Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We learned that capacity is how much something can hold. We used bowls and cups to try it out. (Leo and Jesse)

We had P.E. (Jackson)

We did word games. (Sophie)

Tomorrow is our assembly. Mrs. Hotchkiss picked 2 Cougars of the Month! (George)

We did a page in our snowy day book for writing. We did another for project. We wrote when the snow fell on his head and when he made snow angel. (Presley)

We did the weather. (Caleb)

We did the calendar. We are on the 96th day of school. We are close to 100! On the 100th day of school we get to bring a collection of something! (Cora)

We did Fundations. We wrote Y and Z. (Phoebe)

My sister came today! Miss Stevens came to learn about how to be a teacher! (Ellen) Miss Stevens came over from Rock Bridge to do some pre-teacher observations! The kids enjoyed their time with her!

We did Daily 5. (Leo)

We read The Snowy Day. (Caleb)

We retold the story with our own words. (Liam)

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the schedule. (Leo)

We read The Snowy Day. We put the story in order. (Cora)

We played in Mrs. McAdam’s room and played with her toys. (Jackson)

We did the weather. It was in the blue. We stayed inside. (George)

We are doing closing meeting. (Zellie)

We had morning meeting. We used white boards. (Caleb)

It is the 95th day of school. (Presley)

We did Daily 5. (Phoebe)

In project we drew something Peter does in the snow and something we do in the snow. (Evie)

We did Fundations. We did 3 letters. We did V, W, and X. (Presley)

We did the line rhyme. (Leo)

I am attached the first draft of my Parent Teacher Conference schedule based off of parent requests! Please look at your day and time and make sure if works for you! Let me know if you would like to make a change!

Book orders are due on Friday! https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the schedule. (Ariel)

We did morning meeting. (Caleb)

Our 3rd buddies came! We made snowmen with them. If we finished, we could read with them. (George)

We have had 94 days of school. (Leo)

We did the weather. It was in the blue today! We went outside for lunch recess. We stay inside for the other recesses. (Cora)

We had art. We learned about the primary colors and painted animals. (Jackson)

We made our Snowy Day books. We are retelling the story. We wrote the first page today. The first page was when Peter made tracks in the snow. (Presley)

We wrote capital W, V, and X. (Phoebe)

We did the calendar. Tomorrow is a 2 hour early out today. (Sarah) Please make sure to let me know if your child is going home a different way tomorrow!

We did a little bit of math workstations. (Leo)

We did the vowel chart. (Avie)

We did project. We glued the order of The Snowy Day. (Liam and Jesse)

Have a wonderful night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We guessed the missing number. (Caleb)

For read aloud we read The Snowy Day. Peter put a snowball in his pocket and it melted. (George)

We did Monday News. (Jackson)

We did calendar. (Presley)

Today is 93 days in school. (Leo)

Today’s weather was in the blue. We stayed inside. (Cora)

For project we sorted pictures of things Peter does and things Peter and I both do. (Evie)

We wrote 3 capital letters. They were U, T, and S. (Avie)

100^th Day of School

The 100th Day of School is quickly approaching!  Currently, the 100th Day of School is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th (unless we have any snow days between now and then). Our class is planning a celebration for the 100th Day of School in which all learning activities will be centered around the number 100. 

As a part of our day, our class will be creating a “100th Day Museum.” Please have your child bring a collection of 100 things to school on Wednesday, February 5th .  The collection needs to be small enough for your child to carry to school.  Some examples might include 100 paperclips, cotton balls, pennies, cereal pieces, ribbons, beads, toothpicks, pencils, playing cards, etc.  Let your child use his/her imagination to come up with a unique, one of a kind collection.  Have your student practice counting out these 100 things! This is great counting practice!

Our class will be displaying their collections on the 100th Day of School during math.           

In addition, on the 100th Day of School each student will create his/her own special snack of with 100 pieces of food (like a trail mix).  For this special snack, we would like to ask for donations.  Please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/ccZpvr

Please send in your snack donations by January 31st, so we can ensure we have enough snack for each student. Each student will get 10 pieces of 10 snack foods for their trail mix. Please make sure that your snack donation is enough for 18 students.

Thank you!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did lunch. (Ariel)

We have been in school 92 days. (Leo)

George was the teacher assistant. (Avie)

We had play time. We had new board games like chess, Yeti in my Spaghetti, and lots of games. (Presley)

We did the calendar. (Jackson)

We did math workstations. (Liam)

Today for read aloud we read The Color of Us. It had lots of different skin colors in it. (Evie)

We did some more facts about Martin Luther King Jr. (Ellen)

For Fundations we wrote Q and R in our Fundations notebooks. (George)

We did the weather. (Phoebe)

We did math. We played Top It. You have to say 1,2,3 flip. Whoever has the biggest number gets the cards. (Cora)

We did counselor. We talked about how people can make mistakes. (Liam and Zellie)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We did writing time. We wrote facts about Dr. King. (Leo)

Parent teacher conferences will be the week of February 24^th-28^th. Typically, teachers try to keep the same day of the week and time as the fall conferences to make scheduling easier. Unfortunately, I have a doctor’s appoint that Wednesday the 26^th so I will have to reschedule all Wednesday conferences. I’m sorry! I will contact you if you are one of these people. If you were scheduled the week before or after conferences in the fall, I will email you about picking a day/time during conference week. If your child was not here in the fall, I will also email you personally about setting up a day and time.

If you would prefer an 11 am or 1 pm conference that week, please let me know! I would love to get some scheduled for during the day! If you prefer a before school time, I might be able to squeeze in a couple 7:45 am conferences as well. Please let me know if your original day of the week and time does not work. I have attached the fall schedule. I will begin working on the new schedule next week so please send me your preferences!

Thank you!!

Have a great night! I hope we have school tomorrow!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went on a field trip to Tiger Bounce. (George)

We did the calendar. (Leo)

It was my birthday! I brought donuts! (Sarah)

We talked about Martin L. King Jr. We wrote about him in our notebooks. (Presley)

The temperature was in the blue. We went outside for lunch recess. (Cora)

We read a Martin L. King Jr. magazine. (Jackson)

We used the Counting Cub and played Count Around the Circle. We counted by 10’s. (Avie)

We have been in school 91 days! (Leo)

We did the rules. (Phoebe)

We had a fun day and a great field trip! Have a wonderful evening!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math workstations. (Leo)

In Makerspace we made stories without words. (George)

We had Monday News. (Jackson)

We read a book about Martin Luther King Jr. It was a really good book. (Presley) The kids were very interested in this! This should hopefully lead to some powerful conversations this evening!

In Fundations we did 4 letters. We did M, N, O, and P. (Cora)

For project we wrote about how we would change the world. We wrote about good things. (Sarah)

Tomorrow is Sarah’s birthday and our field trip! (Avie)

In the folder today you will find everything I was hoping to send home on Friday! This includes Valentine’s information, book order flyers, and club information. Please make sure you look at this right away!

Tomorrow is club picture day and picture day for students who were not here in the fall. Tomorrow is also our field trip to Tiger Bounce! Please make sure your child is wearing socks! If you signed up to attend, we will meet you there at 12 pm! Busses will leave MCE shortly after 11:30 am. We have Tiger Bounce reserved from 12-2 pm. Come and go as you would like!

Our 100^th day of school will now be Tuesday, February 4^th! Hopefully no more snow days!

You can place your Scholastic Book Clubs orders online! This is the easiest way to submit a book order!

https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

If you do not want to order online, you can still send in the paper order forms from the back of the book club flyers.  Please make your checks out to Scholastic, Inc.  and send this in by January 31st! I will submit all orders (online included) this day at 1 pm. You can write one check for multiple book orders, just be sure to include all your order forms with your check. Books will be here before Valentine’s Day!

I am getting into the home stretch of this pregnancy. I have 7 weeks (hopefully) to go. My substitute for the end of the year (March, April, May) will be Mrs. Chana Wilson. Her email is CWilson@cpsk12.org so please keep this on hand!

If your child has a change of transportation, please let me (or Mrs. Wilson) know that morning! This includes after school clubs! I have a lot of different clubs to keep track of so please shoot me a quick dojo message or email to remind me so I can insure they get where they need to go at the end of the day!

Thank you! Have a wonderful night!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made a snowman for project. (Jackson)

For math we weighed things in a pan balance. We were surprised by some things! (George) We talked about the words heavier and lighter.

We did math workstations. (Leo)

We stayed inside for morning and lunch recess because of the cold. (Cora)

We are going outside for last recess. We voted. (Avie)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We had library. We went to the computer lab and played some games. (Presley)

We wrote M and N. (Leo)

For writing we did a Snowy Day book. We would write yes or no about things we can do on a snowy day. (Sarah)

We did Daily 5. (Phoebe)

I sent home behavior updates just in case tomorrow is a snow day! If it is, other Friday Folder notes will come home next week! Have a great night! Hope to see you tonight at multicultural night (5-6:30 pm)!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

In art we read a book about collecting and making things. (George)

Today’s date is 1-15-20. We practiced writing the date. (Jackson)

We had math. We could only have 5 crayons in our crayon box. We had to figure out the 6 ways to make some red and some blue in our box. (Cora)

We did math workstations. (Leo)

Today was the 88th day of school. (Leo)

We read Snowmen at Night. (Jesse)

Tomorrow is multicultural night. (Presley)

We ate lunch. (Ariel)

We drew snowmen at night. We used white crayon and black paper. (Caleb)

We had new writer’s notebooks. We wrote snow facts. (Sarah)

Our writing journals from the fall are coming home today!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made snowflakes. (Olivia and Jesse)

We played Roll the Hexagon. (Caleb)

We did Fundations. We did K and L in our Fundations notebooks. (George)

We did the schedule. (Ariel)

We read a nonfiction book about blizzards. It had a table of contents and glossary. (Cora)

We went outside. (Jackson)

We had music. (Avie)

We had closing meeting. (Leo)

We did whiteboards for morning meeting. We played Guess my Number. (Presley)

We did the calendar. (Phoebe)

We did tapping. (Caleb)

If you haven’t turned in your child’s Tiger Bounce waiver, please do as soon as possible!

100^th Day of School

The 100th Day of School is quickly approaching!  Currently, the 100th Day of School is scheduled for Monday, February 3rd (unless we have any snow days between now and then). Our class is planning a celebration for the 100th Day of School in which all learning activities will be centered around the number 100. 

As a part of our day, our class will be creating a “100th Day Museum.” Please have your child bring a collection of 100 things to school on Monday, February 3rd.  The collection needs to be small enough for your child to carry to school.  Some examples might include 100 paperclips, cotton balls, pennies, cereal pieces, ribbons, beads, toothpicks, pencils, playing cards, etc.  Let your child use his/her imagination to come up with a unique, one of a kind collection.  Have your student practice counting out these 100 things! This is great counting practice!

Our class will be displaying their collections on the 100th Day of School during math.           

In addition, on the 100th Day of School each student will create his/her own special snack of with 100 pieces of food (like a trail mix).  For this special snack, we would like to ask for donations.  Please sign up using this link: https://goo.gl/ccZpvr

Please send in your snack donations by January 31st, so we can ensure we have enough snack for each student.  Each student will get 10 pieces of 10 snack foods for their trail mix.  Please make sure that your snack donation is enough for 18 students.

Thank you for your help!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the weather. It was in the blue today. We didn’t go outside because there was ice and snow on the ground. It was above the freezing temperature. (Cora)

We had P.E. We played a game where we tried to knock down balls off a cone. When the whole team had their balls knocked off the cones, the other team scored a point. (Jackson)

Today was Monday. We had Monday News. We wrote about what we did over the weekend. It was fun! (Presley)

We did math. We did teen numbers. We played Monster Squeeze. We counted teen numbers and did movements. (Liam and Leo)

I was the teacher assistant. (Sophie)

For read aloud. We read snow books. And at snack time we watched a little video about why snow is white. (George)

We did the calendar. Sarah’s birthday and the field trip are coming up! (Phoebe)

We did the Pledge of Allegiance. We faced our flag. We did the Mill Creek Pledge. (Avie)

We did math workstations. (Liam)

We had Fundations. We did K and L. We wrote capital and lowercase. (Sarah)

Have a wonderful evening!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Leo was the teacher assistant. (Sophie)

We did counselor. We talked about that we would be ok if things don’t go our way. She read a book. (Cora)

We wrote the last page in our reindeer book. (Jackson)

We did Fundations. We wrote I and J. (Leo)

We are doing closing meeting. (Sarah)

We did math. We played Quick Eyes. We played a fun game called 10 frame Match It. (Presley)

We had media. We went to cup stacking on the computers. (Caleb and George)

We did math workstations. (Olivia)

We did morning meeting. (Phoebe)

We did library checkout. (Ellen and Liam)

We did the schedule. Today is 1-10-20. (Leo and Avie)

We did the whiteboards this morning. Mrs. Hotchkiss told us a number story. (Cora)

Today is the 85th day of school. (Leo)

There is a LOT of important information in the folder today! There is 100^th day of school info, a Tiger Bounce field trip permission form (everyone must return the waiver even if your child has been before), and lots of possible clubs to sign up for. Just a bit of advice on the clubs…they fill up very quickly! Get signed up right away if your child is interested (especially for Lego club)!! You will also find some optional homework. This does not need to be returned to school.  

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had play time. (Caleb)

We wrote reindeer facts. (Ellen)

We talked about our reindeer book. We talked about nonfiction parts of a book. The back has a glossary. (Leo and Cora)

We did Baby Echo and Echo the Owl in Fundations. (Presley)

We had art. We got to take home every piece of art we made! We switched tables. (Jackson and Zellie)

Today was 1-9-20. We made our favorite color graph in math. (Avie)

We did the schedule. (Phoebe)

We did the weather. Rain is coming. (Evie)

We did I and J. (Caleb)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did closing meeting. (Leo)

We did math. We felt the shapes in a box. We had to try and guess which shape. We drew shapes on friend’s backs with our fingers. (Cora and Presley) We talked about the attributes of 2D shapes!

We did morning meeting with white boards. We wrote the temperature and how many Dojo points we have. (Caleb)

We went outside. (Jackson)

It is 17 days until the 100th day of school. (George)

Sophie and Presley got 100 Dojo points! They got to eat lunch with Mrs. Hotchkiss. (Cora)

We did writing. We did reindeer facts. (Evie)

We did the calendar. (Avie)

We did music. We had a substitute. We read 2 books. We did a writing sheet. We had to the circle the things we saw in the book. (Sarah)

For project we wrote the labels on a reindeer. We got to color it. (Presley) We are working on nonfiction features!

We had Fundations. We wrote G and H in our Fundations notebooks. (Caleb)

We practiced Read to Someone. (Ellen)

Have a wonderful night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did morning meeting. (Olivia)

In Makerspace we made buttons. (Presley and Lux)

We did Echo the Owl. (Presley)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We did the calendar and today was the 82nd day of school. (Cora)

We did the schedule. (Leo)

We went outside. (Jackson)

We read a book. It was Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution. (Caleb)

Presley was teacher assistant. (Jesse)

We did P.E. (Ellen)

We did the weather. It was in the blue. We had to wear coats and gloves. (Cora)

We did Fundations. We did tapping. We wrote G and H. (Presley)

We made balloons. We wrote our resolution. (Caleb)

At Daily 5 we practiced Read to Self and Work on Writing. (Avie)

We did our word games. We did the motions. We sounded out words. We are getting better! (Cora)

January calendars are in the folders! Have a wonderful evening!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today! We had a great first day back!

We did closing meeting. (Leo)

For math we did attribute blocks. We sorted them in different ways. We got to think about other ways to sort them. It was fun. (George)

We did Monday News. (Jackson)

We did the calendar. It is a new month. We have a field trip coming up to Tiger Bounce! It is the same day as Sarah’s birthday. (Presley)

We are getting close to the 100th day of school. (Jesse)

We made New Year’s hats! (Caleb)

We did a brain break. (Cora)

We had library. (Presley)

We had play time. (Caleb)

We did Fundations. (Olivia)

We watched Pete the Cat’s Groovy New Year. It was about resolutions. (Evie and Zellie)

Attached is the January specials calendar. I will get these printed off and in the folders tomorrow!

If you would like your child to participate in chess club here is the link to sign up!

Caring Cougars is sponsoring a Kansas City Chiefs (or favorite football team) day this Friday. Encourage your kids to wear Chiefs apparel or red!