FALL Into Learning Fun!

Carving our class Jack-O-Lantern. I can not believe I forgot to take an after pic, but he was very cute~ Tissue paper jack-o-lanterns


Halloween Patterns "Go Away Big Green Monster" by Ed Emberly

Weighing and measuring circumference









A little Starfall fun on the Smart Board!

iRead with iPod Touch

Mrs. Halloran wrote a grant and was very excited when suprise visitors showed up in her classroom one morning to let her know it was approved. I will be purchasing a set of iPod Touch devices for our classroom to use as a literacy center and supplement our classroom computers. They will help students at all different ability levels show learning gains in a fun and enticing way! Students will be able to practice their letter and sound knowledge as well as sight word and reading fluency. I know the students are so excited to get them in, but I think I am even more excited to see them want to practice and increase their abilities through the use of FUN technology....iPod Touch!!! Woo Hoo! Pictured Left to right: Wally Cox-Highlands County School Board Superintendent, Pam Burnham-my Principal at Avon Elementary, Yours truly, Bill Jarret of Bill Jarret Ford and Mike Avery from the School Board.

Apple Pickin' Time

The month of September was filled with bushels of activities surrounding APPLES! We read lots of stories about apples, math projects (graphing, counting, sorting, patterning,), in science we cut them apart to see the different parts (stem, skin, flesh, core, seeds) and used our senses to describe apples. We got to taste test our apples to see which one we like best. We even cut up our apples and made homemade applesauce! We celebrated Johnny Appleseed's birthday with not cake, but an apple pie of course! Thanks parents for providing the apples for all of our projects!
We read "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Dr. Suess

Apple Patterns

Making our own applesauce: Before
During
After...YUM!!!!!
We read the story about a little boy looking for the little red house with no windows, no doors and a star inside!!!! Guess what he found...... Graphing our apples


Apple print art!
Tear paper apple core art What we know about apples
Which apple did you like best?
Tasty red, yellow and green apples
Apple Senses Poem

Take A Sniff!!!

After learning about our five senses, we did some different hands on activities to put our senses to the test. We played a game of eye spy, we ate Jelly Belly jelly beans with our eyes closed to guess the flavor, we felt different items hidden in a brown bag to guess what it was and listened to some different sounds to guess what made it. We also put our sniffers to the test by smelling scents out of a bag and guess what it was. This by far was their favorite and we were all giggling as they got to smell some very nice smelling scents and some NOT so nice smelling scents!

Up Up and AWAY!!!!!

Avon Elementary enjoyed a visit from a hot air balloon team. The whole school met first thing in the morning on the black top and watched a beautiful balloon completely fill with hot air and rise up in the air....with our Principal Mrs. Burnham on board!!!!! Such an amazing sight to see for teachers and students alike.
The principals came on morning announcements during breakfast to tell of the big surprise!!!!!
The whole school gathered on the black top!


Kids were so excited, eyes were glued and they kept giggling and yelling..."awe...COOL!!!"



There goes Mrs. Burnham (Mrs. Halloran was so jealous!!!) :)

Surf On In To Kindergarten!!!

We are off to a GREAT start in Mrs. Halloran's Kindergarten Class. Students are adjusting well to their teacher and class mates as well as our school and class routines. Here are some pics of what our class has been up to the first few weeks of school! Letter "B"-Blue "B" Belt Buckles!!! (They all thought they were super heroes..and I think they are!)
Letter "S" Seven Sunflower Seeds!
Chester Raccoon from the story "The Kissing Hand" Positional Word Art using shapes
We read "Rainbow Fish" and talked about kindness and sharing.
We add a fish each day. After groups of ten "mama fish" gets to come out!
Watching President Obama's live speech to students across the nation.

Keep checking in....more Halloran Happenings to come!!!