Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We earned 100 Cougar Compliments! Brynn got the last Cougar Compliment. (Mila and Kiernan)

We did writing. We worked on our book. We used our plan sheet. We did our “last” page. (Lexi)

We did math. We made a page for a class book. We did ways to make 5 and we drew pictures to go with it. (Yahna)

We had Fundations. We did capital M and N on the Smartboard and lowercase m and n. We wrote M and N in our Fundations notebooks. (Sophia)

We did music. (Landon and Mila)

We did the Pledge of Allegiance paper book. (Anders)

We did Daily 5. We did 2 choices. One before music and one after. (Anders)

We did read aloud. We read the book The Pledge of Allegiance. (Sophia)

We did morning meeting with whiteboards. We wrote “We earned 100 Cougar Compliments”. We got a little doodle time to start. (Nick)

To celebrate earning 100 Cougar Compliments, the class voted to have a bubble gum party! We will do this on Friday! If you have 22 pieces of bubble gum that you would like to donate (before I go out and purchase some for the class) please let me know!!

Friday will be Lexi’s last day at Mill Creek. She is moving to Minnesota. If your child would like to make her a card or draw her a picture, please send these in your child’s folder by Friday morning and I will send them home with her. We will miss you, Lexi!

A March calendar is coming home in your child’s folder tonight!

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did P.E. We did stations. There were 10 centers. Some had basketballs that you had to shoot. There were 2 types of basketball ones. One was tall and one was short. (Landon and Anders)

We learned about more of our American symbols. Some were the Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, American Flag, Lincoln monument, Washington monument, the White House, Mount Rushmore, Gateway Arch, and the bald eagle. (Mila, Anders, and Bennett)

For math we did story problems. We could show our answer by drawing a picture or writing an addition sentence. (Elizabeth) We talked about all the different strategies we could use and then the kids showed their thinking on the whiteboards!

We did writing. We did Monday News. We shared what we did over the weekend. (Yahna)

We had Daily 5. (Andy)

Our class is in need of Fine Point, Black EXPO Low-Odor Dry Erase Markers! If you would like to purchase some for our class you can use this Amazon link! You can send it in with your child or send it directly to school under my name. Thank you so much!!

Kindergarten is currently preparing for our End of the Year Program. We are looking for a parent who would like to help us out by coordinating costuming needs. This parent would communicate with the Kindergarten teachers, music teachers, and Kindergarten families to help with costuming. If you are interested in helping us coordinate, please let me know ASAP. We appreciate all of your help!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had library. We got to check out a new book and we got to play on the computers in the computer lab. We went to MyOn or ST Math. (Nick)

We had math. We played Counters in a Cup with 6. We recorded it. We put some in the cup and some out of the cup. Our partner had to figure out how many were in the cup. (Yahna)

We did writing. We did the “next” page of our book. (Mila)

We did Fundations and we wrote M and N. Some kids got to write the letters on the Smartboard. We wrote the letters on our Fundations whiteboards. (Sophia)

We watched an American Symbols video. The bald eagle kept popping up! It had the Statue of Liberty and the flag. (Kiernan and Abigail)

We did Daily 5. (Andy)

We did closing meeting and snack. (Addison)

We read a book with an elephant. It had a bald eagle on every page. It was about the history of our country.  (Serenity, Nick, Addison, and Landon)

We had morning meeting. We wrote on our whiteboards. (Yahna)

Our class is in need of Fine Point, Black EXPO Low-Odor Dry Erase Markers! If you would like to purchase some for our class you can use this Amazon link! You can send it in with your child or send it directly to school under my name. Thank you so much!!

Your student is coming home with new books to read to you this weekend! Please make sure these books are returned on Monday with the bag! New books will be sent home on Friday if the bag is returned. If your student did not return their books then new books did not come home today.

Shameless plug! I teach a class at Wilson’s Fitness called BodyPump and we are doing our 100^th launch tomorrow at Fitness for a Cure at the Crossing Church! It is a high reps, low weight, weightlifting class! It is so much fun! Join me at 7:15 am if you want to try it…members and non-members are welcome. A $10 donation will go to the American Cancer Society! Here is more information! http://www.wilsonsfitness.com/fitnessforacure/

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We said the Pledge of Allegiance and did morning meeting. (Nick)

In music class, we danced. (Kiernan)

We did math and played a game called Counters in a Cup. Last time we played with 5 cubes and now we play with 6. (Sophia)

In read-aloud we read a book about George Washington. (Yahna)

Ms. Cathy picked us up from Music and Mrs. Hotchkiss had a meeting. (Anders)

In writing we put our opening sentence in a book. (Sophia)

We did the Daily 5 and we did one choice. (Brynn)

Our counselor came to class and talked about being safe. (Sophia)

We did closing meeting and after we will have play time. (Maggie)

I will not be here tomorrow because of doctor’s appointments! Mrs. Cockrell will be subbing. Please call the office for any transportation changes. Thank you! Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We played 10 in a circle. We counted to 15 instead of 10. (Brynn)

We had P.E. We had a substitute. It was Mrs. Cockrell. We played bowling bingo. (Landon and Sophia)

We did Fundations. We wrote capital K and L and lowercase k and l. We wrote it in our notebooks. (Sophia and Anders)

We had writing. We wrote about what we did over the weekend. We did Weekend News. (Yahna and Madison)

We read the book Grace for President. (Mila)

We brought our paper books back today. (Bryson) Please make sure to send these back to school this week! I had several missing bags this morning! New books will not come home on Friday unless these bags of books are returned! Please make your child responsible for this…we talked a lot about being responsible with our books!

We did a paper about if we were President. We wrote about how we would help people. We wrote what our pet would be and who would live in the white house. (Abigail)

We did the job chart. (Mila)

Thank you to all the parents who came to conferences! It was so nice touching base with all of you!

Here is some information on the StuCo sponsored events this week!

STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSORED…

HEART HEALTHY WEEK!

February 21^st – 24^th, 2017

                                                        

TUESDAY

Try to get 5-10 minutes of activity in during the school day each day this week.

WEDNESDAY

Wear red/ pink/white day!

THURSDAY

Hats off to a healthy heart.  Bring $1 to wear a hat.  All donations will be given to the American Heart Association.

FRIDAY

FITNESS DAY!

Wear comfy clothing and do a fitness activity!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had Fundations. We wrote the letters K and L. (Mila)

We learned about friendship. (Addison)

We played outside. We did lunch. (Brynn)

We did writing. We finished our friendship book. Some friends got to share their book. (Sophia)

We did Daily 5. We got to do 2 choices. (Landon)

We had morning meeting. We used the whiteboards. We wrote “We have four days of no school.” (Anders)

We did the days in school report. (Brynn)

We did math. We did Counters in a Cup. We had a recording sheet. We wrote the numbers of how many were in the cup and how many were out of the cup. Mrs. Hotchkiss would check and then we could use 6 cubes instead of 5. (Sophia)

We had library. (Pricila)

In the folders you will find the grade cards! Please let me know if you have any questions!

You will also find a plastic bag of 3 reading books! Please have your child read these books to you this weekend! They will bring these books back to school on Monday to put in their book box. We talked about how we are practicing with paper books before we send home school books! Books need to be returned so that new books can come home the following Friday! Thanks!!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

We did closing meeting early! Here is what we did today!

We made our Valentine’s bags. We decorated them with stickers. After that we put valentines in people’s bags. The bags we got to put them in the front of the classroom and we got to fill them. It was fun! We got to do a Valentine’s packet if we were done. (Yahna and Anders)

We are going to music and then we will have our party. (Landon)

We did the calendar. (Brynn)

We made a coupon book. We wrote things that our parents don’t like to do so we can do it for them. Some of them are reusable and some aren’t! (Elizabeth)

We did Valentine’s Day. (Nick)

We are going to have a Valentine’s Day party! (Evie)

We did math. We did a candy heart sorting. We got to sort the colors and then we got to write the number of how many we have and then we got to graph it. When we were done we got to eat them! (Sophia)

We read The Valentine’s Bears. Jan Brett drew the pictures. (Andy)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We played a game where we had to stand on a circle and try and throw a ball into a container. And we also played rolling pins and we had to roll a bowl and hit the pin. If you hit the pin you got to go grab it. (Nick and Elizabeth)

We had Fundations. We learned the letter J and I. (Evie)

We did Daily 5. We got to do 2 choices. (Landon)

We got new jobs. (Mila)

We had read aloud. We read Franklin’s Valentines. We read it on the SmartBoard. (Yahna)

We did math. We played Last One Out. We tried not to be the person to take the last heart. We used candy hearts. (Sophia)

We did writing. We did Monday News. (Landon)

We did snack and closing meeting. (Serenity)

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and we are going to do a lot of valentines stuff! (Lexi)

We did our poem. (Elizabeth and Sophia)

Hope to see you tomorrow at the Valentine’s party from 2:20-2:50 pm!

Conferences and book fair are this week! I am looking forward to meeting with you!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had library and we got to do ST Math and MyOn on the computers. We got to get a new book. We read The Worst Best Friend Ever. (Elizabeth and Nick)

We had read aloud. We read One Zillion Valentines. (Yahna)

We did writing. We did the next part of our plan sheet. It was our opening sentence. (Sophia)

We did Fundations. We wrote on whiteboards. We wrote J and I. (Mila)

We got new math workstations. We are going to Monday also. (Anders)

We did Daily 5. We made 2 choices. (Brynn and Yahna)

We played Counters in a Cup. We used 5 cubes. We got to hide some in the cup and the other person had to say how many were under the cup. (Landon) This helps us break apart a whole number into 2 parts! This concept helps with addition and subtraction!

We are having snack and closing meeting. (Kiernan)

We had morning meeting. We had whiteboards. We wrote “The weekend is Saturday and Sunday.” We did the pledge, calendar, and days in school. (Sophia)

The folder has lots of important information in it today! I have also attached our Valentine’s note and the flu letter from the nurse. Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. When we were all done we could use anything at our table for free draw. We made fireworks. (Nick)

We had Bryson’s birthday snack. It was fruit chewies. (Brynn, Maggie, and Landon)

We had read aloud. We read a Valentine’s book. The title was funny it was called Roses are Pink Your Feet Really Stink. (Yahna)

We had math. We played On and Off the Heart. We had a sheet and we wrote our combinations of 5 and if we were done we could do combinations of 6. (Elizabeth)

We did writing. We did our next part of our plan sheet. We wrote what we did and where it was. (Sophia)

Kymiah and Kate came to read to us. (Serenity)

We did Daily 5. We did a choice that we haven’t done and we got to pick another choice of whatever we wanted. (Sophia)

We have closing meeting, snack, and play time. (Nick)

We did Fundations. We wrote letters G and H in our folders. (Landon)

Have a great night! I am attaching a letter from the nurse about the Flu and the most recent PTC schedule. Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

For Mrs. Hotchkiss’ birthday we had doughnuts!! (Yahna and Maggie)

We had music. (Nick)

We had a spelling test of word wall words and it was hard. (Sophia and Elizabeth)

In math we learned how to make fives. We made a chart. (Mila and Brynn)

We did Daily 5 choices that were different than yesterday. (Sophia and Lexi)

We had closing meeting and hopefully some play time. (Landon and Anders)

We had counselor. We learned about safety. (Yahna)

Thank you so much for all the wonderful birthday goodies! I feel so spoiled! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful families this year!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Fundations. (Landon)

After recess we had our spelling test. (Yahna)

We did math. For math we circled the longest thing. We wrote our numbers. (Sophia and Kiernan)

We did writing. We worked on Weekend News. (Lexi)

We had P.E. We learned how to jump rope. (Elizabeth and Landon)

We did morning meeting. We found out what we had for lunch. We did calendar. We did days in school. We did the schedule. (Nick)

We had read aloud. We read The 3 Little Dassies by Jan Brett. (Andy)

We changed our jobs. We started over. (Mila)

We did Daily 5. We did 2 choices. The 2nd choice is after closing meeting. (Sophia)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We watched a movie. It was 101 Dalmatians. It is the 101st day of school! (Yahna)

Our 3rd grade buddies came and we made a project with them. We made the number 100 and we turned it into something. (Sophia)

We made a dog hat. We did 50 spots on one ear and 51 on the other. (Nick and Serenity)

We did morning meeting. We used white boards. (Addison and Yahna)

We made a 101 day snack. (Sophia)

We did closing meeting, snack, and lunch. We had library. (Nick)

In your child’s folder you will find a pre-conference form. Please fill it out over the weekend if there is anything specific you want to talk about at conferences so I can prepare ahead of time!

There is also a February calendar in the folder!

Have a great weekend! No school on Monday!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the 100th day of school! (Landon)

We did everything 100 today! (Elizabeth)

We made glasses that look like 100. (Yahna)

We had a snack with 100 pieces. We put M&M’s, Goldfish, marshmallows, and bunny crackers. (Mila and Serenity)

We wrote about our favorite day from the last 100 days of school. (Nick and Addison)

We did a 100 day museum. She shared our collections. (Maggie)

We had art. We painted our paintings with colors. (Elizabeth)

We read the book Jake’s 100th Day of School. (Sophia)

We had morning meeting, schedule, we did whiteboards, and we did the Zero the Hero Stomp. We did a brain break that we counted to 100! (Sophia)

We did lunch and recess. (Landon)

Such a fun day! Check out the pictures on ClassDojo!

Tomorrow is the 101^st day of school! We are celebrating with a 101 Dalmatians day! Encourage your student to wear black, white, and/or polka dots! We will be making puppy ears at school!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had music class. (Nick)

We had Fundations. (Landon)

Ms. Cardetti came for a creativity lesson (Yahna & Kiernan)

We did writing folders & did the next part of our plan sheet. (Sophia) We talked about the “who” in our stories!

Ms. Cathy picked us up from music class. (Elizabeth)

We wrote stories. (Maggie)

We did Daily 5. (Sophia)

We read another Jan Brett book, Armadillo Rodeo. (Sophia)

Tomorrow is the 100^th day of school! Remind your child to bring their collection of 100 things to share!

I haven’t told the kids yet but on Friday we are going to celebrate 101 days with a 101 Dalmatians day! Your child can dress in black, white, and/or polka dots!