Entries from January 2009

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

These kids are AMAZING!

We had some fun today in the computer lab. We decided to post on our blogs today (Thursday) because we won’t be at school tomorrow. You just have to see their “Vokis” they made. Click on a student’s name on the right and check them out! When you check them out… [...]

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Happy Birthday Michigan!

Can you believe it? Michigan had another birthday! Happy 172nd birthday to Michigan! We celebrated with party hats, Michigan mittens, and cake…of course…CAKE! What a party it was… You will have to ask your child the “Michigan Motto”. They learned it in Latin and in English. Here are [...]

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Check This Out!

I saw this on another blog that I keep close track of… Thank you Mrs. Reagan! I think this is what we will try on our blogs this week kids… Enjoy!
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009

We are Bloggers!

Look out World Wide Web… Holmes Elementary Fourth Graders are bloggers and not just bloggers, but PODCASTERS! You have got to hear their, “I have a Dream Speeches”! Not only are they thoughtful and expressive, they are SO techy! Can you tell that I am so proud? Check out each [...]

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

History is Made…

Today was a special day and we celebrated it here at Holmes School. The students wore red, white, and blue. We had a special assembly in which we sang some patriotic songs, heard some third graders read some of their patriotic writing pieces, and watched Bruce Springsteen sing at one of the festivities [...]

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Got Blogs?

We do! YEA! It has been a busy and frustrating week trying to get these blogs up and running, but we used our perseverance and did it! The Edublogs server has had some issues this week, so we had a bumpy start, but it did allow us to have some really great [...]

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Trashy Day!

We have been studying natural resources in fourth grade and during our studies we have been looking at what happens to our natural resources if we don’t take care of them or do not or can not replace them. Another conversation that comes out of those studies is all the trash that is produced [...]

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

First Week Back…

Yes, I know, I know… It is the second week back after Christmas break, but I wanted to give you a little glimpse into a couple of things we did on the first week back. We jumped back into studying natural resouces, worked hard in our reading groups, did some “math stunts…be sure [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Happy New Year!

We are back and it is so exciting! I cannot believe how fast our vacation went. I hope everyone enjoyed their break and found some time to relax. We jumped right back into work today and the kids did just fine! I hope you can check back here often in 2009 [...]