Chapter 14: Meet Franklin

Sorry it has been a while - it is hard finding time to sit down and write these days.  I updated you before Thanksgiving, but lots has happened since then!

What we are learning in 1st Grade:
-prepositions
-object of prepositions
-complete subject
-complete predicate
-making a simple sentence
-adding and subtracting to 20
-weather/clouds
-life as a scientist
-frogs are a lot of work...
-Santa's elf is watching us!

                                 Here is picture of my November door:

The little feathers are part of our "Turkey Teacher" fundraiser.  The teacher with the most feathers won a turkey & the class received a party.  Sadly, my class did not win.  But, we had fun participating!

I had to take the frogs, Mr. Bojangles and Snoop Frog, home during Thanksgiving break...
A very helpful Petsmart employee informed me that the frogs would not live for 9 days without being fed...Yay.  So, they traveled far and wide.  I'm not sure if it was more traumatic for them or for me.  They survived - and are still alive and well.  They will be traveling again during Christmas break.  Anyone want to frog-sit?  :)

Santa Clause has sent an Elf to our classroom!  His name is Franklin.
The kids LOVE Franklin - a lot!
Franklin has been up to some mischief, though.

Franklin arrived on Monday, November 28th.
When we arrived at school on Tuesday, Franklin had put everyone's behavior chart on RED face. (red face is not good) He was hiding on top of our storage cabinet looking down at the behavior chart...

After everyone was back from breakfast and the morning announcements were over, I closed the door and panic struck...
"Mih Lemon, what has happened?  Why is we all on red?  We ain't done nothin' bad; we just got to school!  Mih Lemon, what is we gonna do?"

On Wednesday, Franklin decided he liked the Reading Spot lamp...

On Thursday, Franklin decided to zip line across our Promethean Board...

Friday was School Picture Day, and Franklin wanted to participate, too!
(He took pictures of himself on the copy machine and hung them all around our classroom!)

I am looking forward to what Franklin gets in to this week!

1st Grade Funnies:
From another 1st Grade class - As a review, the teacher asked the students, "What are clouds made of?"
Student response, "Milk."

One of our journal prompts this week was "Yucky Foods."
One of my girls wrote, "I am alerjik to white milk."  I was not aware of this allergy, so I asked her what she drinks at lunch if she can't drink white milk.  She said "chocolate milk."
Has anyone ever heard of being allergic to white milk, but not chocolate milk, before?!

Another student wrote that a yucky food was "skotch potatoes."
It took us a few minutes of conversation for me to realize that he was trying to write "scalloped potatoes."

One student came in Friday morning and did not go to breakfast.
Me: "Don't you want to go to breakfast?"
Student: "No ma'am.  I ate at home."
Me: "What did you eat?"
Student: "Some serious."
Me: "Serious?  What is that?"
Student: "You know, serious, that stuff you put in milk and eat..."
Me: "Oh, cereal?!  You mean cereal?"
Student: "Yeah, that's what I said!"

We have been working hard this week - and we only have 2 more weeks until Christmas Break.
I really can't believe that we are almost half way done with this school year!

Stay tuned for more Franklin fun!