August
18, 2008
 
Snoopy is now on our door. He is holding a sign that says
"Students at Work". Because we are at the end of the hall for the gym,
cafeteria, restrooms, and playground it can be a little hectic outside
of our door. I tend to leave the door open, but if we need a little
more quiet I close the door. I also added Woodstock and all of his
relatives. Why is Snoopy wearing a hard hat and an orange vest?
On the other side of the door we have a Snoopy flag and a Welcome sign.
On the closets are our
writing posters, math charts, job chart, and levels of behavior
posters. Do you like doing jobs?
When school starts you will keep your book bags, lunches, coats, and
hats in these closets. You will be assigned a closet. If you pack
your
lunch you put your lunch on the shelf in your closet. Bookbags go
on
the bottom row of hooks or on the floor. Coats go on the first
two row
of hooks. In the winter you will put your boots on the carpet
outside
our door.
 
We will be using several programs on our five computers. We have
one white computer and four black computers. The white computer
is also connected to the TV. We can watch what is on that
computer on our TV.
Our computer programs include JumpStart 2nd Grade, ThinkLink, I Love
Spelling, I Love Math, I Love Science, USA Explorer, Magic School Bus
Science Programs, and a few others. We will also do some story and
letter writing on the computers. We will be doing several collaborative
Internet projects with other schools. We will also be doing a regular
postcard exchange through the mail.
August 22, 2008
 
This is my desk. I tend to not sit here. It is generally
used to store things. On the front of my desk is chart where you
will indicate what you are having for lunch each day. Everyone
has their name on one of the pockets. I have covered the names
for this picture.
On my desk is our birthday flower pencils. When you have a
birthday you may pick a flower from the puppy planter.
Your name is on the word wall behind the computers. I covered the
names on this picture, but when you come to school on Tuesday you will
be able to find your name.
Our video conferencing equipment is on the left with the Snoopy
cover. Video conferences are fun. Last year we video
conferenced with Michigan State University Museum on how animals
adapt to their environment. We could see and talk directly to a person
at the museum. She showed us some things in the museum and asked
us questions. We even had live crickets to study before and
during the program. I hope we can have a video conference again
this year.
Each of the desks have a name tag, a list of writing words, and a chart
of the levels of behavior. Each name tag has a map of the
United States, a multiplication chart, inch ruler, mm ruler, fractions
chart, place value chart, and alphabet. I have covered up the
names because I am posting this picture on our web site.
    
These four poster show
the levels of
behavior. Our goal is to reach the "Deciding to be Responsible on our
own" level . The next acceptable level is cooperation. The
levels of
Bossing/Bothering and Anarchy will not be allowed in our classroom.
If everyone cooperates,
we can keep our classroom a great place to learn.
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