A day at the garden 10/2/09

The boys and girls spent a hot and tiring afternoon getting our community garden spot ready for fall planting. What a great way to learn about plants, working together as a team, and soon seeing/ eating the reward! Don't forget to send in some fall plants before our next trip to the garden!

Thanks again to our parent volunteers.

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The girls are ready to pull some weeds!

KN checking out the other gardens.

AJ searching for weeds to pull.

LM ready to work!

Working?? Or just taking a break, BL!!

Wow, lots of weeds to pull! Thanks again to our

wonderful parents for going along to help!

KG found a big clump of weeds to pull.

Whew, this is hard, hot work!

Dig them up, KN!

NE showing off her weeds!

BS and DV having fun in the dirt!

MG getting the weeds out and the soil ready.

QC and JP looking like gardeners (and working like one too!)

MM posing at the garden.

JC looking for a spot to weed.

KG and NE posing at the garden!

CA pulling weeds.

KG, MG, and LM taking a water break.

Sorry ... behind again!

I actually had time to post tonight but I forgot my camera at school! Coming soon... garden pictures, making flubber, and hopefully pictures with Smokey Bear (if he doesn't get called away to another fire tomorrow!).

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!

Remember: We love comments!

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!