in which they participated. You may include what branch of service and their title.  We will be using these for a "Veterans Wall" to honor those who have served, or are serving, in the armed forces. 

Week 11 - Spelling Words

Group 1 - ee and ea and sight words
1. dead
2. feed

3. read
4. sweet
5. sweep
6. bread
7. does
8. another
9. head
10. sleep
11. great
12. heart
13. reed
14. heard
15. November

Group 2 - g and j sounds and sight words
1. giraffe
2. huge
3. stage
4. engine
5. badge
6. ginger
7. gerbil
8. giant
9. jellybean
10. juggle
11. jogging
12. because
13. enough
14. jacket
15. November

Group 3 - Months of the year and sight words
1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December
13. because
14. children
15. guess