Myra
Alex
Monday, December 20, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Water Cycle
We modeled the water cycle for the class.
Here's the clouds
This is the sun shining on the water (puddles, oceans, etc).
Here comes evaporation!!!
Oh no! The clouds are getting too full of moisture!
Watch us in action!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Red Ribbon Week!
Monday we wore RED to kick off Red Ribbon Week!
Tuesday we wore team shirts to team up against drugs!
Wednesday we wore silly socks to leave footprints worth following!Thursday we veered from the plan to wear our pumpkin shirts to visit the pumpkin patch!
Friday we wore book character costumes to show good character and that we are hooked on books, not drugs!
Lots more pictures to come!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Introducing Namukasa Christine!
We got our first look into the school lives of our partner teacher Namukasa in Uganda!
We already know so much about them that we can't wait to share with you!
We also learned that about half of the students own a pair of shoes.
Our class is very interested in helping the boys and girls to all have shoes.
If you have any ideas we are all open to suggestions! We will keep thinking how we might be able to help!
This picture is of Namukasa's class having porridge.This is their snack during the day.
They dream of having sugar to sweeten their porridge!
As you can see many of the kids have gotten uniforms for school, but some children are still unable to do that. Namukasa said that the kids have to wait until their parents have made money from their crops to buy one.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Penpal!!!
With the wonderful help from Kylee's dad, we have been matched with a penpal teacher in Uganda. Our penpal is a kindergarten teacher named Namukasa Christine and she works in a small school 42 miles outside of Kampala. She has 17 students! We are so excited to learn more about each of them. Today we had a special visit from a Red Bug parent that is the founder of an organization called Saving Grace in Uganda. It is a charity that helps care for street children in northern Uganda. She brought many items to share with us along with a picture slideshow presentation to help us better understand the lives of children over there. We saw pictures of cafeterias, classrooms and schools. We also learned about their houses (huts) and how they get water and take care of themselves. The kids were fascinated and had lots of questions! Ask them about it! Here are a few pictures of some of the items that Mrs. Val (Bransdorfer) brought to share with us! We hope that you will be excited to learn more about our penpals!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Spirit Day Winners!!!
The banner hanging outside our door!
Remember to wear spirit every Friday!
Let's keep the banner on OUR door!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
5 Senses!
I should add that I forgot to mention in the credits that the music in my video is by Jack Hartmann!! When I have a chance to re-publish it for the 5th time I will add it :o)
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Reading Buddies!
Meet our Reading Buddies in Mrs. Priske's 2nd Grade Class
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
Germ Experiment...UPDATE!
At day 19 our bread is yuckier than ever! The "not touched" wheat bread still appears edible!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Germ Experiment!
First we cleaned (wiped) our hands.
Do you think our hands are really clean?
Then, we passed around a piece of wheat bread.
After everyone touched it, we sealed it in a ziploc bag.
Next, we took a second piece of wheat bread
and used only tongs to touch it and put it in a ziploc bag.
We labeled the bags "Touched" and "Not Touched"
Eww! Gross!Look at the touched bread!
Why do you think it is covered in mold?
We also learned a song to help us take our time washing our hands."Over under, over under
Scrub between, scrub between
Rinse the tops and bottoms
Rinse the tops and bottoms
Now my hands are clean!
Now my hands are clean!"
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Welcome Miss Miller!
I would like to excitedly announce the arrival of our junior intern from UCF
Miss Lauren Miller!
We are so happy to learn and grow with her!
6 Traits Writing
Our writing curriculum follows the 6+1 Traits concept. The trait that we have been discussing is "Ideas". We have been talking about topics. Specifically, FUN topics. Things that are exciting to read about. We read "Leo the Late Bloomer" and discussed what we cannot do, YET. Here's what we came up with...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
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