All Good Things Must Come to an End...

My class has been blessed to receive extra help in the classroom by an amazing group of young women. On top of a demanding academic schedule at Wake Forest and being active members of the Delta Zeta Sorority, these ladies have donated their time every week tutoring in our classroom. The relationships and bonds my students have created with these undergrads have been amazing to watch. My favorite thing about Tuesday morning is watching my students enter the classroom with smiles spread ear to ear eagerly awaiting their afternoon tutorial session. There is no greater gift to me as the teacher than to see my students excited to learn. I want to thank Sarah, Sophie, Jackie, Padgett, Ashton, and Lauren for volunteering their time, patience, and knowledge to our classroom. You all will be dearly missed and good luck with all your future endeavors. Maybe (hopefully) we will see some of you at Kimmel Farm again next year.

I would like my students to add additional comments below about their experience with our Wake Forest Volunteers.

Earth Day- April 22nd

We learned about Earth Day and how it came to be in the United States and why it is important to celebrate. Why do you think we have Earth Day and what do you plan to do to help the Earth?

Glog on the Blog

Throw out your posterboard, crayons, glue, and markers kids-- there's a new way to showcase your work. A glog is a digital poster that you can add links, sounds, animations, and so much more that I have not even learned about yet.

Here is the link to the glog two of our reading groups created last week about the elements of nonfiction.
http://ellingtonkf.edu.glogster.com/nonfiction/

Check out some really cool examples of glogs created by teachers and students at edu.gloster.com!

We will be learning more about glogs this year and you will even be able to create your own after our Science life cycle unit in May.



Here is the link to the glog two of our reading groups created last week about the elements of nonfiction.
http://ellingtonkf.edu.glogster.com/nonfiction/

Holy Cows!!

As I was teaching math Thursday morning, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. I saw about 6 cows come up over the hill into our bus parking lot. It was a sight to be seen and so was the excitment in my students. They were amazed to see cows right outside our classroom window. The cows made their way to the back of the school and luckily ended up in our fenced in playground area. Of course there were frantic teachers (me included) running outside to capture this miraculous moment with digital cameras and flip videos. This was the most exciting teachable moment I have ever witnessed. Needless to say, the rest of the day was all about COWS!! Now we know why our school was named "KIMMEL FARM!!!"