Can you guess who?

We created an art display for our bulletin board inside the school, just in time for Back to School Night. Ms. Bennight (4th grade) found the fun silhouette idea on Pinterest. 

 Their silhouette was drawn using an overhead projector. Then students filled their silhouette with hand drawn images of things that make them unique. Students choose hobbies, favorites, and interests to fill their "head". I added to the art project by making our display interactive. Students then made a flap that hides their name written in cursive. When you lift up the flap, you can see if you guessed the correct student. 

We have been receiving rave reviews. Mrs. Freeman (2nd grade) said our display was "eye candy"!  That sure made us giggle! I look forward to our wonderful artists and the creations we can share with others.

Can you guess who?

secret password

{ eye candy }

Olympic Fever!!!

 Our class has it! Our country has it! It's Olympic fever! Our patriotic hearts fill with pride as we watch the world's finest athletes compete. To involve the students and connect this theme with our curriculum, we are designing charts to graph the medal results. Each group of 3-4 students chose which countries to follow. I was not surprised that all of the groups wanted to follow our favorite athletes from the United States of America! Here is some of their work...

This week's secret word

{ olympic }

What a start to the year!

What a fun bunch we are in the bungalow! We had a great first full week of school. You all are such bright and kind students and I am excited to spend the year with you! 

Last Thursday, I was in a lot of pain when my back went out. I am sorry that happened and I sure hope it doesn't happen again any time soon! After a doctor's appointment and four hours at the physical therapist, I feel much better. I will be taking it slowly, but I will join you at school this Monday.

We will keep the same secret word as last week until we all get in the habit of checking the blog!

secret word { tubular }

Its a 

NEW YEAR!!!

and I'm teaching

4th grade

We're in Bungalow 4

See you on tomorrow @ 8:25 Sharp!

*Secret Password*

((( tubular )))

:) Mrs. Troxel

A New Year!

Kristen came and helped me tackle the set up of a new room. Man, there is just so much to d but I am excited
I am teaching 6th grade this year, in a new room...so much to do!
I will feel better tomorrow after a team meeting and a few more hours in my room...maybe I'll even get some pictures of the "punk rock" bulletin board we created: purple, yellow and black and white checks!

Cross Age Tutoring

This year my class participated in our school's Cross Age Tutoring program. We worked with a second grade class for nearly six weeks. My fourth graders listened and guided as the second grade tutees read. They asked their tutee comprehension questions and practiced Fry Phrases. The program is successful in more ways than increasing reading skills, namely building up the community spirit at our school. Our classes look forward to a kickball & popsicle party to celebrate all of their hard work together!

Rock on!

The rock art that has been preserved all over Southern Utah is spectacular! When studying the Native Americans of Utah my class created "rocks" out of crumpled newspaper that was taped in place then covered with paper mache. Once dry, we painted the rocks to look like the rocks we could find in Utah. The final step in this project was to paint characters to tell a story. My students really got into the this project. This took us a number of sessions so we worked a little every day at the end of the day. This is one of those projects a student remembers for life. They were so proud to bring their rock art home!