Our Class Election

We voted between GRACE, MY TEACHER, and DUCK for PRESIDENT today in our class!

Duck was the WINNER!

More Changes Going On at Ben DavisWe w

Mrs. Hughes invited us to come watch the chicks hatch.

When we went, there was one chick out and several working their way out of their egg.

By the next morning, there were 19 baby chicks.  Adorable!!!

Changes

We finally had to trash our changing pumpkin! We couldn't handle the smell anymore!!!

LULU

LuLu came to school again on Friday, but in her Halloween costume. She wanted to show it off!!!!

We have been working on distinguishing the author's purpose when reading books. We made PIEs to help us remember....P is persuade, I is inform, and E is entertain.

Our focus this past week was on the P! We read two hilarious books.

Proud Moment

Smith made The Decatur Daily. It was an article about him helping out with the morning news show at Leon Sheffield.

Pet Care #2

Lulu helping with a spelling test.

She is worn out!

Ready for another school day.

A dear friend made these hedgehog cookies for my class in anticipation of a new classroom pet.  Yes, a hedgehog is in the works.

They were so yummy!

We made a list about caring for a hedgehog while we ate our cookies.

My Football Player

As a mom, I just had to post some pictures of my sweet boy during his last football game as 7th grader at Oak Park Middle School.

I never would have thought he would've made it through the season, but he proved me wrong! I am so proud of him for hanging in there!!!!

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Mallard Farms

These children won at the SILENT AUCTION an afternoon at Mallard Farms with the Second Grade Teachers from Ben Davis.  It was a fun afternoon!!!

Author's Purpose

We focused on Author's Purpose with an emphasis on to entertain!

We read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendlak.

The children wrote about how the author entertained them.

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Pet Care for Fabulous Friday

I am teaching Pet Care for Fabulous Friday. LuLu, my Boston Terrier, is loving it because she gets to hang out at school with me each Friday.

She warmed right up to the kids.

This is my favorite picture!

We made pet rocks the first week. I sent the boys and girls home with a contract that had a checklist to follow to help them prove to their parents they could take care of a pet.

These rocks were to be bathed, petted, fed, played with, and loved all week.

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