Club Busy Bee

We have been so busy this week!  I apologize to those of you that have been waiting patiently for me to update our class blog with the first pictures and update of the 2009-2010 school year.  I’ve been spending the past few days getting aquainted with the new dashboard for the edublogs.org website.  It has been a few months since I last signed on and a lot of things have changed since June…I had trouble just trying to find the “New Post” button.  I hope to be able to post pictures from this week over the weekend so please check back!

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I hate to tell you but it’s going to be a short blog entry today. And if you see mistakes I apologize in advance…please overlook them. I’m pooped! We’ve played all day long out in the sun. Enjoy the pictures!

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We had such a beautiful day at Longwood Park today.  The skies were blue and it was just warm enough…not too hot!  The Busy Bees were able to finally meet their Pen Pal from Mrs. Ratliff’s class at West Salem.  They all had a wonderful time playing dodgeball, going on short hike to the cemetery, playing on the playground, and eating lunch.  We also had a special visit from the Salem Ice Cream Parlor truck.  Mrs. Ratliff told us many things about the history of Salem and she took us on a short hike up to the cemetery on the hill.  The Busy Bees were very intrigued by all of the old headstones they found.  I hope you enjoy seeing a little glimpse into today’s field trip!

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Mrs. Overstreet went to Atlanta to see her Mom, Dad, and sister.

L.B. went outside and played.

A.V. played his video games.

M.T. swam in the cool pool at the beach.

K.W. went to Tennessee to see her cousin and her aunt.

B.S. played with his brother on his bike.

S.A. played softball with her dad.

J.D. went to Washington, D.C.

G.S. got a new puppy and her name is Bella.

M.M.K. went to Megan’s house.

S.C. went and played with her cousin’s kittens.

B.B. went to her grandma’s house and had a cookout.

J.N. brought his brother’s X-Box over to his grandma’s house.

M.E.K watched a movie with Maggie.

D.S. went to a friend’s house.

B.R. went to the movie theater with her entire family.

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In doing some Spring Cleaning on my site I discovered that yesterday was my “Blog Birthday!”  I began the Club Busy Bee blog on March 31, 2008.  I guess this is a milestone worth documenting.

Wow, how fast time flies!

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Today was Mrs. Carter’s turn to come in and read to our class. She brought with her The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss.  It looks like everyone had a wonderful time listening to this story!

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Today during math we began our unit on measurement.  I always like the first lesson in this unit because the children are able to get up and move around so much.  In the pictures you will see them measuring items such as their desk, the doorway, bookshelves, my desk, and more with paper clips and footsteps.  After measuring all these items we then discussed why non-standard units don’t work very well and what would be a better way to measure.  We all agreed that using a ruler would help a lot in making sure we are all getting the same measurments.

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We really enjoyed having Mrs. Tennant come in today to read to us during our month-long “Read Across America” celebration. Morgan helped her pick out the story The Lorax to read.  I’m really glad we listened to The Lorax because it goes along with last week’s study about animals, their habitats, and what happens when we start cutting down or polluting the environment.

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Today all the Busy Bees turned into bears!  We had a great time hibernating during some of our science time this afternoon.  We also learned that bears are not the only animals that hibernate during the winter – there are also some types of frogs, snakes, and skunks that sleep throughout the winter.

It was so much fun making our “caves” in the classroom - I wish you could have heard all the giggles and whispers while the caves were being formed!  We spent a good part of our hibernation time reading and then we spent some of it posing for the camera.  I hope you enjoy getting to see a glimpse inside all of the caves…I must say that these are the cutest bears I’ve seen!

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