Valentine Art - Racoon Love

Who wouldn't love these precious, adorable racoons?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Double Dipping

 

MMM...Good!!

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. loved to learn "big words" when he was a little boy.  As he grew older, he was able to use these words to explain the ideas he believed in.  Here are some important words that Dr. King used.

Laws are made to protect our civil rights.  Those are the rights of all people to enjoy life, freedom, and equal treatment.  When a law takes away someone's civil rights and does not protect everyone equally, it is an unjust law.  When people try to change an unjust condition, they have a choice of taking peaceful action or using violence.  Violence causes hurt to others and damages property.  Dr. King showed people that peaceful action solves problems better than violence does.  Talking honestly about problems, marching to make others aware of unjust conditions, and voting for leaders who want to change unjust laws are all peaceful ways to work for change.

We can create change in our own lives by understanding the meaning of these important words.  Like, Dr. King we can treat others in a respectful manner and make our homes and our world better by using peaceful action to solve our problems.

Positively Penguin

"Little House in the Big Woods" - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods is a children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder published in 1932. The book is the first in the Little House series, which is based on decades-old memories of Wilder's early childhood in the Big Woods near Pepin, Wisconsin, in the late 19th century.

Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named Little House in the Big Woods one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children."  It was one of the "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.  Little House in the Big Woods is also a Common Core State Standards exemplar text.

Our first grade class has begun a read aloud adventure of Little House in the Big Woods…

Wolves and panthers and bears roam the deep Wisconsin woods in the late 1870s. In those same woods, Laura Ingalls lives with Pa and Ma, and her sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunts and traps. Ma makes her own cheese and butter. At night, Pa’s fiddle playing brings the family together around the cozy fire.

Angry Doubles

Angry Doubles - Doubles Game

Raz-Kids

Raz-Kids is an online guided reading program with interactive ebooks and reading quizzes.  Raz-Kids can and should be used at home to help your growing reader.  All you need is a computer or an iPad!  Your child has his/her own account that contains several ebooks at his/her reading level.  The more you read, the better you read...so read, read, read!!  Follow the directions below and you'll be on your way!

Follow the link below:
www.raz-kids.com/main/Login

Type in the teacher user name: kellisha

Find your son/daughter and type in his/her Student ID # 

Your child should be able to do this on his/her own!  We use Raz-Kids in the classroom as well.  

Double Facts

A double fact in Math is a number bond that has the same addends. An addend is a number that is added to another number. Double facts form the basis of further addition and are the foundation of learning addition and subtraction facts.