The Greedy Triangle

Today we read The Greedy Triangle. As we read the story, the children used toothpicks and marshmallows to make shapes. They did a fabulous job with this activity. It was fun!

We made hexagons.

Here is the original triangle we started out and ended with in the story.

Today we studied TRIANGLES: Equilateral, Isoceles, and Scalene

Review at home please. Vocabulary is IMPORTANT!

Twizzlers and Angles

Today we read the book, Twizzlers: The Book of Angles, Shapes, and Patterns. As I read the book, the children made angles, shapes, and patterns with their Twizzlers. It was so fun!!! Hannah made a triangle with 3 ACUTE angles.

Logan made an ACUTE angle.

Shelbie made an OBTUSE Angle.

Preston made and OBTUSE Angle.

Ask your child to explain the difference between an right, acute, and obtuse triangle.

We started Geometry this week. The children are LOVING it. I think they are just excited about not having to add, subtract, or multiply for once! I have stressed to the students that the most important about geometry is the vocabulary. If they know the vocabulary, they will do fine!

Yesterday, we worked on lines and line segments. Please review these highlighted words with your child at home.

Fluency Practice

This week we have spent some time working on fluency and comprehension. We have silent read, partner read, and choral read. The boys and girls have done a really good job with this. Our benchmark for DIBELS at the end of the year is 110 words per minute.

Valentine's Party

The children had a great time making ice cream sundaes and passing out Valentine's. My camera battery died, so I had to get Ms. Hardison to take some pictures for my blog.

Thank you to all the parents who made this party possible! You are awesome!

You Can Do It Papa!

This is where my daddy goes every Monday for his chemotherapy. Today, we decided to pop in and surprise him! Hopefully, he only has 2 more treatments!!! We even surprised Nana. She did not know we were coming.

I do not think Papa knew what to say! We were just excited the nurses let us break the rules because usually they only let each patient have one visitor at a time. WHO could turn down this group!

The children waited anxiously to walk back and surprise Papa!

These are the t-shirts we had made to wear today.

We had Nana one made to and gave it to her when we got there. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. He has had a rough weekend, but doing much better.

Tonight, we are all eating dinner with him at his house. Having his grandchildren around, always seems to help his spirits.

Miss Coggins

We have been blessed with a student from Athens, Miss Coggins, the past six days. She has been with us to observe and help out. We are going to hate telling her good-bye on Tuesday. She has been wonderful! She even baked the class red velvet cupcakes for Valentine's Day! WE WILL MISS YOU, MISS COGGINS! Thanks for everything!

Happy Birthday Will!

On Thursday, Will brought chocolate-covered donuts to share with the class. The boys and girls loved them. Thanks, Will, for sharing your birthday with us!

Mrs. Coon Survived!

This weekend, I went to Birmingham to run the Mercedes 1/2 marathon with my brother and my hubby! We had a wonderful time! This was the best part of the whole race. My brother could not quit laughing. He has never had a massage before! I made him do it!
He is still cracking up! You can see I am laid out!

This my brother and I at the finish line! I am so proud of him!

This is me with our dear friend, Patrick Rasco. My boys call him "Uncle Patrick." This was his best race!

My brother and David comparing times and paces. Why do men have to be so competitive? All I care about is getting to the finish line!

This was my brother's first 1/2 marathon! He was so proud to finish. The past 3 weeks he has been recovering from a hurt leg, so he wasn't sure he would even be able to finish! He did it, and felt great! We ran about the first 8 miles together. It was a lot of fun! He finished in 2 hours flat!!

Here I am finishing up. I beat my last year's time, but it was not my fastest half marathon. That is okay, because all that matters is that I had a blast!!!!
I finished in 1hour and 56minutes.

Here is Mr. David at the finished line. He finished in 1hour and 35minutes. A whole 20 minutes before me! He is so excited because this is his fastest half marathon pace.

Here we are! My brother, David, Cheryl (my sister-in-law), and I wore Lance Armstrong "Livestrong" shirts for Cancer Awareness. We did this for my daddy! He was suppose to be at the race, but instead ended up in the hospital for dehydration. We were sad he did not make the trip, but we took lots of pictures for him!

This is the Decatur GANG that ran. This is US at the Sheraton before we headed to the start line. Our group was a lot smaller this year because of injuries, but we still had a crowd!
It was a wonderful weekend with family and friends!

I hope you and your family have had a wonderful weekend! Enjoy having Monday off!

My Daddy!

Thank you so much for all the prayers. I beg you to continue to pray because he has had a rough week. His mouth is absolutely killing him from all the radiation. He cannot eat anything without it being extremely painful or choking him. He onlyweighs 148lbs.

A praise is that my mom and dad are traveling to Birmingham with my running buddies and me for the Mercedes Half Marathon this weekend. I am excited because they are going to dinner and spending the night with us at the Sheraton! We are determine to get him out! He needs it!

Don't forget to pray for me as well because I will be the one doing the running on Sunday!

13.1 MILES!

WINTER WONDERFEST!

Thursday Night

6:30

You don't want to miss it!

Are you working on these?

Tonight my boys worked HARD on their Valentine's Day cards for their classmates. I was so proud of them! They completed these on their own. I honestly did not do one thing! Don't forget to bring your Valentine's in on Friday! We will deliver them after we eat our ice cream sundaes!

REMINDER

Tests Tomorrow: Reading and Grammar

Friday Tests: DOL, Spelling, and Multiplication

Sorry....

I apologize for not writing on the blog as often. Man, things have been wild-- Not just at school, but at home, too. It has been a busy "new" year already. I will try to do better!

A Peek at This WEEK!

Shhhhhh........

For some reason, the talking in my room has gotten out of control! I assume it is the weather, and us not being able to go outside to release some energy. First of all, I have lots of "little teachers" that want to talk for me. Next, I have some that want to always talk when I am talking. Then, there are those that cannot seem to use their inside voices during workshop or group time. We have had several talks, but it is just not getting better. I would greatly appreciate your help with this matter.

Homework Goof!

Sorry about last night's homework. Yes, it was brought to my attention that the questions did not go with the passage. So, tonight your child has the same passage, but with the right questions. We have a precious girl that runs our copies and you will see below what she copied; makes sense to me! However, the questions that go with "Know About Snow?" are on the back (see above). She was to turn the page for the questions. Oh well, it was kinda fun hearing all the funny stories when the children showed up to school this morning. It was cute!

"Journey to the Moon"

Today the boys and girls finished listening to this week's story. I want to encourage you to read and discuss this selection with your child at home. Since this story is an expository text, there is lots of information to be gained. They have really learned a lot about the moon during this reading unit! I am so proud of them.

Space

Do not forget to send in anything you might have on space. The children really enjoy sharing with the class, and they get a credit for each item brought in!!!! This week's story is "Journey to the Moon." It is an expository text with lots of important information. Please read and discuss this text with your child this week at home. The assessments on expository text seem to be a little bit more difficult due to all the factual information. READ! READ! READ!

Competition is Heavy!

Everyday, we practice our multiplication facts with a fun game! The best part about the game is that it is girls vs. boys! They love it!!!!! Study those multiplication facts!

So far the boys are ahead! The girls have only won 1 game so far! I challenge you girls to beat those BOYS!!!! You can do it!