Month: February 2013

It’s Marvelous Monday! Which means All-School Open too.

Isabel had a doctor’s appointment first thing this morning so she didn’t make it to class until later in the morning. Her check-up was great. She is right on track with her height, her weight is still a bit under normal but nothing to be concerned about. Her hearing and eye sight are great. All her internal workings are working normally and we got Dr. approved “milk intolerance”. Hurray!

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Exciting news on the playground at school!!!

The NEW BIG toy was installed over the weekend and EVERYONE was on it recess! Isabel said that it was to crowded and so she played on the “old” BIG toy. Which she says is fine because she likes the fire pole on the “old” BIG toy anyway!

The “old” BIG toy needs a new part, for it to be safe for everyone who plays on it, with it being so old that parts for it can not be found to repair it. So a fund at school was set up, this year, to get a new BIG toy. The funding would have taken the school over 4 years to raise the funds for this needed item. Our playground needed a new BIG toy!!

A parent heard about our need and offered a 2-year old BIG toy for FREE!!! The school just had to get a group of men together to install it. The Lord does provide! So awesome!

The “new” BIG toy has 3 slides, which we have never had before!

I got another picture of the new BIG toy! This thing is HUGE!!!!

The school is keeping the “old” BIG toy anyway because another parent heard about the need and said he could make a new part for the “old” BIG toy no problem! PTL!! I’m going to have to step over to the playground and see this amazing answer to prayer!

This week’s Bible verse is:

“By faith Rahab was not killed with those who were disobedient.” – Hebrews 11:31

Isabel missed A.S.O. this morning due to her appointment.

With her appointment, she also would have had extra homework. Although she worked extra hard in class today and got all her work finished so she wouldn’t have extra homework tonight after school. I told her her I was so proud that she took that extra step to get the work done! Way to go!

A Valentine.

“Here is a heart that’s filled with love from me. Happy Valentines day!” Isabel

Front: spelling word unscramble.

Back: spelling word work.

Spelling words for this week are:

come – game – gate – late – lake – take – left – ladder – feet –
raked – me – know – also – much – toys – could

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Front: using I and me.

Back: using he, she, it, and they.
After looking over the page I noticed that 2 of the sentences were wrong.

She needs to work on capitalization and punctuation. She usually forgets either one.

Shopping at “Classco“, the classroom store.

Front: words that rhyme.

Back: more rhyming.
I loved to do rhyming when I was in school.

Social Studies lesson on “Our Changing World“: then and now.

Charting and tables.

Today is Fantastic Friday! Normally it’s music class with Mr. G but today he’s away from the school. So they did music yesterday!

Nothing was really said about today except that someone got in BIG trouble! Since the incident happened just before class let out for the day, it was the only thing on her mind.

Today like any Friday is a big testing day.

Bible verse test.

Today’s DLR (Daily Language Review) test.
DLR testing is every day of the week but we don’t see the results of these until Friday.

Valentines heart (outside).

Next week is the class Valentine’s day party and today Isabel said they worked on decoration’s for the party. They made streams.

Valentine’s heart (inside).

Front: working with contractions.

Back: working with contractions.

Today is Thankful Thursday and it’s P.E. with Mrs. S and computer lab with Mrs. T.

For P.E. they played pac-man. She didn’t say anything about computer lab. She did say that they went to music class again with Mr. G.

Front: write the word that tells about the picture.
She colored the page yellow because she thought the color was pretty.

Back: capitalize the holidays.

Front:  write the words that rhyme.

Back: write the words that sound like /ē/.

Front: using I and me.

Back: using I and me.

Front: crossword!

Back: place the words in alphabetic order.

Front: math work.

Back: math homework for today.

Front: working with contractions.

Back: working with contractions.

Social Studies: then and now.

This week the class began to talk about “Our Changing World“. They will continue to this lesson in the next few weeks ahead. Teacher Mrs. B has requested that if anyone has antiques could they they be brought it to study and learn from in class. Very cool “hands on” learning!

Today is Wonderful Wednesday and it’s music class with Mr. G.

This morning for breakfast Isabel was showing me her math skills with her cereal…

3 + 3 = 6

2 + 3 = 5
(as she begins to eat them!)

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Today is also “Move-Up” Day. Preschool-5th grade get to “move-up” and see what the next classroom is like! Parents are invited (and encouraged) to attend.

First grade Teachers Mrs. B and Mrs. T combined both first grade classes to visit Teacher Mrs. A in second grade!

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Teacher Mrs. A showing the first graders all the books (3 bookcases full!!)
that second graders get to read! The first graders were all wow’d by this!

Teacher Mrs. A told us that as second graders we will read a lot. We read books in class, in the library and in our own Bibles. In the Bible we will begin to look up verses in the Bible each week! We will write in journals and have more science and social studies. “In January (of next year) we will begin to learn CURSIVE writing! We won’t learn to do it well, that’s for third grade, but we’ll begin to form the letters.” Teacher Mrs. A said. Awesome!!!

Teacher Mrs. A showed the first graders her power point projector. This was very cool too (at least the kids thought so)! Teacher Mrs. A can use the projector to project anything from a book or magazine or whatever onto the wall for everyone in class to see! She can also use her computer on her desk (at the back of the room) to display things to the class!

Teacher Mrs. A told us about behavior in class and what is expected of us. When we are really really good, we can get into her “treasure chest“!! Teacher Mrs. A showed us what is inside her “chest” that we can pick from if we follow the rules in class. There was candy, bookmarks, sports cards, and pencils! Looks very cool!

Teacher Mrs. A told us about each bulletin board in her class. The “special student” board, I thought was interesting. Each week a student is chosen to be on the “board”. That student fills out a questioner about themselves and for the whole week that student is on the “board”. There are also picture on the board of the student that is chosen. Awesome!

Bella Bear and ???? Bear.
(Can’t remember the boy bear’s name)

Teacher A then explained her 2 bears that were sitting at the front of the classroom. Both bears are given a “home” on the weekend when a classmates (1 boy 1 girl)  name is draw on Friday each week. When your name is randomly drawn, you get to take a bear home and the bear’s “story” book for the weekend. Over the weekend, you are encouraged to write (or continue) the bear’s story. You can draw a picture or even take a picture with the bear and add it to the book. This continues throughout the year and at the end of the school year, Teacher Mrs. A picks 2 classmates (1 boy 1 girl) to take the bear story (NOT the actual BEAR) home! Very cool idea!!!!

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Today in music with Mr. G, he taught the class a new song. It’s a cute little song and I got Isabel singing it on video. I’ll have to add that video soon. Isabel said they were going to music class tomorrow too because Mr. G wasn’t going to be at school on Friday for class.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy busy day. Music class, P.E., computer lab and story book testing. The story book testing is something they do each and every week. Isabel is in the “cougar” group in class. The cougar  group (along with the other groups in class) read a story together during the week. On Thursday the whole class listens to the story on tape and then they are tested on it. They also write in a journal about the story that they read. Isabel said she has 5 classmates in her group.

Today’s math was learning about congruent shapes.
A congruent shape are two shapes of the same size and shape!

The class got to work the the “Geoboards” again. They made congruent shapes!

Front: color the picture that matches the slide word.

Back: name the picture and then write the word.

Front: write the word that completes the sentence.

Back: read the story and answer the question.

Front: write the word that completes the sentence.

Back: write the word that completes the sentence.

This page was part of their Social Studies lesson for the day.

Working on homework after school.

Today is Terrific Tuesday with Chapel and library. I wonder what book she’ll bring home today???

Chapel today was lead by Pastor John G. from Christ Community Baptist Church. He spoke about being a LIGHT! Pastor G, demonstrated by using a battery to make a light bulb bright, just like we are LIGHTS to the world. Romans 1:20 The Light of Jesus gives us FAITH, HOPE and LOVE!! Sounds like a great message!!

Her choice today in library was another M.T.H. book.

She didn’t bring much class work home today. Only 1 sheet! She had 2 pages of math homework and her spelling words to write out. A light work day is always good.

Front: working with the spelling words for the week.

Back: unscramble the spelling words.
(** notice the tiny written words along the bottom**)

I was so impressed with her tiny writing!

You almost miss it when you see it on the paper.