Crazy about Patterns!

We had a blast learning about patterns! And... we have some really good pattern-makers! :-)

Apples, Apples, Apples!

During the week of Johnny Appleseed's birthday, we did lots of activities that had to do with apples as well as learned a lot about this yummy fruit.

On Friday, we got to taste lots of apple-flavored foods. We had apple juice, fried apples, apple-flavored rice cakes, applesauce, and apple slices.

It was so much fun getting to taste all of the different foods.

After tasting all of the different foods, we got to go up to the ActivBoard and graph our personal favorites.

Our completed graph!

We love apples!

Special Olympics Skating Competition!

We were so ready to begin our Special Olympics Skating Competition!

Tony met up with his good friend, Jameer, who was in our class last year. It was great to see him!

Enoch and Eliana got some help from our good friends, Mrs. Joanne and Mrs. Susan!

Tanayry did an awesome job skating on her own!

Time for our ribbons!

Draylan is an amazing skater! I think he was the fastest one there!

We had a great time at our Skating Competition. Mrs. Stowe and I are so proud of all of our athletes. Go South Salem!

Toothless Tony!

What a cutie!

This picture was taken right after Tony lost his first tooth. We were so excited to share this milestone with him! :-)

So Sorry!

Hi Everyone!

Wow! It has been forever since I updated our Class Blog. As much as I love keeping everyone updated with what is going on in our classroom, I have been sooooo busy. I want to apologize to those of you who have checked in with us only to see the same post over and over. I am going to try to update our blog more often. We have been up to some great things! Enjoy!

PS- If you see some spelling or gramatical errors, that doesn't mean that I am a horrible writer.

:-) For some reason, the blog will no longer allow me to edit what I write! Thanks!

Love,

Ms. Malcom

Our New Friend, Ms. Mallard!

On this day, we met a new friend. Ms. Mallard, a friend of Ms. Malcom and Mrs. Stowe's from Fairview Elementary, came by to bring fireman hats and fireman toys in preparation of Fire Safety. She was also very sweet and brought us some prizes to put in our prize box!

All of our students loved their hats. They even insisted on wearing them to lunch! :-)

Thank you so much Ms. Mallard for thinking of us. It was great to meet you. Come back anytime!

Delilah!

Over the Labor Day holiday, Ms. Malcom got a new puppy. She named her Delilah. We were all so excited when Delilah stopped by our class to visit!

Everyone wanted to pet Delilah and they were all so gentle with her!

Delilah loved all of the attention!

Ms. Malcom and her newest baby!

Tony and Delilah!

Thanks Ms. Cassandra for taking the time to bring Delilah to visit!

Patriotic Dessert!

On the Friday before September 11th, we celebrated our patriotism by making a patriotic dessert. We took a vote to see whether the decoration on our dessert would be a star or a flag!

The winner was.... a star!

We got our materials together and got to work. We used whipped topping, strawberries, and blueberries!

Almost finished!

Looks yummy!

It was yummy! :-)

September 11th

On September 11th, we remembered that day in American history that those of us who experienced it will never forget.

I remember exactly where I was the moment that I found out America had been attacked. I was a freshman at Oxford College and was on my way to my Anthropology class. When I got to class, there was note on the door that said "Class Cancelled. Turn on your TV." I went back to my dorm and watched the TV in horror. I couldn't believe that what I was seeing was real. My first thought, at 18 years old, was "I want my Mama." Do you remember where you were?

Luckily, our students are too young to have witnessed firsthand the tragedy that occurred on 9-11. To them, this day is a day to remember lives lost and a day to learn/ celebrate what it means to be an American!

Every year, our school has a rememberance ceremony. We honor service men/ women, say the "Pledge of Allegience", sing songs such as "The Star Spangled Banner" and "America the Beautiful", and pause for moments of silence at the times when the tragedies occurred. The pictures below are from this year's ceremony.

God Bless the USA!