October 2012 – Page 2 – The Espinoza Family Blog

First Grade: Day 35

Today is Terrific Tuesday which means it’s Chapel and library day!

Today Pastor Geesey and Soul Purpose came to share with the school this week. Pastor Geesey shared about living a life pleasing to God that starts with listening and obeying God’s Word. She shared about God’s plan found in James 1:22,

“Be be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

Teacher Mrs. B has 12 “special” badges in class. She doesn’t give them out every day and only gives them to those who are really doing well. Today, Isabel got the “sitting tall” badge. She got to wear it all day and was very excited to tell me all about it!

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Adding “ing” and “ed” endings.

This was an actual visual balance experiment.
Teacher Mrs. B had several containers and a scale in class. She would place different containers on the scale and the class would decide which was heavier.
Isabel said she enjoyed doing this.

Isabel said the class did this as a race.
She liked doing this too.

Contraction work.

Her library book this week… he’s back!

Today’s Chapel dress.
She looks so grown-up!

First Grade: Day 34

It’s Marvelous Monday here!

Isabel had 5 “R’s” on her desk this morning and as Teacher Mrs. B pointed out on the “something to crow about” bulletin board. Isabel was the only 1 in class to get all the answers right the 4 page social studies quiz on Friday!! Great job!!!

Marvelous Mondays are All-School Open. During All-School Open this morning, Isabel’s name was drawn for a shining “R” award! She was able to take that to the office to get a prize…

She picked out a cute 3-inch tiger ruler!
Way to go!!

The rest of the day was spent working hard in language arts, math, reading, and social studies. Isabel said they only got to have 1 recess outside today, the other 2 were held in the gym due to the rain.

Math work.

Spelling words for this week.

Teacher Mrs. B has come up with a new learning activity that is to be completed each day with her math homework after school. Throughout the week Isabel has to write out all the spelling words 4 times each on a special paper. Then at the end of the week, Isabel takes the paper back to school on Friday morning, after all the words are written out. I did something like this when I was growing up and it’s a great way to learn new words!

Learning contractions…

Front: can’t, didn’t, isn’t, and don’t.

Back: Tim’s, Pat’s, It’s, and What’s.

Front: phonics work.

Back: working with the naming (or noun) part of a sentence.

This little book is about 5 friends that are going to a party and at the end you get to choose which gift. Isabel “chose” a bag!

She had to draw a picture of the gift inside… a candy cane!

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The Bible verse for this week is:

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” – 1 Peter 5:5b

First Grade: Day 33 – Field Trip

It’s Fantastic Friday!

Today would have been music class with Mr. G but they had music yesterday.

The talk in the classroom, is the FIELD TRIP of course!! With all the excitement in the air, they didn’t get much work done and at one point Teacher Mrs. B had to flicker the lights to get the class to settle down! They did get in 1 recess though and had lunch at school before leaving…

Fall coloring page.

Front: choose the sentence that tells the picture.

Back: choose the word that fits the sentences.

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If you haven’t guessed by now the class is headed to the PUMPKIN PATCH for all kinds of fall harvest fun!!!

When Isabel got back from school/field trip the first thing she had to show me was her pumpkin. She choose this pumpkin carefully she said, even walked down the farthest aisle. She wanted one that was smooth, round and not to big or to small. She did an excellent job!

She hasn’t decided what she’s going to carve on it yet.
I’ve heard her say polka-dots, a cross, a face and a combination of those. So we’ll see…

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She had a really really fun time at the pumpkin patch.

She got to jump in the mud and run in the rain!

She got to see some farm animals; goats, turkeys, piglets, rabbits and chicks.

As a class group, they got to go in the 5 acre corn maze. However one little boy from class got lost and they had to go find him. How scary!

In the rope maze, she got to explore on her own and got stuck at one point and went under the ropes to get out! This maze had 3 slides and a bell that you could ring! Isabel said she liked the middle slide the best because it had a bump in the middle!

They got to ride on a tractor/trailer with really squishy seats! The tractor/trailer Isabel was on was decorated like a cow! The other tractor/trailer was decorated like a pig!

They also apple cider before choosing their pumpkins and heading home.

Sounds like a lot of fun!!

First Grade: Day 32

Thankful Thursday is P.E. with Mrs. S and computer lab with Mrs. T. Today they had music class (normally tomorrow) as well with Mr. G. They are still practicing for their Christmas program coming up called “Candy Cane Lane”. Can’t wait to see that!

For P.E. today they played hockey and freeze tag. It was the first time she’s played hockey and she enjoyed playing that. She also liked playing freeze tag.

For computer lab, they did AR testing. Isabel said she got all the answers right for all 3 books she read.

Word matching.

Choosing the right word that completes the sentences.
Great writing!

Practicing the Bible verse for this week.

Tomorrow is the field trip to the pumpkin patch. They are all so excited!!

Prims: Recipe

Tonight is Prims and Isabel was asked to bring a favorite family recipe from home.

She chose a recipe my mother gave me, banana bread.

Writing out her recipe for girls club tonight.

Tonight in class Isabel got to help make a recipe!

Teacher Sandy brought peanut butter no-bake balls. They made the balls in class and got to try them too!

They also got to have a pie-in-the-face!
The clubs held a contest and whoever won got to throw pie in the Youth Pastors face!

Youth Pastor Shawn getting a pie in the face!
What fun!

First Grade: Day 31

Today is Wonderful Wednesday! Today is music class with Mr. G. The class is practicing for their upcoming Christmas program.

Not much was said about today after school. She is super excited about going on the field trip on Friday though.

Front: learning “oy” at the end as in “boy”.

Back: learning “oi” in the middle as in “boil”.

Still learning about the community.

First Grade: Day 30

Today is Terrific Tuesday which means it’s Chapel and library day!

Today Teacher Mrs. A and Teacher Mrs. D both spoke in Chapel. Teacher Mrs. A, read the story “The Oak Inside the Acorn” by Max Lucado. Isabel was excited to hear a book that she has at home!

The library book she got today was another Berenstain Bears book. She loves those bears!

Ready, Get Set, Go!
I’ve told her she needs to stretch herself a little more and get a more challenging book.

Unscramble the words.
Her writing is looking great!

Working with nouns again.
Great job!

Again great writing!

The class is really looking forward to Friday and the 2nd field trip of the year, going to the pumpkin patch! Hopefully with some great weather they will have a wonderful time! Either way, I know they’ll have fun!

Berry Farm

The preschool 4’s class is now in need of a extra teacher and this week I’ve been asked to help out…

So this morning I went with my class to the berry farm. They had such a fun time. They saw turkeys, goats, chickens, a roaster, and Portuguese ducks (ugly looking birds!). The kids got to pick carrots, potatoes, apples, raspberries, and a pumpkin.