Mrs. Dunn’s Room

Oh my goodness how time flies! I cannot believe how quickly summer just whizzed by! It sure was a lot of fun for me though. I got to visit with my husband as he took a vacation from his job in Iraq. We took a little vacation to a small town in northern Arkansas called Horseshoe Bend. It was a wonderful visit that was over before I knew it, but I am so glad to have had it!

Now, here we are back in school again. I am excited to have a new and wonderful class to work with all year! We will be doing a lot of fun things this year, and I hope we can share many conversations!

Be sure to stop in and let us know how your summer is going!

I had a wonderful spring break hanging out with my family! What kind of things did you do during spring break? Did you visit any new and interesting places? I have to be honest with you; one of my favorite things was sleeping late!! What was your favorite thing?

Wow….we had such a great party!! I am very proud of how well behaved we were! I am glad that we earned our CD Party too. Some of the pictures I got of you guys dancing are so funny. I cannot wait to post them.

Do you guys like earning CD Parties?

OK guys…I have not read many of those New Year’s resolutions yet!

Are you guys having any luck keeping them? I have had a bit of trouble. You know it is always easier to make the resolutions than it is to keep them. I am still working very hard at being more organized. That one can be a tough one!

 What has been the hardest resolution for you to keep?

Can you believe another year has flown away so quickly? I can’t! The neat thing about a new year is that feeling of starting fresh! “This year is going to be……” or “This year I will…..” What are your New Year’s resolutions? I will think more about mine and get back to you. Why don’t you share yours now…..

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful break and enjoyed their holiday season! My favorite part of the break has been the relaxing time I have had to visit with my family. What has been your favorite part?

We are steadily receiving postcards! We love to check the mail to see what we might get each day! What do you think we should put on our postcard??

Mrs. Dunn’s class,
I read some pretty interesting facts about all of you in the hallway. I like your thoughts and was able to learn some very interesting things about some of you. What a great job!!

PS Your portraits are pretty good too!!!

Mrs. York

Wow! This has been such a busy week. I cannot believe that we got so much done. We celebrated Cabot Homecoming Spirit Week and Fire Safety Week. We learned much about the digestive system; along with a lot of new (yucky, according to the kids) words! We began a Monster Exchange with Mrs. Marshall’s class, in order to practice for the big Monster Exchange Project we do with some pen pal friends.  Our class reporter Weathergirl told you a little about our persuasive letters to Queen Isabella of Spain. And we can’t forget that we are preparing for next week’s Parent/Teacher Conferences. I am sure that you will all be proud of your hard working kids. Mrs. Grizzell and I sure are! I thought I would share some of the funny pics of the week to see what you think.

 Spirit Week Fun

Fire Safety Fun

Digestive Fun

We used carrots to see just where the digestive process begins. We took a bite of our carrot and chewed 10 times. Then can you believe…we spit it out to look at it. GGGGRRROOOSSS! Then we took a second bite and chewed 30 times. Then, you guessed it….we spit it out again! Even more GGGGGGRRRROOOOSSSSS! Then we looked at the difference. There were plenty of yucks and grosses and ewwwws all around; but I know that they had fun. They got to see exactly where it all starts!

To demonstrate the processes of the stomach we used: a ziplock bag, our hands,  crackers, water, and food coloring. We observed how the stomach (ziplock bag) and its acids (food coloring) work with liquids from the liver and pancreas (water) to squish and squeeze (our hands) our solid foods (crackers) into a liquid form that is moved through our intestines. Can you just hear all the yucks, grosses, and eewwwws all over again? I’m still hearing them now! :-) But I have to say it was a lot of fun, and I really think the kids enjoyed it! Let’s just say that this activity generated a lot of conversation about the digestive system! 

Students…what do you think? Did you enjoy learning about the digestive system with these fun observations? I already know that you had fun with Spirit Week, but what was your favorite part? Are you using the things you learned about Fire Safety at home? Be sure to share!