tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25196869294228125172024-02-19T19:55:26.624-06:00Mrs. Phillips 1st gradeThis blog reports the wonderful learning and the planners of 1st graders in Mrs. Phillips class at Mark Twain IB World School. Read our writing, view our art, share our news, investigate our inquiries and celebrate our learning all year long!Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.comBlogger614125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-17001554928303615222011-01-17T15:16:00.001-06:002011-01-17T15:18:47.685-06:00my news...<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">My Dearest 1st Grade Class,<br /><br />My year this year with you started with a bang the minute the doors opened on the first day of school. Your kids are awesome and I've enjoyed the last semester being their teacher! We've spent these last few months working hard to establish our classroom norms to help make working and learning together easier for everyone. The children have worked hard learning how our reading groups operate, play math games fairly, work independently, ask questions when they need help and to be good problem solvers. In just a short time, I've seen everyone's reading and writing skills progress to the next level and a real sense of community established. With that said, I am confident in saying everyone has had a great start to their year, too!<br /><br />It's with a heavy heart that I inform you that my last few weeks have not been the healthiest for me. I apologize for not being at school but I hope you know by now that I would be there if I any way could. I just finished radiation treatment and will be starting yet another very aggressive chemo treatment at MD Anderson at the end of the month and expect it to continue on through to June. Mrs. Joonmi Hwang has done a great job internalizing my routine the last few weeks and will continue to do the best she can. She has gotten to know the kids and most of all, loves being in our class! She has agreed to be my long-time substitute and will have no problems stepping in at a moment's notice.<br /><br />I regret not having better news. I want to remain positive and give myself the healthiest chance I can. Please keep in touch. The children make me the happiest!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Mrs. Phillips<br /></span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-29710561761600462752010-11-03T22:37:00.001-05:002010-11-03T22:37:00.217-05:00student-led conferences<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4P-9gf6xYEEMb2zFT9NPI-x2sc59lFE-xwB75eFqGy7u5SnoJdVjWcTsFRxeCLNiXn5EK5LILy7niVR41ICWe6JmYdLfFxgQumVLxRiVv6Q1_FSOejOtJFj7GZ81K112uuvPaeHDcPo/s1600/IMG_1919.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535162757315183474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4P-9gf6xYEEMb2zFT9NPI-x2sc59lFE-xwB75eFqGy7u5SnoJdVjWcTsFRxeCLNiXn5EK5LILy7niVR41ICWe6JmYdLfFxgQumVLxRiVv6Q1_FSOejOtJFj7GZ81K112uuvPaeHDcPo/s400/IMG_1919.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Notes went home about student-led conferences. Be sure to sign up for a conference time! The sign-in sheet is posted outside the classroom. If you are unable to do so yourself, shoot me an email with your preference and I would be glad to sign up for you!</span> </div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-59327151874399830812010-11-02T22:42:00.004-05:002010-11-04T07:46:30.045-05:00Reading Champions<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDHxmoSk7yKQ9wZZepT4Zewp25MR-MBCIDdsOlo1ofEH1C5jC2aox3cMm1Fuaa9U01sZdD6ge0Nmsad3RJfaynJLx_-YJ_LzIWzSlUUHPWg10NJL4T10UMHYoeZTRm2s5ftAHWmxiNzo/s1600/IMG_1920.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535163860903482114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDHxmoSk7yKQ9wZZepT4Zewp25MR-MBCIDdsOlo1ofEH1C5jC2aox3cMm1Fuaa9U01sZdD6ge0Nmsad3RJfaynJLx_-YJ_LzIWzSlUUHPWg10NJL4T10UMHYoeZTRm2s5ftAHWmxiNzo/s400/IMG_1920.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">You are already filling out a reading log nightly...it would be a worthwhile cause to fill this out, too! Reading lists are due November 30th. Medals will come probably in December or January! Have fun!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-42655833553155595172010-11-01T21:06:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:08:58.072-05:00Henry Matisse<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0Vafj-aYREpmCIhuow-nWj_6YvUROpuDnprkvsCbWC35P1x8YGecm0GoXrj4gNni7P7ewJTzDQonMwlYVyTvEfNT9nARuPhO82zsrIwAG2b7OYdG4zWsllznxSZPxf-5SvArzXubneM/s1600/IMG_1921.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535139199810930194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0Vafj-aYREpmCIhuow-nWj_6YvUROpuDnprkvsCbWC35P1x8YGecm0GoXrj4gNni7P7ewJTzDQonMwlYVyTvEfNT9nARuPhO82zsrIwAG2b7OYdG4zWsllznxSZPxf-5SvArzXubneM/s400/IMG_1921.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This picture does not do their work justice. You will just have to come see it for yourself! To follow-up on the Matisse art a la carte lesson on positive and negative space, I thought it would be fun to make these lovely pots of black and white flowers. They are located on the big bulletin board between the 1st grade and kindergarten hallways.</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-41839976841114919012010-10-29T20:45:00.000-05:002010-11-02T20:47:29.717-05:00Fall muffins<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuf_XXAlKVc9IkWd5SloHjhSx6e-NnZXz1WPnSshdr5oipuiZI7JIKcxH_dbGqxhFrMlt5QRIm62myYm7ADgTlAsH9oS_CYw0iuoNR5pOesfPRJ_Kh83dC0PghHTr3MMAN63YVgIpbl0/s1600/IMG_1883.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 393px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535133781719282722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuf_XXAlKVc9IkWd5SloHjhSx6e-NnZXz1WPnSshdr5oipuiZI7JIKcxH_dbGqxhFrMlt5QRIm62myYm7ADgTlAsH9oS_CYw0iuoNR5pOesfPRJ_Kh83dC0PghHTr3MMAN63YVgIpbl0/s400/IMG_1883.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Thank you Mrs. Hanks for baking yummy pumpkin muffins today! They went along great with our pumpkin study today!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-87540035032937435782010-10-28T20:37:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:45:08.974-05:00reading groups<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9IpN3T6iZXHN7aURO4d2Jd99600QZ5dNRzGf_LTZmJFM0YjCpnEz3vUmItQG01kK0lWYPBBGHLRJBFWVnfTTtA0QEIHRTn2LKPaCzXo_WvIi78mHAtAywQ_XsfN_yRS5KS1xNTXKynE/s1600/IMG_1879.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535132768772380466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9IpN3T6iZXHN7aURO4d2Jd99600QZ5dNRzGf_LTZmJFM0YjCpnEz3vUmItQG01kK0lWYPBBGHLRJBFWVnfTTtA0QEIHRTn2LKPaCzXo_WvIi78mHAtAywQ_XsfN_yRS5KS1xNTXKynE/s400/IMG_1879.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Reading groups are plugging along daily. The kids are doing awesome and can see growth in everyone. !Today we used our "witch fingers" to help us track the words when reading...glad I snitched a few from our class party last year!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-58438611933912163572010-10-27T21:29:00.002-05:002010-11-02T21:40:39.462-05:00Picasso self-portraits<p align="justify"><object width="445" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://photopeach.com/public/swf/story.swf"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="photos=http://photopeach.com%2Fapi%2Fgetphotos%3Falbum_id%3Dyohadj&autoplay=0&embed=1"><embed src="http://photopeach.com/public/swf/story.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="296" flashvars="photos=http://photopeach.com%2Fapi%2Fgetphotos%3Falbum_id%3Dyohadj&autoplay=0&embed=1"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;">FYI...If you are at school you will not be able to hear the YouTube based music!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The students created a self-portrait using oil pastels emulating Picasso’s style. The main objective was to let our imagination run wild with the many possibilities. We looked at Picasso’s painting, <em>Girl Before a Mirror</em> for inspiration. </span></p>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-1718473085455740602010-10-26T21:45:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:47:33.842-05:00High Roller<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9Lk7_n6d8SkrkULh4k8omeQk8XY8Om1elltII3A5vxPw_1mnpHuxD9vpbcSjTwROdWQe4JLWk0xIkxLK-dvWEPmXzibz4B4tw3vABgZG2gXFdHuECTTnVmkDFkqgklr1ah-MojJFmIc/s1600/IMG_1878.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 331px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535149348199491698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9Lk7_n6d8SkrkULh4k8omeQk8XY8Om1elltII3A5vxPw_1mnpHuxD9vpbcSjTwROdWQe4JLWk0xIkxLK-dvWEPmXzibz4B4tw3vABgZG2gXFdHuECTTnVmkDFkqgklr1ah-MojJFmIc/s400/IMG_1878.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Always a new game...gotta keep them actively participating. Today we played, High Roller. I can see such a difference in their ability to add numbers at a quicker pace already! </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-77865530794791859082010-10-25T21:01:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:04:57.020-05:00Spooky Spaghetti<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ap6aC4ms76zg5tPa4-9gN4ej9rvdJM4X7Mm31Q9FulV1TZ13Eso6kRBy9Df7fzpfrHR2-4q1klsxQouUnqmyLIaYGlNiSC5EA1stojrPdjv8NuXTm2o1qtjpwVFXWsZmnvxWubin9Ug/s1600/mosaicbbadf6ba2d164472438a924e299c02cc6bed29c3%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535138024037106290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ap6aC4ms76zg5tPa4-9gN4ej9rvdJM4X7Mm31Q9FulV1TZ13Eso6kRBy9Df7fzpfrHR2-4q1klsxQouUnqmyLIaYGlNiSC5EA1stojrPdjv8NuXTm2o1qtjpwVFXWsZmnvxWubin9Ug/s400/mosaicbbadf6ba2d164472438a924e299c02cc6bed29c3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Please forgive me if I didn't see you at Spooky Spaghetti! There were so many people...and your costumes were very tricky! It looks like everyone had a spooktacular time! I'll be looking for you on Halloween... </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-75553205146175219942010-10-21T22:32:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:37:09.503-05:00garden planting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNGz36qStGNH1oLkJYEnwuk4kcLalTlSC2EL2pPcaW578X6uzEDfhDp5m5AmOfzDzWm451kOv0F2bNVEISnfA1pRoypXDf7jpoAXAlrqGVhQl7YgPRNVMuGb1uEiYWPss8Cn8olVsTy8/s1600/mosaic9668c00ff62c9dba33932ad5d45293a4973e90d3%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535162175606661842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNGz36qStGNH1oLkJYEnwuk4kcLalTlSC2EL2pPcaW578X6uzEDfhDp5m5AmOfzDzWm451kOv0F2bNVEISnfA1pRoypXDf7jpoAXAlrqGVhQl7YgPRNVMuGb1uEiYWPss8Cn8olVsTy8/s400/mosaic9668c00ff62c9dba33932ad5d45293a4973e90d3%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today we paired up with Mrs. Musters' 3rd grade class and planted kale, fennel and beans in the new garden. The plan is to take turns daily to water the garden and write in our garden logs along the way. Ask your child if they have watered yet!</span><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmqsscj5_KfZ6JN80aR24-ZZU9QxmWqC8MEabMPlFY3ayEzjAlmKzqPWlcEPNCaqK14_2OQzHOtsmQill4VhZMcbYma-UI0qGduvY5V34Sr4oY45Htk_1DEOLaFBWeta_VlSbt0J3R6U/s1600/IMG_1841.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535161384861503490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmqsscj5_KfZ6JN80aR24-ZZU9QxmWqC8MEabMPlFY3ayEzjAlmKzqPWlcEPNCaqK14_2OQzHOtsmQill4VhZMcbYma-UI0qGduvY5V34Sr4oY45Htk_1DEOLaFBWeta_VlSbt0J3R6U/s400/IMG_1841.JPG" /></a></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-2367121982845025732010-10-20T21:57:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:00:59.581-05:00National Symbols<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-zIE94Wyki3sKw_QIDiuIw7_ayI5qrvvLkOki40kTPeNKdeavI_CrxJkX8b08Gch_pI8rbHvWtSIc9XVTJqcVf2lN29PLKVycQ1nna4t0kISv28J99vzvVhw_OmYsuh_9AdysECqMSU/s1600/mosaic19eefe70243654c5b683ee1a0f2a5f6494650908%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535152529725000082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-zIE94Wyki3sKw_QIDiuIw7_ayI5qrvvLkOki40kTPeNKdeavI_CrxJkX8b08Gch_pI8rbHvWtSIc9XVTJqcVf2lN29PLKVycQ1nna4t0kISv28J99vzvVhw_OmYsuh_9AdysECqMSU/s400/mosaic19eefe70243654c5b683ee1a0f2a5f6494650908%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today was as good a day as any to make flags and introduce US national symbols...Statue of Liberty, US flag, bald eagle and the Liberty Bell. The whole lesson about the number of red and white stripes, stars, etc. went over their heads a bit...it was evident when we got 22 DIFFERENT looking flags! Some got it. They're cute...all in their own way. </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-15937631355536746032010-10-19T22:24:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:27:37.599-05:00quotation marks<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YJGbLPpD0aKkqDfL2F-OwwRFPn-5K4aO1FrnU1Gg_q1_d1taehvgC2dN9lucL-EIjMLDzJe2o2CWulcfpTWWq6-vd3Cmx35vcFQtLiUbCYcAsy_7wbf16ylZkXYfjRsOhbAOpcVNp7o/s1600/IMG_1824.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535159405034307202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YJGbLPpD0aKkqDfL2F-OwwRFPn-5K4aO1FrnU1Gg_q1_d1taehvgC2dN9lucL-EIjMLDzJe2o2CWulcfpTWWq6-vd3Cmx35vcFQtLiUbCYcAsy_7wbf16ylZkXYfjRsOhbAOpcVNp7o/s400/IMG_1824.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Today we played around with macaroni to create our own quotes. I'm starting to see quotation marks in their journal writing! :-)</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-75576891582660296062010-10-18T22:01:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:05:15.381-05:00yuck!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpvspzbw12lAbaoym5gd-dZIsxTS9F4GU8YCMVq-GRhAFpXcmfhcDdykm5ra6MU2r6IaFDey636zFifn4M92aIAsWbklbDdkmY5IDfmqN1obcaAbSa0HSYRAYp8xI_jpppIuaGb5ORd8/s1600/IMG_1823.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535153458951312770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpvspzbw12lAbaoym5gd-dZIsxTS9F4GU8YCMVq-GRhAFpXcmfhcDdykm5ra6MU2r6IaFDey636zFifn4M92aIAsWbklbDdkmY5IDfmqN1obcaAbSa0HSYRAYp8xI_jpppIuaGb5ORd8/s400/IMG_1823.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Chemo on Fridays makes a yucky feeling teacher on Mondays. Bear with me...we can do it!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-1741781289986949052010-10-15T21:09:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:12:59.938-05:00Christopher Columbus<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3CNUrCEIisDa17FCCnkAWAegyGULEwCeaugFTAbIrjlPui3MEz0FNg-rbaruiDFf-8YoKCTr2XUK0KB0V6zIjyVEUqXQoc6KDNgWAtBBaBtGQOfquwi2TjwZVt0bQK-dcqSH0ZsfBug/s1600/IMG_1826.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535140358576642418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3CNUrCEIisDa17FCCnkAWAegyGULEwCeaugFTAbIrjlPui3MEz0FNg-rbaruiDFf-8YoKCTr2XUK0KB0V6zIjyVEUqXQoc6KDNgWAtBBaBtGQOfquwi2TjwZVt0bQK-dcqSH0ZsfBug/s400/IMG_1826.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today we finally got around to finishing the lesson on Christopher Columbus that we started on Monday. I swear we just don't seem to have enough time during our busy days! We read a couple of books and a short video on unitedstreaming.com telling the facts. It turned into a discussion whether Christopher Columbus deserved credit for discovering America or not...since Native Americans were already there when he landed. Something to think about. </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-21332902175886447122010-10-14T21:41:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:44:24.500-05:00Gourds Galore!<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_p8rWYWEKGVN4iSeNxH3W7ANBpSzofXnLXQHD8WRwC_P8bp0NFtYBF7b92-e3crDpImsVjBuPj5luMk5aKlhlh_d0zat7nj_ULkVXV2S_Ii9SUIgoOKjpKZ33LRIf_eTQPpvyOotqNE/s1600/IMG_1812.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535148468484080994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_p8rWYWEKGVN4iSeNxH3W7ANBpSzofXnLXQHD8WRwC_P8bp0NFtYBF7b92-e3crDpImsVjBuPj5luMk5aKlhlh_d0zat7nj_ULkVXV2S_Ii9SUIgoOKjpKZ33LRIf_eTQPpvyOotqNE/s400/IMG_1812.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">During reading groups rotations, the children had 2 days to observe the different properties of a collection of gourds. I think their favorite was using the balance to see how many blocks heavy they were! </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-72022467874705611912010-10-13T22:13:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:20:56.583-05:00sticker sentences<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8HxEGe73bFp_d4C4HBLPLhAJgBFPj4nQ9cmKU9z36luOTqUBmPa1qf5frUh74W3p3gXo5OJjhOFWpUHz26qEVLSHyurNfrnvMEFJwd8bxKVY3FpccKXsPY1yEHP0-NENO4yjLJs3GtM/s1600/IMG_1777.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156562861393858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8HxEGe73bFp_d4C4HBLPLhAJgBFPj4nQ9cmKU9z36luOTqUBmPa1qf5frUh74W3p3gXo5OJjhOFWpUHz26qEVLSHyurNfrnvMEFJwd8bxKVY3FpccKXsPY1yEHP0-NENO4yjLJs3GtM/s400/IMG_1777.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> I think fun stickers would make almost anyone want to write...don't you think?</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-87176923510338856112010-10-12T22:21:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:24:18.870-05:00Parts of a Whole<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8IWHOJnIDJeAcLbSrdD24UnwUB0QkOF3E5xlV2Gb5y_cF9YlVtezDY5JzWM3QgaGwD9CTudPD12qDa-40mjzd1LsIormHEUN3O8WcNLXzj2HSOvr9AfZ1mPq4C6gWxiFM0PpSIX-IAo/s1600/IMG_1814.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535158657644713042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8IWHOJnIDJeAcLbSrdD24UnwUB0QkOF3E5xlV2Gb5y_cF9YlVtezDY5JzWM3QgaGwD9CTudPD12qDa-40mjzd1LsIormHEUN3O8WcNLXzj2HSOvr9AfZ1mPq4C6gWxiFM0PpSIX-IAo/s400/IMG_1814.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Today during reading group rotation, we played a new Envision game called "Parts of a Whole" to introduce subtraction.</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-47235434864541605962010-10-11T21:50:00.000-05:002010-11-02T21:52:34.613-05:00Rolling for 50<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKW85nAUY-HfBh3EU4FMWgZ7G7k6h3tEK22LjzYX_JlraXkmPrZ0lAn0doKC51Cxvz7bppvFi2D9cGQn84IvGTLH3GmcH_SQVf0UINHECiW85xmlMnomTqeAmatmlWwoPEueUdXK5YX4/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535150623394363042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNKW85nAUY-HfBh3EU4FMWgZ7G7k6h3tEK22LjzYX_JlraXkmPrZ0lAn0doKC51Cxvz7bppvFi2D9cGQn84IvGTLH3GmcH_SQVf0UINHECiW85xmlMnomTqeAmatmlWwoPEueUdXK5YX4/s400/IMG_1775.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today we played "rolling for 50." It is a game to better familiarize ourselves with the 100's chart and how to move around the board. It was very much like the game, Chutes and Ladders! We learned that if you go forward 10 or backward 10...you will end up directly above or below your starting number! I think playing "Give Your Dog a Bone" (link is on the very bottom of this blog...scroll down) online during reading group rotation helped us to play this game with better ease! </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-73424213104399975042010-10-11T19:03:00.002-05:002010-10-11T19:21:47.577-05:00class party<div align="justify"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526946884652245314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2sJtFKnKQUT4mw16j6UiUM9UNkNVlSSCgL_bCmaMN4RD99RGl43xd5COmuaVHl2FaIS0ZghbtGi3FJyl0rDJflvbYzH4aoGB7w8osCalfFB8yQLXzRf5c_jB7rQQwIScy4vUmBBws-I/s400/imagesCA6R8MUE.jpg" /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hi Parents! Just a quick reminder that our class party is this <strong>Wednesday, October 13th</strong> from 5:30-7:30 outside at the Mark Twain Pavilion. We are having a pot-luck style dinner. This is a GREAT way to meet all your child’s classmates and their families. Think about something yummy to share...there is a sign-up sheet outside the classroom. Thank you to all those that have signed up already for fruit salad, appetizers, dessert and drinks. We still need more volunteers to sign up to bring a main or side dish to share. If you do not go by the classroom in the morning, please let me know what you would like to bring, and I can sign you up! Thanks and I look forward to meeting you all! </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-76861587027873505912010-10-11T16:23:00.003-05:002010-10-11T16:26:43.230-05:00Matthew's Dream<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxmRiUyT0SyG-jv1KjZDwQ4xVwtBdwu9SeY9zvBvmvO3LSnefgfOUzJq2dsNJtTfO1XFAVGv-xXBWrjgi4F4v723aHFmb0r6yItQfai-Ud4QFvl_3-REFKdJeqt0S7DRHoGn88Za2mJY/s1600/IMG_0200.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526902720175107970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxmRiUyT0SyG-jv1KjZDwQ4xVwtBdwu9SeY9zvBvmvO3LSnefgfOUzJq2dsNJtTfO1XFAVGv-xXBWrjgi4F4v723aHFmb0r6yItQfai-Ud4QFvl_3-REFKdJeqt0S7DRHoGn88Za2mJY/s400/IMG_0200.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today we read <em>Matthew's Dream</em> by Leo Lionni. After being inspired by Matthew's Dream, we listened to classical music and painted our own "dreams." When I get a chance...I will display them in the hallway. We will write about them, too!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-4700159293302596112010-10-08T22:08:00.000-05:002010-11-02T22:13:20.379-05:00garden dedication<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLHDxZ1X28U3etNkaYSxE16yYpbP8PnfIh_Z2EBK1ikGaLFozKZsnxhss_AJPU-hKS0EpieE_086iprtokmQYyJgnFeDo6giCvw4omYBGl4lRyRF4PrD4NJ-YoenjnGapK2vCe0E8dKY/s1600/IMG_1794+(2).JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535156115556559042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLHDxZ1X28U3etNkaYSxE16yYpbP8PnfIh_Z2EBK1ikGaLFozKZsnxhss_AJPU-hKS0EpieE_086iprtokmQYyJgnFeDo6giCvw4omYBGl4lRyRF4PrD4NJ-YoenjnGapK2vCe0E8dKY/s400/IMG_1794+(2).JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today was the garden dedication. We had lovely weather! To kick off the event, every child in each class wrote their wish for the garden and they were all buried together to eventually become part of the garden. Very memorable!</span><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbOfUdWoBQPMFzkX0xWe58r3Tb5tIWetDhP42RgUyMvhXTVaPMdbSjvq_HzbLyp_So_yGbCJ5tGgUrC_4qoSbyWQ3J7lDsjlqG6vi_y5eSIBFcmqXN9c4noNdCu6ChMl9gm4xTrCePbA/s1600/IMG_1795.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535155304746786882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbOfUdWoBQPMFzkX0xWe58r3Tb5tIWetDhP42RgUyMvhXTVaPMdbSjvq_HzbLyp_So_yGbCJ5tGgUrC_4qoSbyWQ3J7lDsjlqG6vi_y5eSIBFcmqXN9c4noNdCu6ChMl9gm4xTrCePbA/s400/IMG_1795.JPG" /></a></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-18974004117333560732010-10-07T16:20:00.001-05:002010-10-11T16:22:23.663-05:00Mondrian<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HUYrF35Ss0pjKw1HXLBBsDU-ZJuveN5RCvVutxYk4iFAaPtv6aKD3PXA6hlvb0lmBqWEmfu0WJFbzgCQx48am4te9_IMFwRCXWyM2JopMBUaK-_gjJQ_HnPD2_bPxPHML0bBIgX2-xE/s1600/IMG_1543%5B1%5D.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526901692164857650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HUYrF35Ss0pjKw1HXLBBsDU-ZJuveN5RCvVutxYk4iFAaPtv6aKD3PXA6hlvb0lmBqWEmfu0WJFbzgCQx48am4te9_IMFwRCXWyM2JopMBUaK-_gjJQ_HnPD2_bPxPHML0bBIgX2-xE/s400/IMG_1543%5B1%5D.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">In art ancillary the children learned about Piet Mondrian. They explored straight lines, primary colors, rectangles, squares and grids. </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-24905645712549785662010-10-06T13:47:00.002-05:002010-10-06T13:50:34.246-05:00LDC<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMgIFt2oPfkyFL9b_HKv_xjn8vj4zNeBZZFiwqCB-013en8oxo589LpXYcMkNrus4noahVK-1KJwcSzyj2-kIOxAIn4Vb7WRQdDF0wi5h9FNQoFYphLsWuxZIa3DC-_DOjQB_Ht7UVCs/s1600/mosaic00e7760325df9866b7ea4a51b8d3d3b736ac6a11%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525007322966896738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMgIFt2oPfkyFL9b_HKv_xjn8vj4zNeBZZFiwqCB-013en8oxo589LpXYcMkNrus4noahVK-1KJwcSzyj2-kIOxAIn4Vb7WRQdDF0wi5h9FNQoFYphLsWuxZIa3DC-_DOjQB_Ht7UVCs/s400/mosaic00e7760325df9866b7ea4a51b8d3d3b736ac6a11%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">This week and last week we have been going to LDC for the first time with Mrs. Diaz. It's been hard to complete our reading group rotations AND go to LDC but we've done pretty well! The children usually listen to a story, have a class discussion, work on a writing project, go to various centers and participate in writer's theater every single day of LDC! This week we've been writing on our peace poems. </span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-77125728955050469642010-10-05T20:15:00.001-05:002010-10-05T20:21:48.163-05:00rolling for 50<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXT_fVHwyxJmvWIOkYBLuIPHCmRTn5Tr6wHwvW_mbCuuLEzBxTWI8NzBAWRHufiwASff_KaSRWCMi91x6OV1djc6tsIAtGF_QCr554MYSG0dEO9mQY0M8o_PGDGaS5uWdklYitpm7ILI/s1600/IMG_1775.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524737011808376018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXT_fVHwyxJmvWIOkYBLuIPHCmRTn5Tr6wHwvW_mbCuuLEzBxTWI8NzBAWRHufiwASff_KaSRWCMi91x6OV1djc6tsIAtGF_QCr554MYSG0dEO9mQY0M8o_PGDGaS5uWdklYitpm7ILI/s400/IMG_1775.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Today we played "rolling for 50." It is a game to better familiarize ourselves with the 100's chart and how to move around the board. It was very much like the game, Chutes and Ladders! We learned that if you go forward 10 or backward 10...you will end up directly above or below your starting number! I think playing "Give Your Dog a Bone" (link is on the very bottom of this blog...scroll down) online during reading group rotation helped us to play this game with better ease!</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519686929422812517.post-81858849824617101572010-10-01T20:06:00.000-05:002010-10-05T20:14:03.738-05:00breaking news...<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNKoXKzl94N3FE0ZdUVWn7vZkHAfOSFeX8qqWkWzQy7hQeP7YOZhCGOyaO6e9e2cuHgVFxkb7karh1xI0gukQqjanBHuOfsnT64Fghz6j6SvqNtnfheYEY4KzVLDZGYAKb6_MWs7pngA/s1600/images%5B1%5D+(2).jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 87px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524734662141530930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNKoXKzl94N3FE0ZdUVWn7vZkHAfOSFeX8qqWkWzQy7hQeP7YOZhCGOyaO6e9e2cuHgVFxkb7karh1xI0gukQqjanBHuOfsnT64Fghz6j6SvqNtnfheYEY4KzVLDZGYAKb6_MWs7pngA/s400/images%5B1%5D+(2).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm sure you heard the news...we finally finished The Trumpet of the Swan and watched the movie today. The kids loved it! Be sure to ask your child how the movie was different from the book.</span></div>Mrs. Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373537247362354351noreply@blogger.com0