2014_11_21 Friday

Dave flew to IAD with the kids and I picked them up.

From Elise's reading club: On Monday, X worked on the word down. We all worked on the word away. And now we also have started reading short booklets with CVC words. We read What do you have? On Tuesday, we read BOB books, worked on my Kindle, did flash cards, and counted objects on math worksheets. On Wednesday, we read BOB books and played in the kindle. We also worked on rhyming words. X completed the violet what can we draw? We all worked on a teen numbers/color words wkst.  On Thursday, the girls completed 2 booklets. We did flash cards. We played I Have__ who has__? Game. 

2014_11_20 Thursday

From Elise's teacher: Today we talked about Thanksgiving. I read Pete the Cat the first Thanksgiving. I also read Bear Says Thanks. We talked about where we are going for thanksgiving break. We worked on counting skills. We made a 5 little turkeys booklet. They had Italian.

Show and tell shares: 

Elise- for my show and tell I brought my baby bear. I'm thankful that my brother gave it to me. 

2014_11_19 Wednesday

From Elise's teacher: Today we talked about our bones. First we guessed how many bones they think we have. Then I told them we have 206 bones. We learned names of some-collarbone, rib cage, femur, phalanges. We danced to Dance Around In Our Bones. I read Give Thanks for Each Day. We finger-painted a turkey. We worked on some math skills. They had French today. We practiced our pageant song. 

What are you thankful for? 

Elise- I am thankful for my mom and dad and Buggy and for Christmas because I get to go to Oma and Opa's house. 

Today was an incredible day for me, professionally. I was responsible for interviewing Dr Kent Brantly and his boss Dr Lance Plyler in front of an audience of 1,500. I rocked it!!! You can Google my name and Ebola, and the event will come up.

2014_11_18 Tuesday

From Elise's teacher: Today we talked about the layers of the skin. We looked at a picture of our skin. We saw the hair follicles and sweat glands. They had Spanish today.  We made a turkey and I read the book Turkey Trouble who was trying not to be apart of thanksgiving dinner!  Today we had X's mom come in and be a mystery reader! She read How Does a Dinosaurs eat their food? , How do dinosaurs say I love you? , Miles and Miles of Reptiles! :) 

What is your favorite dessert pie? 
Elise- my favorite is strawberry 

2014_11_17 Monday

From Elise's teacher: This week we will talk about biology topics. We will also talk about Thanksgiving. X and X shared what they remembered from the scientist that visited the school on Friday! They made toothpaste and popped balloons with and w/o water!  Today we talked about what biology is and what a cell is. We discussed a few parts of a cell- cell wall, ribosomes, mitochondria, nucleus. We looked at pictures in a book called Cells. They had Mandarin today. We had indoor recess where we had different centers. 

Tell me a fact from today: 

Elise- I learned that a cell is a circle. 

2014_11_13 Thursday

From Elise's reading club: On Monday, X worked on the word find. He also made the I See and I Like booklets from last week. He came up with some cake sentences because it was his birthday! :)  Elise and I read 3 BOB books. We will all start reading some daily. I have 2 box sets. X played 2 phonics games on my Kindle. On Tuesday, we worked on the word jump. We read sentences with word little. We talked about why the first letter of people's names are with a uppercase letter. X and X practice writing numbers 1-9. On Wednesday, we each read Mat Hid from BOB books. We read sentences with words with, have. These seem to be hard ones for them. On Thursday, the girls worked on the word down.  They also took turns on the kindle and working with me reading the BOB books, reading CVC words, working with blends. They have moved on to the book Hop in BOB. 

From Elise's teacher: Hello! Today we talked about volcanoes and earthquakes. We also went outside to do a diet coke/ mentos experiment. We discussed what was happening in the reaction. We worked on writing the letter Jj. We practiced counting pictures and circling the number. We all took turns playing science related games during center time. They had Italian today. 

Tell me something you learned about volcanoes or earthquakes today:
Elise- I learned that volcanoes can erupt. I learned when an earthquake happens buildings can break and you can get hurt if you're in it. 

2014_11_12 Wednesday

I got an article today about the lengthy history of the street that runs next to us: http://historyatlanta.com/todd-road/. It's the oldest street in Atlanta and was likely an Indian trail before it was the driveway of famed homesteaders! that's pretty cool.

From Elise's teacher: Today we talked about meteorites and meteors. We made a meteor for art. We played games from the Science File Folder game kit. We drew 3 pictures for the letter Jj in our letter folders. We drew jellybeans, jump rope, and jellyfish. They had French today. I read the book My Teacher is a Dinosaur. It had facts about earth and riddles and jokes. 

Tell me something you learned about space rocks or space today: 
Elise- I learned that when space rocks bump into each other they break off and go into space