Spare Change Collection

Thank you to everyone who sent in spare change! We raised a total of $167.70!! A local less fortunate family is very thankful for all of our help in providing holiday presents for their children!


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Birthday's at School

     If your family celebrates birthdays and you would like to do something special to celebrate their birthday at school we have had families donate a copy of their childs favorite book to the class and I read it for their birthday or if you would like to send in a snack for your childs birthday it has to be from the "Approved Foods List " this list is quite long. I've gone through it and there aren't a lot of foods that I have heard of- I'm assuming that they must be sold in different parts of the country. I made a shorter list of the foods that I know of that are on the John Stalker Institute that can be found here. If you send in a snack/drink that needs to be eaten with a utensil/cup/plate please make sure to send those in as well.

Listen to Stories Online!

Have you checked out our Reading/Literacy page yet? It has lots of great resources and links to websites that will read stories to your child!

We had so much fun using iPads!

First we went over the rules for when we use iPads...

Then we learned how to take pictures and also how to project them up onto the screen...

We loved showing off our pictures that we made using the "Drawing Pad" app...

Then we learned how to put the iPads back in the charging cart. We have to match up the number on the homes teen of the iPad to the number on the slot in the cart.

Graphics Practice: Level 1- Graphic 1 & 2

Don't forget to check out our "Graphics Practice" videos on our class YouTube channel. You can practice all of the graphics that we have learned in class, at home! We have currently learned all of the graphics in level 1 and level 2. Once we complete the next level I will post the video here on the blog!

Excavating Dinosaur Fossils!

The Museum of Science came in on Monday to teach us about fossils and dinosaurs. This went perfectly with what we are learning about because we just started the first Magic Tree House book "Dinosaurs Before Dark".

We got to demonstrate how many layers of dirt and sand have to get packed on top of something for it to eventually turn into a fossil. 

We loved getting to see real fossils! Pictured above is a cast of a dinosaur egg.

We all got to demonstrate how we thought a certain dinosaur must have walked just by looking at their footprints! We learned how paleontologists can tell what a dinosaur ate (meat or plants) just by looking at their footprints (based on how many toes they have), how they were traveling (running or walking) and what direction they were going all by looking at just a footprint!

Then we got to practice excavating fossils in a dig site with brushes and goggles. Paleontologist Mike explained to us that even if one person is the first one to discover a fossil all of the paleontologists at that dig site are credited for the find because they are working together as a team.

Forms to fill out and send back to school!

In case anyone did not get or may have lost some of the mail that was in your childs mailbox here are all of the forms/permission slips that I have created and will need you to fill out and send back to school next week. The "parent packet" lists all of the information about drop off/pick-up, lunch, birthday's, etc.
Class Blog Permission Slip
Class Schedule
CORI form- Must be filled out and submitted to the office secretary with a copy of your drivers license for EVERYONE who is going to volunteer in the school, whether it is for a field trip or even just to be a mystery reader or help out in the classroom.

Parent Packet-Everything you need to know about drop-off, pick-up, lunch, birthdays, routines, etc.
Scholastic Book Order
Class Twitter Account Permission Slips