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Class Photos: Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, you have made my week SO special!

Happy Valentine's Day! Leadership Day 2014



101st Day of School Field Trip: Zilker Park Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Veterans Day! Red Ribbon Week Fun!

Pumpkin Character Book Reports:  We chose our favorite books and made our very own book reports. We learned how to retell our stories with a beginning, middle, and end. We also created our favorite character with a pumpkin and describe them using adjectives!

GRAPHING: We have been learning all about graphing. We have learned how to collect and sort data into different kinds of graphs. We tallied up a class vote to see if we though bats are "creepy" or cute". We also made "spooky stew" and graphed our silly ingredients on a bar graph.

Changing Matter Labs: We watched matter change when we added heat to it from the microwave! We observed popcorn, chocolate, marshmallows, and Ivory soap change before our eyes!

We also made watched what happened when we combined several ingredients in our matter lab. We mixed yeast, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap to see how we could change matter. We observed the liquids change into a gas! VERB LESSON:  We learned all about VERBS! We made action hero verbs and wrote about what we would DO if we were a superhero! Ee even played "verb charades" to guess what verb the kids were acting out! Student Led Conferences: Campfire Reading Reward! The class earned a campfire reading session for filling up our bucket of marbles! This time each table got their own "fires" to read by! Domino Addition Stories! Class Elections for Student Leadership Council: ** Education Go Get it Week ** This week is all about education! We will be learning about various careers and colleges. We had our Watchdog Dad read to us this week!

Learning from our very own gardens! Thanks to one of our students, we have a special visitor. This caterpillar was found in the garden of one of our students and it will eventually become a moth. The kids got to observe this little guy and record observations in their science journals. We also talked about what an Entomologist is and learned that this is the type of scientist who studies insects. Yellow Brick Road Story Maps: CAMPING OUT: We earned out first campfire reading this week! I read the story "How Dinosaurs Go to School" around our pretend fire. The kids really got a kick out of it! We earned this surprise by filling up our bucket of marbles for making good choices and following directions quickly. Grandparent Lunch 2013: Thank you to all the grandparents and families who came out to eat lunch with us.