Operator Error

Sometimes my computer is so helpful. It saves me frum luking foollish when it spell checks my writing for me. But sometimes it frustrates me. Last week we had 6 new comments on posts that I needed to approve. I read the sweet one from Preston, Delaney's brother, and another one from AJ, one from Anna, and some anonymous ones too. Instead of hitting the button to approve all of our posts, I hit the reject button by mistake. I soon found out that there was no way of going back and retrieving the posts. Once they've been rejected they are gone forever. I apologize to our friends that read and comment on last week's posts. I meant to accept and publish them all. Let's just chalk this one up to lessons learned.
By Mrs. Metzger

King Tut Field Trip

This morning we went on a field trip to The Florida Theater to see a musical called King Tut. We learned that King Tut was only 9 years old. His uncle and another adviser wanted him to go to war with the communities surrounding Egypt and collect lots of taxes from the Egyptians. When King Tut didn't want to do these things they killed him!
After the field trip it was raining too hard to go to Metro Park, so we went back to school and ate lunch outside in the pavillion.
Next we're going to finish our learning pockets on Egypt.
By Naja and Mrs. Metzger

Open House

We had our Open House on Monday, September 22nd. After the parents arrived the children showed them our Book of the Month, DOL, DOG, the memoir people projects, work folders, calendar math, book log, and our blog. Everyone got a pack of M&M's. We all got a success ticket for coming. The parents liked seeing our classroom, especially the plants we are growing from seeds.
By Kaci and Mrs. Metzger

September Book of the Month

The book of the month is called the Amazing Pop-up Picture Atlas. When you open the book the first thing you see is the Earth and it spins around (because it's a pop-out). The book is organized by continents, beginning with North America. North America teaches you about the Native Americans, The Statue of Liberty, and when you flip open the page, you learn about languages (mostly Spanish and English), and it shows you the flags. The next page is about South America where people usually play soccer. There are also pages for Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. The pictures help you understand what each continent is like. We recommend this book for kids in school and adults.
By Zack and Mrs. Metzger

Memoir Projects

We have been writing memoirs in

school and we are creating ourselves out of posterboard at home. This week we'll put the two together for a splendid display in the hallway for Open House. Mine is about me being a piano player. I decorated my "person" using lots of colors. I can't wait to see lots of others!
By Anna

New Friends

The very best thing that has happened so far this school year is that I made a lot of new friends. Austin is a good friend because he's been really nice to me. Sometimes we play football together at recess. Brice is also nice because we had a reading conference together. I sit near Jared and can always count on him for help if I need it.
By Robby

Smokey and Pumpkin

This past week was really crazy. Our resources began and we met Mr. Jones, the new PE intern. I was student of the week and I brought in my two snails, Smokey and Pumpkin. Smokey wasn't out but Pumpkin was. Everybody loved the snails. By Delaney