Dr. Seuss Celebration!

In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday we will be having a week-long celebration next week!

*Mixed up Monday-wear mismatched clothing.
*Top Hat Tuesday-wear a hat
*Wacky Wednesday-wear silly socks
*Theodore Thursday- wear crazy hair
*Funny Food Friday- wear PJs and eat Green Eggs and Ham

Thank you for helping reading come to life!

Mrs. Melissa's Top 5 App Picks

Smartphones, tablets, and iPads make learning on the go even easier and more fun. There are so many different apps available to purchase--sometimes it is difficult to know which ones are the best. These are my Top 5 App Picks:
-LAZ Leveled Readers by Language Technologies ($6.99)
-Math BINGO by ABCya.com ($0.99)
-Teach Me: Kindergarten by 24x7digital, LLC ($0.99) (First Grade and Second Grade Editions are also available)
-My Spelling Test by Funflip Studios ($0.99)
-Super Why! by PBS KIDS ($2.99)

There are so many more apps that I love--for more suggestions contact me anytime:)

Dr. Seuss

We will be discussing Dr. Seuss the next couple of weeks. If you have any Dr. Seuss books that we can borrow until March 2nd, please send them in with your child next week. Make sure that your child's name is written on the inside cover of the book to ensure that the book is correctly returned to rightful owner. You may want to visit a great, interactive website that features Dr. Seuss and his creative characters. The site is http://www.seussville.com/. Happy Reading:)

Spelling City

This Friday (02/03/12) we will be having our first Spelling Test. The Spelling Test will cover List 13 sight words. These words were sent home at the beginning of the week in your child's daily folder. Studying for spelling tests can be a tedious task so we have decided to implement SpellingCity.com to help with this task. You can use SpellingCity.com at home too! Just go to the website (www.spellingcity.com) and click on the tab that says "Find a List." Type in my name (Melissa Bazzell) and all the current spelling lists will pop up. I have added a few practice lists of words in which your child is already familiar. I have also added "List 13" which is the list we will be testing on Friday. There are several lessons and games for you and your child to enjoy together. There is no fee to use this site and no login required--Enjoy:)