Class Video

I have changed one of the youtube videos posted on the side of the blog once again. It is a video made on animoto.com that displays pictures from this year. Enjoy!

Also, I have not been able to post as often as I would like on our class blog due to some vision issues. I have been having eye sight problems for about seven months now and using the computer really hurts my eyes. I hope to continue to update the blog on days when my eye is not bothering me. Thanks!

Chicken Eggs!!!

Our chick eggs have arrived. We placed them in our classroom incubator yesterday afternoon. I have to keep the incubator at 99 degrees and flip the eggs throughout the day. I am supposed to make the eggs experience the same temperature and rotations as they would if they were under its mother. The chick eggs will hatch in 21 days. That seems like an eternity to the kids. They are really anxious to see baby chicks! I hope they hatch during the school week and not during the weekend. It looks like they should hatch on Tuesday, March 23. I will post pictures when they do!

Here are some quotes from the students about the chicks. The prompt was "Are you excited about the baby chick eggs? Why"

Chloe- "I’m excited because I had some before, and they’re going to turn really big and cute!"

Sara- "I can’t wait to finally see them! They’re going to be cute and fluffy!"

Aiden- "I know how the chicks get out of the eggs. They use their beaks to peck the egg. I saw that on TV."

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Also, the boys and girls are at a pep rally right now to cheer on the basketball team. The pep rally is during their library time, so they were able to exchange books and Mrs. Robertson took them over to the high school. The boys play tonight at Park Hills. Go Mules!

Green Eggs and Ham-- Dr. Seuss

This week was so much fun! We celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2 (Read Across America Day) and had dress-up days throughout the week. Every afternoon, I have been reading a Dr. Seuss book to the students. They are so engaged in the silly stories and catchy rhyming words. Almost every time I finished a book, they would say "Can we read it again?" Yesterday afternoon, I read Green Eggs and Ham. I also told them I would have a surprise for them on Friday. Well-- I made some fried green eggs and ham!!! At first when the kids saw it, they were grossed out! Most of them said they wouldn't even try it. But at snack time, almost every child tried the green eggs and ham. And even more surprisingly, the kids who tried it liked it! They even asked for seconds! It was a great experience, and I hope it made a lasting impression.

Also, this afternoon we watched a magic show. The magician tied his magic to education and reading. The kids laughed at the magician and talked about him for the rest of the afternoon. It was a fabulous Friday.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

Website Updated

Our class website has been updated with pictures from February and the February newsletter. Check it out by clicking on the link posted at the top, right hand corner of this blog.