The Espinoza Family Blog

What a wet rainy day! Sometimes the rain came down hard, sometimes the rain was soft, but mostly the rain just came down! The weather looks to be wet for the next several days and on into the weekend. How does your weekend look ahead?

Today was Thursday and the means P.E. Isabel says she doesn’t like Thursdays and P.E. because she gets hot and sweaty. With the rainy day outside, P.E. was held in the gym today. Isabel said they played a game called “quicksand”. The gym floor was “quicksand” and along the way there were hula-hoops spaced out across the floor. Each of the kids and to make their way across the “quicksand” without falling in. Isabel said she fell in the “quicksand” once and had to sit out of the game for awhile. Otherwise she sounded like she had a fun time… and didn’t mention anything about getting hot and sweaty!

Nothing else was mentioned about the day, other then a disciplinary issue in the classroom.

The opening activity was a dot-to-dot counting to 20. Very cute!

I don’t know why Isabel didn’t complete her work again today…
she said she had to go P.E. and didn’t get to finish.

Back: “Dd” practice writing.

Tomorrow the class will be celebrating Wednesday’s 100th day! Some of her classmates have already taken their 100 items to class. I’ve seen macaroni and pennies. I can’t wait to hear about the other items that are brought to class!

In honor of tomorrow’s 100th day celebration, Mrs. Boettcher read the book “Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten” by Joseph Slate. Looks like a great way to prepare the kids for 100th day!

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Qq” – Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Today is day 100 of school!

The class was given their baggies to fill with 100 items, which they will share on Friday when the celebrate the day! Isabel has changed her mind several times over the past several weeks over what items she was going to take. Tonight however, she decided on what it is she’s taking. I will keep it a secret until after school on Friday. It’ll be interesting to hear what everyone brought to share…

Today was also Show and Tell for the boys, they were to bring something that was red. Lincoln brought red Angry Birds,  Lliam brought a red robot, and Jayden brought red race cars. Ja’Siah and Nevan forgot their’s and Mishy went home sick today.

Before recess Isabel said her and 4 of her classmates went to do their MAP testing. Afterward they were able to go out and play with the rest of the class already outside.

The opening activity was letter “Cc” practice writing.

Back: more writing practice for letter “Cc“.

Phonics work with the letter “Oo“.
“Oo” is for Ostrich, Olive, Ox, and Otter.

Back: More phonics practice.
Isabel said she didn’t get to finish this page because she had to go to MAP testing.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Qq” – Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

This morning we (all) headed out the door to school. Gino and I were volunteering during the party! Gino grilled up pancakes, while I helped with set up and waitress-ing. We had fun!

After morning exercises, the class was broken up into 3 groups and each group went to a different station… a Valentine art station/hand out Valentines to classmates, a Valentine Bingo station, and the pancake breakfast station. Enjoy!

The opening activity was a coloring page. Isabel did a wonderful job coloring this!

First group for Valentine Bingo. The kids used conversation hearts as the pieces.

The first group of pancake eaters. Most of the kids just had one pancake but  a few of them actually had 2. Isabel was lucky she was in this group, she said she was hungry!

Breakfast was pancakes, sausage, apple slices and grapes, and juice boxes. Yummy!

Group 2 of the pancake eaters. They did very well eating together, most needed help cutting their pancakes.

After pancakes, Isabel’s group moved on to handing out their Valentines to their classmates and making Valentines art.
While handing out Valentines, each of the kids had a red paper gift bag with their name on it, lined up along the front. Each of the kids got to place their Valentines in their classmates bags before working on the Valentines art.

The last group playing Valentine Bingo before heading over to eat pancakes.

The last area Isabel’s group visited was Bingo. Isabel never did get Bingo but she did get a small prize anyway, a small top.

After all the kids had visited each area, the class went outside for recess and then headed to Chapel. Isabel said they talked about sacrifices but couldn’t remember who the speaker was. I’ll find out more later. While the kids headed out to recess, Gino and I, along with the other volunteer’s cleaned up the room. Afterward, we headed back home. Later, when it was time to pick up Isabel from school, I headed back to get her.

Isabel’s Valentines from her class. The pencil she’s holding is from Mrs. Boettcher.
When I asked her later what her favorite part of the day was; she said, “The pancakes!”

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Qq” – Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Hope you had a good weekend. We stayed home all weekend and indoors. I am still battling this cold that I’ve had since last Tuesday but I am doing better.

Isabel said she didn’t have any MAP testing this week. Maybe she’s finished or maybe they forgot or maybe they will finish on another day. Not sure.

The Bible story was the continuing story from Exodus 8:12-15, 20-32 and was about Moses and 2 plagues; lice and locust.

The opening activity was writing with the letter “Tt“.

Back: more practice with the letter “Tt“.

During recess today, she said she played with Lincoln and Nevan. They played Dr. and Isabel was the Dr. She said that Lincoln and a cough and had to give him cough drops. She said she even got to chase around Lliam, Lincoln, and Jayden.

Phonics work with the letter “Oo“.

Back: more phonics practice with the letter “Oo“.

Tomorrow is the class Valentines day party. Gino and I have both volunteered to help out in the classroom. Hopefully I can get some photos while I’m in there! See ya tomorrow…

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Qq” – Quit you like men, be strong.” 1 Corinthians 16:13

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

It’s Friday! What a week! Has your week been just as crazy fun and exciting as ours has been?!

I have gotten a little frustrated with my computer and it’s unwanted noises. I am afraid that if I upload photos to the computer, it might just decide to die and I won’t get the photos back! So for now I’m going to just add school work for now, a little each day that I can. That way if my computer should happen to die, it wouldn’t be anything major lost, just scanned copies. I know that this week, I will be going in for my new job orientation. So I’ll have to work around that, so please bear with me as I work through these little bumps in the road.

Not much was said about class today. We did talk about the Valentines party coming up on Tuesday and also the 100th day coming up on Wednesday (celebrating on Friday). I do know that today was the end of the 2nd quarter for school and Isabel received her report card (see below).

After class we went out to lunch with Daddy, we had a nice lunch together downtown. After we got home, I laid down for the rest of the afternoon and slept until after 5! This cold is really knocking me out!

The opening activity was “Ii” practice. She doesn’t need much practice with this letter.

Back: Capital “Ii” practice.

Number’s by 10’s.
She can count by 10’s so quickly it’s great that she picked this up so fast.

Back: I can see where we need to practice…

Today was the ending of the 2nd Quarter and report cards were given out. Isabel’s is below, although you can’t really read it that well.

She has improved in every area from 1st quarter. We definitely need to work more on number recognition and writing numbers.

“…Isabel’s joy is contagious!” I love that and it’s so true!

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

This morning was a rushed morning to get out the door, to get to school early for Isabel to buy a Valentines surprise for Mrs. Boettcher. We made it though and even had some time to spare!

I had another job interview and actually walked away with a job! So excited about this new chapter! Can’t wait!

The opening activity was letter “Aa” practice.

Back: more letter “Aa” practice.

Phonics practice review.

Back: phonics work with the letter “Kk“.

Counting with dot-squares.

Back: number writing.

Isabel told us that Mrs. Boettcher asked the class to draw a picture from the Bible story that they have been reading in class. The story of Moses from the book of Exodus. Isabel drew a great picture of Moses in his basket in the river…

Great job!

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Today is Show and Tell in class and it’s the girls turn (next week it’s the boys turn). They were told to bring something red and Isabel took…

her red Barrel of Monkeys!
(Which happen to have been my Barrel of Monkeys when I was little!)

The opening activity was a coloring page of Moses.
The Bible story for the past few weeks has been from Exodus and Moses.

Math practice was writing numbers.
We need to work on this!

Back: Counting by 10’s.

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This week’s Bible verses:

“Pp” – “Praise the Lord for it is good to sing praises unto our God.” Psalm 147:1

“Oo” – “O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good.” Psalm 118:1

“Nn” – “No man can serve two masters.” Matthew 6:24

“Mm” – “My son, give me thine heart.” Proverbs 23:26

“Ll” – “Look unto Me and be ye saved.” Isaiah 45:22

“Kk” – “Keep thy tongue from evil.” Psalm 34:13

“Jj” – “Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord,  for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

“Bb” – “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31

“Aa” – “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23