Spelling Lists September 28 - October 2

Unit 6 - ug, un, ut

Tricky Words for review : she    do   they    like

Tricky Words :   two     helps

Review Words:     tell    rock    yes   when   hop   jet    dot   six

List A  :  fun    bug   cubs   hug   run  but   ducks   cut   sun  shut 

Studyng Johnny Appleseed.. Our Pot hats!

Spelling Lists For Sept 21 - 25

Lesson 5 - "e"

Tricky Words: they    went   he   the

Tricky Words:   she      do    we  

Review Words :  got  shop    sock   fog

 ship    wish   kick  thin

List A:   wet    then   yes   tell   red 

yet   hen    get   well   when

Grandparent's Day Brunch

Milk Experiment!!

Lots of good stuff happening

We have had alot of good things happening in Mrs. Powell's room. Thank you to the Grandparents that came to eat with my students. We have started Science Experiment Fridays. We did our first experiment using milk, food coloring and dish detergent. Enjoy the pics!!

Please make sure you sign up with Homeroom.. the link is below in a seperate post. This is where you will see immediate photos of what is going on in the classroom. I aonly have 4 parents so far. I would like to see more.

Homeroom - a way to see in our clasroom

I've created a classroom album in Homeroom called “Mrs Powell's Buzy Bees” where I'll be posting photos, videos and more. To join the album and get updates when new things are posted, click on this link: 

https://gethomeroom.com/i/LKKT6T 

I'm looking forward to giving you a window into the classroom!

Welcome to the 2015-2016 school yeat!

Welcome to the Home of the Buzy Bees! I am so excited that a new year is about to begin! Our classroom blog will be used throughout the year. Please add it to your favorites. This blog will be used and updated daily and weekly. It will be your look into our classroom. I will be posting spelling words, homework, pictures of things we are doing in class. Please check the blog frequently or subscribe to follow our blog. Updates will be emailed. We are going to have a great year this year. I am adapting more technology into my curriculum and am very excited to share it with my brand new class along with  reading and math . I am looking forward to a great school year.

All about your teacher

Hi Everyone!! I am Joanna Powell. I have been a first grade teacher at Tanglewood Elementary for 19  years. I received my Master's Degree from UNCP in 2000. In 2000,I was nominated by a coworker for The Disney Teaching Award. I have been awarded a grant for leappads from Donors Choose.  I love my job and love teaching first grade.

I am originally from Clarion, Pennsylvania. I moved here in 1997 and have been here in Lumberton ever since. I met my husband, Marvin who was stationed at Fort Bragg in 2000. He is now a SFC in the NC National Guard and works on Bragg as a Guard Technician.We were married in 2002. We have two sons. Noah is a 7th grader at Littlefield Middle School and Eli is a kindergardener at Tanglewood.

We live on Walnut street and are enjoying our sons as they grow. We are active members of Vertical Church.

Contact

If you need to contact me, please feel free to email me at anytime. I check my emails throughout the day and night. I will answer you promptly. Please feel free to call the school at my open hours of 7:30 to 8:00 am and 2:45 -3:30 pm. See the bottom of the post for emails and phone numbers

Joanna Powell

910-671-6035(School phone numbers)

joanna.powell@robeson.k12.nc.us