OUR SMARTBOARD WORKS!

Finally we have all the pieces to make the smartboard work! I got it up and running on Thursday and the kids were so excited!
We watched a video segment from discovery streaming. We played a memory game on brainconnection.com. We played a math game later in the day and used the smartboard to keep our records straight. I'm looking forward to our training on Tuesday Jan 27th to learn to do more. The children really like it and are more interested in paying attention to anything you put on the smartboard.
THANK YOU SPEAS!

Back To School

Its Wednesday of our first week back to school. It has been raining every day. The kids are doing great and really seem to be reading on their own much more. We are wrapping up our quarter on January 23rd. We will have some writing and math assessments as well as reading aloud to me and answering questions about the story. Most of us are ready for this. If you do not know your 50 high frequency words, PLEASE practice them each night with an adult at your house.

Charlie's Christmas Photo Session

Finally I took some pictures of Charlie. He liked the peppermint stick! But not for long- way too messy and I'm sure not good for a cat.

A Picture of Charlie

Well the good news is I remeber how to add a picture of Charlie. The bad news is I don't have one on my computer or on Ms. Verner's computer. So the next step is to get the camera out and take a few new shots!

Henry

The kids always ask me about my pets. Here is a funny shot of my dog Henry. He is a yorkshire terrier. I also have one black cat nameed Charlie. I will post his picture in a few days as a practice to see if I remember how to do it!

We learned about skype today after school. It was COOL. We will be able to talk to people all over the place. We also learned that we can talk to people right here in our school system. It seems like the next generation of instant messaging. Perhaps I'll be skyping with my family soon.

Today I am thinking about all the first graders. We are practicing for our Thanksgiving play. We will present our play to the parents on Tuedsay November 25th at 1:00pm. This is a fun time of year and all the first grade teachers finally get to know the other children in first grade. Perhaps I'll try and post some of our poems and songs. We are happy and busy!