February 2013 – Page 2 – The Espinoza Family Blog

First Grade: Day 103

Today is Terrific Tuesday with Chapel and library.
(we almost forgot her library book this morning as we headed out the door – being off yesterday throw us off a bit!)

Today is the first day back after a long 3 day weekend! We stayed close to home and worked on her Bible verse for this week. She’s struggling a bit with Deuteronomy but I’ll think she’ll get it by Friday.

This week’s Bible verse is…

“It is the Lord your God you must follow, and Him you must revere.” Deuteronomy 13:4a

We’ll continue to work on it during the week after school along with her other homework.

Today’s Chapel was lead by Pastor Shawn!! He always gives such great messages and the kids just love hearing from him too!

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Front: adding “ed” or “ing” to the end of a word.

Back: working with this weeks spelling words.

Spelling words for this week are…

jelly – belly – bunny – funny – furry – hurry – trash – shopping – came –
world – over – those – stay – dress – bought – take

Front: write the word that best completes the sentences.

Back: sort the animals. Is it farm or pet?

I asked Isabel if she could have one animal on this page which one would she choose. She said, “A hamster.” She also said she wouldn’t want a pig because they smell. I told her that you could have a pig in your house and it’s actually quite clean. It’s called a pot-belly pig. I wouldn’t want one but they are cleaner then your average pig.

Front: working with words that have /ar/ sound.

Back: /ar/ sound.

What’s Left Is Hauled Away

The remaining parts of the truck were picked up this morning! The junk yard men arrived bright and early to haul their ~~junk~~ parts away!

The parking break was on and with all the wiring fried the back tires didn’t want to go! So they ended up just dragging the whole mess down the driveway!

Trying to get those tires to roll!

There are still a lot of good parts there. As one little neighbor boy pointed out, “If you stand at the back it looks just fine.”

All loaded and ready for it’s finally resting home.

I do have to give the men credit for cleaning up some of the mess and taking some of the larger parts with them. Now that the truck is gone and out of the way, we can clean up the driveway.

I spent the afternoon sweeping up the remaining bits of ash, soot and debris. I came back in the house and my feet were black inside my socks and shoes!! What a mess! The remaining mess, we’ll use the power washer on and get something to get the oil cleaned up.

It’s weird not having a truck parked there…

First Grade: No School

No school due to Presidents day.

First Grade: Day 102 – Spirit Friday

Today is Fantastic Friday and it’s music class with Mr. G and it’s also “Spirit Friday“.
Today’s “Spirit Friday” theme is ♥♥♥hearts♥♥♥!

Isabel couldn’t remember what they did in music class this morning. However Mr. G did come to MY class today and he taught us the “wiggle” song that she was singing the other day. My class loved the song though! I’ll have to find out the words to this great action song!

Isabel’s ♥♥heart♥♥ theme attire!
We did a “heart” in her hair too but it didn’t last the whole day like yesterday.

For today’s Bible verse test, she got 100%! Way to go!!
We worked and worked on this verse yesterday. Disobedient was a tricky word!

Front: problem solving with stuffed bears.

Back: problem solving with toy cars.

Counting by 10’s rap!

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I can count by 10’s, it’s fun! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with one!
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I can count by 10’s, can you, can you? I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with two!
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I can count by 10’s, oh gee, oh gee! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with three!
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I can count by 10’s, with numbers galore! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with four!
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I can count by 10’s, like the bees in a hive! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with five!
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I can count by 10’s, without any tricks! I can count by 10’s and I’ll start with six!
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I can count by 10’s, going up to heaven! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with seven!
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I can count by 10’s, because in math I am great! I can count by 10’s and I’ll start with eight!
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I can count by 10’s, yes, I know I’m divine! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with nine!
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I can count by 10’s, dear gentlemen! I can count by 10’s, and I’ll start with ten!
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Front: write the word in the correct group.
Things that grow and things that don’t.

Back: crossword!

Front: adding “ing“.

Back: pick the word that best completes the sentence.

First Grade: Day 101 – Valentines Day

Today is Thankful Thursday and it’s P.E. with Mrs. S and computer lab with Mrs. T. Computer lab was cancelled because of the class Valentine’s party this afternoon.

During P.E. Isabel said they played basketball. She is trying to learn how to make a basket but keeps missing with practice though she’ll get it. While She was practicing today she sprained her pinky finger. It’s NOT BROKEN! Just very sore and black and blue. We are keeping an eye on it.

The Valentine’s party was on everyone’s mind all day! They decorated cookies and had juice boxes. They handed out their own Valentines cards and played a game or two as well. Isabel had a lot of fun and was wearing most of her cookie on her face when I picked her up!

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In class eating her treats.

Nancy, Anabella, Audrey, Mila, Madeline, Fiona, Eden, Isabel, Isabella, and Maddie.
All the girls (missing 2) wanted a picture. (one of the boys slipped in and a sibling too!)

She ended up with not a whole lot of candy (which I am so thankful for). She got lots of suckers and a bag of microwave gourmet popcorn! Other items she got were pencils, small notepads, and bubbles. Fun stuff!!

At school on the playground with friends; Madeline and Mila.

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Not much work was completed today. She did have 2 pages of math homework to do after school. Otherwise it was a fun day!

Front: complete the sentences with the proper word.

Back: same as the front.Complete the sentences.

Front: now and then.

Back: word search!

First Grade: Day 100

We had a interesting night last night…
The Lord was really watching over us and keeping us safe last night. Thankfully we are all O.K…. I will explain more in another post but for now…

Today is Wonderful Wednesday and it’s music class with Mr. G. Today is also the 100th day of school!

Music with Mr. G was great. He taught them several new songs, one of them was about letting your wiggles out! Isabel was singing the chorus while she was doing her homework tonight. She said in class Mr. G let them get up and dance! She was going crazy!

Two of her classmates brought in something to share for the class Social Studies lesson “Our Changing World.”

Lliam brought to share a Pre-World War II check printer. I got to see it after class and it was very interesting.
Audrey brought in several different things to share as well. She brought in a record player and a CD player, a old “skeleton” key and a new key and she brought in an old jar of denture paste and new denture paste.

The class made their own Valentines bag’s for tomorrow’s party. Isabel said they cut out two hears; one large and one small. They glued the hearts to a large paper bag! That large paper bag will hold all her Valentine’s from her classmates.

Front: using he, she, it and they.

Back: pick a word that works best for each group of words.

Front: working with I and Me.

Back: pick the word that best completes the sentence.

Learning about 1/2 and 1/4.
I didn’t learn this stuff in first grade!!

Front: circle the sentence that matches the picture.

Back: circle the word that matches the picture.

I had to work today. I went in early and was finished by the time Isabel got out of school. Which worked out perfectly! I’m looking forward to laying down, I’ve had a headache all day! I’m done with today! Looking forward to tomorrow…

One Smokey Night

We had an alarming knock on our front door late last night.

Only to find out that our truck was on FIRE in our driveway!!

Thankfully one of our neighbor’s saw the flames/smoke and heard the noise and alerted us to what was happening – we had heard noises but didn’t react thinking it was normal noises in our neighborhood.
Thankfully we are all safe and unharmed – the fire department arrived rather quickly after I (and several neighbors) placed the 911 call.
Thankfully our house DIDN’T get burned OR damaged – the truck was parked only 6 feet away from our house garage. Normally closer.
Thankfully it was only our truck – it can be replaced.
Thankfully our Spork (other vehicle) DIDN’T catch on fire as well – it was parked only a few feet away.
Thankfully God and his angels were protecting us from the unforeseen danger that unfolded – the gas tank was FULL of gas and the fire didn’t spread beyond the front end…

The first look in daylight of the fire damage this morning. It had rained a little bit during the night.

Looking east up toward the garage. You can also see soot on the garage door and gable.

Looking west toward the street. The heat from the fire warped the hood of the truck.

Looking northwest. The fire didn’t get past the front of the truck.
I think it’s fine, give it a good wash and it’ll be back to almost new.

I had to get to work so I took more photos later that afternoon….

Later that afternoon we went out to clean out what was in the cab that was salvageable.
For some strange reason, the door locks wouldn’t work?!?!!

This was the radiator.

After propping up the hood we got to see a better picture of what was left under it.

What’s left of the trim piece around the front grill.

So much wiring! If you look closely you can see into the front drivers side tire.

The front driver’s side tire melted like a crayon.

The side of the cab seems to be alright, just smoke damage.

The extended cab looked even better then the front.

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Looking in from the passenger side. Most of the damage in the cab was on the drivers side.

Looking into the engine compartment from the wheel well.

Front engine compartment. The fan (on the left) still turns, well sort of.

Back in the cab, I didn’t notice this before but just in front of where the driver would sit the dash toward the windshield is melted away leaving a large hole covered by windshield melted glass.

This is where the windshield wipers used to be, there is only 1 now.

Front passenger side of truck.

What is left of the drivers side headlight. The passenger headlight is completely gone (see above photo).

Soot on the garage. We’ll pressure wash it and it should come clean.

The only damage to the house was bubbled up paint on the trim and the seal on the garage door (can be seen in photo) got warped.

We are truly THANKFUL and we will walk away from this stronger together
and closer to the LORD!!

First Grade: Day 99 – Parent/Student Lunch

Today is Terrific Tuesday with Chapel and library. What book will she bring home today??? Today is also 2nd quarter honors assembly and parent/student lunch.

For Chapel, the speaker was…

For honors assembly which was immediately following Chapel, Isabel got another academics award for last quarter. OUTSTANDING JOB!!