Tuesday, November 26, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. We did the protein group. We did our protein page. (Cora and Caleb)

We did the assembly. Mr. Miles got pied in the face! Mrs. Rawlings and Miss Henry did too! (Logan)

Presley got Cougar of the Month. (George)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We made turkey hats! (Zellie)

We had pictures of foods. We sorted them into the food groups. (Avie and Leo)

We had our healthy food feast! (Jackson)

We did morning meeting. (Phoebe)

We did morning buzz. (Presley)

We did Fundations. We did Starfall. We built some words. (Cora)

We did word games. (Logan)

We had library. (Evie)

Have a wonderful break! I will see the kids again on Monday!


Monday, November 25, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math workstations. (Leo)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We had writing. We had Monday News. We wrote about what we did over the weekend. (Logan)

At Fundations, we played Bingo using letter sounds. (Caleb)

We had art. We traced the pattern blocks. We made it into an imaginary animal. (Presley and Sophie)

Today we did the weather. (Avie)

We made wreaths. We wrote things we are thankful for. (Jackson)

We had Daily 5. (Evie)

We ate snack and did math workstations. (Cora)

In math we drew things to show the number that Mrs. Hotchkiss gave us. (Phoebe)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving. (Ellen)

We had word games. (Logan)

Today Leo was the teacher assistant. (Jesse)

We did the calendar. (Presley)

Our healthy food feast is tomorrow! You do not need to pack a snack for your child. If you signed up to bring an item, please send this in tomorrow morning. Thank you!! Here is the link! 

Have a great night!

Friday, November 22, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made yogurt sundaes. There were blueberries, yogurt, and granola. (Logan)

We did math. We put the cubes somewhere that Mrs. Hotchkiss said. We played Simon Says. (Leo) We talked about positional words (left, right, between, below, above, etc.)

We did library checkout. (Cora)

Today the 65th day of school. We put another stick in the chart. It is Friday. (Presley)

We did the Friday song. (Zellie)

We reviewed letters in Fundations. We wrote on our whiteboards. We had to guess the word wall word. (Caleb, George, and Avie)

We had music. (Jackson)

We did a Thanksgiving Dinner book. We put it in our book box. (Ellen and Lux)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We did writing. We wrote about dairy foods. (Evie)

We recorded the weather. It was at the freezing temperature. If we put a glass of water outside it would freeze. (Sarah)

We ate snack. (Phoebe)

In the folder you will find a fun (optional) nutrition workbook!

Don’t forget to turn in the cut out foods from each food group homework on Monday (directions attached)! We will be having our healthy food feast on Tuesday!

Book Orders
In your child’s folder is a Scholastic book order! You can place your Scholastic Book Clubs orders with the catalog or online!  Online, you can browse all the great monthly Book Club selections at low prices. You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks.  Plus, every book you buy earns FREE books for our classroom library!

This is our class’s personalized URL and code. https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

Ordering online is the most convenient way to use Scholastic Book Clubs. You can order anytime, right up until the online order due date. You’ll also get instant access to over 500 additional titles plus online-only specials and discounts.

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.  You can write one check for multiple book orders, just be sure to include all your order forms with your check.

This month’s book orders are due by Friday, December 6th! If you would like to purchase books for the holidays just let me know and I can hide them until you are ready to pick them up from the office or my room. I typically just send home book orders in backpacks when they come but I am happy to hide them if needed for gifts. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Have a wonderful weekend!


Thursday, November 21, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the calendar. (Leo)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We tried sweet peppers. If we ate the whole thing we got a point! (Cora)

We read a giant book called Eat Your Vegetables. (Caleb)

Mrs. Baker came and she read a book. We made little people that were different than us. (Jackson)

We had counselor. (Presley)

We learned about the vegetables group. For writing we wrote about vegetables in our Good Foods Book. We drew our favorite vegetables. (Phoebe, Sophie, Logan, and Presley)

We had word games. We did a game where Mrs. Hotchkiss changed the beginning sound but the ending stayed the same. (Avie)

We went to our math workstation. For math we measured stuff that was longer and shorter than a marker. (Cora)

We had P.E. (Evie)

We had blacktop recess at lunch recess. (Sarah)

Have a great night!!


Wednesday, November 20, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the geoboards. We did shapes like squares, rectangles, and triangles. (Jackson)

We did project. We put healthy foods in a shopping cart. (Avie)

We did Fundations. We learned z and qu. (Logan)

Today I was the teacher assistant. (Presley)

We went to library. (Leo)

We did closing meeting. (Phoebe)

We did morning meeting. (Sarah)

We did morning buzz. (Caleb)

We did Daily 5. (George)

We made a fruit salad. (Cora)

We had read aloud. We read a book about foods good for us. (Avie)

We learned about the fruits group. (Phoebe)

We did our Good Foods Book. We did the fruits page. (Presley)

We did the calendar. (Cora)

Thank you to all the families who brought a fruit to share! The kids loved making the fruit salad!

Please make sure your child brings back their library book tomorrow for library checkout on Friday!

Thanks!

Tuesday, November 19, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had Makerspace. (Cora)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We learned about the types of foods in the grains group. (Presley)

We did art. We drew bugs. (Leo and Phoebe)

We had play time. (Caleb)

We did the calendar. (Logan)

We made a Good Food Book. We did the grains page. (Jackson)

We ate popcorn or pretzels. They are from the grains group. (Jesse)

We did the schedule. (Avie)

Jesse was the teacher assistant. (Evie)

Today was the 62nd day of school. (Sarah)

We read Gregory the Terrible Eater. (Presley)

For project sorted healthy food and unhealthy food. (Zellie and George)

We did Fundations. We wrote qu and z. (Sophie)

The kids are enjoying our nutrition unit! We will be making a Friendship Fruit Salad on tomorrow (Wednesday). Please bring in a piece of fruit to share! Thanks!

Monday, November 18, 2019


Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Mrs. Hotchkiss put 10 in a circle game into a math workstation. (Jesse)

We talked about the food groups. They are fruit, vegetables, dairy, grains, and protein. (Presley)

In math we played a new game. We were finding ways to make 10. (Caleb)

We talked about the weather. (Cora)

We did Fundations. We did the letters z and qu. (Logan)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We got a new line order. (Avie)

We did Monday News and we wrote about the weekend. (George)

Today is the 61st day of school. (Presley)

We did play time. (Sophie)

We did music. (Jackson)

Have a great night!