October 27, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACYN!  Today Caleb shared hi poster and we can not wait till tomorrow to see his show-n-tell.  He shared a picture of himself with a cup cake face.  He explained to us it was fun his brother's birthday party.  His face sure did look yummy with all that icing.  He also reported, "I love food I am like a pig!"  We all laughed at this comment.  We had a great time seeing Dowser Dan at the assembly today.  He performed a skit about water conservation.  We thought the turtle was cute.  Make sure to scroll down to check out the pictures.  After the assembly we returned to class and began our lesson on how to papers and writing the steps to teach someone how to do something.  It was interesting to discover how hard it is to make sure we don't forget one step. Then we did our math CGI problem trying to figure out how many legs animals have in a barn.  After math we finished our house to investigate which house will be the sturdiest.

October 26, 2011

Caleb shared his poster and he loves to spend time at the Frio River fishing for minnows and tadpoles.  He also shared that he has one sister and one brother, which he enjoys spending time with.  He also told us he has had a friend in his class since preschool, but this was the first year they were not in the same class.  This would be his friend Dillon.  Today we spent time in reading stations working on our Fairy Tale project and going over our creal box reading response project.  This will be a homework project that I gave as a response to stories we have read in class.  I will be for the next week making this part of their homework.  Then we spent time working on our science unit building houses using unique supplies.  We love earlier release days.

October 25, 2011

Beth did a fantastic job as our Top Banana last week.  Now it is time for Caleb, our new Top Banana.  He for got his poster yesterday.  He also for got to let me know what to add to the blog.  I Did not forget to do the blog, I just was waiting for him to share. Caleb reported that his favorite season was winter because he likes the snow.  Also he loves to play soccer, so do I. Today was a great day but lunch behavior needs to get under control.  There are some who are doing a fantastic job.  There are some who are making choices to scream at others when the lights are out.  Also When one student does something we should step up and make sure all our friends are following directions.  Please don't do something because you see someone acting incorrectly.  Today we had an Assembly about water safety.  It was way cool, this is what I heard one student say.  We heard a fairy tale read by Mrs. Doyle.  Then we worked on our writing books.  Finally we did our math graphing problem and ran out of room to complete science.

Question: How can we make our behavior better?

October 19, 2011

Great day today we worked hard and of course had a fantastic day.  We saw a program called Greek Alive with actors and actresses.  It was interesting because they were acting out the play and had puppets too.

How did you feel about the performance today?

Mrs. Doyle came and read a fairy tale to us and we laughed at her book she chose.  It was a twist to an old fairy tale Cinderella.  However, her book was called Bubba the Cowboy Prince.  We sure thought it was fun to hear her read in her Texas voice.  Ms. Wolfean did not forget recess she just didn't want to interrupt Mrs. Doyle.  This was sad because we had to go outside with just our class.  Sometimes I like having the playground all to ourselves.  In Math we started our own Graphs for our favorite ice cream.  This made me want to go home and eat some.  Did you feel that way too?

October 18, 2011

Beth shared a part of her poster about her favorite things.  She loves watermelon, brownies, pizza, oatmeal, and this item of food her and her family call red stuff.  She is not sure on the name and Ms. Wolfean even tried to help.She loves to be outside and go on walks with her family.  When asked why she stated, "I get skinnier and my Mom lowers her weight."  I had to put this in the blog because I find it interesting to see what kids will say.  What did you think when she reported this?  Her favorite activity inside is to clean.  We all thought this was strange till she reported, "I get two dollars for it!"  This is when the whole class yelled,"We would clean too."  She has four sisters and one brother, who is six months old.  I bet he is cute?  Today was interesting because the teachers came to school dressed up.  Ms. Wolfean came as Little Red Riding Hood and everyone thought she was Goldilocks.  We read and went to the book fair to preview books, Thursday is our day to buy.  Beth is looking forward to seeing the teachers tonight and maybe coming to the book fair.  She was excited to have Mrs. Hughes class come and visit.  They watched the video of our teacher's character Red Riding Hood.

October 17, 2011

Gerry shared his show-n-tell, thank you Beth for sharing your day.  Gerry brought in his penguin and snake he shared on his poster and we all thought they were way too cool.  He even grabbed his penguin by the hair and swung him around.  We loved his book he shared Truckery Rhymes by: Jon Scieszka.  He stated he loved the book because it was signed by the author, which makes it interesting.  Thanks for sharing and being a fantastic Top Banana. You rocked, thanks for making us laugh, and you did a great job at following directions.

Beth reported about her poster today, just like Gerry she also got her face painted.  Hers was at her sister's birthday party.  She showed us a picture of herself in kindergarten. She explained that her favorite thing to do in kindergarten was to play in the sand box. She shared a picture of her family at the Austin Cave and stated that she saw bats there.  She showed a picture of her mother's cousin who passed away two weeks ago.  Beth shared the reason she brought her picture in was because her cousin resembles her.  Beth loved today because Mrs. Lucas came into the class to play with the class during our word working.  She thought it was cool to have our principal come visit us.  She also loved science because she got to test things.  Reading was interesting because she buddy read.  writing was neat because we got to write on the tables and add ies to our words.

October 14, 2011

I can not explain why the posting did not make it for two days last week but I have corrected the issue, YEAH!  Gerry had his last day as Top Banana and he did a stand up job.  He described his poster and explained himself well.  I think we all laughed due to him.  Today Ms. Wolfean for got to let Gerry share his show-n-tell, however, Beth our new Top Banana has graciously allowed Gerry to report out on Monday.  Today was a busy day this is why we did not share his items.  We read, wrote, did math and had fun doing our science.  In math we graphed more items and then we started our popping good words and popping science experiment.  We tested what would heat do to kernels?



Question What did you discover from the kernel activity and why did you enjoy it?

October 13, 2011

COMPUTER MISHAP, sorry Gerry.  Gerry reported out about his poster and he loved his trip to the zoo.  He enjoyed it because he remembers buying a stuffed snake.  He drew him on his poster.  He also reported about his kindergarten graduation and how proud he felt when he passed.  He has a stuffed penguin which he also likes because he is interesting.  He loves tests, math, and writing.  He is not sure why he likes all those subjects except they are fun.  When he comes home from school he likes to relax by watching Sponge Bob or playing his video games.  Bug Juice is his favorite drink, not sure why a kid loves juice made out of BUGS? Gerry stated today was interesting because he finished sharing his poster and loved the gummy worm activity.  He thought it was neat to discover which has more flexibility.

October 12, 2011

Gerry shared his poster today, and he shared about his family.  We learned he has fish named gumball that he got on his birthday.  He stated, "I named him that because my gumball was blue, that I ate."  Not sure how you eat a gumball, I thought you only chewed it?  He has several grandparents.  They are named Grandpa Bob, Ggrandma Bandy, Grandma Ruth, Grandpa, Grandpa Steve, and Grandpa Roy.  He shared he loves to spend time with them and what kinds of things they do together.  We also learned he has 3 sisters and 1 brother.  He loves basketball, music, and face painting.  He attended a carnival and had a blast.  Gerry shared a lot as you see.  We did get to learning we had fun doing our reading.  We were trying to finish our publish books, in writing.    In math, we did our mountain math and CGI problem.  Then in science we are going to test flexibility.  Ms. Wolfean even stayed on schedule, till science due to sharing of Gerry's poster and rice spilling during lunch bunch. 

October 11, 2011

Tianni had a great week, and we are sad to see her go. The new Top Banana for our class is Gerry.  Ms. Wolfean and Gerry forgot to share his poster. "Today was pretty fun because I was first at everything.  I felt like I was the number one kid of the class because I got to help Ms.Wolfean," Gerry stated. Gerry reported what he learned today and he loved visiting the library.  He was able to check out one fiction book, which  he chose a chapter book.  Then he chose a non-fiction book.  He likes the library because he got to view books that were going to be sold at the Book Fair next week.  When we returned to class Gerry was excited because Mrs. Dolye came to read to us another folktale called, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy.  He loved the book because it was partly in Spanish and English.  He thought it was cool to learn Spanish words.Then we looked at books at our desk to discover what they had in common.  Gerry noticed they were all Fairy Tales and some of them had speaking bubbles for characters.  The class noticed they were all fiction, from different countries, different versions, and all started with Once upon a time.  Gerry thought, "The CGI was frustrating because it made him dizzy and confused." He thought overall it was a pretty good day.  YOUR CHILD IS RIGHT NO SPELLING SHORT WEEK!!!  :)

October 6, 2011

"YEAH! Ms. Wolfean found her brain!" Tianni stated at the end of the day.  I guess this is a great thing to have your student say about you?  I love the way my class is honest, and I am sorry I forgot.  She shared her poster and we learned a lot about Tianni.  She loves to spend time with her family and enjoys the beach.  She remembers a time at the beach when her mother got sun burned.  She also shared about a time when she almost flipped off a slide.  She stated, "It was scary because I almost landed on cement."  She loves butterflies and loves to challenge her brain.  This is why math is her favorite subject.  Today she had a great time solving her CGI problems because they are changeling her brain.  She thought science was excellent because we were in the science lab assassinating the kindergarten class do their float and sink activity.  The only thing that was disappointing thing was finishing our test!!!!!!!!!!

October 5, 2011

Tianni reported, "Today was AWESOME!"  She loved the science experiment we did because she can not wait to use the thermometers in class tomorrow. She loved doing the CGI math problems because they challenge her.  She also thought it was neat to have Mrs. Shultz come in and meet with the students on their math.  Tianni liked today the best because she got to go get her Roar card sticker.  However, she was frustrated because Ms. Wolfean again forgot to take time to allow her to explain her poster.  She explained it was OK because Ms. Wolfean was busy giving us the test we took. Tianni thought the test was stressful, but felt it motivated her brain to think differently.  Tianni is looking forward to sharing her poster completely tomorrow and I PROMISE NOT TO FORGET!!!!!! :)

QUESTION: Have you ever forgotten something important to do, what was it, and how did you feel?

October 4, 2011

Sorry I did not report yesterday, Tianni forgot to meet with me to discuss what to write.  Tianni reported yesterday about visiting her Aunt and Grandma.  She stated she loved visiting them, but does not remember exactly what she did there.  She was young and forgot what happened.  "Ms. Wolfean forgot to let me share my poster because she was busy teaching," Tianni told me when I asked her about her day.  She thought it was funny and sad because I had too much on my brain.  We did a lot of reading and writing and Tianni is looking forward to publishing her book.  In math she said, "It was awesome!"  She likes how I make the math interesting.  She loved using and learning about the tools we use in science. She is glad we are getting caught up, but hopes I remember to let her share her poster.