Feb. 29-March 4

 Reading month kick-off on Tuesday, March 1. It will be a great month with lots of reading going on. Please encourage your child to read at home.

Here are the spelling lists for the week:

Spelling Lists

Spelling for the week of February 22-26

4th Grade group 1:

3rd/4th Grade group 2:

4th Grade Spelling Lists

Math Practice:

At parent/teacher conferences a few parents asked for websites and or apps for math practice. Prodigy (https://www.prodigygame.com) is a great math website that is curriculum-aligned and offers games for students in grades 1-8. Most of the students have usernames and passwords already. Try it out!!

Spelling Practice

Third & Fourth grade students can access the weekly spelling lists using www.spellingcity.com. There are many fun games and extra practice activities for the weekly spelling lists. Just search for "Klunder" and my weekly lists will come up. Then you will be able to practice away!

Blog update

Hey there!

This year my goal is to share new websites and classroom supports through my blog. If there is something specific you are looking for please let me know. I'll do my best to find fun, engaging websites that will provide your child with fun ways to practice skills they've learned in the classroom.  One of the most important things you can do at home is read to your child. If you cannot find time to go to the library to pick out books, here is a website through our library: http://kids.mel.org/ kids can hear stories and play games. Have fun exploring!!!

Welcome back!!

Hello and welcome back!

I hope you all had a wonderful first week of school. It has been so fun watching all of the smiling faces and excitement this week. I look forward to a great year! I will be returning to work full time this year. I am frantically trying to finish schedules and get into a routine. Please feel free to call or email if you have any questions or concerns with your child's schedule or needs.

Mrs. Klunder

Welcome back!!

I hope you have had a wonderful winter break and happy holidays! I just wanted to give a quick heads up that the end of the marking period is January 16. January 15 & 16 will be half days with 11:55 dismissal.

Math Interventions Website

Hello! I wanted to share a great math website. http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/ECAM.html This website has many printable interventions and things you can do at home for extra math practice. Take a look!!

Another Fun and Educational Website

http://www.abcya.com/

This is a great, FREE website for kids to practice reading and math skills at home. They need to click on their grade level and then scroll down for a list of grade-appropriate games. Enjoy!

• Raz Kids- all students K-4 have access to this website which includes a variety of books at your child's reading level. Students will need to know their teacher username and then will be able to log in from any computer. http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login
  

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school!

I have some exciting changes to share with you this year. First, I will be job-sharing with Mrs. Sluiter again this year. She was the teacher that took over last year while I was on maternity leave. She did a great job and really enjoys being a part of our class. Mrs. Sluiter will be teaching on Thrusdays and Fridays and I will teaching on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. 

Also, we have MOVED! Our new room is down by the office between the computer lab and Mrs. Wimmler's classroom. It is an awesome room with a lot of storage and... are you ready for this... WINDOWS! I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to have a view of the outside world. 

We are looking forward to another GREAT year working with your wonderful children. My goal for the blog is to provide links to excellent resources that you can use at home with your child.

Best wishes,

Mrs. Klunder

Week of January 27th:

On Monday, January 27th we will be benchmarking all students K-2 using DIBELS. I will have a sub so I am able to assist with the assessing.

Here are the spelling lists for the week:

2nd Grade Reading: we will continue working with ink, ank, onk, and unk.

1.         sink

2.         bank

3.         honk

4.         junk

5.         ink

6.         tank

7.         bonk

8.         chunk

3rd Grade Reading: We will be working on ild, old, ost, olt, ind and -es words.

1. cold

2. bolt

3. most

4. child

5. blind

6. benches

7. glasses

8. boxes

9. wishes

10. finishes

Challenge:

11. own

12. about

4th Grade Reading: We will be working on long vowel patterns including ai and ea.

1.	sail
2.	brain
3.	gain
4.	chain
5.	stain
6.	mail
7.	trail
8.	plain
9.	eat
10.	dream
11.	teach
12.	weak
13.	peach
14.	mean
15.	treat

Week of January 13

Welcome back!

**Reminder- Due to high school exams on Thursday and Friday, we will have an early dismissal. Students will be dismissed at 1:45.

2nd grade spelling words this week include:

1.         sing

2.         rang

3.         song

4.         lung

5.         ring

6.         fang

7.         long

8.         hung

3rd Grade words:

1. inspect

2. conflict

3. misfit

4. unbend

5. subtract

6. brushing

7. dumping

8. ending

9. hunting

10. lasting

Challenge words: every, any

4th Grade words:

1.	maple
2.	simple
3.	cuddle
4.	ladle
5.	ramble
6.	staple
7.	raffle
8.	sprinkle
9.	cradle
10.	rattle
11.	table
12.	dwindle
13.	cable
14.	kettle
15.	idle