The Tale of Despereaux

 Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...

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When is a Turkey Not Just a Turkey?

When it is a Turkey Glyph!!  We made turkeys that tell about our Thanksgiving celebrations and traditions (well, mainly what we EAT!)  Check out what we are doing for the holiday! You have to follow the code...Make sure you include all your favorite things...like pumpkin pie, and mashed potatoes...But don't put green feathers unless you like green bean casserole! (remember, Moms will see this at conferences!  They might hold you...

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Gratitude

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, we recently took a look at the word 'gratitude' and talked about what it means to be grateful.  We read a book about gratitude and decided to share what we are all thankful for.  While I only have room here to share a few of the great Gratitude Writings our class authored this week, the rest are in the hallway for parent conferences.  We sure hope you take a moment to stop and read all the amazing...

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AR Buttons!

Congratulations to Maya and Abigail for earning their Five Point AR button...

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What Teachers Do On the Weekend

Ever wonder what your teacher does on the weekend?  Last weekend, I spend way too many hours in the classroom organizing BOOKS!!   The students will tell you that I cleaned out the Closet of Death so I could access our leveled guided reading books easier. Which meant all the craft supplies had to find a new home (and get organized as well).Which meant our reading books needed to find new homes.  (Let's hope this cabinet is...

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Coincidence?

 Sophie and her new book.  Hmm....  ...

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Using the Tools

Jose was practicing his parts of speech with a grammar activity today.  He had to color words by whether they were nouns, verbs or adjectives.  Jose had no problem deciding what part of speech the words were, but first there were a few words that he had trouble sounding out.  He grabbed a scrap piece of paper and began fish hooking the words into syllables to decode what the vowels would say in each word.  I watched as he carefully...

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Our Writing Process

We have been working during the first couple months of school, to learn the writing process.  We have practiced each step along the way and produced our first story this week.  We now know that a good story......starts with an idea...Then it's a good idea to practice your story out loud to a friend (or to yourself).Drawing a quick sketch of what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story helps us organize our thoughts.  Rehearsing...

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Making Ten

We have been learning a lot of math strategies that all seem to involve making ten, an easy number, out of more difficult numbers.  This week, with the help of Prestyn's grandma, Ms. Georgia, we used q-tip painting to show various ways to make ten with ten frames!  We really enjoyed this hands-on math and the visual picture helps us to learn our math facts faster!&nb...

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Author Visit

Mr. Alan St. Jean, the author of four picture books and four chapter books came to visit us at the Early Elementary on Tuesday.   He talked with us about the writing process, about how long it takes him to write a book and where he gets his ideas from. He showed us how his books all have a problem and a solution and that making the solution unpredictable is part of what makes a great children's book.  He showed us some of...

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Blogging with the BUGS

on desember 25 is cherismis i wont a ds game i am  exsitid for cherismis -by PrestynI was a vampire for hollowen. My baby sister was born in janawary 19.I was the first baby in my family.I Iive with my mom, my dad, my brother, my gramma,my grampa,my big sister.I love techer.I love myself. - by Sop...

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Blogging by the BUGS!

Hi I am Emma.A and last night I had lots of fun .I went to my friends house.His name is calub.My cousin Presly came over to his house.I got to go trick or treating with them.I was a monster for Halloween.I had fun!We had lots of candy!Today I am going trick or treating a gen. My name is Tyler i went trick or treating last night with my friend,s Jack Samy and airin.And i also went with my sister named Ava. October 31 was Hallaween. It raind last year and this year. We had lots of diffrint costrum`s. My farit thing abowt Hallaween is to...

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Computer Lab - a Sneak Peek

We use computers a lot in our classroom.  We use them at math stations every day to practice our math concepts and facts.  We use them to take AR tests for reading comprehension assessment.  But we love to go to the lab on Friday mornings and just have some fun!  We can play any of the educational games on the school computers or we can use the time to blog!  Our computer lab has 26 computers, so one student gets to sit at...

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Happy Halloween!

On Thursday afternoon, our room transformed itself from a room full of BUGS to a room full of werewolves, swamp things, minions and vampires!  Here's a look at our Halloween costume party!Prestyn the vampire, Dylan the Knight in Shining Armor, Cameron the werewolf and Orrin the dinosaur. Tyler and Ian were ninjas, Billy the spider, Abigail the cat and Maya the monkey! Kaylee the rock star, Emma K. a bumblebee, Emma A. a crazy monster,...

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