Happy Earth Day!

I truly believe every day should be Earth Day! It is so important to take care of our environment--We only have one planet. Since our precious planet is all we have, we must learn to share and care for it. There are a plethora of amazing organisms--like my all time favorite: red-eye tree frogs.

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Stop and take a look around you. You may be wonderfully surprised at what is happening right in your backyard. From the birds that bring you lovely music every morning, to the ladybugs and spiders that provide protection to our gardens, form the bees that help with pollination, to the flowers that bring beautiful rainbow colors to our eyes, to the sunrise that greets us every day and to the sunset that tucks us in at night...the list goes on and on.

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From high above our atmosphere, Commander Chris Hadfield, sent down an Earth Day greeting from the International Space Station. "Good Morning, World, and Happy Earth Day from orbit!" he wrote from his Twitter account (@Cmdr_Hadfield) on Monday. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

 

He has unbelievably beautiful and amazing views from space every day (not to mention an awesome job!). He loves taking pictures of our planet. I would love to catch a view from above...maybe some day.

 

This is one of many pictures he has taken.

So as you go about your day, remember that our planet is precious and definitely one of a kind. Let's all try to Reduce! Reuse! and  Recycle!

100th Day of School!

Our 100th Day of School  was Unbelievable!  I AM SOooooooooooo VERY PROUD of you all and all the learning you have done. I am amazed at how far you have come since our first adventure in first grade. You guys and gals blow me away at the thinking and creativity you exhibit every day.

We started the day wearing our awesome shirts!

Your projects rocked!

We then some math activities with cards and cups. The cards were a challenge-BUT challenges are good.

Then we had our 100-Second Obstacle Course...WOW! There is a lot we can do in 100 seconds.

I really loved, was inspired, and touched by your responses on our 1-0-0-Digits. I really hope that you get to go to all your destinations, find answers to your questions, and much, much more.

The most delicious part was making our Zero the Hero Donuts-talk about yummy, yummy in our tummies.

Here's to many more 100 Days of Learning!

Penguin T-shirts

Our penguin-winter shirts came out so cute! I think I even want a penguin surfing too. I can't wait to have our 100th Day and our Valentine T-shirts. I know we didn't make a pencil for the winter, but we will be making some pencil for the other shirts.

Christmas T-shirt and Pencil

Hello gals and guys...we are so close to winter break. (Yippee!) This month's shirt and pencil are sooo cute (like always). I couldn't wait any longer and just had to wear my shirt today. You all looked so fabulous!

Did you see that Mrs. Franco has already got started on our January Winter shirt? Make sure you bring in your white T-shirt as soon as possible, so they are ready to go when we come back in January 2013. I can't believe it is already going to be 2013....that means our time together is quickly coming to an end....boohoohoo.

Thanksgiving Pencil and T-shirt

This month our pencil theme is a turkey for our pencil and the T-shirt. They came out awesome. We will be wearing them for our Thanksgiving feast portrait. Of course you can wear them as often as you like before that.

Don't forget to say thank you to Mrs. Franco for all her hard work!

Our Fabulous T-shirt

On Friday I was soooooo excited when our shirts finally arrived. They are so totally cool (AND cute!). The drawings you made of yourself is something to cherish. I hope to see you wearing it every Friday and other days as well. I am so glad we ordered them. Everyone all over school kept making positive comments about our shirts.

 AND remember to smile because pictures are forever and because some of you look a little grumpy.

Halloween T-shirt

Our Halloween T-shirts came out spooky-fabulous! Ms. Franco is such a hard worker and it would really make her day (AND mine) if you could show a little more appreciation and thankfulness towards her. A simple and sincere "Thank You", I know would mean a lot to her. Remember we are all very, very lucky to have her...so let's show some love.

I know it came out blurry. We will just have to take another one later.