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!
Friday, September 30, 2011
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!
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