Stuck on Reading

Today was the final assembly for the Read~A~Thon. As a school, the students were able to reach their goal of 50,000 minutes read! Therefore, students who participated in the Read~A~Thon were able to place a piece of duct tape on Mr. Senitte and stick him to the wall! You should have seen the smiles! Not only were the students able to reach their goal of 50,000 minutes, they actually doubled the minutes. The students will also get a half an hour of free gym time as a reward.

Even more good news, the Cooperative Combo had the most minutes read for all the K-2 classrooms. We will have a pizza party this Friday to celebrate. Thank you PTA! Two of our students were also the top readers in all of kindergarten through 2nd grade. Congratulations Cole and Torsten on being top readers. I am so proud of our kids! Thank you parents for your support. Readers are winners, winners are readers!

Follow this link to find the Billings Gazette article on the final assembly.
Gazette link

Gotta Keep Reading

Today the PTA kicked off the Bitterroot Read A Thon! The Cooperative Combo led several classes in a surprise flash-mob called "Gotta Keep Reading." They were superstars! We had a blast. Take a look!



Now on to read, read, read and WIN this Read A Thon! Go Cooperative Combo!

MLK Speech

Before Martin Luther King Day we read many books about him. We also watched a video of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and made a time line of his life. The kids wrote their own "I Have a Dream" speech. As the saying goes, "straight from the mouths of babes." Their ideas were creative, sweet, honest, and sometimes funny. Here is a sample:



I have a dream that one day my mom will...
~get paid
~get a new car
~be rich
~get $100 to Gymboree
~change the world

I have a dream that one day my school will...
~get a pool
~get more computers
~have more room
~stop bullies
~have more recesses

I have a dream that the world will...
~care for each other
~be healthy
~stop littering
~have no more drugs
~bring Martin Luther King back

Tech Time, January 25th

First Grade
1. Pick a story and listen.
2. Finish the word.
3. Give the Dog a Bone
4. Connect the Dots by 2's
5. Spelling Practice

Second Grade
1. Spelling Match
2. Homophone Crossword
3. Subtraction Pac Man
4. Typing Practice
5. Subtraction Practice

Martin Luther King Jr.

Snowmen at Night

We read this wonderful book, Snowmen at Night. The second graders made a torn snowman looking up at the night sky. Then, they wrote a short poem about what they would do if they were a snowman at night.

Snowman at Night by Kira by niemeyerc

Snowman at Night by Caden B. by niemeyerc

Winter is....

We are busily writing poetry to prepare for Poetry Cafe on Thursday, February 15. As a class, we brainstormed all the words that remind us of winter and put them in a wordle. While the wordle was projected on the board, the kids wrote a poem about what winter is to them.

Winter is...by Kaelynn by niemeyerc