Today in art we got to watch a movie called the Snowman. (Vivien)
Mr. Echols was supposed to come today but he could not. (Katie Grace)
We finished our W.W.W. words for this week. (Katherine)
We wrote about our Gingerbread celebrities. (Caroline)
We played a fact family game on the active board this morning. (Piper)
We thought Mrs. Ziegler had gone home for the day but really she was just out of the room for a few minutes! (Marcelo)
We read some more of the Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett. (Sydney)
We got to do some comparing numbers. (William)
We only have four more pages of the Gingerbread Baby left! (Joel)
Eleven more day until Christmas!(Vivien)
We went on the back playground. (Caroline)
We worked more on our social studies mapping project. (Caroline)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Our First Field Trip!
We went on our first field trip yesterday. We went to Historic Bethebara Park and learned a lot of really interesting things:
The Moravian's came to America by sailing on a ship called the Peace. (Vivien)
They used the bathroom in a pot. (Katherine)
The museum used fake food as examples of what the Moravian's ate and used in their kitchen. (Joel)
They rang a bell when there was a fire in the village. (Harrison)
The ladies had to milk the cows. (Katie Grace)
They had jobs when they were as young as three years old. (Warner)
Instead of a Christmas tree they had a Christmas Pyramid made of wood. (Rafa)
A red ribbon in your bonnet meant you were a young girl. (Troupe)
They had a ghost in the museum! (Zach)
Whoever was the last one to use the bathroom had to clean the pot out in the river. (Maizie)
In the dining room they had a bell that the teacher would ring when the kids were too noisy. (Marcelo)
Their clothes were different than ours, they had to wear one single shirt that was their night shirt, underwear, and their work shirt. (William and Joel)
The girls had a woman teacher and the boys had a male teacher. (Caroline)
The kids had to share a bed. (Rhodes)
The girls and boys went to school at different times of the day. (Sydney)
Their spoons were made out of cow horns. (Grayson)
We got to see the weapons they used. (Piper)
I you had a white ribbon in your bonnet it meant your husband had died. (Vivien)
After our field trip we came back to school and had a chicken nugget party from Chick-Fil-A! (Harrison)
The Moravian's came to America by sailing on a ship called the Peace. (Vivien)
They used the bathroom in a pot. (Katherine)
The museum used fake food as examples of what the Moravian's ate and used in their kitchen. (Joel)
They rang a bell when there was a fire in the village. (Harrison)
The ladies had to milk the cows. (Katie Grace)
They had jobs when they were as young as three years old. (Warner)
Instead of a Christmas tree they had a Christmas Pyramid made of wood. (Rafa)
A red ribbon in your bonnet meant you were a young girl. (Troupe)
They had a ghost in the museum! (Zach)
Whoever was the last one to use the bathroom had to clean the pot out in the river. (Maizie)
In the dining room they had a bell that the teacher would ring when the kids were too noisy. (Marcelo)
Their clothes were different than ours, they had to wear one single shirt that was their night shirt, underwear, and their work shirt. (William and Joel)
The girls had a woman teacher and the boys had a male teacher. (Caroline)
The kids had to share a bed. (Rhodes)
The girls and boys went to school at different times of the day. (Sydney)
Their spoons were made out of cow horns. (Grayson)
We got to see the weapons they used. (Piper)
I you had a white ribbon in your bonnet it meant your husband had died. (Vivien)
After our field trip we came back to school and had a chicken nugget party from Chick-Fil-A! (Harrison)
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Telling Time and Being Thankful
In science today Mr. Echols came in for a science lesson. He put a nut in a balloon and we shook it to make a sound. (Katherine)
In shared reading we heard a story about Native Americans and the things they were thankful for. (Katie Grace)
In phonics and word block we chanted and cheered who, house and old. (Vivien)
We learned about clocks. (Katy D.)
Today in science we also put nuts, rocks, Lego's, and marbles in balloons. (Harrison)
In math we read a book about clocks. (Joel)
In writing today we wrote about what we did with Mr. Echols. (Piper)
At the end of our shared reading lesson we drew pictures that showed the sequence of the story. (William)
When Mr. Echols was here he let us put these squishy balls and cubes in water and then he said they would change so we should look at them in the morning. (Sydney)
In shared reading we heard a story about Native Americans and the things they were thankful for. (Katie Grace)
In phonics and word block we chanted and cheered who, house and old. (Vivien)
We learned about clocks. (Katy D.)
Today in science we also put nuts, rocks, Lego's, and marbles in balloons. (Harrison)
In math we read a book about clocks. (Joel)
In writing today we wrote about what we did with Mr. Echols. (Piper)
At the end of our shared reading lesson we drew pictures that showed the sequence of the story. (William)
When Mr. Echols was here he let us put these squishy balls and cubes in water and then he said they would change so we should look at them in the morning. (Sydney)
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Tuesday, November 8th
We went to P.E and played Capture the Flag. (Katherine)
In Social Studies we listened to a story on Learn360.com about the Pilgrims. (Zachary)
In writing we shared our stories. (Katie Grace)
Today we got through everything on our schedule! (Joel)
In Shared Reading we heard a story on Tumblebooks.com called Caillou and Gilbert. (Katy D.)
The problem in the story was that Caillou had no one to play with.(Marcelo)
The solution to Caillou's problem was that he had to play cat games with his cat. (William)
Today in math we made shapes out of play-doh. (Vivien)
In phonics and word block we cheered and chanted our new word wall words and they were: too and two! (Vivien, Joel, Zach and Troupe)
In Social Studies we listened to a story on Learn360.com about the Pilgrims. (Zachary)
In writing we shared our stories. (Katie Grace)
Today we got through everything on our schedule! (Joel)
In Shared Reading we heard a story on Tumblebooks.com called Caillou and Gilbert. (Katy D.)
The problem in the story was that Caillou had no one to play with.(Marcelo)
The solution to Caillou's problem was that he had to play cat games with his cat. (William)
Today in math we made shapes out of play-doh. (Vivien)
In phonics and word block we cheered and chanted our new word wall words and they were: too and two! (Vivien, Joel, Zach and Troupe)
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Maizie's birthday is tomorrow! (Joel)
We went to computer today and we sorted animals into groups. (Katherine)
In social studies we read a book online called Postcards from New York City. (Harrison and Maizie)
We took a quiz on the book that we read online. (Troupe)
We combined our shared reading lesson with our social studies lesson. (Katie Grace)
We had to move on to the sidewalk a lot during recess. (William)
We played a math game called 3-in-a-Row which helped us practice our shapes. (Caroline)
Today in phonics and word block we worked on our W.W.W. books. (Vivien)
Today in writing we sat and listened to Mrs. Ziegler explain how to write a story about an experience. (Sydney)
We learned how to flip, slide, and turn shapes. (Marcelo)
This morning we had really hard morning work! (Harrison)
We went to computer today and we sorted animals into groups. (Katherine)
In social studies we read a book online called Postcards from New York City. (Harrison and Maizie)
We took a quiz on the book that we read online. (Troupe)
We combined our shared reading lesson with our social studies lesson. (Katie Grace)
We had to move on to the sidewalk a lot during recess. (William)
We played a math game called 3-in-a-Row which helped us practice our shapes. (Caroline)
Today in phonics and word block we worked on our W.W.W. books. (Vivien)
Today in writing we sat and listened to Mrs. Ziegler explain how to write a story about an experience. (Sydney)
We learned how to flip, slide, and turn shapes. (Marcelo)
This morning we had really hard morning work! (Harrison)
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The First of November!
In library we heard a story called Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude. (Katherine)
We had our vision checked today. (Katy D.)
We wrote in our reading logs for the first time. (Marcelo)
In writing we wrote in our writing journals about our weekend. (Katie Grace)
Car riders, sadly, ran out of time for snack! (Joel)
In library we learned about facts and opinions. (Vivien)
We talked more about shapes today and made a chart together. (Piper)
In social studies we were learning about the country and the city. (Harrison)
In the morning we read a book called In November. (Joel)
We learned three new words in social studies; urban, rural, and suburban. (Marcelo)
We had our vision checked today. (Katy D.)
We wrote in our reading logs for the first time. (Marcelo)
In writing we wrote in our writing journals about our weekend. (Katie Grace)
Car riders, sadly, ran out of time for snack! (Joel)
In library we learned about facts and opinions. (Vivien)
We talked more about shapes today and made a chart together. (Piper)
In social studies we were learning about the country and the city. (Harrison)
In the morning we read a book called In November. (Joel)
We learned three new words in social studies; urban, rural, and suburban. (Marcelo)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Book Fair and a Test!
In writing today Mrs. Ziegler did a circle map about lemons and then turned it into a tree map. (Katie Grace)
We took our End of Quarter math test! (Katy D.)
We went to art and we didn't finish our people but we started doing the pants and the shirt. (Katherine)
Today we went to the used book fair. (Piper)
Kindergartner's came to lunch early today. (Caroline)
Today I had to do some math over again. (Marcelo)
Next week we are going to do student of the week. (Vivien)
Tomorrow we are going to have a writing test. (Zachary)
We had to skip shared reading because we went back to the used book fair. (William)
We took our End of Quarter math test! (Katy D.)
We went to art and we didn't finish our people but we started doing the pants and the shirt. (Katherine)
Today we went to the used book fair. (Piper)
Kindergartner's came to lunch early today. (Caroline)
Today I had to do some math over again. (Marcelo)
Next week we are going to do student of the week. (Vivien)
Tomorrow we are going to have a writing test. (Zachary)
We had to skip shared reading because we went back to the used book fair. (William)
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Apples and Rain
Today after book buddies we went to the music room and played games for our specials. (Joel)
We have to cancel tomorrow's field trip because it is supposed to rain! (Marcelo)
In science we got in groups and made a plan for the habitat murals that we will begin tomorrow. (Katie Grace, Caroline and Mrs. Ziegler)
In writing we did our first flow map. (Troupe)
Today in math for our morning work we worked on a little apple math book. (Harrison)
Today was Katherine's birthday and she brought cupcakes for lunch! (Caroline and Vivien)
In shared reading we learned about what a sequence is by reading a book about apples. (Piper)
In math we used the active board to figure out what comes next in a pattern and then we had to rename the pattern. (Zach)
In phonics and word block we wrote word wall words in our W.W.W. books. (Ian)
Question for Parents:
If you could be any living thing, what would you be and which habitat would you choose to live in?
We have to cancel tomorrow's field trip because it is supposed to rain! (Marcelo)
In science we got in groups and made a plan for the habitat murals that we will begin tomorrow. (Katie Grace, Caroline and Mrs. Ziegler)
In writing we did our first flow map. (Troupe)
Today in math for our morning work we worked on a little apple math book. (Harrison)
Today was Katherine's birthday and she brought cupcakes for lunch! (Caroline and Vivien)
In shared reading we learned about what a sequence is by reading a book about apples. (Piper)
In math we used the active board to figure out what comes next in a pattern and then we had to rename the pattern. (Zach)
In phonics and word block we wrote word wall words in our W.W.W. books. (Ian)
Question for Parents:
If you could be any living thing, what would you be and which habitat would you choose to live in?
Monday, October 17, 2011
Monday October 17, 2011
We went to art and we worked on drawing our face. (Katherine)
We learned which animals live in the forest. (Vivien)
In shared reading we were learning about apples. (Katie Grace)
While we were learning about the forests in science I shared a lot of information! (William)
Today we brainstormed new words for the op family. (Troupe)
We had new activities in our guided reading stations. (Caroline)
In science we read a book about the forest. (Harrison)
In math we made flip-flap books with subtraction problems. (Piper)
We learned which animals live in the forest. (Vivien)
In shared reading we were learning about apples. (Katie Grace)
While we were learning about the forests in science I shared a lot of information! (William)
Today we brainstormed new words for the op family. (Troupe)
We had new activities in our guided reading stations. (Caroline)
In science we read a book about the forest. (Harrison)
In math we made flip-flap books with subtraction problems. (Piper)
Friday, October 14, 2011
We Went on a Nature Walk!
In computer we dressed people and we made 40 cents using coins. (Katherine)
We went outside for science on a nature walk and used our five senses to explore the woods. (Warner)
Today Ian taught the class about vowels. (Vivien)
Ian read a book called The War between Vowels and Consonants. (Marcelo)
Today we had a spelling test on "ot" words. (Troupe)
We played a subtraction game called Busy Bee's on the active board. (Katie Grace)
We took a subtraction test during math today. (William)
We wrote about our Nature Walk in our science journals. (Katherine)
We went outside for science on a nature walk and used our five senses to explore the woods. (Warner)
Today Ian taught the class about vowels. (Vivien)
Ian read a book called The War between Vowels and Consonants. (Marcelo)
Today we had a spelling test on "ot" words. (Troupe)
We played a subtraction game called Busy Bee's on the active board. (Katie Grace)
We took a subtraction test during math today. (William)
We wrote about our Nature Walk in our science journals. (Katherine)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
October 13th, 2011
We have officially finished with all of our star student interviews! Now we can start blogging at the end of every day. Yay! (Whole Class)
Today while we were in music we learned how to sing a lullaby in spanish and french. (Piper)
Now we will start having a Star Student of the Week! (Katherine)
We got to use the active board to make words with our short vowels. (Troupe)
We watched a video about animals living in the north and south poles. Santa Clause was in the video! (Sydney)
We wrote in our science journals about the things we have learned about the polar regions. (Caroline)
We got a new T.V. this week! (Joel)
We did not get to do our outdoor science lesson today because it rained. Boo Hoo! (Katy D.)
It seemed like there was an on and off switch for the rain today. (William)
Today we practiced using pictures to help us solve subtraction problems. (Vivien)
We have been learning about cause and effect so today we read If you Give a Pig a Pancake. (Warner)
We counted by two's all the way to 50 on the hundred's board. (Rafa)
William counted to 15 in spanish yesterday. (Marcelo)
We counted by 5's to 100. (Troupe)
In my guided reading group we started reading a chapter book. (Ian)
The puzzles keep coming apart in the writing station. (Caroline)
In writing we wrote about the video we watched. (Katie Grace)
We have had three days of indoor recess! Yuck! (Katerine)
Today while we were in music we learned how to sing a lullaby in spanish and french. (Piper)
Now we will start having a Star Student of the Week! (Katherine)
We got to use the active board to make words with our short vowels. (Troupe)
We watched a video about animals living in the north and south poles. Santa Clause was in the video! (Sydney)
We wrote in our science journals about the things we have learned about the polar regions. (Caroline)
We got a new T.V. this week! (Joel)
We did not get to do our outdoor science lesson today because it rained. Boo Hoo! (Katy D.)
It seemed like there was an on and off switch for the rain today. (William)
Today we practiced using pictures to help us solve subtraction problems. (Vivien)
We have been learning about cause and effect so today we read If you Give a Pig a Pancake. (Warner)
We counted by two's all the way to 50 on the hundred's board. (Rafa)
William counted to 15 in spanish yesterday. (Marcelo)
We counted by 5's to 100. (Troupe)
In my guided reading group we started reading a chapter book. (Ian)
The puzzles keep coming apart in the writing station. (Caroline)
In writing we wrote about the video we watched. (Katie Grace)
We have had three days of indoor recess! Yuck! (Katerine)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Learning about deserts and evaporation
In science we painted water on the sidewalk and we watched it evaporate. (Maizie)
We learned about trees in a book. (Katie Grace)
We had our first science experiment! (Vivien)
We learned about evaporation because we learned that water evaporates more quickly in the desert. (Rafa)
Marcelo gave Mrs. Ziegler a great book connection that she will share with the class tomorrow. (Warner)
We went to music and we marched to a song. (Troupe)
We learned about the desert which is one type of habitat. (Katy D.)
We did addition in all of our math stations today. (Caroline)
We finally finished Katherine's star student interview. (Zach)
Watching the water evaporate in the sun was cool! (William)
In phonics and word block we pulled out our w.w.w. books and wrote three new words. (Ian)
We are learning about the Author's purpose for writing stories. (Sydney)
We had a mix of science and writing. (Harrison)
Yesterday we had learning stations early! (Katherine)
Yesterday in writing we made a tree map. (Vivien)
We learned about trees in a book. (Katie Grace)
We had our first science experiment! (Vivien)
We learned about evaporation because we learned that water evaporates more quickly in the desert. (Rafa)
Marcelo gave Mrs. Ziegler a great book connection that she will share with the class tomorrow. (Warner)
We went to music and we marched to a song. (Troupe)
We learned about the desert which is one type of habitat. (Katy D.)
We did addition in all of our math stations today. (Caroline)
We finally finished Katherine's star student interview. (Zach)
Watching the water evaporate in the sun was cool! (William)
In phonics and word block we pulled out our w.w.w. books and wrote three new words. (Ian)
We are learning about the Author's purpose for writing stories. (Sydney)
We had a mix of science and writing. (Harrison)
Yesterday we had learning stations early! (Katherine)
Yesterday in writing we made a tree map. (Vivien)
Friday, September 30, 2011
Fun and Busy!
We had book buddies! (Katherine)
We learned that living things need air. (Warner)
We watched a reading rainbow video about trees and we had to take notes. (Sydney)
We went to transportation day. (Katy D.)
We learned that nouns are a person, place, or thing. (Vivien)
Every single person in the class got to touch the Active Board today! (William)
We played Sparkle for the very first time during our phonics and word block. (Vivien)
We got to look in a race car. (Maizie)
We took the spelling test and then another surprise spelling test. (Caroline)
We got M&M's from the people who brought the old fashioned car to transportation day. (Rafa)
We got to look inside a camper and it was very fancy and big. (Ian)
We did a circle map and a tree map during writing. (Troupe and William)
Check back next week for a video of our class singing the Retell Glove Song!
We learned that living things need air. (Warner)
We watched a reading rainbow video about trees and we had to take notes. (Sydney)
We went to transportation day. (Katy D.)
We learned that nouns are a person, place, or thing. (Vivien)
Every single person in the class got to touch the Active Board today! (William)
We played Sparkle for the very first time during our phonics and word block. (Vivien)
We got to look in a race car. (Maizie)
We took the spelling test and then another surprise spelling test. (Caroline)
We got M&M's from the people who brought the old fashioned car to transportation day. (Rafa)
We got to look inside a camper and it was very fancy and big. (Ian)
We did a circle map and a tree map during writing. (Troupe and William)
Check back next week for a video of our class singing the Retell Glove Song!
Monday, September 19, 2011
I have a retell glove on my hand!
We ran out of time for Star Student today! (Katherine)
We learned about the Retell Glove! (Vivien)
When Mrs. Ziegler was telling us about estimation, we learned that a lot of teachers keep candy hidden in their desks. (Rafa)
We learned about celebrations from around the world. (Piper)
For the first time we put our songs and poetry folders in our desk. (Joel)
We learned the five rules of a sentence. (Sydney)
We made a circle map about celebrations. (Katie Grace)
In music I did a crazy dance! (Marcel0)
In music we learned the 101 Dalmations song. (Vivien)
We learned that estimation means guessing a number of things. (William)
In handwriting we learned how to form the letter h. (Harrison)
We brainstormed words for the ap family. (Maizie)
We started new guided reading stations today. (Caroline)
Questions for parents: Can you name a challenging word that belongs to the ap family?
We learned about the Retell Glove! (Vivien)
When Mrs. Ziegler was telling us about estimation, we learned that a lot of teachers keep candy hidden in their desks. (Rafa)
We learned about celebrations from around the world. (Piper)
For the first time we put our songs and poetry folders in our desk. (Joel)
We learned the five rules of a sentence. (Sydney)
We made a circle map about celebrations. (Katie Grace)
In music I did a crazy dance! (Marcel0)
In music we learned the 101 Dalmations song. (Vivien)
We learned that estimation means guessing a number of things. (William)
In handwriting we learned how to form the letter h. (Harrison)
We brainstormed words for the ap family. (Maizie)
We started new guided reading stations today. (Caroline)
Questions for parents: Can you name a challenging word that belongs to the ap family?
Monday, September 12, 2011
A day in History...
We went to computer and used Starfall to do "All About Me" things. (Katherine)
We did learning stations for the first time today. (Troupe)
We talked about September 11th. (Caroline)
We talked about the two airplanes crashing. (Harrison)
I forgot my book bag! (Katy D.)
I had a good time reading with my reading buddy during learning stations. (William)
We brainstormed new words for our new word family. (Katie Grace)
We blogged today. (Warner)
We learned about the tens frame in math today. (Vivien)
Our T.V. has completely died, and it doesn't work anymore! (Joel)
We sadly ran out of time to do Star Student. (Maizie)
We learned what the Pledge of Allegiance really means! (whole class)
*Question to Parents: Can you name a challenging word that belongs to the "an" family?
We did learning stations for the first time today. (Troupe)
We talked about September 11th. (Caroline)
We talked about the two airplanes crashing. (Harrison)
I forgot my book bag! (Katy D.)
I had a good time reading with my reading buddy during learning stations. (William)
We brainstormed new words for our new word family. (Katie Grace)
We blogged today. (Warner)
We learned about the tens frame in math today. (Vivien)
Our T.V. has completely died, and it doesn't work anymore! (Joel)
We sadly ran out of time to do Star Student. (Maizie)
We learned what the Pledge of Allegiance really means! (whole class)
*Question to Parents: Can you name a challenging word that belongs to the "an" family?
Friday, September 9, 2011
Our first blog of the year!
Our first blog of the year!
Today we learned about conflict. (Vivien)
We had our first auction. (Rhodes)
We talked about patterns and some kids got to make a pattern on the active board. (Katherine)
We told Mrs. Ziegler our lunch numbers and since we all got them right we each got 5 cents! (Ian)
We ate snack earlier than normal. (Joel)
Today we watched a Franklin video to learn about conflict and how to deal with conflict. (William)
Officer Tuttle came to our class and talked to us about being a police officer. (Joel)
Officer Tuttle brought her puppet. (Marcelo)
Officer Tuttle read the book called "Officer Buckle and Gloria." (Vivien)
In music we sung happy birthday to Troupe and Rafa. (Piper)
Troupe brought doughnuts for his birthday. (Piper)
We took our very first spelling test today. (Rhodes)
Rafa was our star student and we learned that he has two cats. (Sydney)
We learned that Google can help you spell a famous persons name! (Marcelo)
We had a practice tornado drill!
A note from Mrs. Ziegler: We have had 11 wonderful days together! This is such a wonderful group of children and I can tell that we are all becoming fast friends. Today was very busy but I am excited to say that we got EVERYTHING on our schedule done except for one last discussion about the learning stations we will start on Monday! I wanted to explain Marcelo's comment from above about Google as well; Rafa was our star student this week and one of the things he shared with us is that he loves tennis and Roger Federer is one of his favorite players (along with Rafael Nadal). So we wrote this information on Rafa's Star Student chart but then as soon as we finished I told the class that I wanted to make sure I had spelled Roger Federer's name correctly so, right in front of the class (the projector was showing them my computer screen and everything I was typing) I googled Federer's name to make sure I had it right. Warner was surprised and curious about HOW I could spell it for google if I didn't know how to spell it. Great question! So I used it as a teachable moment and we spent about 60 seconds trying a few other names as well. For Rafael Nadal I just typed in the first three letters before Google automatically showed Rafael Nadal as a choice search, For John Isner we just typed "Joh" before he popped up on the list of possible search topics (this one really surprised me because I figured "John" was such a popular name that surely Isner wouldn't pop up until I began on his last name), we also did Taylor Swift which popped up after typing "Ta". Amazing. Knowing the huge role technology will play in the lives of these children is very important so anytime a teachable moment regarding technology comes up, I always run with it! I felt the need to explain this comment so you wouldn't think we are just spending our time aimlessly searching for famous people on the Internet, LOL!
We had our first auction. (Rhodes)
We talked about patterns and some kids got to make a pattern on the active board. (Katherine)
We told Mrs. Ziegler our lunch numbers and since we all got them right we each got 5 cents! (Ian)
We ate snack earlier than normal. (Joel)
Today we watched a Franklin video to learn about conflict and how to deal with conflict. (William)
Officer Tuttle came to our class and talked to us about being a police officer. (Joel)
Officer Tuttle brought her puppet. (Marcelo)
Officer Tuttle read the book called "Officer Buckle and Gloria." (Vivien)
In music we sung happy birthday to Troupe and Rafa. (Piper)
Troupe brought doughnuts for his birthday. (Piper)
We took our very first spelling test today. (Rhodes)
Rafa was our star student and we learned that he has two cats. (Sydney)
We learned that Google can help you spell a famous persons name! (Marcelo)
We had a practice tornado drill!
A note from Mrs. Ziegler: We have had 11 wonderful days together! This is such a wonderful group of children and I can tell that we are all becoming fast friends. Today was very busy but I am excited to say that we got EVERYTHING on our schedule done except for one last discussion about the learning stations we will start on Monday! I wanted to explain Marcelo's comment from above about Google as well; Rafa was our star student this week and one of the things he shared with us is that he loves tennis and Roger Federer is one of his favorite players (along with Rafael Nadal). So we wrote this information on Rafa's Star Student chart but then as soon as we finished I told the class that I wanted to make sure I had spelled Roger Federer's name correctly so, right in front of the class (the projector was showing them my computer screen and everything I was typing) I googled Federer's name to make sure I had it right. Warner was surprised and curious about HOW I could spell it for google if I didn't know how to spell it. Great question! So I used it as a teachable moment and we spent about 60 seconds trying a few other names as well. For Rafael Nadal I just typed in the first three letters before Google automatically showed Rafael Nadal as a choice search, For John Isner we just typed "Joh" before he popped up on the list of possible search topics (this one really surprised me because I figured "John" was such a popular name that surely Isner wouldn't pop up until I began on his last name), we also did Taylor Swift which popped up after typing "Ta". Amazing. Knowing the huge role technology will play in the lives of these children is very important so anytime a teachable moment regarding technology comes up, I always run with it! I felt the need to explain this comment so you wouldn't think we are just spending our time aimlessly searching for famous people on the Internet, LOL!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Zachary Finds Some Swimming Creepy Creatures
We kept practicing and practicing our reader's theater. (Jayden)
We found little tadpoles (or something) outside and brought some in to look at with our magnifying glasses. (Preston)
We played sparkle this week for the first time this year! (Grace)
We wrote letters to fairytale characters. (Virginia)
We were supposed to have a fire drill today just for practice but we think it was cancelled because it started raining. (Connor)
Dallia lost two teeth two days in a row while she was brushing her teeth!(Will)
EOG's were this week but they are finally over! (Dallia)
We read our reader's theaters to our book buddies. (Caroline)
Next week we are going to take our EOQ math test. (Emily)
When the EOG's were going on this week we could not go to the front playground so we went to he back and for specials we went to the media center to watch reading rainbow! (Helen)
Today for math we worked on some time word problems. (Ford)
We decorated our pictures of fairytale characters. (Michael)
We shared some more Flat Stanley's this week. (Jacob)
Eleven Flat Stanley's have been shared so far. (Jayden)
Yesterday we had our compliment party. (Emily)
Mrs. Douglass might come visit us on Tuesday and she might bring doughnuts for us! (Connor)
I think the things we found on the playground are baby salamanders. (Michael)
We made up a new game called "Guess my State." (Ella)
We found little tadpoles (or something) outside and brought some in to look at with our magnifying glasses. (Preston)
We played sparkle this week for the first time this year! (Grace)
We wrote letters to fairytale characters. (Virginia)
We were supposed to have a fire drill today just for practice but we think it was cancelled because it started raining. (Connor)
Dallia lost two teeth two days in a row while she was brushing her teeth!(Will)
EOG's were this week but they are finally over! (Dallia)
We read our reader's theaters to our book buddies. (Caroline)
Next week we are going to take our EOQ math test. (Emily)
When the EOG's were going on this week we could not go to the front playground so we went to he back and for specials we went to the media center to watch reading rainbow! (Helen)
Today for math we worked on some time word problems. (Ford)
We decorated our pictures of fairytale characters. (Michael)
We shared some more Flat Stanley's this week. (Jacob)
Eleven Flat Stanley's have been shared so far. (Jayden)
Yesterday we had our compliment party. (Emily)
Mrs. Douglass might come visit us on Tuesday and she might bring doughnuts for us! (Connor)
I think the things we found on the playground are baby salamanders. (Michael)
We made up a new game called "Guess my State." (Ella)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Annoying Gnats...
In music we watched part of a video about Nursery Rhymes. (Connor)
Only 17 more days of school left! (Michael)
We had a gnat problem in our classroom so the man from pest control came to take care of it; we found out that they were coming from the plants outside our windows. (Virginia)
We are learning about fairy tales. (Grace)
Yesterday Mrs. Tuohy came as our mystery guest. (Marie)
Tomorrow night is May Fest! (Luke)
Saturday is the Fun Run! (Emily)
We asked our mystery guest a bunch of questions. (Will)
Mrs. Tuohy brought a nurses jacket and a stethoscope. (Calloway)
We reviewed our 3-D shapes today. (John)
Mrs. Tuohy helps the Ronald McDonald House. (Michael)
We are doing a summertime countdown! (Caroline)
We finished our fairytale book reports today. (Calloway)
Today for phonics and word block we played Cherry Pie! (Emily)
We had a word problem for morning work that had my name on it! (Preston)
I got unpacked and started my morning work in just 3 minutes this morning! (Hampton)
For one of our stations we are doing Read the Room and all the words are written on sailboats. (Helen)
Zachary and I both lost our teeth on the same night this week. (Virgina)
Virginia read her tooth tale this morning. (Patrick)
Only 17 more days of school left! (Michael)
We had a gnat problem in our classroom so the man from pest control came to take care of it; we found out that they were coming from the plants outside our windows. (Virginia)
We are learning about fairy tales. (Grace)
Yesterday Mrs. Tuohy came as our mystery guest. (Marie)
Tomorrow night is May Fest! (Luke)
Saturday is the Fun Run! (Emily)
We asked our mystery guest a bunch of questions. (Will)
Mrs. Tuohy brought a nurses jacket and a stethoscope. (Calloway)
We reviewed our 3-D shapes today. (John)
Mrs. Tuohy helps the Ronald McDonald House. (Michael)
We are doing a summertime countdown! (Caroline)
We finished our fairytale book reports today. (Calloway)
Today for phonics and word block we played Cherry Pie! (Emily)
We had a word problem for morning work that had my name on it! (Preston)
I got unpacked and started my morning work in just 3 minutes this morning! (Hampton)
For one of our stations we are doing Read the Room and all the words are written on sailboats. (Helen)
Zachary and I both lost our teeth on the same night this week. (Virgina)
Virginia read her tooth tale this morning. (Patrick)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Playing Scoot, loosing teeth and writing to our pen pals!
Today we were supposed to go to art but we actually got to go to P.E. (Connor)
Today we finished the math game called SCOOT! (Virginia)
Today we read the letters from our Pen Pals and then wrote one back to them. (Calloway)
My tooth came out! (Hampton)
For our spelling test today Mrs. Ziegler used one of our challenge words to give this sentence: "Last night Jackson was running around the house as if he were insane!"(Ella)
Almost EVERYONE finished their rain forest animal research project. (Helen)
I get to take the tooth journal home! (Dallia)
Today is Whitaker Spirit Day. (Virginia)
Today we had a minute math test. (Luke)
We have started SpellWell. (Hampton)
We had inside recess today. (Marie)
For minute math some of us got huge papers with a lot of problems. (Michael)
There are only 21 days left of school! (Ford)
Next Friday is May Fest! (Caroline)
Inside recess ROCKS! (Jayden)
Last night was the talent show and my sister was in it. (Helen)
Ford's minute math test already had the answers printed on it so Mrs. Mowad had to make him a new one! (Ella)
On our minute math test Mrs. Ziegler accidentally gave us 15 extra seconds! (Zach)
Ford lost the lid to our old estimation jar so Mrs. Ziegler got a new one for us today.(Luke)
We tried to blog this morning but Blogger was not working!(Patrick)
Today is my Pen Pals birthday!(John)
Question for Parents:
Have you ever had a pen pal? If you have, who was it and how did you know them?
Today we finished the math game called SCOOT! (Virginia)
Today we read the letters from our Pen Pals and then wrote one back to them. (Calloway)
My tooth came out! (Hampton)
For our spelling test today Mrs. Ziegler used one of our challenge words to give this sentence: "Last night Jackson was running around the house as if he were insane!"(Ella)
Almost EVERYONE finished their rain forest animal research project. (Helen)
I get to take the tooth journal home! (Dallia)
Today is Whitaker Spirit Day. (Virginia)
Today we had a minute math test. (Luke)
We have started SpellWell. (Hampton)
We had inside recess today. (Marie)
For minute math some of us got huge papers with a lot of problems. (Michael)
There are only 21 days left of school! (Ford)
Next Friday is May Fest! (Caroline)
Inside recess ROCKS! (Jayden)
Last night was the talent show and my sister was in it. (Helen)
Ford's minute math test already had the answers printed on it so Mrs. Mowad had to make him a new one! (Ella)
On our minute math test Mrs. Ziegler accidentally gave us 15 extra seconds! (Zach)
Ford lost the lid to our old estimation jar so Mrs. Ziegler got a new one for us today.(Luke)
We tried to blog this morning but Blogger was not working!(Patrick)
Today is my Pen Pals birthday!(John)
Question for Parents:
Have you ever had a pen pal? If you have, who was it and how did you know them?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Flat Stanley and Pizza...
Ford's Flat Stanley came back from Snead's Ferry, NC. (Calloway)
We are tracking down where everyones Flat Stanley is going. (Connor)
Ford's Flat Stanley was held by a girl with shades on. (Patrick)
Today I brought peppermints in the Estimation jar and then passed them out at the end of the day. (Michael)
Will's Flat Stanley came from Chicago with a shower cap from his hotel! (Emily)
We went to P.E. and had a good time when we played with the parachute. (Dallia)
This afternoon I finished my animal research project and then started a new report about a three-toed sloth. (Caroline)
Will had a picture with Flat Stanley laying in bed and the caption of the picture said "chillin out, watchin' ESPN." (Preston)
We did a Venn Diagram about who liked pepperoni or sausage or both on their pizza. (Calloway and Chase)
The game we played in P.E. was called Swamp Monster.(Ford)
Our word wall words are; eyes, once, off, said and under but we only did one word today and it was eyes and we did the roller coaster cheer with it. (Helen)
Today I finished my animal research project and then started learning about the blue tongued lizard and the komodo dragon. (Patrick)
Our challenge words are; insane, airplaine and mundane. (Ella)
I got stuck to the wall with soap! (Will's Flat Stanley)
Question for Parents:
Do you like pepperoni, sausage or both on your pizza?
We are tracking down where everyones Flat Stanley is going. (Connor)
Ford's Flat Stanley was held by a girl with shades on. (Patrick)
Today I brought peppermints in the Estimation jar and then passed them out at the end of the day. (Michael)
Will's Flat Stanley came from Chicago with a shower cap from his hotel! (Emily)
We went to P.E. and had a good time when we played with the parachute. (Dallia)
This afternoon I finished my animal research project and then started a new report about a three-toed sloth. (Caroline)
Will had a picture with Flat Stanley laying in bed and the caption of the picture said "chillin out, watchin' ESPN." (Preston)
We did a Venn Diagram about who liked pepperoni or sausage or both on their pizza. (Calloway and Chase)
The game we played in P.E. was called Swamp Monster.(Ford)
Our word wall words are; eyes, once, off, said and under but we only did one word today and it was eyes and we did the roller coaster cheer with it. (Helen)
Today I finished my animal research project and then started learning about the blue tongued lizard and the komodo dragon. (Patrick)
Our challenge words are; insane, airplaine and mundane. (Ella)
I got stuck to the wall with soap! (Will's Flat Stanley)
Question for Parents:
Do you like pepperoni, sausage or both on your pizza?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
May 4th...152 days of school!
Wow! Five months since our last blog summary. Today was Mrs. Ziegler's first day back after her maternity leave. This is what we have been up to...
We went on a field trip to the Natural Science Center in Greensboro. (Preston)
Today we had P.E. (Calloway)
We went to see a play called Click, Clack, Moo! (Patrick)
We have been learning about the Rain Forests and we are each doing a research project. (Helen)
I get to go to see Mrs. Tevault every day now! (John)
Mrs. Douglass was our subsitute while Mrs. Ziegler was gone and she did lots of fun things with us! (Hampton)
On her last day, Mrs. Douglass got the estimation jar right and she was so excited that she encouraged us to give a really big and loud cheer! (Caroline)
Today in P.E. we played kick ball. (Ford)
We went to see the kindergarten play last week. (Grace)
We all sent out our Flat Stanely's and we are waiting anxiously for them to return. (Emily)
Today In math we did Skillboard! (Jayden)
Today in writing we worked more on our animal research projects. (Calloway)
Today we learned about a flower that can grow 3 to 4 feet wide. (Micheal)
I learned that the three toed sloth has one extra neck bones. (Ella)
I learned that the basilisk lizard can run on water. (Hampton)
I learned that the boa constrictor can make it's mouth bigger. (Jacob)
At the end of June school is out! (Dallia)
The golden poison dart frog can kill about 20,000 mice! (Marie)
We went on a field trip to the Natural Science Center in Greensboro. (Preston)
Today we had P.E. (Calloway)
We went to see a play called Click, Clack, Moo! (Patrick)
We have been learning about the Rain Forests and we are each doing a research project. (Helen)
I get to go to see Mrs. Tevault every day now! (John)
Mrs. Douglass was our subsitute while Mrs. Ziegler was gone and she did lots of fun things with us! (Hampton)
On her last day, Mrs. Douglass got the estimation jar right and she was so excited that she encouraged us to give a really big and loud cheer! (Caroline)
Today in P.E. we played kick ball. (Ford)
We went to see the kindergarten play last week. (Grace)
We all sent out our Flat Stanely's and we are waiting anxiously for them to return. (Emily)
Today In math we did Skillboard! (Jayden)
Today in writing we worked more on our animal research projects. (Calloway)
Today we learned about a flower that can grow 3 to 4 feet wide. (Micheal)
I learned that the three toed sloth has one extra neck bones. (Ella)
I learned that the basilisk lizard can run on water. (Hampton)
I learned that the boa constrictor can make it's mouth bigger. (Jacob)
At the end of June school is out! (Dallia)
The golden poison dart frog can kill about 20,000 mice! (Marie)
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