Exotic Animals

We saw an alligator that was 4 feet long, and we saw snakes. There were some corn snakes. The corn snake was really sassy and had bit the owners before. The alligator slid across the floor. Some people were a little frightened by the alligator. One snake weighed 100 pounds. Lots of kids in our classroom got to hold the 16 foot reticulated python. There was also a raccoon. It's name was Thunder. There were lizards and iguanas. We saw a big spider. It was a tarantula We saw tortoises. One was little and the other was big. We saw skinks. They look like a lizard. It was fun.

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Our Thanksgiving Meal

We got to eat in our classroom today. We made place mats and little Pilgrim people. They are neat. We all ate in Mrs. G's room. We chose what friends to sit by. A few people brought their lunch. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, bread and butter, jello, pumpkin pie or harvest bar, and whip cream. It was wicked awesome to eat in our room. The meal was great to eat. Everybody had a good time.

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Science in Mrs. A.'s Room

In Mrs. A's room we have been learning about habitats. In different habitats, certain animals live. We are finding out whether they are cold or warm. We are finding out where they are located. We are finding out about the food that is available. We're putting our new science stuff in our folder. We have a new booklet.

It's Friday

Today one of our students gets to see Shawn Johnson. Our room has a new desk arrangement. We have boys on one side and girls on the other. Friends are sitting by friends. Someone is going to a birthday today and tomorrow. Some people from this class are going to the same birthday party. We have friends coming to stay the night from Omaha. Some of us will stay home for the weekend. Some are going to their dad's. We watched movies during recess called Wishbone and Arthur's. Some will use their computers after school. Some will play with brothers and sisters after they do their homework. Lunch was tasty today. Yesterday Sam got the white hat. On Wednesday Caleb got the white hat. Have a good weekend.

Thank You

Thank you to the parents who volunteered to send snacks while we took the Basic Skill tests. Thank you for buying good and yummy snacks. The snacks are very, very good to eat. Thank you to the students who brought the snacks to us. They were very, very healthy snacks. We had snacks two times a day. We all liked them. We had skinny and football looking snacks. Some chose to eat the snacks and some chose not to eat the snacks. The parents went to stores to buy the snacks. Mrs. G and Mrs. R had snacks too. Some people are going to bring snacks tomorrow. The cookies were good. Once we had a drink. The crackers made some us thirsty. We had breadsticks and cheese. Cupcakes are coming tomorrow.

Basic Skills Test

Today we had more Basic Skills tests. They were about listening and science. We had to listen very carefully to stories and then choose the best answer. On the science one, we had to also listen and choose the best one. It talked about plants, temperatures, and lots of other things. We had to work carefully.

Basic Skills Test

We took tests for the Basic Skills. We have special books to use. We have to fill in circles of the correct answer with special pencils. Today we did the Social Studies part. There were many pictures. Some problems were easy, some were medium, and some were hard. There were lots of hard ones. Second graders through eighth graders take the tests. On Monday we took the reading part. We had to read some by ourselves. We have to try our best. Some think it's fun. The computer checks them so we can scribble out of the circles. We're taking them during our reading time. We're back to our blogs. Our projector wasn't working for a few days.

The Long Weekend

Have a great weekend. See you on Monday. Dress warm.

Voting

We had an election at our school. We had jobs to do in the election. Lots of classes came to vote. We had a secret ballot box. Several students were photographers. They took lots of pictures. Some people were registers. They checked names off. There were jobs to hand out the ballots. After they voted, they got a paper that said they voted. On the ballot there were pictures of the candidates. Yesterday McCain won in our election. John McCain had 174 votes. Barack Obama had 158 votes in our election. Barack Obama didn't win our election, but he won the real one. We had lots of fun.