We Planted Beans Today!

After learning about the life cycle of a plant and all about beans, students had the opportunity to plant bean seeds today. We are very excited to see how long it will take for the little plant to poke through the soil.

We had a fire drill early in the day. Students did a fabulous job!

We are learning how to identify the topic, main idea, and details in reading passages. I tried to carry this idea over to writing by using a hamburger graphic organizer in which the top bun represented the topic sentence, the bottom bun was the closing sentence, and the insides (meat, lettuce, tomato, etc.) were the details. Students were so confused by the hamburger! They thought I wanted them to write about a hamburger! Oh, my! I will try a different approach tomorrow.

I started using Class Dojo today. You should have received an email from me. If you respond to it you will be connected and will be able to see remarks about your child's behavior throughout the day. The students were really excited about it. Each time I give someone a thumbs-up, the computer makes a sound that gets everyone's attention. This gets everyone on task in a hurry. So far, I love it!! It is a little difficult to get to the computer too often during the day and my Windows phone (BLAH!) does not have the app.