Math Turkey Facts

To practice our multiplication facts and get into the holiday spirit, we created Turkey folder papers with each product connecting to a particular color.

Spanish Visitors

We were visited by middle school Spanish students to share their recently created stories; the boys enjoyed hearing them and explaining the meaning to our French students!

Root, Suffix, Prefix

We are continuing with our word study by focusing on identifying roots, suffixes, and prefixes. Here is a short video from reading class! I am fortunate that the students are all so eager to share their knowledge with our blog readers!

Turkey Tango!

We had a terrific time with our older Turkey Tango buddies!

Toy Drive Day 4!

Wow! Our presets have stretched across the room! We are certainly going to make the holidays special this year!

Toy Drive Day 3

The gifts are piling up! Many thanks to our generous Ninth Age families!

Native American Storyteller

We had the opportunity to experience firsthand some of the incredible history associated with Native American storytelling. Here is a quick video from our recent assembly.

Native American Storyteller from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Second day of the Toy Drive

Wow! We are already up to 13 gifts! What a wonderful way to start a Tuesday!

Toy Drive

Many thanks to our first donors!!

Reading Morpheme Instruction

We have continued to work on new morphemes! We added two suffixes, "er" and "ed." Here are two quick videos of students working with letter tiles (continued phonemic practice) to make root words and then to form bi-morphic words! We always discuss the root meaning and any changes in tense or part of speech.


Catcher from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.


Blanketed from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Morpheme Study

We have begun to expand beyond basic phonics to include a focus on morphemes. We have covered two prefixes so far, "pre" and "un." We work with the prefixes using letter tiles, as well as exploring them through written activities in our journals. Below is a short video as a student builds the word "unbelievable."

"Un" Prefix from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.

Halloween Excitement

We had a terrific time celebrating Halloween at school on Thursday. Enjoy your "virtual attendance!"

Halloween 2013 from Ms. Gentry on Vimeo.