Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We are going to have our party! For the party our families can come! (George and Logan)

We made reindeer ornaments. (Jackson)

We made reindeer hats. (Caleb)

We did our math workstations. (Liam)

We did the schedule. (Phoebe and Leo)

We had our school sing along. It was fun! (Sarah)

We did play time. (Liam)

We read a book about reindeer. We learned what they eat and what they do. They like the cold, they have lots of fur, and they are super cool! (Presley)

Parents are starting to come! (Cora)

Thank you so much for all the wonderful cards, letters, and gifts! I am so fortunate to work with such wonderful families like you all!

In your child’s backpack you will find a Gingerbread Kid book. That is a gift from me for your child to keep! In the folder you will find a behavior update (this does not need to be returned), a holiday card from me, and a fun list of things to do over break! This, of course, is optional.

Have a wonderful holiday break!!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We had blacktop recess. (George)

We made something special for mom and dad. (Jackson)

We had music. We watched a video. We could lay down. (Logan and Cora)

We did math workstations. (Jesse)

Today is crazy sweatshirt day. (Avie)

For math we were on the calculators. We pressed numbers. We played with it. We could play with them at play time. (Presley)

We had our pizza party. We had juice boxes. It was at lunch time. (Sarah)

We did the weather. It was in the blue. (Logan)

We did the calendar. Today is December 19th. (Leo and Zellie)

We wrapped the presents that we made for our parents. (Phoebe)

We read a book about reindeer. It was a non-fiction book. It said real things about reindeer. (Cora)

Hope to see you tomorrow at the winter party at 2:20 pm!

If you haven’t sent in a traditions email we still have time to share some tomorrow! It has been fun learning about so many different traditions!! Here is the blurb from he original email…

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!

Have a wonderful night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We talked about holiday traditions. (Olivia) If you haven’t sent in your family traditions you still can!

We got to drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. It was the perfect temperature! We got sugar cookies! And if we were still hungry, we could eat our snack. (Presley and Logan)

After lunch we had inside recess. (Jackson)

Zellie was the teacher assistant. (Caleb)

We did P.E. We played a game where you tried to knock down pins. You had to guard your pins. (Lux and George)

We did the calendar. We did the weather. It is freezing cold because it is in the purple. (Cora)

We saw Chicken Little. (Caleb) This was a Talking Horse children’s play!

We did the schedule. (Sarah)

We did writing. (Zellie)

Our pizza party is tomorrow! You do not need to send a lunch with your child.

Our winter party is this Friday from 2:20-2:50 pm! Parents are welcome to join!

Have a great night!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today! Check out the pictures and videos on Class Dojo!!

We found the Gingerbread Man! Mr. Miles found him! We ate him during snack time. We also watched The Gingerbread Cowboy book during snack. (Cora)

Our Gingerbread Man left a note on the Smartboard. We saw his crumbs and candies. (Presley)

We had play time. (Caleb)

Today we celebrated Evie’s birthday and she passed out candy canes. (Jackson)

Our Gingerbread Man rolled around in icing and sprinkles! (Sarah)

For read aloud Mrs. Hotchkiss read The Ninjabread Man. (George)

For project we wrote about how to catch the gingerbread man. (Logan)

We hung up our missing posters. (Caleb)

We did the calendar. (Presley)

For math we rolled 1 or 2 and whatever number we got we had to cover. (Sarah)

So much fun! Make sure to email in your family traditions and send in a couple bucks for the pizza party next week! Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today! We had a very eventful day! Make sure to check Class Dojo for lots of fun pictures and videos!

We lost the Gingerbread!! He ran away. (Jackson and Avie)

We read The Gingerbread Baby! (Olivia)

We tried to find the Gingerbread! We are hungry! Mrs. Gail tried to catch him, but she couldn’t. He made a mess on her! (Cora)

We took our Gingerbread to Mrs. Gail. She put it in her oven. (Caleb)

We found lots of clues from the Gingerbread kid. (Jesse)

We did the Snowball Shoppe. We had 5th grade helpers. (Logan)

We made gingerbread ornaments. We used a tool to scratch off the details we wanted. (Presley and Avie)

We watched the older kids sing and it was a choir concert. It was good! (Cora)

We also had counselor today with Mrs. Baker! She talked about what we can do when we are mad (take a drink, count to 5, ask for a hug, etc.)

We made missing posters for our Gingerbread Kid that we will hang up in the halls tomorrow! Hopefully we can find him! 😉

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did closing meeting. (Ellen)

We did project. We put the parts of the Gingerbread Boy in the right order. We read the book called The Gingerbread Boy. We talked about some of the words in the book. (Presley and George)

We went outside. (Jackson)

We played Guess My Number on whiteboards. (Caleb)

We did library. (Cora)

We did a word family. We did words that rhyme with flag. (Phoebe)

I was the teacher assistant. (Caleb)

We did writing. (Cora)

Just a reminder if you haven’t sent it in already….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! Please send this email by Monday. December 16th!

Thanks!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had art. (George)

We did Makerspace. We built stuff! (Logan)

We went outside. (Jackson)

We read The Gingerbread Girl. (Olivia) We compared this story to The Gingerbread Man!

We did the calendar. (Cora)

In Fundations we wrote inside our notebooks. We wrote Aa and Bb. We wrote it 4 times. (Phoebe and Avie)

We had Daily 5. (Cora)

We did word games. (Logan)

Evie was the teacher assistant. (Phoebe)

We did math workstations. (Sarah)

We counted the lunch choices. (Leo)

We worked on our special surprise for mom and dad a lot today!

We have a few sign up spots left for things coming up this week and next! If you would like to help please sign up using this link!

Have a great night!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did the calendar. (Leo)

We had play time. (George)

We had lunch. Me and Sarah had lunch with Mrs. Hotchkiss! (Presley)

We had writing. We did Monday News. (Jackson)

We did the weather. (Caleb)

We are doing closing meeting. (Cora)

We practiced writing A and B. We did a little bit of tapping. (Logan)

We read The Gingerbread Man. He got eaten. (Ellen and Sarah)

We had music. (Phoebe)

Mrs. Hotchkiss gave out some kindness awards. (Jesse)

We played a Gingerbread math game. If we landed on the fox we had to go back a square. We would roll the dice and move our cube. (Presley)

We did word games. (Logan)

We will shop at the Snowball Shoppe on Thursday. This is totally optional!

The kids earned 100 Cougar Tickets last week! They voted to celebrate with a pizza party! We will do this at lunch time on December 19^th. If you would like to donate $1 or $2 to help pay for the pizza you can! Just send in cash with your child this week or early next week! Thank you!!

We have lots of fun things coming up in the next couple of weeks including gingerbread decorating, a pizza party, hot cocoa/cookies, and fun projects! We need lots of items for our classroom! If you would like to help or donate an item, please sign up using this link!

Thank you! Have a wonderful night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

I was out part of the day doing assessments so Mrs. French did closing meeting with the class!

We did closing meeting. (Ellen)

We did writing. (Jackson and Logan)

We did math. (Caleb)

We did monster squeeze for math today. (Sarah)

Sarah has 100 dojo points! (Presley)

A few other things we did included Fundations, library checkout, a book on needs and wants, reading The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, working on our surprise for parents, Daily 5, and P.E.

In the folder today you will find behavior reports. Please talk about these with your student, initial and comment (if you want), and return on Monday. We are in a new trimester so the reports start fresh!

You will also find information on the Snowball Shoppe! This is a fun way for kids to shop for family members. If you would like to participate, please send cash in the envelope and write on the outside the names each person they will be shopping for and how much you would like them to spend on each person. Please fill out the gift tags and return those as well! This saves us lots of time! Thank you!! Don’t feel obligated to participate! Our class will shop on Thursday morning.

Thanks! Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, December 5th

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math workstations. (Olivia)

We had writing. When we were done, we could write in our writing journals. Our surprise is part of writing. (Jackson, Logan, and Jesse)

We did the calendar. (Leo)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We had Daily 5. (George)

Mrs. Hotchkiss read The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog. This book had the Duckling. (Sarah)

We had library. We got to work on the computers. We watched a cool video. (Presley)

We did the weather. (Caleb)

We played a game where we roll the dice and write the numbers. (Ellen)

We did project. We glued the needs and wants onto paper. Wants are nice to have but you can live without it. (Cora)

We did word games. (Logan)

We did Fundations. We tapped letter sounds. We used our magnet boards to build the words. (Cora and Phoebe)

We did the schedule. (Leo)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We get done with school early. (Jesse)

We did something on our surprise for our parents. (George)

We did closing meeting. (Logan)

We did morning meeting. (Sarah)

We did the schedule. (Leo)

We had sack lunch in the cafeteria. It had a Rice Krispie Treat. (Presley)

We read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. He was thinking about a hot dog party. The book was funny! (Cora)

We did morning buzz. (Caleb)

Today was the 70th day of school. We did the Zero the Hero Stomp. (Jackson)

We did Daily 5. (Ellen)

We did writing. (Logan)

We did the word family. We did -ap. (Sarah)

We did Fundations. We did more tapping. (Evie)

We did project. We crossed out the wants. (Caleb)

We did word games. (Sarah)

Have a great day! Please have the kids bring back their library books tomorrow!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We worked on a surprise. (Jackson)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We did the schedule. (Leo)

We did a wants and needs sort. (Caleb)

For math we counted in line and put ourselves in order. (Presley)

We did math workstations. (Jesse)

We did Fundations. We tapped words. (Logan)

We read a Pigeon book. It is Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. (Ellen)

We did a word family. They all had -at. (Cora)

We did the calendar. (Avie)

We had music. (Sarah)

We did writing. (Evie)

We did Daily 5. We made 2 choices. It was something different than yesterday. (George)

We did morning buzz. We shared about wants. (Presley)

If you need to submit a book order please make sure you do it by Friday morning! Thanks!  https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

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! Please send this email by Monday. December 16th!

Tomorrow is an early release (12:50)! Please let me know if your child has a change in transportation!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had Fundations. We learned tapping. (Logan) The kids are practicing isolating each sound within words! 

We are doing closing meeting. (Sarah)

Today was the 68th day of school. We did the calendar. (Presley)

We had writing. We wrote what we did over the weekend on Monday News. (George)

We had P.E. We played Bowling Pin Bingo. (Phoebe and George)

We had Daily 5 choices. (Caleb)

We went outside. (Jackson)

We talked about wants and needs. (Cora)

My sister came to read. (Lux)

We played Bear Tracks. (Ellen)

The December calendar has lots of stuff! (Zellie)

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! Please send this email by Monday. December 16th!

Have a great night!

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!

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!

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!

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!!

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!

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!

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!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

Today we had P.E. (Avie)

In math we played 10 in a circle. (Caleb)

We did the calendar. (Leo)

Today we had writing. We wrote can. (Presley)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp because it is the 60th day of school. (Cora)

We did closing meeting. (George)

Today Jesse was the teacher assistant. (Phoebe)

Today we had Daily 5. We did the choice chart. (Jackson and Presley)

We did Fundations. We did y and x. We wrote in our notebooks. (Logan)

We did the weather. It was in the blue. (Sarah and Zellie)

We did math workstations. (Jesse)

We talked about living and non-living. (Sophie)

We sorted needs of a dog, a human, and a plant. (Ellen)

Thank you SO much for meeting with me at Parent Teacher Conferences this week! I loved touching base with all of you. If you have any further questions please let me know. You do NOT need to sign the grade card and return it to me.

In the folder you will find some important notes about our upcoming nutrition unit! We will be making a Friendship Fruit Salad on Wednesday. There is a fun homework assignment for the kids to complete by the 25th.

There a couple spots left to sign up to donate to our healthy food fest on the 26^th! Here is the link! Thank you to all the parents who have signed up!

Book orders came home today!

If you are able to, please make sure your child has a snack in their backpack every day. I’ve had several students forgetting snacks lately. I am running low on extra snacks. If you would like to donate individually wrapped snacks (Goldfish bags, cracker packs, etc.) we would appreciate it!

No school tomorrow! Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did closing meeting. (George)

We did math. We did the number book. We wrote 9 and 10. (Leo)

We did the weather. (Cora)

We did Daily 5. We had 2 choices. (Logan)

Today Avie was the teacher assistant. She picked out the brain break. (Presley)

We did writing. We practice the word “the”. (Jackson)

We did the calendar. (Lux)

We moved like animals. We sorted how animals move. They fly, swim, or walk. (Ellen)

We had morning meeting. (Sarah)

We did math workstations. (Avie)

We did Fundations. We learned y and x. We got to do the magnet boards. (Zellie)

We did the schedule. (Caleb)

We did the line rhyme. (Leo)

We had library. (Sophie)

Next week we will start our nutrition unit! On Tuesday, November 26^th, we will celebrate all we have learned with a healthy food feast! If you would like to donate items for the feast or volunteer to help, sign up using this link! Thank you!!