Another post?!

I have a funny feeling that I just posted things on here...Ah, but I promised to tell you what the hat was for. The hat is our sheriff's hat. We have those dastardly outlaw words flying all about the classroom after we thought we had stashed them safely in jail. Outlaw words are words that don't follow the phonics rules as we've learned them. Since we can't sound them out, we need to be able to recognize and read them.


Each sheriff is in charge of finding the outlaws on the blackboard (they have boxes around them)....

...getting the key for the jail....

...unlocking our jail...

...and throwing those words back in jail, slamming the (imaginary) door shut again and locking it up tight so those outlaws stay in jail.


Other students find words that answer or finish sentences. I think this word was something that we find on the beach. Students have to find the correct word on the board and then erase it. Sometimes they know the answer but can't find it on the blackboard!

*sniff* memories of students moved away...

This has become the standard pose when I whip out the camera. Hammy hamerton :)



Oh yeah! I love this, it's a return to partner reading. Isn't it amazing? It's only the beginning of October and they're already reading little "books" with their partners.





I had to get a picture of this, my "boys being boys". Those fellows outnumber the girls 17-6. It's not terribly surprising to me to see them gang tackling each other at recess.


More recess shots.

We saw this guy on our window screen early one morning. The kids were appalled that I flicked it off the screen, so these pictures will have to serve as reparation :)