We are VERY thankful for each other!

Some things that we are thankful for are (as told by the kids)....

• our animals we made. 
• our family, friends, and animals. 
• our toys. 
• our homes. 
• pumpkin pie.
• our world. 
• our school!
• our pets!
• God because he gave us our world. 
• our work. 
• our class!
• the way our universe was made!
• Miss Hawthorne. 
• my students (from Miss Hawthorne)
• nature.
• books!
• birds and rain!
• McDonalds!
• our food! 
• our ESL teacher! 
• our computers. 
• the pumpkin in our classroom. 
• trees and flowers. 
• our teacher!
• the Davis Staff
• All that God made. 
• the magnificent Holidays!
• electronics.
• Thanksgiving. 
• ALL of the months in the year. 
• our hermit crabs that Eden is loaning us!

This week we...

• made our turkeys!
• are still working on our African Animal research!
• made puff animals for our animal we are researching. 
• in Art we are making Kente cloth from Gauna.
• we earned green cones for BOTH days we were at school! :)
• are getting closer to 100 days of school.
• went to the computer lab and researched our African  animals. 
• only came to school for 2 days because Thanksgiving break is almost here! 

Show and Tell

Circular Motion!

Exlanation of the Nintendo DS

That is a jig saw puzzle!

Working hard on the turkey!

1st graders Turkey Caroling!

Listening to the turkey carolers! (2nd grade can you gobble?)

Working hard on our 3-D African Animal

Drawing his cheetah!

Working on his zebra!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Enjoy your families! Watch Texas A&M BEAT the Longhorns /m\ !!!! ;) 

We had a ZANY week!

This week we...

• filled our marble jar and had show and tell. 
• looked at some shells Kendal brought from the coast. 
• had the TURKEY TROT!! 
• celebrated Connor's birthday!
• sang to Jake and Avery for their birthday!
• had a friend's mom come read to us about Africa! 
• had a visit from Mrs. Matthys. 
• went to the computer lab and watched videos on African animals! 
• moved on to a new color of fish on our "counting to our 100th day of school" place value fish bowl.
• had inside recess for a rainy day! 
• ate some cookies that a friend's mom brought us! 
• started our African animal research! 
• are updating our blog! 
• made a turkey and wrote about things we are thankful for! 
• wrote a story about how we would cook a Thanksgiving meal.
• had 4 green cones! (STILL WORKING ON 5!! BBIIIIGGGG SADDNNESSS that we have not earned all 5 yet! :( ) 
• continued our Daily 5 activities! 
• are still working on spelling! 
• are still learning new vocabulary daily! 
• read a lot of books about Africa!

Birthday Boy!

Counselor visit!

Turkey Trot!

RUNNING!!

Finish Line!

We made it!

Indoor recess! What an artist!

A picture from a kid: Gig'em Aggies!

We had a cheerful week!

This week we....

• watched the Anderson High School Band perform! 
• continued Daily 5! 
• are doing spelling! 
• went to the computer lab where we played a money game and built roller coasters on the computer!
• went to the library! 
• learned about circular motion and built our own tops! 
• went to the butterfly trailer which showed us the life cycle of a butterfly. We saw caterpillars, chrysalis, and Monarch butterflies!
• earned 3 out of 4 green cones this week! BIGGGGG SADDNESSS again...HOPEFULLY next week will be the week for all 5 green cones so we can have a chance to eat on stage! 
• filled up the marble jar today! 
• started taking AR tests. 
• went to the science lab and learned linear motion. We made twirly birds! 
• made our own roller coasters. We learned that the larger the slope, the faster the marble will go. 
• watched it rain! :) 
• saw some money that some friends brought from home.
• were experimenting with balance. 
• 2 friends brought tops from home that they built! Challenge: use your knowledge from school to build objects that demonstrate linear and circular motion at home!
• had a friend share a shiny 2010 penny. 
• are continuing to read The Trumpet of the Swan! We are almost finished! 
• started learning about Africa! Did you know that Africa has the largest desert in the world and the longest river in the world?! It has 53 countries!
• learned new vocabulary. We like the word topple which means to fall over. 

balance exploration

roller coasters!

more balance

building roller coasters in computer lab!

Building roller coasters in Science Lab. 

building a roller coaster in the classroom

Making Tops  

Twirly Birds

Butterfly Exhibit

Caterpillars

More caterpillars

A chyrsalis 

butterflies 

Anderson Color Guard

Anderson Band

Trip to the Library

My new door sign that was a surprise...I have a suspicion my wonderful classroom parents had something to do with this! A BIG thank you! 

Miss Hawthorne really loves Humphrey who lives next door in Mrs. Brown's room!

Over the weekend Ms. Hawthorne visited family in Beaumont. She met her new baby cousin Nick and her 3 year old cousin Nate! 

We had a rambunctious week!

This week we,

• went to the science lab! We learned about gravity, circular motion, and symmetry. 
• had Patrick's birthday celebration! 
• earned 4 green cones! BIG SADNESS!! We are striving for 5 next week!
• only have 4 more marbles to go before we fill our marble jar! 
• are half way to 100 days of school! 
• had Ms. Matthys come talk to us about our feelings and when we feel proud.
• had a few kids go to Math Pentathalon.
• saw some money from other countries thanks to some friends in our class. 
• had Halloween on Monday. 
• learned more vocabulary words! Rambunctious and monotone were our favorites! 
• worked on biographies! 
• started a new month--November! Thanksgiving is coming up!
• had friends come to lunch bunch with Miss Hawthorne! 
• had a guest reader! 
• learned there are 4 ways to spell long u--ew, u_e, ue, u
• rearranged our room! We went from tables to rows! This helps control our urge to chat with neighbors.
•  learned about balance. Balance is when an object does not fall and is at equilibrium. Weight is evenly distributed. 
• read about inventors. 
• learned comparing and contrasting. 
• started adding 2 digit numbers using a variety of strategies. 

Science Lab learning circular motion

Making our own tops spin!

Demonstrating balance!

What is balance? Ask your kids!

Spinning a top in Science Lab!

Place Value in the Computer Lab!

Sharing our "On a dark, eerie night" stories!