Class letters arrived in Afghanistan!!

Right before Memorial Day weekend, each student wrote a letter to the soldiers in Afghanistan. We specifically wrote to my friend from Utah, Mike, and his Army platoon. This is Mike's second tour in Afghanistan and they have already been there over 6 months. Today, I got word from Mike that they received the letters! His response, " Thank you for all the letters. I got them today, and it surely made everyone in the office smile. We hung them up and all." As you can see, they really enjoyed the letters, and a few even made them laugh. I am so proud of the students for putting a smile on our soldiers' faces. :)

Mike in Afghanistan

April/May- Math

Recently, we have studied 2-D and 3-D shapes. Here are some activities we did!

During Math centers, students were able to use various shapes to build composite objects. Here are some of their creations.

Students used marshmallows and toothpicks to create 3-D shapes. They figured out how many edges and corners/vertices their shapes had. 

Rectangular prism

Cube and Pyramid

April 2012- Science

We recently studied motion, so here are some pictures from motion activities!

Push and Pull Charades: Each table group was given either the word push or pull. They had to collectively come up with an idea to act out a push or pull action.

Push and Pull Charades

This group was laughing at some of the guesses other students were giving for their charade. 

We used cars and ramps outside to explore gravity.

A group figuring out how to make their car go fast.

Exploring different ways for the car to go down the ramp.

A group working together to answer the questions on how they made their car go fast/slow.

April 2012

Here are some pictures of class activities from April!

Sharing day

Sorting 3-D shapes with candy!

Spelling: Roll and Spell-Rainbow Edition

Depending on the number rolled on the die, students traced their spelling words in a different color

Roll and Spell

Beginning of School Year

I first met these lovely students in August, the first two weeks of school, before rejoining them in January.

Thank You

Students and Families,

Hi! I am Miss Richardson, Mrs. Neff's student teacher this year. Thanks for visiting the blog I have put together. I am very thankful to have had your students in class this year. They have all been wonderful and made my first real teaching experience a joy. They have taught me so much, as I hope they have learned from me, as well. I am creating this blog to share some memories of this year with you. I will mostly post pictures of the students engaged in various activities we have done this spring. They enjoy having their picture taken, so thought I'd share! Thanks again for an unforgettable student teaching experience!