Christmas is coming...

Today, everyone will use Pixie to make a Christmas drawing for someone special.  After you have printed your drawing, you may do anything on my blog.

Welcome to the National Hour of Code!

This year, schools across America are taking part in an "Hour of Code" project.  We will begin by watching a short video about why learning how use code is important. After the video, everyone will click on the link below and play the game to help the Angry Bird catch the pig.

http://learn.code.org/hoc/1

If there is time, we will work on the ipads and use an app called Kodable: 

Spelling Review Today

1) Practice hard and soft g sound - circle the correct answer:
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_g_2.html

2) Hard and soft g sound - true or false:
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_g_3.html

3) Fill in the blank:
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_g_7.html

4) Both hard g and hard c together:
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_c_20.html

5) Both soft g and soft c together:
http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_c_21.html

6) Double consonants (GO BACK TO BLOG AFTER DOUBLE CONSONANT GAME)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y6/activity1.shtml

7) Double consonants (ss and ff):
http://roythezebra.com/reading-games/double-consonants-ff-ss.html

8) Consonant clusters (bl and br):
http://roythezebra.com/reading-games/double-consonants-bl-br.html

9) Consonant clusters (cr and cl):
http://roythezebra.com/reading-games/double-consonants-cl-cr.html

10) Practice with sentences:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/gr2/launcher.html?qid=0201

$$ Money Games $$

Today, we will play a series of games to practice our money counting skills. Please play all four (4) of these games (including all levels of the games). 

http://bit.ly/IR86qO

http://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/lets_compare/

http://www.tvokids.com/games/coincombo

If there is time, you may play Give The Dog A Bone and Stickman. Click on either of these links to begin.

Spelling Games!

There are 6 games today.  Make sure you click on the link for all 6.

1. Fill in the missing letters to complete the word: http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/clusters.htm
Scroll down the page to Online and Interactive Consonant Cluster Resources and choose the game called Initial Clusters Spelling.

2. Word Sort for Double Consonants
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=2&unit=8

3. Word Builder for Double Consonants
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=2&unit=8

4. eWord Game with vocabulary from Around the Pond: Who's Been Here?

http://eduplace.com/kids/hmr/ewordgame/index.html?grade=2&theme=2&selection=3

5. Word Search for Double Consonant Words
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordfind/index.html?grade=2&unit=8

6. Wordblender - practice consonants and consonant clusters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml

7. Crossword Puzzle
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/crossword/index.html?grade=2&unit=8