Happy Birthday, Alexis!  I hope you enjoy the weekend!  Thank you for the pizza.

What a beautiful weekend.  I was lucky enough to attend the Fairy Ball at Great Trail Girl Scout Camp.  I help with my niece's troop, and this was our first time camping.  It brought back so many memories.  I attended camp with my troop when I was a young girl, as well as spending a week every summer at Great Trail.  I was also a leader for my daughter's Kerri troop from Daisies to Cadettes, so it was sentimental to return.

I was also reminded what a wonderful organization Girl Scouts is.  Thank you to all the leaders, moms, older scouts that helped out, and especially Penny Hewitt who put this camping outing together.  I am exhausted today, but it was so much fun.  

Imagine my surprise (and theirs!) when I saw many of the girls from St. Louis. Check out our pictures on our slide show. 

It was another great day in third grade.  No matter how bad my day starts, my class always make me feel better!  Thanks for the morning hugs and the compliments ( you know who you are!)  You all make my job seem, well, not like a job! 

Make sure you study for spelling!  See you tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Kayla!  She was so excited, I just had to mention it.  It was a great day today!  The kids really impressed me with their reading today.  We tried Buddy Reading/explain what you read, and they did great.  First we practiced how we sit-EEKK!  Elbow, elbow, knee, knee (we have been doing this for a couple of days.)  We sit close to one another so we can hear our partner and only our partner.  We also practice our voices.  If we are sitting close, we can use quiet voices to read.  When we read with our buddies, we shouldn't be able to hear anyone else.  We are also coaches!  A great coach knows when to guide and help their buddy, and when to let our buddy figure it out on his or her own.  We discussed three ways of Buddy Reading-choral reading, echo reading, and taking turns.  We took turns today.  We would follow along as our partner read, and then told our partner what we heard.  It was a great way to practice comprehension. 

Check out our math page to find out what we did in math today-it was alot of fun! 

Lastly, I hope you enjoyed your "taproot"  (carrot.)  

Hopefully tomorrow will be another great day! 

First of all, I have to say I love my new class! (If my "old" class is reading, I love you all too, and I miss you.  Stop by the say hello!)  They are so eager and ready to learn.  The first week went very well, although we were exhausted on Friday.  Thank goodness for the weekend.  I know we will be back on Monday well rested and ready to begin the school routine.

If you haven't had a chance to see our new preschool, stop by sometime to take a peek.  It is absolutely beautiful.  New beginnings are always so exciting.