Wishing for Spring!

Can I just say... I have the most thoughtful bunch of students ever! When I returned from my (fog delayed) half marathon trip, my class greeted me with this thoughtful poster, a medal, and many sweet cards!

At the end of the week, we enjoyed all of the biography reports by setting up a "Biography Museum." Everyone had a chance to browse the museum and learn about many interesting people!

To brighten our room up for the coming of Spring, the Second and Third graders made these beautiful rainbows with ripped construction paper!

The Third graders worked on multiplication fact power by playing multiplication bingo. This is a great, easy game to play at home to practice facts!

Second graders reviewed adjectives, or describing words, as they made these colorful shamrocks. They surrounded their shamrocks with adjectives.

Kelli was the Star of the Week. Her survey question was: What is your favorite color? See the results below!

Ava was the Virtual Field Trip Planner. She took us on an out-of-this-world trip to Saturn!

Disney Princess Half Marathon!

For the past few months, I have been working on my running stamina, much like we work on our reading stamina at school every day! I started out running one mile, and then two, and then three...and so on, which led up to this weekend: my half-marathon in Disney World! I ran with some friends and Mr. Peterson was there to cheer me on! Practice really does pay off!

I miss you all and will see you on Tuesday! I will bring my medal to class to show you!

Mr. Peterson and I visited the Cinderella Castle!

On the morning of the run, we woke up at 3:30 AM. It was very cold and dark outside!
My friend, Sarah, did the half marathon, too! I dedicated my run to her!

Being silly before the run

Finally, the sun came out as I ran through the Magic Kingdom!

This is me and Miss Wiechert. Does her name sound familiar? She is our pen pals' teacher! Showing off our medals!

Me with Mr. Peterson, my own personal cheer squad!

ISATs Galore

For the past few weeks, the Third Graders have been busily preparing for ISATs (Second Graders are getting some early practice :) ). Last week, ISAT tests began for our Third Graders. I am so proud of how hard they working! While the Third Graders take tests, the Second Graders have been busy working on their math skills with a substitute teacher. Amidst our busy practices and testing schedule, the kids still had time to present biography reports, create Venn diagrams with Miss Bella, and make rainbows to decorate our classroom and hallway!

These signs have been posted around the school this week. We'll see them for only a few more days!

We voted on a new read aloud for the class and the first choice was... Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers. Making rainbows

Last week, Alan asked his survey question. He wanted to know which type of power his classmates liked best: air, water, or electric.

Miss Bella taught a lesson on pioneer life. She read a diary entry about the life of a young pioneer. Next, the students used a Venn diagram to compare their life to pioneer life.

Sharing biography reports

Penny was our Star of the Week. Below is her poem and survey question. :)

Alan was the Virtual Field Trip Planner. He took us on a ghost tour in New Orleans. Check out his neat diorama!