Photo #240/365: Top Ten Facts

We are doing lots of activities to help us to get to know each other.  Borrowing from David Letterman, and a poster I saw for sale at Really Good Stuff, I created this poster.  We have done all the prewriting and tonight the class will complete their posters.  I am so excited to see what they do.

Photo #239/365: Testing!

This is the first year that we are taking our reading tests on the computer.  It was kind of stressful this first time around, but one of the advantages is that kids can see how they did immediately.  This is the pretest.  We will improve by the time we take this test again.

Photo #238/365: Our Social Contract for 2011/2012

One of the first things we did, now that we are back in school, was to create our social contract.  We brainstormed words to describe the ways we want to be treated by others.  Then we put those words into a Wordle. The more times a word was mentioned, the bigger it is in the Wordle.  The bigger it is, the more important it is to us.

After we put the social contract together, we all signed it.

Photo #237/365: Coleus and Petunias

The Coleus and Petunias are a nice combination in these pots.

Photo #236/365: Small Pink Petunias

In those same pots at Hy-Vee, I also found these small pink petunias.

Photo #235/365: Coleus

When I'm having difficulty finding things to photograph, I often find inspiration at Hy-Vee, along with the ice cream, bread and milk.  These coleus were in the large pots outside the store.

Photo #234: Giant Pink Flowers

We have been back in school for a week now, and life has gotten very crazy.  I'm way behind on my photos, so I'm just going to post a bunch that I have taken during the past week or so. I stopped and took this photo along Hubbell as I was driving from my Mom's house to Altoona.  I don't remember what these are called, but they sure are big!