USING SPELLING CITY

If your child would like to practice their words at spellingcity.com please click on the link to the right. Click on "find a list" and type in Karen Ward. Select Karen Ward (Apalachicola Bay Charter School). This week's list is U1W3 followed by E for Eagles group or ST for Seminoles and Tigers. Your child knows what group he/she is in. This is a geat way to take a practice test as well!

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I will be out Friday, Oct. 2, 2009 (my father is having another biopsy... remember him in your prayers!) and we have a walking field trip to the garden planned. Mrs. Thompson will be taking my place and we will have a substitute teacher's assistant but a few parent volunteers are needed. If you are able to tag along, please let me know. Sorry for the short notice... Mrs. Moses thought she scheduled the trip for next week rather than this week. We decided to leave it as planned since the weather has been so nice. We need to get the plot cleaned up and ready to get some fall plants growing! Remember, you may send in garden hand tools and gloves for your child and a bottle of water would be nice as well!

The Great Kapok Tree 9/29/09

The day finally came that everyone had been waiting for... the day to perform the "real" play. After many days of preparing costumes, props, and learning their lines they finally got to be actors and actresses and perform for their family and friends. Everyone did an awesome job! I am so proud of everyone and got many compliments on their performance! Teaching is definitely a rewarding job!!

Way to go 1st grade!!

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Waiting to get dressed for the play!

What a great looking bunch of rain forest animals!

Now you can see who is who!

I don't think I will ever get the boys to

"be serious" for pictures!!

Cast party after the play!!

KN... porcupine!

MM--- porcupine!

CA-- The Man (wood cutter)!

QC-- toucan!
BL-- sloth!

AJ-- red eyed tree frog.

DV-- red eyed tree frog.

AJ-- butterfly and Yonomamo Child.

KH-- anteater (guest from Mrs. Moses' 1st grade)

Thanks for filling in at the last minute!!

KG-- macaw.

JC-- boa constrictor.

LM-- monkey MG-- jaguar.

NE-- jaguar.

FS-- Scientist (narrator). Thanks for

coming back to 1st grade to help us with our play!!

JP-- bumble bee!

GT-- butterfly!

SH-- boa constrictor.

CC--- cock-of-the-rock!

CREATING OUR RAIN FOREST COSTUMES AND PROPS

Red eyed tree frogs and jaguars.

Mrs. Terhune helping paint butterflies.

NE and MG painting jaguars.

GT painting her butterfly.

LM painting the butterfly for AJ.

BS, CA, DV making leaves.

JP making leaves.

Building the tree.

Sloth, boas, and a bumble bee.


Rain forest birds.


A room full of animals!

HERSHEY KISSES WINNER!

CC was the winner... Mom estimated 88 at Open House... actual count was 104!

The kids couldn't believe there were that many in the jar!

Thanks for sharing with your friends, CC.

Fruits and Vegetables snack! 9/24/09

Sharing our egg plant snack.

MG... not so sure about it!

CA seems to be enjoying the egg plant!

BS... trying the egg plant.

Today we enjoyed (or at least some of us did) egg plant for our snack provided throught the Fruits and Vegetables Grant. Most of the students at least tasted the egg plant although a couple wouldn't even taste!

Happy 7th Birthday, Gillian!! 9/23/09

AJ helps GT celebrate!

The whole gang is ready to enjoy brownies

with sprinkles... GT's favorite!

Time to interview GT so we can make her

birthday magazine. It is fun to learn about our friends.

QC posed with her birthday hat... her birthday

was in August before school started.

QC is being interviewed for her birthday book, too. We will try to get the illustrations finished this week. We have been very busy getting ready for our play next week so we haven't had time to finish the birthday books yet.

OPEN HOUSE 9-22-09

Open house was a huge success. I hope a great time was had by those that were able to stop by. I know many of you are very busy with soccer and other evening activities so I appreciate you taking the time to come see your child's classroom and finding out how your child spends his or her day. Your children were very excited about showing off their room and all of their learning centers.

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JM's sister checking out our blog spot!!

CC's little brother showing off his soccer skills!

DV brought Mom and Dad by to check out

his classroom. Thanks Coach Timmy for

letting your players come to Open House!!

LM was joined by Mom, Dad and her brothers

and sister (not pictured). It was great to see

them again since I taught both big brother and big sister.

BL invited Grandma to come see his classroom!

QC and Mom rode their bicycles to Open House--

Thanks for stopping by!

CC brought Mom by to check things out!

JM brought in the whole gang to see his classroom!

Thanks for stopping by Dad, Mom and big sister. So

good to see former students !

BL brought Mom by to check out his classroom.

KG brought the whole family in to check out her classroom.

Mom, Dad and little brother had a great time.

GT brought Mom in to check out her classroom.

Dad stopped by later after working the PTSA

table in front of the office. This is a great opportunity

to encourage all of my parents to join PTSA!!

AJ was accompanied by her Mom, Dad and big sister!

It was great to see big sister since she

was one of my former students.