March 22, 2009

Website for Site Words

Here is an awesome website to go to to help with High Frequency/Site Words.  Have fun at the same time!  You can read the word and then push the button to hear it.  Click if you are correct or not and see how well you can do!  You can do this for other grade level words as well if you want to.  See how many you can get right.

Sight Words and Phrases

March 10, 2009

Games and More Games! Pronouns, Nouns, Grammar Galore!

J0399551  Want to play some games?  Well, here is a link for some great fun grammar games.  These are great preparation games for information that will be on the CRCT.  Click on the link and play the Grade 2 games.  If you have an older brother or sister, there are links for older grades as well! 

Have fun and I hope you learn from them as well!

Grammar Games

March 08, 2009

Spring Picture Day is Coming!

Photographer It will be here before you know it.  Picture Day for Spring Pictures will be March 24th.  Watch for more information to follow.

Number Sense Fun

Studying addition and subtraction facts have you frustrated?  Well, here is a fun website to help you with your math facts.  It is lots of fun, with many different games that you can play to help you with your addition and subtraction facts.  Number Sense  Have fun! 

Spring is in the air!

J0412464 Spring has sprung!  March came in like a lion this year.  As the flowers grow outside, we will be learning about the basic parts of a plant and its needs.  We will carry this over to animals next week.  Here are some fun websites to go to for games and information on plants.  Have fun with them!  And in class!

Flower Game     Plant Game    How Plants Grow

School Dance Coming Up!

En00120_  Blackwell Dance is coming up!  It is going Green also!  The dance will take place March 20th from 6-8 pm at Blackwell.  Cost is $5 and there will be things to buy there also; like glow necklaces and green necklaces.  Fill out the form to order tickets and return it to PTA as soon as possible.  Sounds like a lot of fun!  Click to Download Blackwell dance flyer with information on it.

Family Fun! Math Night at Publix

Announcer  Come on out to Publix on Tuesday night and have some fun with your student!  Have some math fun and then go over to Monkey Joe's to eat.  For more information click here to Download Math Night at Publix flyer.  See you all there!

February 05, 2009

Recycling with more than paper!

Here is your chance to help Blackwell and the environment.  We recently partnered with Cartridges for Kids, who will take our printer cartridges as well as other electronic materials:

  • Used cell phones
  • Video game consoles (include all accessories)
  • Video Games (include case)
  • Empty Inkjet Cartridges
  • GPS systems
  • Digital Cameras (include all accessories)
  • Laptops (include power cords)
  • PDAs/Palm Pilots (include all accessories)
  • iPods (include all accessories)
  • DVD movies (include original packaging)

Students may bring them in in their recycling bags and we will get them to where they need to go! 

Do you know how to type?

J0401861 Do you know how to type?  Do you want to learn how to type?  Here are some awesome websites that you can go to to learn how to type or even just increase your speed or just plain have fun with it! 

typing     fun blaster game    alphabet activity   super hyper spider typer 

standard keyboard   

February 04, 2009

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

J0413498 Who was Harriet Tubman?  What is an underground railroad?  Well, we found out!  Here is a great website for more information