Who wants an O.R.E.O.?

WOW!  We had such a great time with our O.R.E.O. project! Visit http://projectsbyjen.com/Projects/2011oreo/2011oinformation.html to learn more about it.

STATION #1: Oreo Stacking
The kids (and adults) had two attempts to make a tower of Oreos.  The goal was to use as many Oreos as possible before it tipped over. 

STATION #2:  Sink or Float? 
The students made their predictions, then tested the Oreos to see if they would sink...or float.

STATION #3:  "If You Give (Student Name) a Cookie" Writing

A parent read the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, while the kids got to eat a few Oreos.  Afterwards, the students wrote and illustrated the sentence, "If you give (Student Name) an Oreo, then he'll want ____________".

STATION #4: Oreo Math: 

Students completed word problems/graphing work all about Oreos.

I will try and add the Sink or Float and writing papers I made soon.  I left them at school...of course.

Have a great weekend!!

Versatile Blogger Award

YEAH!!!  I've been given the Versatile Blogger Award by Mrs. Geary at Light A Candle.  Thank you very much!

The Rules after accepting the Versatile Blogger Award are:

■  Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post.

■  Share 7 things about yourself

■  Pass this award along to 15 recently discovered blogs

Seven things about little ol' me:

1.  My birthday is in 9 days--September 20th.

2.  I love, love, love to sing!  I've been known to karaoke a time or two.  My fave song to karaoke is "I Feel Lucky" by Mary Chapin-Carpenter.



3.  I was born in Wisconsin (GO PACKERS!), but now live in Texas (GO PACKERS!).


4.  I have completed three half marathons (one each in Denver 2009, San Antonio 2009, Dallas 2010), but I am not a runner.

5.  I have two dogs, Selah and Janey, and one cat, Anna (who likes to hide which is why there is no picture).



6.  I have a karate-loving/soccer playing son, Matthew.



7.  I am an avid blog hopper and pinterest repinner.

Now I'm off to pass this award on to other wonderful blogs!

WORDS you should KNOW

Yes, it is Saturday, and yes, I was up at school working with LOTS of my teacher buddies. 

Today I worked on "WORDS you should KNOW".    Last year, my word wall was getting very tight because I was trying to fit over 200 words on it.  This year I decided to only put the 1st grade words on the word wall.  The words they SHOULD already know now have their own area next to my word wall.  I got this idea from somewhere in blogworld, but have no idea where, so if it was you....THANKS!

Back To School Classroom Photos



I am not done setting up/organizing my room, but here is what I've done so far:

Here is the mess I made trying to sort Math manipulatives.

More Math sorting....

More sorting...

Yikes! What a  MESS!!

The Math manipulatives are FINALLY sorted!

I have 3 student computers.  The Writing station is on the right.

Word Wall/Reading area

My desk/area

cubbies

I still have a lot of work to do, but I think I'm off to a great start!

How about you?  Join the party and share your pictures!