Hard work and perseverance bring reward!

I like to include "Homework Helpers" in student's folders every once in a while. This week they have a "Grammar and Usage Guide", with many helpful tips on capitalization and punctuation. It covers important information to help them with their reading and writing. They will also get one to keep in their Very Important Papers folder here at school.
This week's spelling words:
beach
between
freeze
knee
leaf
means
peace
please
queen
reason
scream
season
seem
speak
speech
squeeze
sweep
sweet
teach
treat

Congrats to Alyssa and Kamron who got them in alphabetical order the fastest this morning and earned a trip to the Treasure Chest!
I'm not saying the students are messy, but we can always use paper towels in The Big Dog Room!
Thanks

Welcome to The Big Dog Room Blog August 2012

To my six followers, Welcome Back! These first seven days of school have focused on rules, rules, rules, consequences for continuing to break those rules, six pillars of character, math, science, reading, social studies and writing.We have a new music teacher, who the children seem to enjoy, but they are not one bit happy about losing art. There are plans to have an after school art club up and running soon. I love that they are getting music, b/c students who play musical instruments become more disciplined students in general, and it's something you can do for the rest of your life. PE is scheduled for 45 minutes this year. I hope every student brings a water bottle, b/c whenever they do get the full time, they are going to need to stay hydrated. Everyone is excited about the upcoming tackle football season! Volleyball tryouts start this week, and 4th graders are being included this time around.
Future Blogs will include Homework info, things you might have missed in the weekly Link, and recaps of my weekly letter home.
I have a wonderful class this year, and I'm looking forward to meeting the challenges of a new school year  with them!