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Today we reviewed compound words.  First, we watched the BrainPop Jr. video. Something new to students was the idea of different types of compound words. For this, we stopped by the teacher resources from Spelling City .  There are THREE different types of compound words, closed , hyphenated , and open compound words!  Next, Mrs. Yollis got out some compound word cards. Each student was given half of a compound word. The object was to find a student with the other half. Together two students made ONE compound word.  Once all the compound words were formed, we started making an array to figure out how many compound words we had in all. An array is a multiplication word we recently learned. When you line up objects in equal rows and columns , it makes it easy to get the total, or product .  The first attempt is shown below.  Students thought they had eight rows of four. So, 8 x 4 = 32 compound words. Students soon realized that we had eight rows. However...

★       ★      ★       ★      ★       On November 11, America celebrates Veterans Day . It is the day  we honor the men and women who have served in the armed  forces.  Veterans Day is a national holiday!  Photo by Mrs. Yollis Veterans : Men and women who have served in the armed forces . Soldiers : Men and women who are  currently  serving in the armed forces. ★       ★      ★       ★      ★        Here is a link to a wonderful BrainPop  video about America's Armed Forces . What did you learn about the  Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and  Coast guard? ★       ★      ★       ★      ★       Here is a link to a patriotic  Veterans Day blog post by Mrs. Hembree in Seattle, ...

Today the class got a surprise package!  We were expecting a package that contained a mascot from one of our blogging buddies who are participating in the #GlobalPal project .   It was not from one of those classes.  The package was big, and it was soft. As Mrs. Yollis tore open one end of the package, she smiled.  What emerged from the surprise package? Meet Walter the Wombat!  First, we read the fact sheet about Walter the Wombat.  No one had ever heard of a wombat!  Walter the Wombat is a special mascot from our good friend, @RossMannell, a retired teacher from New South Wales, Australia. Walter comes to us through Mr. Mannell's support of a group called Backyard Buddies . Not only is Mr. Mannell kind, he often leaves us comments on our class blog. He just left us a comment on our Family Blogging Month post. Here is Mr. Mannell's  Family Blogging Month   comment:  Ellie's mom commented back. What an excellent blogger!  Here is W...