Mrs.+Rogers'+Blog

10/12/09 Sorry, I m having a very scattered day today. I forgot to send home homework. I will send tomorrow and you can return Wednesday.

10/11/09

We carved jack-o-lanterns!!!! It was fabulously fun. Mrs. Farley was our official photographer, so I don't have photos up yet, but she will bring them to me Monday and I will get them posted first thing. If you want to wash your child's art shirt and send it back, that would be great. We may need them again. Thanks to: Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Hall (the cookies were fabulous and I'm mad at you for making me cheat on my diet!), Mrs. Murry, Mrs. Copeland, and if I forgot anyone, I'm sorry. We surely couldn't have done it without so much help. We even had Mrs. Abel and Ms. Marsh to join in on the fun. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! It was a wonderful experience for the children.

Next week we will be celebrating Columbus Day all week. We will be making Santa Maria toast. Fun, fun, fun! Stay tuned for pictures of that on Thursday or Friday.

Have a fabulous weekend! :-)

10/7/09

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I've blogged....it's been busy around here! Mrs. Reeves has begun full time teaching and is doing great!!! The kids really love her. She will be teaching until around the middle of November.

Keep working on those math facts. I can tell who is practicing at home and who isn't!!! I am pulling the children who are struggling into a small group to teach some tricks and strategies. The thing that will make the most difference for them is lots of practice!! Thursday we will be celebrating "Read for the Record.' Schools all over the nation will be reading //The Very Hungry Caterpillar// by Eric Carle in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the book. We will have a guest reader reading the book to us via Skype (thanks Mrs. Davis for the webcam, we ARE using it!). If you are interested in being a guest reader sometime, via Skype or in person, please let me know!

Friday we are carving pumpkins. This is to tie into a writing activity about writing directions. The children will write directions for the steps they think they should take to carve a pumpkin. Then we will really do it and follow up with another writing activity. So far I have Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Murry, and Mrs. Copeland sending pumpkins for us. We will need 1-2 more. I am happy to pick these up, but if you just WANT to donate, that would be fine! Also, if you have a pumpkin carving kit you would like to lend, just put your name on the pieces and I will return to you so that your family can use it later. Have a great week!

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9/19/09

So, this isn't really a blog, but I'm going to use it as one. I've been searching for the perfect website that will do all he things I want it to do. Guess what.....there isn't one! The Weebly website I was using was great, but I couldn't very easily upload videos, pictures, or other media, which is what I love to do most! Why have a website if I can't share with you what your children are doing at school? So, here is where I will be posting all that great "stuff" for the rest of the year. Thank you for tolerating the move!