March Music

We had the wonderful experience of getting to play handbells with Mrs. Mosely in music this week! Ms. Clemmer came and recorded us so that we could share with all of our friends and family at home. Her camera died half way through and she was standing on a stool, so the video is a little shakey, but we hope you will enjoy! Here we are playing our school song.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS" from Thing One and Thing Two (aka Ms. Clemmer and Miss Waldrop)!

We started our day with a BRAND NEW, FABULOUS, WONDERFUL, AWESOME, EXCITING, Promethean Board! :) Here we are learning how to use it. We practiced changing pen colors and writing our names. It was so awesome!

And then we used it to watch Justin Beiber read "The Cat In The Hat" and Tim Tebow read "Green Eggs and Ham". It wasn't as good as having a real guest reader, but it was close!

While we were watching, Miss Clemmer was making us a special snack. Can you guess what it was?....

You guessed it! GREEN EGGS AND HAM! Most of us ate every bite! Yum!

Go out and do something fun to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday this weekend! Enjoy!

A Visit from Eric Litwin

New York Times Best Selling Author Eric Litwin came to Plain Elementary to read and sing with us this afternoon. Here we are waiting very patiently...

And then the fun began...

"Rocking Out"! We got a sneak preview of Mr. Eric's new book about Pete and his "Groovy Buttons" :)

Mrs. Ferrell was an awesome page turner.

We had a great time with Mr. Eric. Ms. Clemmer is going to buy some of his music so that we can jam in class, too!

Donor's Choose

We have been working so hard in centers this year and we would love to have a listening center in our classroom. Please take a look at our donor's choose website and see if you can help our class.

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=753265

If You Give A Pig A Pancake

Yes, I have been HORRIBLE about blogging this year...BUT the good news is I just got a new laptop! Hopefully now I can blog with my feet up in my pj's! :) I know it seems silly, but I am SO VERY EXCITED to have a reliable computer.

We've been studying prediction this week...and what better way to study prediction that to make some predictions?! :) Ms. Clemmer read us If You Give A Pig A Pancake and we made predictions about what we thought the pig would do next. Then Ms. Clemmer told us she was going to make us a special snack. First we guessed cookies, then we guessed popcorn and then we finally got the prediction correct...PANCAKES! :)

We hope you enjoy our pictures as much as we enjoyed our PINK PANCAKES!

 Reading our story...And then...SURPRISE...PINK PANCAKES!

I like, I do not like

We have been working on our poetry unit for two weeks. We have written one of our last poems today. This was our favorite so far. Check out our I like, I do not like poems...

Briana

I like my dog,

I do not like snakes,

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like my day,

I like to play,

I do not like cooking,

I like my sister,

I do not like running.

Kameron

I like to ride my bike,

I do not like bumps on the road,

I like baking,

I do not like hot dogs,

I like rain,

I do not like the sunlight,

I like going places,

I do not like the woods.

Maysen

I like my sister,

I do not like snakes,

I like coloring,

I do not like wolves,

I like kittens,

I do not like bugs,

I like toys,

I do not like rats.

Tanasia

I like cats,

I do not like bats,

I like dogs,

I do not like black,

I like school,

I do not like the alphabet,

I like my teacher,

I do not like red.

Alexandra

I like Clemson,

I do not like snakes,

I like cats,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like cupcakes,

I do not like red,

I like dogs,

I do not like tornadoes.

Peyton

I like Clemson,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like computers,

I do not like strangers,

I like Kristopher,

I do not like cats,

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like socks.

Avery

I like The Statue of Liberty,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like ice cream,

I do not like snakes,

I like to ride my bike,

I do not like spiders,

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like to wait.

Hunter

I like Gamecocks and soccer,

I do not like Clemson,

I like ninjas,

I do not like Gators,

I like Lego's,

I do not like squash,

I like dogs,

I do not like tornadoes.

Camdyn

I like my dog,

I do not like squash,

I like oranges,

I do not like broccoli,

I like mom,

I do not like skunks,

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like spiders.

Kristopher

I like Clemson,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like football,

I do not like 1 lap,

I like number 2 for Clemson,

I do not like cats,

I like dogs,

I do not like poison.

MacKenzie

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like mean people,

I like flowers,

I do not like snakes,

I like my cat,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like school,

I do not like to leave school.

Karson

I like to ride my bike,

I do not like to be sick,

I like to ride my scooter,

I do not like lip stick,

I like spiders,

I do not like rats,

I like popcorn,

I do not like volcanoes.

Hartleigh

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like socks,

I like my brother,

I do not like Gamecocks,

I like my Nana,

I do not like strangers,

I like cats,

I do not like tickets.

Jack

I like pizza,

I do not like spinach,

I like Ms. Clemmer,

I do not like snakes,

I like TV,

I do not like to run,

I like my dog,

I do not like bugs.

Macy

I like dogs,

I do not like squash,

I like bats,

I do not like cats,

I like kids,

I do not like hot stuff,

I like my teacher,

I do not like smoke.

Shane

I like BB guns,
I do not like mushrooms,
I like Frankie's Fun Park,
I do not like snakes,
I like hot dogs,
I do not like spinach,
I like exercising,
I do not like robberies.

Emily
I like ice cream,
I do not like running,
I like Ms. Clemmer,
I do not like bugs,
I like art,
I do not like stink bugs,
I like Camdyn,
I do not like skunks.

Raegan
I like gymnastics,
I do not like fire,
I like Ms. Clemmer,
I do not like snakes,
I like coloring,
I do not like baby shows,
I like dance,
I do not like shooting.

Drew
I like Steelers,
I do not like The Cowboys,
I like Clemson,
I do not like Georgia,
I like football,
I do not like the other team,
I like interceptions,
I do not like The Gators.

And last but not least....
Ms. Clemmer
I like teaching,
I do not like dirty socks,
I like dancing,
I do not like brussel sprouts,
I like music,
I do not like hot weather,
I like the ocean,
I do not like snakes or spiders.

Going Batty Over BATS!!!!

This week we have been studying about bats. We started by reading Stellaluna. We even got to watch it online! Then we made bats to sequence the story Stellaluna. We hung them upside down by their feet on our "Going Batty Over BATS" wall display outside of our classroom.  Here is one of my sweetie's Stellaluna bat. Didn't Briana do a great job?

Since Stellaluna's three friends in the story are birds, we did some research on how bats and birds are alike and different. We put all of the results we found on this Venn Diagram.

Then we made paper bag bat puppets and wrote a bat fact on them. We will hang these in the hall too! Here we are working hard!

I must say, I am grateful for my blogging teacher friend at The First Grade Parade for all of the cute BATTY ideas!