The Espinoza Family Blog

Today is Thursday and it’s P.E. class with Mrs. S and piano lessons with Ms. G after school.

By the time I got off work, I was so tired, I forgot to ask about her day!

I do know that for P.E. they played dodge ball. While I was running kiddos from my class to the bathroom, I got to see a bit of the action as they played in the gym.

Classwork…

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Practice test for tomorrow’s test.

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Spelling Bee…

Since today is piano after school, we give the spelling bee words a rest.

Today is Wednesday and it’s Chapel, library day and FUN LUNCH!

Pastor C gave the Chapel message today on fear. He asked several teacher’s what they were afraid of. Teacher Mrs. B (from first grade) is afraid of snakes (along with Pastor C). Teacher Mrs. H (from fourth grade) is afraid of heights. Pastor C reminded us that even though we are afraid, we need to remember that God is with us and we don’t have to be afraid.

During library they learned the parts of a book.

Isabel said she made up this book about dogs.

For FUN LUNCH, she had cheese pizza, a chocolate chip bar and a crispy cereal bar. Wow! She didn’t eat all of it for lunch, after school she ate her chips and drank the juice.

Isabel didn’t mention anything else about her day, besides her science experiment (see below) they did in class.

Classwork…

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The classroom science experiment: Sprout Science, they started last month and finished going over the results today.

The class learned about seeds and germination. The students were divided into 3 groups;
Isabel was in group 2. Her group put their seeds in a warm, dark place.
Group 1 put their seeds in a warm, sunny place and Group 3 placed their seeds in
(not so cool) refrigerator.

They groups checked on their seeds before Christmas break and then again today.

Isabel said her groups dish of seeds sprouted or germinated.
Group 1’s seeds germinated and began to grow.
Group 3’s seeds didn’t germinate at all.

So the class learned that seeds need light, soil and water to grow.

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Spelling Bee…

Tonight we went over the entire difficult word list. She got through the whole list (that’s 109 words!) with only missing 5 words. Awesome!

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

In music they are still listening to the “Nutcracker“. She couldn’t remember what part they are at but she is enjoying it. She asked if we could go see the ballet and I told her it’s usually only seen in November and December each year. So we missed it but there is always this year!

During math period today the class learned how to “read” a thermostat (see below).

She didn’t mention anything else about her day, other than she hit her head on the ground after falling off the bars at recess. The school called me to tell me about it at the time and there was no bump or redness after it happened. She’s O.K.

Classwork…

Isabel had told me about this back in December and I was wondering when she’d get the certificate.

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She thought it was cool that each mark on the thermostat is counted as 2.

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Spelling Bee…

Tonight we worked on a few really tricky words that have been giving her trouble. Hopefully she’ll be able to get them right from now on after all that hard work.

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

Teacher Mrs. A is back from her trip back East.

Isabel said during music class, they listened to the “Nutcracker” and worked on coloring pages from the “Nutcracker“. I guess they have been listening to the ballet for some time and will continue to listen again tomorrow.

The Bible verse for this week…

“Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9b

The class is continuing to learn new cursive letters, this week they will learn lower case “w” and “e”.

S.a.T. (show and tell) this week is to share something about winter. Isabel said she didn’t share anything because she couldn’t think of anything.

She had fun at recess with Ms. Mila and Ms. Cadence. She’s looking forward to tomorrow’s recess in the gym when they participate in a dance/aerobic-type class for the whole school. The school participated last week in the class and Isabel loved it.

The spelling words for this week are…

knock
knew
knight
wrong
write
sign
gnat
wrist
unknown
writer
scooter
cartoon
dark
front
past
beneath: under
knelt: got down on knees
shimmered: shone
snug: cozy
wrinkled: had many small folds

Language arts for this week is abbreviations and “Watermelon Day“.

It is also mid-term and Isabel brought home her progress report today. She is doing amazing! She’s at the top of her class.

Social Studies lesson is about Martin Luther King Jr.

Classwork…

Teacher Mrs. A must have spent her whole weekend grading papers! Isabel brought home a huge stack of last weeks work. I’m not going to post all of it here, that would take up to much!

Spelling test from last week.

Bible verse test from last week.

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Spelling Bee…

Tonight we just went down the rows of words skipping around and getting most of them right. Still need to work on some.

Today is Friday and Teacher Mrs. A is be back!

Isabel was so excited to see Teacher Mrs. A waiting at the classroom door this morning, she ran up to her smiling and gave her a big welcome back hug!
(We later learned that Teacher Mrs. A went back east for the funeral of her mother which was just after Christmas)

Isabel didn’t have much to say about her day. They spent 1 recess in the gym because of the rain and she’s just glad her teacher’s back.

Classwork…

She didn’t bring any home again.

Spelling Bee…

It’s the weekend and we are going to really push hard to get those tricky words learned. With only 2 weeks until the Bee, she understands the importance of practice.

Today is Wednesday and it’s Chapel.

Today’s Chapel was fun, exciting and sounded like a great message to the kids. Isabel was sure excited to tell me all about it after school!

A troupe of student actors and singers, gave a message about your value. Our value cannot be increased or decreased by what we eat, drink, wear or how we treat others. Our value is inherent because God created each of us individually. This group travel around to share a anti-bullying program with children everywhere.

Today the troupe played “Bobble Head” and “Bucket Head” games with several students while spreading the “I’m Now” message.

Classwork…

She didn’t bring any home.

 

 

Today is Tuesday.

Class was a bit crazy with the substitute Isabel said. People were not listening or following directions. So please pray for Mrs. V this week.

Isabel also said she handed out the friendship gifts during recess. Both girls liked their BFF gifts. One gift was an owl necklace and the other was a handmade friendship bracelet from Isabel.

Classwork…

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The majority of her work she brought home today, she had to return because it was yesterdays homework.

Spelling Bee…

Again working on those tricky words after homework tonight.