Teacher vs. Student Basketball Game

We had a great time to day playing our 4th and 5th graders in our annual Teacher vs. Student basketball game.  This year the teachers brought our A game and the poor 4th and 5th graders didn't know what hit them.  The students fought hard, but the teachers came away with an eight point victory this year.  So now the overall record is 1-1.  I loved having my class cheer me on as the 5th grade boys tried to put a beating on me! Like they could stop me.

What a Wonderful World

We having been learning about traditions and cultures of our families, our schools, and our commuminty.  Ms. Whitley taught the students sign language to the song What a Wonderful World.  We used this song to discuss what a wonderful place our world is. 

Building Bridges

For our last English Langauge Arts unit our theme was "Building bridges between unlikely friendships".  We read many books about unlikely friendships including Owen and Mzee, Henry and Mudge, and Charlotte's Web.  We discussed the plot of these stories as well as really looking at character traits of each person in the book.  As part of this unit we discussed figurative langauge like idioms and synonyms for adjectives and verbs.  We also discussed how building bridges was a metaphor about making friends with people you may not normally be friends with and not putting up walls.  To end our unit, students brought in household items abd we investigated different types of bridges.  They put their engineering skills to the test and worked in groups to build their own bridges.  It was fantastic!

Hard at Work

We have had many interesting things going on here at school.  First we have had the pleasure of having a student teacher from Spalding in out classroom for about a month.  Her name is Sara Whitley and the students have loved getting to know her.

Middle School Visit

We had about 15 visitors from North Oldham Middle School come in and help us while reading Tall Tales.  The students really enjoyed working with the older kids who gave them some great ideas for how to be a good story teller.

Reading Buddies

All year we have been reading with our third grade reading buddies on Thursday afternoons. This is a great way to meet new friends while practicing our reading fluency and comprehension. The third graders are also introducing us to some new websites that we have never used before.

Can Food Drive

Thanks for all who donated to our Can Food Drive.  Our class collected over 150 cans for the needy.  I am so impressed by our generosity and willingness to do things for others.

A Fantasea Christmas

Holiday Fun

We had lots of fun before the Christmas break with holiday activities.  First, the second grade did a fabulous job performing in our 2nd grade musical "A Fantasea Christmas".  We also had lots of fun at our holiday party turning some of our classmates into real life snowmen.