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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Creamy Chicken Spaghetti

So I was thinking... crock pots are the best!

For Christmas my uncle and aunt gave me a fabulous crock pot; unfortunately I am sad to say that it has only been used twice. However, I am currently in search for more recipes to try out! Here is one I did the other day.

I found the recipe here. (great website with all of the recipes categorized!)

Creamy Chicken Spaghetti

-- Start with chopped up chicken, lightly bake it in olive oil and seasoning.
Then simply layer in your slow cooker.

* soup mixture * chicken * cheese *UNCOOKED spaghetti 
* soup mixture * chicken * more cheese
Cook for 3 hours

I was so hungry I didn't snap a picture of the finished product, but it was yummy!
~Rachel 

Friday, February 24, 2012

From Adjective to Washington

I should really rename this segment to the Two Week Review, because I always feel like I am catching up on two weeks, but anyway, here we go! Last Friday we had our last Historian Friday before we move back into SCI-FRI: in honor of President's day my lab student presented some information on George Washington. She showed us a Powerpoint while we jotted down important facts on post-its. After, the students were able to take a post-it from the board and write down Washington facts. Then they got to create their own George! 

 Aren't they cute!
Today we read about "Honest Abe" and since it was rainy and we couldn't go out for recess, we got to have Movie Time and watch a movie about our friend Abe. 

Here is a writing about George. 
 Last week our grammar skill was reviewing contractions. I took this fabulous idea from Cara and added a fun spin to put it on my bulletin board. We took our contraction and wrote about them and drew a picture. 
Dr. Apostrophe is ready for surgery!
They loved this one!
I was so impressed with their drawings!

 "I preformed surgery on ___ & ___. After surgery the two words became ____. " 

We have been learning about penguins the last two weeks and for one of our stations did an ABC word order game. My kids LOVE penguins and loved waddling around. 
This week our grammar skill was adjectives, which was a little tough for us: good thing we have two more weeks to prefect our skill. We read this book:
and then we used the activity at the back to make Acrostic Name Adjectives. 


I loved the B is for big with the picture of just a set of legs! 
Well I'm off to prepare for Read Across America Week with some fun Dr. Seuss activities, catch you up next week! 
~Miss Anderson 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

the purpose of teaching and a little valentine's day

So I was thinking...today was a hard day. I am having trouble with one of my friends but I know with some more prayer and love they'll turn it around. But today ended on a good note from one of my special little boys in my room. One of my boys went to read with our reading coach (he came to me reading 5 wpm and now we are at 55!!) at the end of the day so I popped in to listen when I dropped my kids off at PE. After hearing him read and our reading coach and I gushing over how great of a reader he is this special gift was given to us. We were talking about something else and he began writing this note, totally unprompted.
"I am a good reader and my teecher think I am a good reader. 
and I Love my teecher and I love miss planz" 
Needless to say I left the room with tears filling my eyes. After a long day it was just what I needed to be reminded that I am making a difference. This little boy who came to me not know all of his sounds is now reading and BELIEVING IN HIMSELF! I am so proud that all of his hard work has paid off, he truly loves reading to anyone who will let him read! Now I know the words are spelled wrong and they aren't perfect sentences, but those are not the important things in life. Yes, I am a teacher saying that, but its because I believe believing in yourself can take you far in life!
Now before I start crying again, let's talk about Valentine's Day.
A great part of being a teacher: having 20 Valentines!
 They loved the crayons!
 Valentine bags to hold all of our loot!

 cake pops made a great Valentine treat! 
(for a how to look over at the sis's blog)
 ~sugar high~

 The class beside me made these! How cute, definitely going to try these 
out next year, or in our ladybug unit!
 We rounded the day out by doing a Candy Heart probability worksheet I found in blogland. 
Thanks for reading!
~Miss Anderson