Merry Christmas from Santa Simon!

I hope everyone is enjoying their break so far.  Have a very merry Christmas and I will see you all in 2013! 

Santa Simon

Do not feel to bad for Santa Simon - he was in this outfit for a total of 2mins and he was given a treat right after.  Yes, that is anger in his eyes but I assure you he has forgiven me now.  

Merry Christmas!!

Star Wars + Origami = Reading!

We just finished up the third book in the Origami Yoda series written by Tom Angleberger.  I chose this series as a read aloud for the class because I had heard wonderful things about the books and how they really got students (boys and girls alike!) into reading.  This was a definite hit in our class!  Students even made the origami characters from the books so we had a nice visual as we read.

I think we can all agree Ms. McGurn's Yoda voice needs some work and my Wookiee speak was even worse, but it was still a lot of fun and a great series.

Origami Yoda, Darth Paper and Hans Foldo

Last Spelling List of the Year!

Hard to believe it, but it's true!  This is our last spelling test of 2012.  Study hard so you can end the year with a perfect score!

http://www.spellingcity.com/MsMcGurn/

Fridays Rock!

Adjectives also rock!  Our word of the day yesterday was the adjective callous so I took that as an opportunity to review.  I think we will set aside a few minutes to rock out with grammar today after our spelling test. 

Party on! 

Something is Cooking in Language Arts

Our next writing project is creating a classroom cookbook!  Each student is writing down a recipe that reminds them of the Christmas season.  It could be a traditional dish that they have every year or just one of their favorites to have around the holidays.  We will also be adding a personal element to each recipe written by the students.  Recipe worksheets were given out yesterday and are due on Friday.  Next week we are off to the computer lab to type up our delicious dishes.  This is sure to be a yummy holiday season once we are all finished.  You never know, perhaps we will discover the next Martha Stewart or Bobby Flay!

December Spelling

Even though it might not seem like it outside, it is in fact December.  

Here is our first spelling list of the month. 

http://www.spellingcity.com/MsMcGurn/