Fire Safety Week

The 1st full week in October was Fire Safety Week.  We talked about smoke alarms, Stop-Drop-Roll, emergency plans, and all kinds of fire related things.  The best part was when we went to the Fire Hall on a field trip!  We made the journey with the 2nd grade class.  Here are pictures of our fun time:

This was just too cute not to take pictures of!  On our walk to the Fire Hall they chose to hold hands :)  Melt my heart little ones...

Fireman Dave taught us all about fire safety also!  He showed us different kinds of fire extinguishers and explained what each kind was made for.  He even dressed in his bunker gear for us!  Man he was warm after that.  We each got to hold his helmet- we had no idea it was so heavy. 

Next we went into the bay and saw all of the different kinds of trucks our fire department has.  He showed us the hoses all coiled up, where the hoses hook up to on the water tanks and we even saw the jaws of life.  An old ambulance stores a lot of equipment that the firemen need and it has air conditioning for those HOT summer fires.

Then we went outside and he showed us how a fire extinguisher actually works.  A lot of us have never seen one in action- which is a good thing!

Next, the coolest thing happened... He drove out a fire truck and we all got to hold the hose and spray water!

Fireman Avery

Fireman Amree

Fireman Constance

Fireman Kanyon

Fireman Ella

Fireman Mason

Fireman Hunter

1st and 2nd grade classes at the Fire Hall

1st and 2nd graders with Fireman Dave

 Right before we left the Fire Hall we got a special treat.  Our own red fireman hats!

Don't we look good?

We had such a great day.  I am so appreciative of the members of our community that take the time to teach our students!  They loved every minute of our adventure.

~Ms. Anglin

Fall Updates

This fall has flown by like no other!  We have finally started to get the hang of doing our Calendar Math solo ;)  1 person each day has the job of filling in the boxes.  I do help when needed but I think they are doing a great job brushing up on some old skills while learning and improving with new ones.  This is what the board looks like when it is all filled in.

We made apple trees from tissue paper, toilet paper rolls and foam circles.  They turned out pretty cute!  We also made "About Me" Tagxedo projects to hang in the hallway.

One day when we returned from lunch this is what we found!  If anyone knows who the mysterious  stuffed bear mover is, please let us know!

October was the start of Character Counts.  This month we learned about Trustworthiness.  Trustworthiness means you are honest, a good friend, and that you can be counted on.  

In science we learned about plants this chapter.  We did an experiment where we placed Lima bean seeds in 2 different baggies- 1 with water and 1 without water.  Which one would grow?  We observed the seeds daily and talked about the differences.  The dry bag stayed the same but the 1 with water grew and grew!  I don't know if I've ever had this project go so well.

Another science related project we did was an apple project that worked in with our 5 senses and Johnny Appleseed.  I gave each student a slice of 4 different kinds of apples.  We compared and contrasted the different kinds then voted on a class favorite.  Our overall favorite was the Honeycrisp.  Then we had to describe the apples using our 5 senses. 

We have had a great fall so far.  But I can't wait for what's coming up- HALLOWEEN!!

~Ms. Anglin

Back to school time!

Homecoming week was very busy for us!  Monday was Labor Day so we had one less day to dress up.  Tuesday we wore our PJs:

Wednesday we wore Neon or dressed like Nerds:

Thursday we dressed like cowboys or rednecks:

Thursday was also my birthday, so we celebrated with cupcakes and ice cream!

Friday we started the day in our signing clothes.  We spent time signing our names on other peoples' shirts.

Then we morphed into SKUNKS!  The theme of our Homecoming parade was animals.  So we decided our team was going to Skunk the other team!  (PS. We did skunk them!!)

Here are pictures of our class and the Kindergarten class before and during the parade.

Here is our class waiting for the Pep Rally to start.

Oofda, I think that about does it for Homecoming week!

~Ms. Anglin