Student of the Week...

Jacob is the Student of the Week for this week. Here are some interesting facts about Jacob.

1. Jacob has 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

2. Transformers is his favorite toy.

3. Jacob's favorite activity is video games.

4. Chicken and coke are Jacob's favorite food and drink.

5. Jacob's favorite color is blue.

6. Jacob chose his brother Kyle as the person he admires most.

7. No, David is Jacob's favorite book.

8. Jacob enjoys playing checkers.

9. Jacob wants to be an engineer when he grows up.

10. Texas is his favorite vacation spot.

11. Jacob's favorite thing to do is run around and play.

Pep Rally Part 3 ...

Andrew receiving the Principal's Award for Great Effort.
Lauren receiving the Student of the Month Award.
Students dancing at the end.
students dancing
There was a camera malfunction during the pep rally. I did not get a picture of Patrick telling
about Monday's lunch. He did an amazing job though.

Pep Rally Part 2 continued...

Carson D. explaining the Word of the Month.
Jasmine introducing Miss G. and Mrs. G.
Caroline singing Flag Waving American.
Tristan introduced and closed the pep rally.
Mrs. G. making her announcements.

Our Class Pep Rally...

The performers anxiously awaiting their performance.
The rest of the class. They get to participate at our next pep rally.
Savanna leading the School Creed
Heather leading the Think Positive Poem.
Jordan and Carson M. leading the It's a Great Day Song.
The class did a FANTASTIC job at our class pep rally! I am very proud of them. The other students also did a great job listening and paying attention. They will get their chance to perform when our class has the pep rally again in February. I apologize I am having to do multiple posts because I can't get my computer to download more than 5 photos at a time. The next post will only have pictures.

Freedom Week

We have been celebrating Freedom Week this week. We have talked about the symbols of Freedom. The symbols we have focused most on are Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, American Flag, and the United States Seal. We have discussed what United We Stand means and why it is important to study about freedom. Today our school was asked to wear red, white, and blue in honor of Freedom week. I couldn't let a photo opportunity pass up. We will have examples of the freedom symbols at our class pep rally this week. It will be this Friday at 1:45 in the cafeteria. Only half of the class will be presenting because our class will have it again in February. The other half of the class will get to participate then. I will send a reminder note home on Thursday to those parents whose children will be in the pep rally.

Student of the Week...

I am so sorry for this post being so late. It has been difficult playing catch up after being gone for a few days. I had an appointment today and forgot my camera at school. I have a picture of Carson D. and I will post it tomorrow but I wanted to go ahead and post his interesting facts.
1. Carson's favorite toy is the t.v. remote.
2. He enjoys watching television and the weather channel is his favorite t.v. show.
3. He has dogs and a cat for his pets.
4. Sandwich and coke are his favorite food and drink.
5. Ring of Fire is Carson's favorite song.
6. Blue is his favorite color.
7. Carson's favorite book is Dinosaurs.
8. He enjoys playing in the dirt.
9. Candy canes are his favorite candy.
10. Carson's favorite amusement park and place is Silver Dollar City in Branson.
11. Superman is his favorite comic book.
12. Carson's favorite video game is Star Wars.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

I wanted to thank all of you that ordered t-shirts. We ended up with 24 orders. The class was really excited. The grade level leader told me they will send the order out as soon as possible, but that it does take awhile to get them in. This will be last post for the week. I will be out of town for my sister's wedding. I will be back on Monday.

The class took their beginning of the year Math test in Math Lab this week and Mrs. L. said from the looks of it she thought they did really well. I can't wait to hear about the scores. I am very proud of them.

Student of the Week...

Shawn is the Student of the Week for this week. Some interesting facts about Shawn are:

1. Shawn has 4 brothers and sisters.

2. Shawn's favorite activity is video games.

3. He has a dog named Snowball.

4. Shawn's favorite T.V. show is Total Drama Island.

5. Pizza and Sunny D are Shawn's favorite food and drink.

6. Blue, green, orange, yellow and black are his favorite colors.

7. Shawn's favorite subject in school is Math.

8. The person that Shawn admires the most is his dad.

9. The Jungle Book is his favorite book.

10. Shawn wants to be a mechanic when he grows up.

11. Shawn's favorite amusement park is Six Flags.

12. He enjoys collecting bottle caps.

These are just a few of the many facsinating facts about Shawn. He is really sweet and has a great personality. I am glad he is in my class.

September 11th and Math Tests

These are the students working hard on their Math Test. We had a Fact Math Test yesterday and EVERYONE made an A+. I am VERY proud of them!!! The picture on top shows the bulletin board in the room that showcases all of their FANTASTIC work.

We also talked about September 11th. I read the September 12th We Knew Everything Would Be All Right. It is a neat book written by 1st graders in Missouri. It talks about how even though the attacks were very sad it was still going to be ok. It also talked about how our country united together after the attacks. The students were really interested and had a lot to say about 9/11. They wanted to know the exact minute it happend. We also had a moment of silence. The students have amazed me with their knowledge of past and current events.

Class T- shirts and Pictures...

Here is an example of what the t-shirts we are hoping to order look like. It will of course have our class name and pictures and the colors will be purple with gold lettering. We only have 6 orders and we need 9 more before we can make an order. The orders are due next Tuesday, September 16. If for some reason we do not get the orders then I will return the orders that have already been sent in.

I also wanted to send a reminder that our school pictures are this Thursday. If you would like to order pictures the money needs to be brought back by Thursday.

We will also start the first official purple count this Friday. I apologize for not having it in the class newsletter but I didn't find out about it until today.

Student of the Week...

Seylor

Seylor is my first Student of the Week. I choose the Student of the Week by going alphabetically. Here are some interesting facts about Seylor.

1. Seylor enjoys jumping and doing flips on the trampoline.

2. The Weather Channel is her favorite tv show.

3. Chicken and tea with Splenda are her favorite food and drink.

4. Seylor's favorite song is Taylor Swift's Our Song.

5. Blue, purple, pink and red are her favorite colors.

6. Softball is Seylor's favorite sport.

7. Math is her favorite subject in school.

8. Seylor considers her Mom her most admired person.

9. She enjoys listening to the Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift on the radio.

10. Seylor's favorite hobby is reading.

11. Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth is her favorite book.

12. Seylor wants to be a nurse when she grows up.

Grabbers (Lead Sentences)...

The students finished brainstorming their grabbers and were able to share them in class today. A few of them wanted me to post them. They came up with these grabbers all on their own. We have talked about different ways to grab your reader's attention. These are just a few of what they came up with. ** Disclaimer: These are completely made up and not true.
Jordan: The Day I saw a Flying Banana, The Day I Lost my Underclothes...
Patrick: Last year I put a snake in my mom's bed...
Lauren: "Mom, Sam peed on the floor!", Jordan threw up in my bed...
Caroline: The Hillbilly football team got sick and the cheerleaders had to play the ballgame...,
The day I got stuck in the Coca Cola truck...
Savanna: One time I got stolen by Spongebob..., "Mommy, the big fat pig ate my honey!..."
Kyle: Santa Claus came in the summer..., "There's a rattle snake in the house! Ah! Ah! Ah!...
Tristan: One day my dad hit a skunk on our way to Pepaw's cabin...
Seylor: "911, My uncle is sick...", "Watch out! A deer Whoopsee..."
Trinity: "Mom, Are you a shark?..."
Victor: I went to Hawaii and got burned by lava..., Don't go into the girl's bathroom! Ah! Ah!...
Carson D.: I saw a snake slithering in the cake...
Heather: "I put my dog on my mom and she screamed..."
Jasmine: My mom ate my pencil...
Zach: I went to the scary house, Jason chased us, we had to split up and find a way out...,
The day I was born a funny thing happend...
Andrew: I turned into Tony Hawk...

I am very proud of them!!! I can not wait to read the stories that come from these grabbers!!

Grabbers and the Continents...

Today we learned how to start our stories with good grabbers. The students had a good time brainstorming their grabbers. They are going to share some of their grabbers tomorrow. I will post some with their permission.

Savanna, Lauren, Jordan, Carson M., Patrick, Carson D., and Shawn were able to name the seven continents and four oceans with little assistance.

Reading and Social Studies

The students have asked that I post more pictures so here it goes. The first couple of pictures are from our Reading minilesson. I just read The Kissing Hand and we are talking about connections that we have with the book. The last picture is of Tristan, Seylor, and Caroline they were able to name all seven continents and four oceans with minimal assistance. The others are practicing and hopefully I will be able to add more pictures of students who can recite the continents and oceans. They are working really hard. I'm very proud of them!