No post yesterday due to the fact that I was so busy planning my math lesson on probability for today.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to implement the lesson because I didn't end up winning the lottery!  I was preparing to explain to the class how normally it would be close to "impossible" and that yes, the odds were that it would be "unlikely"...however I was "certain" that I had won the jackpot.  Sorry to say, I couldn't teach that lesson.

No win = I guess it's just more of this thing called "work" for me.  So not only another day at work, but another night as well. It was our school's holiday sing.  During this time of year, it is always touching to see all of the kids wearing their finest get-ups and seeing their eyes twinkling with excitement.  I guess I am in the right profession...they were all adorable.

            

The best part of the night was seeing our shining stars playing guitar.      

                         

Pretty ladies.                                Wild fellows.

Pretty much sums it up!

      

Happy Holidays! Peace-out!      

 

 

                                                                                                         It was rough.  I came down with a serious illness...a bad case of stripes!  We learned all about writing descriptive essays.  We found that you need to use lots of details, descriptive adjectives, and sensory language.  I read the book A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, as an introduction for word choice and using detail in writing.  Can you believe it?  The sickness started to spread! 

Soon, the majority of our class came down with the stripes! 

It was contagious!

                               

      

                        

 

                  

                                                                       peace-out!

      

Today one of my guided reading groups started having a conversation about using a book's table of contents to help a reader pinpoint specific content in a book.  We have been working on inferencing and have been searching for clues as we try to make understanding of the author's purpose.  One of the ways that we have been doing this is through the use of the table of contents in our book.  Ironically, my first grade son came home from school the day before Thanksgiving break with a completed story that he wrote...complete with a table of contents!  Not only did it have a table of contents, but the story had a magnificient opening sentence, as well as a surprise ending!  I never thought that my 1st grade kids' work would help me with tomorrow's instruction during guided reading (proud mommy moment...of course). 

            

(I typed the story too, so that grandpa & grandma could read it.)

Another moment to love!                                            PEAce-oUT!

      

Scarecrows, caramel apples, and turkey spoons, oh my!  Ended the work week with our fall festival.

Happy Thanksgiving!

                  

                  

Giving Thanks.  Words spoken & rewritten by Chief Jake Swamp of the mohawk tribe.  This tribe has taught their children to start each day by giving thanks to Mother Earth. Also known as the Thanksgiving Address, this daily good morning message is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift.

                                          

As a reflection of this holiday season & in coherence with the Thanksgiving Address,

each student created a poem of giving thanks.  Parents were asked to let their child share this poem of thanks during their family holiday time.  The finished products are always special.

                                    

 

      Thankful I am!  peaCe-OuT!

      

Vertices. faces. edges. sides. angles. polygons. quadrilaterals. paralleograms. prisms. 2D. 3D. 
Oh, it's all so confusing!  Remember...make it real.  Math is all around us.
                                                                                                               peace-out!

            

            

      

Sunday fire

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A great way to end the weekend, &
 a great way to start the two day work week!