Two for Tuesday!

It was sure nice to see all of my busy bees today! I missed everyone after a long weekend away! Today we had a visitor with us all day... my friend Miss Amanda. She came to visit from IL on Saturday and due to the hurricane her flight on Monday was canceled and rescheduled for tomorrow! We had quite a fun time having two teachers in the room to help today! Despite all the fun we had, Amanda has decided to stick to teaching high school science instead of 1st grade! ;-)

This week in reading we are working on short "i" words. I have updated the spelling words so you have them on the site as well. We're still adding in math... feel free to practice addition facts with your children at home when you can... or even in the car! In social studies we learned about our citizen hero Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Science was a great time as we learned about how animals move. We played a game of animal charades as we acted out the movements of different animals. We had some real monkeys in there today! Haha!

It's Friday!! YAY!!

My apologies for not blogging last night... I was touring the big town of Kinton (sp?). Scott and I went to watch Red Level play football... so I was on Flomaton football coach's fiance duty! But... in order to make up for it... I have some wonderful pictures of us planting our beans today! We had a great day, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. Be safe and blessed!

Sam and Chase

Rachel

Nealy

Lily

Hart and Lily

A Bug, a Magazine, and a Watchful Eye!

Just a word of caution, or maybe better yet... warning. We've had a stomach bug moving through our classroom! Yuck!! We're using hand sanitizer every chance we get... but little kids are great at sharing... when it comes to germs that is! Hopefully we'll be moving past this and back to healthy soon!
Another note... I just wanted to thank all of you for all the hard work you've been doing selling these magazines! I know that everyone is busy, but it really makes a difference to our school to have that extra help on finances! Every child is supposed to sell 10... maybe it's time to call that long lost aunt? Just kidding!!!
Today seemed to fly by, just like the rest of this week has! We read our story, "Sam, Come Back!" in reading. It was full of short "a" words! In math we continued working with adding 2. In social studies we learned how to use a map key and what symbols are. During our devotion time we talked about how God is ALWAYS watching us... even when no one else is!

Time Flies!!

It's Tuesday already! Where did yesterday go? My apologies for not posting a blog, but I just didn't have access to the internet yesterday! I'll update the spelling list today.

Today we continued learning about pets in reading. We had several AMAZING words that we learned yesterday and today: needs, shelter, responsibility, cuddle, and tickle. This week we have been working on short "a" words in reading and spelling. Today we read a fun big book called "A Kid's Best Friend". See if your child can remember who a kid's best friend is! In math we worked on adding two. During social studies we talked about neighborhoods and communities. In science we were SO excited to see that our bean are starting to shed their seed coats! Hopefully we can plant them by the end of the week! During devotion time we talked about our last Fruit of the Spirit~ faithfulness. We acted out the story of Noah and the ark and talked about how Noah was faithful even when people were telling him he was crazy! See how many of the Fruits of the Spirit your child can remember... you may have to help a little bit because some of them are big words! The list is found in Galations 5:22... love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control.

I have one other piece of exciting news! We have a new friend in our class! I want to welcome Audrey Brockmeyer to our first grade class at E.A.! We're so excited to have you with us!

How Ya "Bean"?

Well today I am feeling much better after several doses of antibiotics! We had ANOTHER great surprise! Last night Sharon Smith and Becca Smith's mom (Sorry... I don't know your name! Ooops!) came and switched out our desks! Now we have desks that open from the side, NOT the top! Say goodbye to the pinched fingers we were having every day! So, from the bottom of our hearts, and the tips of our fingers... THANKS!!

In Science we started another experiment with beans. We are trying to sprout some roots so that we can plant these bean seeds in some dirt. Hopefully the seed coats will come off and a root will appear soon! More updates on this experiment to come!