October Student of the Month

This is Ashlee.

 

She is my October Student of the Month!

 

Ashlee is one of the most caring, loving girls I have ever met.

It is really encouraging to see how she treats the other students in our class.

•  I have never heard her say anything bad about another student.
•  She always helps people when they are struggling to learn something.
•  She wants to include everyone during recess or at lunch.
•  I see Ashlee treat the other students the way she wants to be treated.

 Something that I love about Ashlee is that she brings Jesus into everything she does.

• She always writes about Him on her assignments.
• She enjoys Bible and learning about what God has done for other people.
• Ashlee makes decisions that glorify God every day.

 Ashlee also makes great grades.

• She has big plans for her future and works very hard to learn all that she can to make those plans happen.

 Ashlee is an amazing girl in many ways.

That's why she's my Student of the Month!

Tatoo

This is Zack. He has something on his face. This is how our conversation went:

Me: Zack, come here. What do you have on your face?



Zack: I don't know. I didn't know there was anything on it.

Me: Have you used markers today?

Zack: No. You haven't let us use any.

Me: I know! That's why I'm confused.

Zack: I'm confused too!  I don't know what it is!

Me: Zack! Did you eat a Fruit Roll Up?

Zack: Yes....OH! It's the tatoo!!

Me: How did it get on your face?

Zack: I don't know! Take a picture I want to see it!

And that's how this picture came about :0)

Favorite Quote #2

"CHEESEBURGER"

In my class on Thursday, this word was read as "cheesie booger."

I know you're not supposed to laugh but I just couldn't help it!

Fix All

I have never used so many Band-Aids in my life.

If one of my kids doesn't feel well, all I have to do is give them a Band-Aid and they feel better.
It doesn't matter if they are bleeding.
It doesn't matter if I put medicine on them.
As long as they get a Band-Aid, life is great!

For example, one of my students smashed his finger under his book the other day. He came to me and asked for a Band-Aid. His finger was a little red but there was certainly no blood and didn't need any Neosporin. I gave him one and he didn't say anything about it for the rest of the day.

Another time, one of my students fell on the playground and scraped his hands. The scrapes weren't deep enough to need a Band-Aid but I am sure they stung. I put some Neosporin on them and a couple of Band-Aids and he was all better!

Band-Aids fix everything.

The Wonders of the Bald Faced Hornet

One great thing about working in a small school is that there are lots of opportunities for people to get involved.

Everyone who works with the school other than the teachers and principle are volunteers.
That includes
secretaries
lunch room workers
janitors
handy men
fundraisers
bus drivers...

One of those volunteers is Layne's grandmother.
She came to me one day and told me she had something for my class.

Low and behold, it was a bald head hornet's nest.

Layne had gone camping with her grandparents the weekend before. Her grandfather noticed the nest, climbed into the tree it was in, and cut it down. Brave man!

We just finished studying insects and talked about the ones that make paper-nests.
These wasps and hornets chew up wood and mix it with their saliva to create the paste that makes the nest.  It was great for my students to get to see a paper-nest first hand. I love when they can experience what we're learning about first hand!

Fun Facts About the Bald Faced Hornet:

• There is a starch in their saliva that holds the paper of their nests together.
• The queen bee begins a new colony every season.
• All hornets except the queen bee die each winter.
• The queen bee hibernates in the winter under dead logs.
• Male Bald Faced Hornets have no stingers.
• These bees feed off nectar and fruit pulp.

Science Fair

I hated Science Fair when I was a student.

We were always allowed to choose between doing Science Fair and Invention Convention.
       I always chose Invention Convention.

At Abundant Life, however, Science Fair is a requirement.
I wasn't looking forward to having to look at and grade 14 projects.
It turns out, however, that I enjoyed getting to see the experiments my students performed!

I have some very creative students in my class.
I saw
homemade flashlights
glow sticks
volcanoes
laval lamps
electrical wiring
and floating eggs.

Congratulations to our 4th grade winners:
1st-Xavier
2nd-Zachary and Ian
3rd- Stone