December 3

We are knee deep in shades of meaning! This term is used to describe words that are nearly the same, but have slightly different meanings. We have discussed connotations of words- meaning how a word makes you feel. Take the word smelly in the sentence "The flower is smelly." You can replace smelly to a word with a positive connotation "The flower is fragrant." Or you can change it into something with a negative connotation "The flower is stinky." Smelly, fragrant, and stinky all mean to smell, but have different meanings. This is what shades of meaning is all about!

Today the students worked in groups to determine where different words would be on a continuum. They were given three words and the students had to respectfully debate where the words fell on the arrow. Each group had different words. Here is what the work looked like:

 

Here you can watch a group as they are discussing their choices:

 

Here are some of our rock stars at work!

 

 

Our secret word is: "Shades." Please write this word in your child's planner!

December 1

Hey Rock Stars!

Can you believe it is already December? Where has this year gone?

We had a great time at our Thanksgiving feast! Thank you to all who donated or volunteered! A special thank you to our amazing room mom, Becky Zelanko, for putting it all together! We appreciate you so much!

We were so excited to write letters of appreciation to the staff at Cunningham Creek. We also had a lot of fun delivering the letters to the people!

Mr. Strickland stopped in to help serve us the feast. It was amazing to see our principal be so involved! Thank you, Mr. Strickland!

Our turkey pillows came out great! The kids loved having something cuddly to take home with them!

Here are some pictures from the feast!

*The secret word is December. Write the word in your child's planner!