Vacation Station

Ahh...The excitement is growing as field trips and weather indicate the nearing of summer vacation. We continue to research places both near and far from our stomping grounds of Nixa, MO. This adventure begins and ends with some special days along the way.

Our first event: The week of April 20th, we will focus on Earth Day.

Check out the video: How recycling keeps our Earth clean.
http://www.thinkgreen.com/students-k-5

Vocabulary Categorizing Activity for cans/paper/plastics:
http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/play.htm?f

Have a fabulous time exploring earth day activities.

Mrs. Spencer

Up, Up and Away to New Places

The month of March Spencer's language classes are taking virtual vacations to various places on the web. This vacation won't require you to pack your bags or pay a lot of money to visit the most famous sites in the world. Student's in speech check out http://www.quia.com/pages/speechersclass.html for practice words. Commitment + Effort + Practice = Learning.

Check out some awesome web-sites about travel:

http://www.timeforkids.com
*At the bottom of their front page is the Around the World section. You will be able to click on a map, see pictures of various places and learn through reading about the countries you visit.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/

Vocabulary:
1st grade: National Symbols (i.e., Statue of Liberty, Flag, etc), museums, artifact, town/city and state.
2nd grade: 7 Continents, Oceans, Mountains (peak, base), island, glacier, cliff, river/lake/stream

New Heights

Mrs. Spencer's language classes are studying the basics of aviation in the end of February and beginning of March. Learning will "come in like a lion" in March. Kids in speech may also want to overview vocabulary words. Many of these words and sites apply to their everyday communication skills.

Recommended aviation web-sites for kids
www.avKids.com --Vocabulary--ailerons, cockpit, elevator, engine, flaps, fuel, fuselage, gear, jet, landing gear, nose, propeller, radar, radio, rudder, tail, throttle and wings.

http://www.faa.gov/education_research/education/student_resources/kids_corner/ --Definitions for the above vocabulary and additional vocabulary words.

http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/
History of the first flights and their pilots.

http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/352/27/
Every web-site imaginable related to taking flight.

Airport web-sites in Southwest Missouri
www.flyspringfield.com
www.flybranson.com--The first privately owned airport. And, home of the Branson airshow May 8-10, 2009. Check out the Thunderbirds and Golden Knights.

Welcome to Mrs. Spencer's Blog

Welcome to our speech-language classroom blog. The intent is to communicate efficiently, creatively, effectively and clearly the happenings of the speech-language classroom. On this site, you will obtain the weeks vocabulary, speech-articulation words, suggested web-sites for home learning opportunities, tips/strategies for communication, classroom pictures and so much more!

Web-site. Go to http://www.quia.com/shared/ . At shared activities you will find speech therapy. Choose your preferrd practice item from the list under sub-categories: articulation, language, grammar, fluency, etc.
You may want to use the search engine to find specific articulation sounds or language concepts that your child needs to address. Have fun!

Mrs. Spencer