Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the calendar. (Brynn)

We had a Christmas party. We played Bingo. We won prizes. (Mila and Yahna)

We had lunch. (Landon)

We watched the Polar Express Movie. We drank hot chocolate and ate cookies. (Lexi)

We played a Polar Express math game. (Landon)

We read the Polar Express book. (Bryson)

We sang the 12 days of Christmas. (Yahna)

We had music. We watched part of a movie. (Anders)

It was such a fun day! Have a great Holiday Break! I attached a picture from the party!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had library. We got to do something new. (Nick and Evie)

We had lunch and snack. (Kiernan)

We read Who’s That Knocking On Christmas Eve? (Mila)

We had our 3rd grade buddies. We made wreaths. (Elizabeth)

We did Daily 5. (Abigail)

We did Fundations. We reviewed letters that we have learned. We wrote on the whiteboards. (Kiernan and Yahna)

We had writing. We wrote about a memory. If your pictures are like Jan Brett’s then you are taking your time. We you need to fill in the whole space. (Addison)

We had morning meeting. We had math workstations. We had morning buzz. We did days in school. We did calendar. (Anders)

We had closing meeting. (Evie)

Be safe on the roads!

Monday is school wide PJ day!

You are welcome to join us for the Holiday party on Tuesday at 2:20 pm!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had counselor. We talked about being calm and we drew pictures. (Sophia)

We had music. (Nick)

We read The Animals’ Santa by Jan Brett. (Mila)

We are going to go to the Snowball Shoppe. (Yahna) The students will get another opportunity to shop Friday morning if they need to! Please send money tomorrow or Friday.

We did math. We played Collect 15 Together. (Abigail)

We had Fundations. We did whiteboards. (Anders)

We went to recess. (Brynn)

I will not be here tomorrow and Mrs. Cockrell will be subbing. Please put a note in the folder if there is a transportation change. I will be back on Friday.

Tomorrow is crazy sock day!

Thanks! Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Polar Express numbers. We matched the numbers to the number on the page. We also talked about teens at math. (Yahna)

We had P.E. We were sweating! (Nick and Elizabeth)

We did Fundations. We did w. (Mila and Yahna)

We read Gingerbread Friends. The Gingerbread Baby was in the book. (Abigail)

We had writing. We put our family words in our folders. (Kiernan)

We did Daily 5, snack, and closing meeting. (Sophia)

We did morning meeting. We did morning buzz and we shared how we would decorate a Christmas cookie. (Anders)

 Tomorrow is the Snowball Shoppe! Please send money if you would like your child to participate! Only the kids who are buying items will go to the Snowball Shoppe.

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math. We talked about numbers in the teens. We did Gingerbread counting. (Sophia and Lexi)

We got new class jobs. (Mila)

We went to library. We had the choice to do ST Math or MyOn. (Elizabeth)

We learned the letter v. (Yahna)

We did days in school. (Evie)

We had Daily 5. (Abigail)

We did calendar. (Nick)

After lunch we talked about family traditions. (Sophia) If you have not emailed me your family traditions please do so ASAP!

We did Monday News. (Anders)

We read Gingerbread Christmas. It had the Gingerbread Baby. (Kiernan)

Here is a preview of the items at the Snowball Shoppe! Our class will shop on Wednesday. https://safeshare.tv/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FNlIZMVYcXEk

Thursday is crazy sock day and Friday is ugly Christmas sweater day!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made a Gingerbread Man in the morning and he popped out of the oven and ran away!! He tied Ms. Gail up!!! (Elizabeth)  Check out Class Dojo or Twitter for pictures and videos! Here is a link to Ms. Gail, our head cook, telling her story! https://youtu.be/UEIejLqxY8s

We did Daily 5. (Sophia)

We think the Gingerbread Man ran through our classroom! (Madison)

We smell Gingerbread in our classroom! (Nick)

We did writing. We wrote about a memory. (Mila)

We did math. We played a new game Catch Me If You Can. (Sophia)

We read The Gingerbread Baby. (Serenity)

We had lunch and recess. (Evie)

I sure hope we find that Gingerbread Man tomorrow! ;)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did our poem. It was called He Ran Away. Our word this week is “he”. (Sophia)

We had P.E. (Elizabeth)

Today we had a kindness bracelet. (Kiernan)   Our school has recently begun a “Kindness Revolution”. We are working together to help each other be kind, as well as showing others we notice their kindness. Your child may soon come home wearing a rubber bracelet. These are a vital part of our kindness campaign. When a child notices another Mill Creek student being kind, they pass their bracelet along and at school will write their name on a slip of paper. These paper strips will be turned into a chain that is going to be hung up in the hallway between the office and the library. We are hoping to show how far kindness can spread! Please help us by having your child bring their bracelet back to school if they come home wearing one and talk to them about what they did to get their bracelet. We can’t wait to show how kind Mill Creek is!

We had Fundations. We did the letter k. (Andy)

We had Daily 5. (Mila and Addison)

We did calendar and days in school. (Nick)

We read The Gingerbread Boy. (Brendan)

For math we played Roll and Cover. We had to roll 2 dice and we had to count how many and the number you have you put on the gingerbread. (Sophia)

Tomorrow we are going to bake a Gingerbread Man! (Abigail)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We read The Gingerbread Girl. (Lexi and Addison)

For writing we wrote about our favorite part of the gingerbread books. We had to pick from The Gingerbread Girl and The Gingerbread Man. (Mila)

We went to our assembly. It was a singing assembly. (Sophia)

We switched table spots. (Elizabeth)

We did the schedule. (Nick)

We did Daily 5. (Evie and Elizabeth)

We did math. We played a gingerbread game called Roll and Cover. (Addison)

We did the letter h in Fundations. (Andy)

If you finished your gingerbread writing you could write in your writing folder. (Abigail)

We had library. We did ST math on the computers. We picked out our books. (Anders)

We did closing meeting. (Sophia)

We had 1 recess. (Kiernan)

We had calendar. (Brendan)

We did the Days in School. (Andy and Brynn)

We had morning buzz. We talked about our favorite holiday song. (Mila)

Have a great night!

We are going to be learning about the holiday traditions of families in our class!  Take a moment to talk with your child about the holidays you celebrate and the traditions your family has each year.  We'd love to hear what special traditions your family has at this time of year!  With your child, send our class an e-mail about the things your family does each year.  We will use these e-mails to spark conversations about different holiday customs our families have.  It would also be wonderful if you include a picture or two!

Thanks for helping us with this important learning!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had Fundations. (Lexi) We did the letter L.

We had Art class and made self-portraits with watercolor pencils. (Elizabeth)

We had a field trip to see a play. (Mila)

This morning we did Calendar. (Kiernan)

We had read aloud today. (Evie) We read The Gingerbread Man

We did days in school. Today is day 70! (Nick)

We switched lunch shift with 2nd grade today. (Elizabeth)

We worked on Monday news. (Abigail)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made snowmen. It is for Parents in Education. They hang it up in their office. (Yahna)

We had music. Mrs. Rodriguez had us play instruments to a Hanukkah song. (Elizabeth)

We did math. We made a cubes train with 5 cubes and we measured things around the room to see if it was longer or shorter. We made a list of the things that were shorter. (Andy)

We did read aloud. We read The Pigeon Needs a Bath. We drew the pigeon on whiteboards. (Nick)

We did Daily 5. (Mila)

We did calendar. (Lexi)

Mrs. Rawlings and Mr. Burlison came today. They talked about kindness. (Addison)

We did the rules. (Bryson)

We also added our Needs and Wants poem to our poetry folder!

A fun homework project is coming home today along with some fun Mo Willems activities! Behavior reports started back up for 2^nd trimester this week and will be sent home next Friday. Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents,

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We practiced hitting the ball against the wall. (Serenity and Brendan)

We had Bennett’s birthday. (Mila and Bennett)

We did math workstations. (Nick)

We read The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog. (Yahna)

We did writing time in our writing folders. We worked on our family words. Mrs. Hotchkiss is going to print them out and put them in our folders. (Elizabeth)

For Fundations we did magnet boards. (Anders and Lexi)

For math we played Grab and Count least to most. (Maggie)

We had counselor. We talked about fixing mistakes. (Evie)

We did morning meeting. We did the schedule. (Addison and Nick)

We did the poem. (Abigail)

Monday is our TRYPS field trip. We will be going to watch Elf Jr. The Musical. Because of space limitations in the theatre, I do not need any parent volunteers for this field trip. Please make sure your child is on time for school since we will be leaving right after morning meeting. Thank you!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did days in school. We have been in school 66 days. (Nick)

We had art. We made a self-portrait like an artist named Frieda. (Elizabeth)

We got a new writing folder! We could write about any memory! (Mila and Lexi)

We did Fundations. We did the letter j. (Addison and Evie)

We did math. We played a game called Collect 10 together. We flipped over cards. The number it was we take that many cubes and put it in a cubes train. (Yahna)

We did read aloud. We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. (Evie)

We had Daily 5. (Brendan)

We watched a movie about needs and wants. We talked about needs and wants on the smartboard. You need water to live. There was a genie in the video. (Abigail and Anders)

Mrs. Cockrell will be here tomorrow. Auggie has his 6 month shots! I will be back on Thursday.

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did days in school. We have been in school 65 days. (Lexi)

We did the letter p in Fundations. We wrote it in our Fundations notebook. (Elizabeth)

We played Racing Bears. (Nick)

We had Daily 5. (Kiernan and Brendan)

We got new jobs. (Mila)

We had music. We played Sally has no friends. (Brynn)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. (Yahna)

We are learning about needs and wants. A need is something you need to live. A want means you don’t need it to live but it’s nice to have. (Addison and Anders)

We did a needs and wants poem. We wrote some needs and wants on the poem. We wrote we want a car and toys! (Abigail)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Mrs. Zapata came. We tried green eggs and ham. It was from the protein group. (Eshan and Pricila)

We made a project with our 3rd grade buddies. It was a turkey. (Brendan)

We did writing. We learned about protein. (Mila)

We had library. We did ST math and Pebble Go. (Bennett)

We read a book Who Will Carve the Turkey This Thanksgiving? (Sophia)

We did days in school. (Elizabeth)

We talked about the protein group. Bacon and fish are in the protein group. (Kiernan)

We sorted pictures of food. (Nick)

We did calendar. (Sophia)

We did the poem. It was called I am Thankful. (Abigail)

Remember, tomorrow is dress like a celebrity day!

If you are helping with the feast please send in the food tomorrow morning!!

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Mrs. Hotchkiss’s baby, Auggie, came to visit us  (Elizabeth)

We went to Makerspace.  (Sophia)

We learned that we are in Day 62.  (Nick)

We learned about dairy today.  (Evie)

We got magnet boards and wrote letters (Yahna)

We played the math game, Compare. (Kiernan) Today we practiced Less Than

We did Daily 5. (Sophia)

We had Art class today. (Sophia)

We had lunch. (Mila)

We also added another poem to our poetry folders and highlighted the word “go” on the poem!

Our healthy food feast is next Tuesday! Here is the link if you signed up to help! Thank you!!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had a food tasting and we tried milk and granola. (Yahna)

We had music. We learned 6th part of The 12 Days of Christmas. (Mila and Anders)

We did the My Good Food book. We did the vegetables page. (Lexi)

We had first grade guest readers come and read. (Sophia)

We did math. We played Compare with the number cards. (Sophia)

Ms. D came to teach us how to eat a healthy breakfast. (Elizabeth and Maggie)

We had 2 nutrition lessons. (Evie)

We are having snack. (Brynn)

Mrs. Zapata came and taught us about dairy. We tried pudding. (Yahna)

We did the 5 rules. (Kiernan)

Closing meeting  11/16/16

We did a special project (Elizabeth)

We talked about the healthy food plate (Lexi)

We did fundations (Nick)

We had a fire drill (Eshan)

We read on the smartboard Bernstein Bears Too Much Junk Food (Mila)

We did another page in our Healthy food book. (Sophia)

We learned about fruits (Evie)

Mrs. Cockrell was here today (Anders) And Miss Molly too

We had lunch (Brendan)

We did math workstations (Yahna)

We had PE (Abigail) We did gymnastics

We had 2 recesses (Kiernan)

We played compare dots in math (Madison)

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had some computer time in Media. (Kiernan)

We played a new math game. It was Compare Dots. (Evie)

We did Fundations. We did the letter r. (Lexi)

We read a book. We did a book about all the food groups and today we talked about grains. (Bryson and Elizabeth)

We did a Good Food Book for writing. We wrote about the grains group. (Elizabeth, Yahna, Anders, and Abigail)

We did Daily 5. We did 2 choices. (Yahna)

We did A Shopping We Will Go poem. (Brynn)

We did days in school. (Nick)

We talked about MyPlate. (Maggie)

We did morning meeting. (Brendan)

We did morning buzz. We talked about our favorite healthy foods. (Mila)

We did our rules and our calendar. (Sophia)

I do not need the bottom portion of the grade card returned! Thank you anyway!

Please make sure your child has a snack in their backpack every day! Sometime I have extra and sometimes I don’t! Thank you!!

I am taking a personal day tomorrow so Mrs. Cockrell will be here!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did writing. We did Monday News. (Mila and Sophia)

We got new jobs. (Nick)

We did art. We spent time drawing pictures of things we might see at school. (Addison and Kiernan)

We had math. We did the number 10. We used Bingo Blotters. (Brendan)

We did Daily 5. We did 2 choices. (Yahna)

We did a new Fundations letter. We did the letter e. (Elizabeth)

We did closing meeting and snack. (Abigail)

We read Gregory the Terrible Eater. (Evie)

We did the poem A Shopping We Will Go. We talked about the word go. (Anders and Bryson)

We did morning meeting. (Nick)

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We worked on doing cartwheels. We did gymnastics. (Bennett and Kiernan)

We did 2 choices at Daily 5. (Brendan)

We did the number 8. (Mila)

We did Fundations. We did letter s. (Brynn)

We did days in school. (Nick)

We made a friendship fruit salad. Fruits are good for your body! (Abigail)

We did counselor. We read a book about a queen named Pricilla. She was a bully. (Sophia and Evie)

We did our five rules. (Yahna)

I am attaching the conference schedule! I am looking forward to meeting with you! Grade cards will be coming home tomorrow in the folder.

Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to library. (Nick)

We went to look at books at the book fair. (Elizabeth)

We had Addison’s birthday snack. (Evie)

We had recess. (Brendan)

We did Monday News. (Mila)

We did Fundations. We did letter d. (Lexi)

We watched some Sid the Science Kid. It was about healthy foods. (Sophia)

We did counting for math. (Yahna)

Reminders! No School tomorrow for election day!

I am starting conferences this Wednesday! Please let me know if you need to change your day and time ASAP!

Hotchkiss Conference Schedule fall 2016.pdf

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did art. We made sculptures. (Nick)

We had our movie and popcorn celebration for earning another set of 100 cougar compliments. (Elizabeth)

We put the I Can Be Safe poem in our poetry folder. (Mila)

We had popcorn! (Pricila)

We had 2 recesses. (Brendan)

For math we did the number 7. We put sequins in our number book. (Abigail)

We watched Inside Out. (Yahna)

We did the calendar. (Brynn)

We did days in school. Today is 54. (Sophia)

We are going to have a little bit of play time. (Evie)

Book Fair Hours

Monday, November 7- fair will be open from 3:30-6:00

Tuesday, November 8-Closed all day

Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday, November 10-the book fair will be open during lunch from 10:30-1:30 so students who bring money can shop during their recess.  Please remind them about taxes that we have to add on to the price of the books. (please let me know if your student plans on doing this)

Wednesday, November 9-3:30-6:00

Thursday, November 10-3:30-7:00

Friday, November 11-8:00-10:00

Have a great weekend!! No School Tuesday or Friday!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We learned about number 6 in our book of numbers and used pipe cleaners. (Elizabeth)

We had one recess on the blacktop.  (Lexi)

We did our Daily 5 and some did word work. (Sophia)

We worked on Fundations. (Nick) We practiced letter formation for a and g.

We tried kiwi today. (Yahna) Mrs. Zapata came and did a nutrition lesson on fruit!

We played with our new Lego table. (Evie)

We went over the calendar this morning. (Brynn)

We also read a book and a poem about safety! We focused on how to be safe at school.

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had P.E. We worked on gymnastics animal moves. (Bennett)

We did the last page of our fall scrambled sentences. (Elizabeth)

We did days in school. We have been in school 52 days. (Nick)

We did the number 5 for math. We used the Bingo Blotters. (Mila and Yahna)

We did a baby race in P.E. (Kiernan)

We learned some word work games. (Evie)

We read How to Dinosaurs Stay Safe. (Sophia)

We did closing meeting and snack. (Abigail)

We did our safety project. We made signs. (Nick and Brendan)

We had Fundations. We learned about the letter g. (Anders)

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We had library. We did MyOn on the computers. (Elizabeth) This is a wonderful reading program your child has access to from home! Use the app or go online to www.myon.com

Your child will use their library username and password to login.

We did days in school. We have been in school 51 days. (Nick)

Today is my birthday. (Abigail)

We did writing time. We wrote about our weekend. (Sophia and Mila)

We watched a little movie about safety and we colored a traffic light. (Yahna)

We had the flu shots. (Evie)

For math we did the number 4. (Serenity)

For Fundations we did the letter a. (Bryson)

We did closing meeting and snack. My special birthday snack was spider cookies. (Abigail)

In your child’s folder tonight you will find a November calendar and some fun nutrition homework information! The lunch menu for November will come home tomorrow.

We will be having a healthy food feast at the end of our nutrition unit. Please sign up using this link if you would like to donate items or help out! Thanks!

Please make sure to turn in your conference confirmation page ASAP! Thank you! I am looking forward to meeting with all of you next week!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We had music today. Elizabeth

We worked on our scramble sentence book. Lexi

We counted the days of school. Nick

We tried different types of cereals. – Yahna Ms. Zapata came and did a nutrition lesson with our class!

We did daily five and word work. –Sophia

We had Fundations. –Evie

We had snack and lunch. –Kiernan

We went over our rules. –Yahna

We are on our third page of our counting book. –Sophia

We had math today. –Brendan We talked about all the ways we see the number 3!

We read the calendar for today. –Brynn

We worked on math stations. –Anders

Fall Celebration With Books

TOMORROW Friday, October 28

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged)

No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction.

The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged.

Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Parents who signed up to come and read to small groups of kids will come from 12:30-1:00.

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We had an assembly. It was soccer! (Evie) This was to celebrate our fundraiser!

We did the number 2 in our book of numbers. We put paint on the number 2. (Nick and Sophia)

We did our fall scrambled sentences book. We did the 3rd page. (Elizabeth)

We are having snack. (Pricila)

We did math workstations. (Yahna)

KOMU videoed us doing the pledge of allegiance. (Sophia) I am not sure when this will air! I will keep you updated!

Ms. Biener our counselor came. We talked about how people are different. (Brendan and Nick)

We had inside recess. (Mila)

We did our rules. (Yahna)

We had calendar. We did days in school and we have been in school 48 days. (Anders)

We made a nothing into a something. (Evie) This was our creativity lesson with the gifted center!

We earned 100 Cougar Compliments. We will vote on a celebration. (Addison) We will be doing a movie and popcorn party next week! If anyone has a good kid friendly movie I could borrow I would appreciate it! Preferably rated G. Thanks!!!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made a scarecrow. We read the story The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Nick and Addison)

We had art. We finished our spider webs. We made creepy vegetables and fruits. (Elizabeth)

We did Monday News. (Mila)

We did Fundations. We learned about the letter c. (Kiernan)

We did math. We played 5 frame memory. We got cards and we flipped them over and we tried to find the match. (Sophia)

We played Quick Eyes. (Evie)

We did our rules. (Yahna)

We had snack. (Pricila)

We had calendar and days in school. We changed our jobs. (Anders)

We did morning buzz. We shared about what did over the weekend. (Eshan)

Tomorrow is the dental clinic at school and Friday is our celebration of books!!

My sitter is sick so my husband and I are splitting the day tomorrow. The class will have Mrs. Cockrell subbing in the afternoon.

Have a great night!!