JOHNNY APPLESEED

Johnny Appleseed was a legendary American who planted and supplied apple trees to much of the United States of America. Many people think that Johnny Appleseed was a fictional character, but he was a real person.
Johnny was a skilled nurseryman who grew trees and supplied apple seeds to the pioneers in the mid-western USA. Appleseed gave away and sold many trees. He owned many tree nurseries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, where he grew his beloved apple trees and then sold or traded them. Although he was successful with his trees, Appleseed lived a simple life. He was a vegetarian, wore raggedy clothes, and was a very religious man. It is said that as Johnny traveled, he wore his cooking pot on his head as a hat (this may or may not be true)!
Johnny Appleseed was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1774. His real name was John Chapman, but he was called Johnny Appleseed because of his love for growing apple trees.
Johnny died at the age of 70; he is buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He had spent 50 years growing apple trees and traveling to spread his precious trees around his country so that people could enjoy apples. In 1966, the US Postal Service designed a 5 cent stamp honoring Johnny Appleseed.

SPELLING WORDS

1-get
2-net
3-pet
4-wet
5-quiet

CHALLENGE
1-ride
2-hide
3-slide
4-beside
5-decide

WEEKLY JOURNAL TOPICS

1- What kind of apples do you like to eat?

2- What is your favorite specials class?


3- Who is your role model?


4- Why should the Lambville get a PJ day?


5- If you could have any pet, what would it be?

Spelling List 3

1.back
2. pack
3.shack
4.snack
5.black

CHALLENGE
1. name
2. same
3. game
4. blame
5.became

JOURNAL: Sept 20-24

Monday: What insect would you be and why? (This connects to the Firefly poem we read recently!)

Tuesday: What is your favorite fruit? (We are getting close to Johnny Appleseed Celebrations!)

Wednesday: Why is school important? (This will link back to the Obama speech that we watched on Friday.)

Thursday: What do you like to see at the zoo? ( This entry will help the students use prior knowledge from our Animal unit in Open Court!)

Friday: If you had 100 dollars, what would you buy? (This is in connection to our new math unit where we are learning about money!)

Updates

1- We are starting Unit 2 in everyday math.
2- If you haven't yet please send in the Time For Kids form and check.
3- Reminder...tomorrow is a short day!
4- Spelling words are listed on the blog.
5- We are wrapping up our first unit in Open Court.

PETER BROWN

Author and illustrator Peter Brown came to school today! It was so exciting and the kids loved watching him draw.  What a fantastic day! Pics are coming shortly! :)

Spelling Words- Week of 9/1

Main
1. ball
2. call
3. hall
4. fall
5. small

Challenge
1. make
2. take
3. cake
4. brake
5. shake

Journal Monday-Friday

                           Journal Topics

Monday: What do you like to eat for breakfast?

Tuesday: What do you bring when you go camping?

Wednesday: Where do you like to play?

Thursday: Who is your favorite cartoon?

Friday: Why do people love the ocean?

The Race Is On!

READ TO FEED!

Kathy Rolfes, teacher librarian, and Molly Meierhoff, reading specialist,  were very excited to launch Heifer International's Read to Feed program to our Mann kids  today.  This program will be the first of our initiatives this year to introduce and reinforce our understanding of the plight of those less fortunate than us while aligning with certain curriculum goals.  Through this reading  program, kids will collect pledges and find ways to collect funds (like book swaps) to benefit Heifer International which gives animals to communities in dire need.  Each grade will learn of a country that Heifer supports (China, Armenia, Rwanda, USA) and lesson plans are available for all teachers and in the media center to support learning about these various communities.  We will also learn about the animals that Heifer donates and how they are used to help the communities to which they are sent (bees/honey).  Kids will be reading and learning about how animals help communities  through the end of October.  We will impress upon the kids that even by reading and not financially supporting the program, they are contributing by  learning about a program that helps others and the communities that it supports.. Look for a information packed to come home with you child!  To learn more about this initiative, please visit www.readtofeed.org.

Kathy and Molly

SPELLING WORDS

1. can
2. man
3. began
4. plan
5. than

Challenge Words:

1. any
2. many
3. very
4. every
5. happy



Everyone is invited to try the challenge words!

Reminders...

Reading Logs: Please return them with your student next Monday.  They need to record the books they are reading during the week and complete one book report.

Spelling Words: Each student completed a pretest. They have the test, along with a note and the wrods in their home folder.

Author Visit:  Peter Brown will be coming to visit.  The book order forms are due back on 9/9/2010!

Weekly Review

Reading: 

This week the class read several different poems from our first unit of Open Court.  We looked at words that rhyme and created our very own RHYME STEW! The class continued to review beginning and ending sounds, blends and long/short vowels.  We even finished our first read aloud... The Class Election From Black Lagoon!  Ask your child who won! 

Math:

In our Everyday Math books we covered the following topics:

1- Tally Marks

2- Number Writing

3- Graphs

4- Number Order

The class made several different graphs this week including ones about our favorite colors.  RED WON! 


Handwriting Without Tears:

The students worked on Frog Jump capital letters.  They each took their time and were very successful at completing their workbooks! It was a frog-tastic week in the Lambville :)! 

Journals:

The students wrote about family, their favorite games, things we do in the fall and what we did this summer.  The students are so proud of their work.  

Reminders:

-Next Friday is our first spelling test! The lists will be posted on the blog starting Tuesday, as well as a hard copy that can be found in your child's home folder. 

-Continue to work on phone numbers and address.

-Reading logs will go home on Tuesday, please return these by Monday, September 13,  2010.

                    FROG JUMP CAPITALS!

                        F E D P B R N M

        Try these at home when practicing HWT!

SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCE TIMES

Please email me if you have not signed up for our conferences in October! I hope you are all having a great Wednesday and remember today is early pick-up!  

:) Mrs. Lamb