Month: November 2013

Today is Thursday and it’s another half day at school.

This week the after-school care has been collecting boxes for “Operation Christmas Child”. We decided to do 2 boxes for 2 girls Isabel’s age. So last weekend we got all the items and this morning we turned our boxes in at school. We’ve been praying over our boxes and will continue to do so for the girls that receive our gifts. What a blessing! Isabel enjoyed picking out the items from the list and I enjoyed watching her and teaching her this important lesson of giving!

We did learn a few things this year and look forward to doing it again next year!

No P.E. today and Isabel was a little disappointed about that but she did perk up when we had lunch with Daddy though.

Classwork…

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Today is Wednesday and it’s Grandparents day Chapel. It’s also another half day!

This morning I got a picture of her Chapel wear.  She has grown so much that her dress has gotten to short (in the picture it looks even shorter) to wear to school alone. She now has to wear leggings with.

She said she looks like a frog with all the green she’s wearing. I said she looks very nice.

It’s not the greatest (grainy) picture but it’ll work.

The Grandparents chapel was a great surprise! All the classes from child care through sixth grade did something for all the grandparents there. It was so sweet to see the little ones sing or recite a poem. Great blessing!

Isabel’s class did an acrostic and a poem (I have asked Teacher A for both).

I have the whole thing on video! I can’t share it here because it’s so large of a file but will share it somehow…

Isabel is the “G” in Grandparents.
She said, “Grandparents are great for giving you love.”

(I took this photo while I was still trying to record the video, which was hard with only one hand.)

The message was given by Pastor C, who is the lead Pastor at the church at school.

Afterward, I was able to pick Isabel up (remember half day!) and we headed to the book fair in the gym!

I purchased this interesting book for her about scientists.

Isabel purchased these 2 books for herself with her commission monies.

Classwork…

Since it was a half day again, they didn’t do much work in class.

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Today is Tuesday and it’s a half day!

This week is:

• parent/teacher conferences, so it’s half days all week! My time with Teacher Mrs. A was today (see below).
• it is also the annual book fair in the gym too.

Isabel said they didn’t do any work in class today! They practiced for tomorrow’s Grandparents Chapel, toured the book fair, went to A.S.O. (All School Open) and went to recess.

This week’s Bible verse…

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and
good deeds…let us encourage one another.”
– Hebrews 10:24-25

For S.a.T. (show and tell) they were given a booklet to fill out about grandparents. She had to fill out a family tree and then had a few questions to ask 1 grandmother and 1 grandfather. She called each set and enjoyed a long conversation with each. I thought it was a great assignment! I’ll post the assignment when I get it back from Teacher Mrs. A.

This week’s spelling words are…

four
poured
your
course
court
fourteen
mourn
source
fourth
resource
Dr.
St.
smell
thank
open
batter: thick, liquid mixture used in baking
buttery: full of or covered with butter
perfect: as good as something can be
recipe: set of steps used in cooking or baking
smeared: spread something sticky or greasy

Language arts this week is proper nouns and synonyms and “Hedgehog Bakes a Cake“.

Classwork…

Last week’s spelling test.

Friday’s D.L.R.

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My parent/teacher conference was this afternoon.

Isabel is going a great job in second grade. She needs to work on consistency throughout her work. She starts off strong and by the time she gets to the end, she isn’t putting as much effort in her work.

She isn’t graded on her work but gets a number based on overall achievement and effort.

  MAP testing results from October’s 2013 testing.

This shows her growth since October 2011 testing. She’s been tested 7 times. Isabel is the top dark blue line. The orange middle line is the district school average and the light blue line is the normal average.

No school today due to Veterans Day.