A Look at Soil

Today we explored potting soil and sandy soil. We used maginfying glasses to see the soil, our noses to smell the soil, and our hands to touch the soil. We wrote down our findings, then created a Venn diagram to discuss the diferences between sandy soil and potting soil.

We had Chinese today. After Chinese we had our delicious snack of red grapes. They were tasty.

Ayanna, Kavon, Destiney, and Shelley used powerpoint to create a talking slide show of their spelling words. They sound great!

Ayanna, Destiney, and Shelley have been working hard with Mrs. Waller on reading a poem, "The Picnic" I am excited to hear it tomorrow.

It was another great day at Evergreen!

What does it mean to be Cool as a Cucumber?

Our vegetable of the day was cucumbers today. While we were enjoying our delicious snack (definietly not our favorite one so far) Mrs. Birkhead asked what it meant to be cool as a cucumber...many of us didn't know, but we know now! For those of you who don't know it means to be calm in a difficult situation.

We had speech this morning. We read a story and created a collage of things we see in the Woodbury neighborhood. Then we went to music. Mrs. Birkhead and Kavon modeled how to buddy read, and read a story about Vegetable Soup. It made us very hungry.

Thanks to Billy for writing the next part of the blog.
We played tag at recess today. I was a playground champion. We learned about neighborhoods.

After lunch we had math and writing. We wrote about cucumbers and neighborhoods in our journals today.

A Plum Day

Plums
They are sour
They are sweet
A juicy tasty treat
But don't eat the pit because Mrs. Birkhead will have a fit!


Today we enjoyed plums for our snack. Marissa loved her plum! We wrote in our journals at the end of the day about plums, and drew pictures.

We spent most of the day on reading and math. We hope to get to science tomorrow. We love to get on the computers, and thank Mrs. Dougherty for showing us Zoo Zillions last week.

Ayanna, Destiney, and Shelley read a poem about a picnic, drew a picture, and wrote a story about going on a picnic today. We can't wait to see their work.

Tag seems to be the class favorite at recess. Miss Denise continues to compliment us on our behavior, and has awarded playground champion slips to many of us. Congratulations to Marissa and Ayanna who both received free snacks today for their great work on the playground.

This Friday is a School wide Friday Fun Block Party. We hope we can all participate!

Wednesday

It was another exciting day in Room 9. Shelley, Marissa, and Jalen really liked learning dances in gym class today. They are practicing for the dance on September 25! You can expect to see some great dancers! We have learned the Chicken Dance, The Hokey Pokey, and the YMCA.

Mrs. Birkhead introduced students to some new websites today, and each student had the opportunity to try them out. I think the favorite website was when each student made a pumpkin. Destiney and Ayanna really liked the All About Me part of the website, and Joey created his own calendar to mark his birthday!

Ayanna learned how to write two digit numbers in math today. Kavon liked playing games in COW today.

We have had several playground champions the last couple days, let's keep up the great behavior!

Remember tonight is Back to School Night for Parents. Please remind them to come visit Mrs. Birkhead and our classroom!

Quite a Busy Tuesday

Tuesday began with our first speech lesson. We read a story about firefighters then discussed people who help us in the community. We traced our hand, chose a person who helps us in the community, and wrote or drew five facts about that person. Then, we had Chinese. Guess what? We had 8 playground champions at lunch today. Some students are on their way to a free snack! We had COW again today, and we finished writing our goals for the school year. We added our picture and a border. Our goals look great and will hang in the hallway!
Ayanna really enjoyed our small group math lesson today because we were counting so high! All the way to 510! WOW!!! Jalen learned to write his name in Chinese!

Our First Time with the C.O.W.

C.O.W. - Computers on Wheels

We are scheduled to use the laptops every afternoon this week. Today we learned the basics - how to carry the laptop, how to log on the computers, and how to type our goals. We spent so much time on the computers that we didn't have time to do our usual shared writing about our day.

We will be sure to write again tomorrow...maybe we'll even include what we learned with Mrs. Dougherty!

Let's go Eagles!

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