Monday, February 25, 2013

LOTS O LAVA!!!

Wow, did we have a great Friday!!!
Our Volcano Erupted 5 times and it was so cool. What an awesome memory for our kiddos to store away and remember for the future...
Here are some pics and a video... Hope you enjoy, watch out there is an annoying South Jersey Accent in the video!!! (MINE)

Check us out... I apologize for my annoying voice ;)


Thursday, February 14, 2013

Volcano day 2!!!

Well we had some help today from Ms. Peck, and we are doing 100th day writing. Here is the result :)
(There are also some pics of me and my Valentines ;) )































Wednesday, February 13, 2013

VOLCANO!!!

WHOA!
We are really building a Volcano in Mrs.Benson's Bunch!!! Here are the beginning stages....








 
Our Day One End Product...

Stay tuned for more from The Bunch of Volcano builders!!!
Our Valentine and 100th Day Celebration is tomorrow. We will be dancing 100 steps to songs, writing letters with100 words and creating some Lovey Crafts <3 font="">
 

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Always Learning...


I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY :)
While I was trying to create cards for the kiddos this past week, and their fun flyer, I taught myself how to make clip art! ITS SO FUN!!
    Anyway, Valentine's Day is Thursday and we will be having some snacks and having a little "Dance" in our room.  Organized dancing, like the cupid shuffle, some exercising, and some fun songs I know the kiddos really like. If you would like to send in some goodies, please feel free to do so-email me so we don't have duplicates- mrsbensonsbunch@gmail.com
     I have some great things to add to this post, we made omelets (well scrambled eggs and cheese, I'm no chef) and it was YUMMY!  We will be writing HOW TO essays, how to paint your finger nails, and how to build with Legos, always a great way to do writing. So there will be plenty of pics and writing this week.

We are learning about Volcanoes this week so there will be some messy days creating a volcano and erupting it!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!? (Yes, I am crazy and will be using paper mache and a mixture of baking soda and vinegar to make LAVA.)

**On another note- our kiddos have been a little out of sorts lately. They are not remembering their manners when others are speaking, listening, and are blurting out whatever they want at a most inopportune time.  Please remind them that having manners in school is imperative, or they will have to meet the classroom consequences by flipping their behavior cards.  This may mean phone calls home and removal from all extra (fun) activities planned.**

We have jump rope for heart on Friday, and 100th day activities this week too. WOW we are busy!!!
Check back for the link to book reports, hopefully they are all done and ready to start, I will be showing the proper procedure this week during Guided Reading.


Sunday, February 3, 2013

Schedule and BOOK REPORTS :)

Hello All!!!
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Hope everyone eats lots of treats and gets to see some cool commercials today.
In two weeks we will have our first BOOK REPORT DUE. It will be a CHEESEBURGER REPORT, I have the forms and will pass them out to bring home.
***FEBRUARY 20th*** is the day the kids will present their stacked burgers to the class. If they want extra credit for their reading grade they can dress up like the main character in their book.
OUR SCHEDULE FOR SPECIALS IS AS FOLLOWS-
Monday-C day
Tuesday-D day
Wednesday-E day
Thursday- A day (gym** make sure you wear sneakers!!!)
Friday- B day (gym** make sure you wear sneakers!!!)
If you would like to come in and read to the class let me know- mrsbensonsbunch@gmail.com
We would love to see you :)
Ill be posting some fun pics soon. (We made mixtures with shaving cream and the boys had some mustache and beard fun ;)
As always thanks for your help and continued support.