More pictures of Pajama Day!

Poetry

During Pajama Day some of the girls read poems and then even put a beat to some of them!

Pajama Day!

We certainly enjoyed a day of reading and working(?)in our pajamas. We read books,worked on word searches, caught up on all unfinished work,ate brownies, and had fun!

Mystery Reader!

Mrs. Baughman was our Mystery Reader! Boy was Will surprised! Mrs.Baughman ended our Friday morning just right. We had a treat and then listened to Dear Mrs.LaRue-we loved the book! Thanks Mrs.Baughman!

Amanda!

Our STAR loves to dine at Max and Erma's. Amanda also likes the color blue and going up north. She is looking forward to spring break when she is going on a family trip to Magic Kingdom! All of our bags will be packed Amanda, do you mind a few guests??? Thanks Jake for doing such a great job as recorder!

Amanda's Half Birthday!

WOW! Amanda is our STAR and it's her 1/2 birthday! Thanks for the yummy treat Amanda!

Our STAR!

Our STAR is Amanda! She has a book that was made for just her! Thanks for sharing Amanda, it was SO cute! She also shared a states and capitals DVD with us-we loved it!

We watched while history was being made!

On Tuesday, January 20th, all of us ate an early lunch so that we could be back in class in time for Predident Obama's swearing in. To be part of history was so exciting!

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.

We celebrated Dr.King's birthday with Miss Wilde's class. Together we read books, made a mini book and watched a snapshot of his childhood.

What About William?

Thanks to Katherine, our recorder this week, we know that William loves the Steelers...they are going to the Super Bowl!!! We know William will be watching that game! He also loves creating things from Legos; he's in the Lego Club. You can check out some of the neat things William does in the club right in Beverly's lobby!

Spelling Test!

We have started learning words for a spelling test! I gave the kids 5 words this week and have been showing them different ways to study for the words. We will take the test on Friday. Next week the words will come home and there will be 10 of them. These are words that they need to know how to spell and read. I did the words with them this week because I would like each child to take charge of their own learning and studying. Also, take advantage of the "Take a Spelling Test" on this blog.
This week's words: and, as, at, are, be
*They may seem easy enough, but the goal is to be second nature and transfer automatically to their writing everyday. Thanks!

Our Star!

William is our STAR this week! His favorite book is There are Monsters Everywhere!

Brendan!

Thanks to our recorder,Ryan,we found out a lot about Brendan! His favorite color is orange and he loves to read Clifford books!He is NOT a fan of the winter, but enjoys summer and going to the beach with friends. His favorite place to go? The MALL!

More Resolutions!

New Year's Resolutions!

Happy New Year! FYI

Happy New Year! Can you believe it's 2009? I am ready to get back to work and see my class; and hear about everyone's adventures over the holiday break! This week watch for...
*Unit4 Math Assessment to come home along with a new Homelink for Unit5
*A new link on my blog! The kids and I will work with it in the lab so everyone is familiar how to use it. It's a good one!
*New Spelling Words and weekly tests! More info to follow!:)
*Calendar of dates when volunteers will be needed for publishing and more!

Our New Star!

Introducing Brendan Dolan! Brendan loves to read...stay tuned to find out just what he reads and other things Brendan likes to do!

A Week of Winter Wonders!

We certainly knew how to get ready for the new year! Each day, together with our room moms,right after lunch we had 45 minutes of pure wonder. First we made gingerbread ornaments while enjoying milk and gingerbread cookies. Next we read fairy tales and decorated crowns and wands; then of course had to make up our very own fairy tales wearing our head pieces and using our wands(that is before we ate them! Isn't that a fairy tale all of its own? Eating a wand...hmmm) Ending our week of wonders was a great hour of creating stationary and putting everything together in a bag for our families to enjoy; then upstairs we went to meet our buddies. There we put together gift bags that we had decorated earlier in the week for people less fortunate than us. We stuffed the bags full of hot chocolate packets, tea bags, chocolates, and plenty of other goodies! What a great way to end a great week! Then...SNOW, SNOW, and more SNOW!
Off we went with snowman kits in hand knowing a snow day was in our forecast and the holidays around the corner...HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!