Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did Makerspace. We did a challenge with Legos. We had to build the right pieces with the right sizes. (Leo)

We did art. (Ariel)

For project we made American flags. They were big! (George)

We did the weather. It was 29 degrees this morning. (Cora)

We did the toy party! (Jackson)

We had some extra playtime. (Presley)

We wrote about the American flag. We cut it out and made our books. (Ellen)

We did the calendar. (Caleb)

We did the Cougar of the Month at the assembly. It was Leo. (Liam)

Lux was the teacher assistant. (Phoebe)

We read a book about the American flag. (Leo)

We did a brain break. (Avie)

We did play time instead of math workstations. (Jesse)

Here is yesterday’s closing meeting notes!

We went to third grade buddies. – Jackson

We went to music. – Evie

We learned about American symbols and we learned about the bald eagle. – George

We did Daily 5. – Ariel

We did calendar. – Caleb

We did our schedule. – Avie

We did closing meeting. – Sarah

We did Fundations. – Olivia

We did math workstations. – Phoebe

We have 110 days in school. – Leo

Today we read Sweet Land of Liberty. – Ellen

We did the second page of our American symbols book. – Liam

Your student is bringing home 2-3 book box books to read at home to you this weekend! We are starting with paper books! There is also a word solving bookmark in there for reminders! Please return books and bookmark in the bag on Monday! We will try and do this every weekend! Kids will only come home with new books if the bag is returned! They are very excited to read these books to you!

Have a wonderful weekend! No school tomorrow!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

Today is Avie’s birthday. (Ariel)

We learned about the Statue of Liberty. We wrote about it on the first page of our symbols book. (Jackson)

We learned about money. (Caleb)

For read aloud we watched a short video that gave us some information about the Statue of Liberty. We looked at the statue on a big piece of paper. (George)

We had P.E. We did skipping, running, and jumping on one foot. The people with the balls tried to tag us. We dribbled basketballs. (Sarah)

It was 34 degrees this morning. (Leo)

We learned about American symbols. One of the symbols is the Arch. It is over 600 feet tall! That is really tall! The Arch is the biggest symbol. (Cora and Jesse)

We had Fundations. We practiced our digraphs. (Sophie and Evie)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We did math workstations. (Phoebe)

Today Sarah was teacher assistant. (Ariel)

I will be leaving a bit early tomorrow so there will not be closing meeting notes sent home! Please let me know of any transportation changes before 2 pm! Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

For read aloud we watched a video about American symbols. We learned about the Liberty Bell. It had a big crack. (George)

We did Monday News. (Jackson)

I brought rice crispy treats for my birthday snack! (Ellen)

Today was Ellen’s birthday. (Presley)

We had closing meeting. (Lux)

We had Daily 5. (Avie)

For math we played a game called Roll and Record. You had to roll 2 dice and figured out how many altogether. (Leo and Presley)

We did the temperature. It was 44 and in the green. It was only our 2nd green day in February. We played inside for recess. (Cora)

We did the digraph -ck in Fundations. It makes the same sound as c and k by itself. (Phoebe)

We did the schedule. (Avie)

Today was the 108th day of school. (Evie)

We did math workstations. (Leo)

We got a paper book that was The Pledge of Allegiance. (Sarah)

Looking forward to talking with you at conferences this week!

Bring a Toy to School Celebration!

Our class earned another set of 100 Cougar Compliments! To celebrate, the class voted to have a “Bring Your Favorite Toy to School” party! We will be doing this Thursday, February 27th! Each student can bring one small toy to school. This could be a small bag of legos or blocks, an action figure, a doll, stuffed animal, toy car, etc. No toy weapons please! Students can bring an electronic toy (such as a DS or small tablet) if the sound can be turned off or headphones can be plugged in. Please make sure it is fully charged or has new batteries. Please do not send valuable electronic toys because these toys will be unsupervised at times (recess, specials, etc.) Students will have the opportunity to play with these items at specific points in the school day. They will only be allowed to play with the toy in the classroom setting (not bus line, etc.) Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today along with closing meeting notes from yesterday with the sub!!

We had recess. (Jackson)

We had art. We made dragons. (Caleb)

We did the weather. It was in the blue today. It was 20 degrees this morning. (Cora)

I was the teacher assistant. (Leo)

We had Fundations. We learned a new diagraph. It was wh. It makes the same sound as w. (Olivia and Leo)

We did closing meeting. (Phoebe)

We read the book All Are Welcome. We wrote about how to make someone feel welcome. (Ellen and Cora)

Today was 107 days in school. (Leo)

We had Daily 5. (Sarah)

For writing we wrote in our kindness books. It was about helping our community. (Sarah)

For math we talked teen numbers and we played a fun number game. We had a partner and a spinner. We made the teen numbers. (Presley)

Closing Meeting – Thursday, February 20, 2020

• We played beginning sound Bingo (Caleb)
• We had indoor playtime because it was too cold to go outside. (Jackson)
• We played “Counting Cub” learning to count in groups of ten and five. (Ellen)
• We had music and learned about two singers. One was named Jimi Hendrix who played the guitar. (George)
• Ariel was the teacher assistant today. (Sophie)
• Hot lunch was a chicken sandwich, French fries and milk or juice. (Presley)
• It was Zellie’s birthday today and she brought in chocolate covered strawberries! (Zellie)

In the folder today you will find lots of information! Please make sure to look through it this weekend! You will find an order form for Spring Pictures on March 10^th (optional) and a book order! https://orders.scholastic.com/H2MBR

There are some optional homework pages in there as well!

I have attached my most up to date parent teacher conference schedule. Looking forward to meeting with you all next week! I have told the baby that she is not allowed to come until after conferences. Hopefully she listens! 😊

Enjoy the weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We had morning meeting. (Olivia)

We did Daily 5. (Leo)

We did a fire drill. (Ariel)

We had P.E. We hula hooped and jump roped. (Jackson and Lux)

For math we played Top It. We played with number cards. (George and Jesse)

We wrote in our kindness book. We did the first page. (Caleb and Sarah)

We did the weather. It was 28 degrees. (Phoebe)

We did a spelling inventory. (Presley) During Fundations we did a little spelling test to check “tapping” skills!

We read Try a Little Kindness and said how we can be a good friend. (Ellen)

It is 105 days in school. (Leo)

We did our date. (Presley)

We did the schedule. (Phoebe)

The class earned 100 Cougar Tickets today! We will celebrate with a Bring a Toy to School party next week! I will email out more detail soon!

Just a reminder I will not be at school tomorrow (so no closing meeting email)! I will be back Friday!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did math in the morning. We sorted candy hearts. We counted them. We graphed them. We could eat them when we were finished. (Leo and George)

We had guest readers. Russell and Alice read us Robot in Love. (Evie)

We did closing meeting. (Caleb)

We are going to have a party. Some moms and dads are going to come to the party. (Jesse and Ariel)

For project we made a book called The Hearts. (Presley)

We made Valentine’s bags and passed out our valentines. (Ellen)

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

We had specials. It was library. (Liam)

The kids had a great time with all the Valentine’s fun! I will put more pictures on Dojo later tonight!

I will not be at school on Thursday because I will be out of town for a wedding. Please let me know of any dismissal changes before Thursday morning if possible!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We started our kindness books. (Caleb and Jesse)

We did project. We made a heart. We had to rip paper so we could glue it on. (George)

We had an early lunch. (Avie)

We read The Valentine Bears. In the book one of the bears set up a special surprise for the husband. He was so sleepy that Mrs. Bear couldn’t get him to wake up. She tried to pour water on him. (Leo and Cora)

We did quick eyes and on our boards we wrote the number that we saw. (Evie)

We did Daily 5. (Jackson)

We talked about the schedule. (Ellen)

We did the digraph “th”. (Leo)

We did morning meeting. (Avie)

It was 35 degrees this morning. (Leo)

If school is cancelled tomorrow then the Valentine’s party will be rescheduled to Tuesday. Hopefully we will be here tomorrow! Please make sure your student brings in their Valentine’s cards to pass out tomorrow morning!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did morning meeting. We wrote on the whiteboards. Mrs. Hotchkiss made 3 mistakes on a sentence and we had to figure them out! (Evie)

We did writing. We made coupon books. (Leo and Caleb)

We did lunch and recess. (Leo)

We did a compli-mat. We wrote nice things about our friends at each table. (Jackson)

Liam was the teacher assistant. (Ariel)

Today was the 102nd day of school. (Avie)

We did read aloud. We read the book Roses are Pink Your Feet Really Stink. (Liam and Presley)

We did the weather and it was in the blue. It was 35 degrees this morning. We went outside for lunch recess. (Cora)

We had P.E. (Phoebe)

We had play time. (Sophie)

We did sh. (Zellie)

Today for math we wrote teen numbers. With a partner we put 10 fingers and then the other person showed the other number. (Sarah)

We did math workstations. (Evie)

We did Daily 5. (Ariel)

We made a kind words chart. (Avie)

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

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We made a Love Monster! (Caleb)

It is 101 days of school. We got past 100. (Leo)

We read The Love Monster. (Presley)

We did Monday News. (Jackson)

We had math workstations. (Sophie)

We went to outside recess. (Ellen)

Mrs. Wilson was here to watch us! She watched us all day. (Cora)

We ate pumpkin muffins for Mrs. Hotchkiss’ birthday! She turned 32! (Jesse)

Cora was teacher assistant. (Ariel)

We did Daily 5. (Phoebe)

We learned the ch sound. (Avie)

We had library. (Sarah)

We did the calendar. (Leo)

We played Top It for math. We used dot cards. Whoever had the highest number got the cards. (Presley)

We did the weather. It was in the blue today. (Cora)

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We ate a 100-piece snack! (Caleb)

We read the book Jake’s 100th Day of School. He forgot his 100th day collection at home. He made a collection of 100 books at school. (Avie)

We did 100 exercises like pushups and jumping jacks. (Leo)

At play time there were a lot of choices. We could make a 100 fruit loop necklaces or we could stack 100 cups or we could do regular play. (Presley)

We made 100 day glasses. (Jackson)

We had art. We got to make face. (George)

We got to dress like we are 100 years old! (Ellen)

We shared our 100th day collections. (Zellie)

Jackson was the teacher assistant. (Ariel)

We did Zero the Hero Stomp. (Liam)

It was the 100th day of school. (Leo)

Such a fun day! Check out the pictures on Class Dojo! In the folder you will find lots of optional homework activities! These do not need to be returned to school. Thanks!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We went to Makerspace. We made codes for Ozobots. Whatever color you used on your paper made it go faster or slower. (Evie)

We are really close to 100. Today is 99! (Leo)  

We did Daily 5. (Presley)

We figured out the order of the animals from The Mitten for project. (Caleb)

It was in the blue today. The temperature was 37 degrees. We went outside for 1st recess but not lunch recess or afternoon. (Cora)

For writing we wrote our last page of The Snowy Day. We wrote “Last Peter put the snowball in his pocket.” After that we could write in our writer’s notebook. (George)

We did closing meeting. (Phoebe)

We did the schedule. (Avie)

We did word games. We did the u sound in the words. (Sophie)

In Fundations we learned that if there is a silent “e” at the end of the word it makes the middle vowel sound say its name. (Liam) We talked about long vs short vowel sounds today! Ex: pin vs pine

Here is a fun Starfall game to practice the concept! There are many other fun Learn to Read games here! These games are best on a desktop or laptop!

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We played 10 Bears on a Bus. We were trying to figure out how to make 10. (Caleb)

It was in the green today! It got up to the yellow on the thermometer. (Cora)

We had art. We used scratch paper to draw fireworks. (Jackson)

We are close to 100 days. Today was 98 days. (Leo)

We had Daily 5. (Sophie)

We did Monday News. We wrote about our weekend. (Presley)

For read aloud we read The Mitten. Nikki had a white mitten that got so stretched out from the animals. (George) We will practice retelling this story this week!

We did project. We read The Mitten in a different way. We put it in our book boxes. (Ellen)

We did math workstations. (Leo)

It was my birthday! I brought cookies. (Phoebe)

We had closing meeting. (Avie)

We used our magnet boards. We built words. (Caleb)

In Fundations we did tapping. (Presley)

The 100th Day of School is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5th (unless we have any snow days between now and then). 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.          

Thank you for all the 100^th day snack donations! We are good to go!

Have a wonderful evening!!