Category: School News

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…

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!! 

2nd quarter Academics award.

All first and second graders who were awarded today for second quarter.
(Isabel is on the left)

After Chapel, we had lunch together in her classroom.

Eating together in class.

Isabel forgot her work at school today. So I will have to fill it in tomorrow…

She made some glasses after school! I thought they were cute.

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

I finally got Isabel’s classwork from this day!

Front: the /eigh/ sound makes the /ā/ sound as in eight.

Back: /ie/ sounds like /ē/ in field, or /ī/ in pie, or /ĭ/ as in friend.

Front: working with contractions; she is, he is and they will.

Back: working with spelling words.

Front: long /ā/.

Front: working with long /ā/.

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.

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

This morning on the way to school there was a traffic accident at the top of our “hill”. When we drove past the scene, I noticed that our Principle Mrs. B was standing next to one of the vehicles talking with the driver inside. I didn’t notice the drive but did pray for all those involved. I later learned that our kindergarten teacher Mrs. M was in the accident. I will have to stop by her classroom and see how she’s doing. Isabel said, Mrs. M had stayed home today, which is totally understandable! Keep her in prayer…

Isabel had 5 “R’s” on her desk this morning when I dropped her off, she placed them all in the bucket to win during A.S.O. She didn’t get picked for a “Shining R” but she did get called to the front (along with the other participants) by Principle Mrs. B for recognition for the Spelling Bee last week.

She was given a participation certificate by the ACSI.
Very cool.

This week’s Bible verse is:

“Be transformed by the renewing of you mind.” Romans 12:2b
She needs to have it memorized and spelled correctly for Friday’s test.

Front: working with holidays.

In light of Isabel’s birthday today, we got a kick out of this school paper below…

Back: when to use “I” and “me“.

Some math work from today.

Isabel also mentioned that they started adding 3 numbers together! Like 0+0+0=? or 3+3+3=?.

Groundhog day crossword. Isabel loves doing these.

Front: color the pictures that rhyme.
Great job on the coloring!

Back: listen for the /ē/ sound and get the sheep to the tree.

Working with this weeks spelling words.

This week’s spelling words are:

me – mean – bean – be – beet – feet – every – about – low – road
– who – door – tight – letter – else – showing

I took cupcakes to share with the class around noon. Teacher Mrs. B says she shares them with the class before they leave for the day. Isabel told me that while no one was looking she ate another cupcake! That’s O.K. you can have 2 cupcakes in class it’s your Birthday!

Can you see the cupcake residue?
Haha! Happy Birthday Isabel!

The birthday girl and me!