What an awesome week!

We have had a few busy weeks since last I posted.

We learned all about the groundhog and shadows by experimenting with the sun (flashlights) and little bears. We learned that the direction of the sun affects the size, shape and direction of the shadow.

Shadows...

and more shadows. 

We attended our first field trip at Northside High School and watch a rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Excited about the Show!

Waiting for the show to begin

We celebrated the 100th Day of School! Can you believe there are only 80 left?

Coloring our 100 Day hats

Counting 100 Fruit Loops and making a necklace.

Showing off my hat

We have also learned all about out 16th President Abraham Lincoln and made log cabins.

Mrs. Justus

We are so excited and blessed to have a student teacher in our classroom this year. I would like for you to give a big welcome to Jennifer Justus. She will begin taking over subject by subject under my direction until she is teaching full time. I hope you are all as excited as I am to have this extra help in our class. 

Blubber...

This week we learned all about the polar bear. Part of our learning was to find out how they stayed warm in the cold arctic. Did you know that polar bears have a layer of fat called blubber? This blubber is what helps them to stay warm. We used ice, Ziploc bags, and fat :) to see how blubber works. The ice was very cold on our hand that did not go inside the package of blubber but the hand that was inside stayed nice and warm. So those of you that freeze all the time might need a little more blubber. ha ha

We also celebrated Janice for winning our Global Character Award Knowledgeable for the month of January. 

Welcome 2017!

Today we welcomed in 2017. We read the story Squirrel's New Year's Resolutions by Pat Miller and learned what a New Years resolution was. We watched the ball drop and yelled "Happy New Year" while blowing our horns. Next, we drew ourselves and wrote some New Year's resolutions of our own. What a fun and eventful day today was in Kindergarten.

Saint Nicholas

Today December 6th is St. Nicholas Day. St. Nicholas arrives on a donkey and leaves treats in children's shoes that are left beside the fireplace. The children in return leave hay and carrots for the donkey. We put our shoes outside by our fireplace while we completed our work and St. Nicholas came and visited!!! We were so excited. 

Santa delivered an elf to our class on December 1 and we names him Snowflake. He also delivered a CFIE Santa Cam to the school. 

We also celebrated Bentley and Quincy being students of the month for October and November.

Busy Week

We were all a little tired but happy to be back in school after a long break off for Thanksgiving. We began learning all about Christmas Around the World and reviewed our classroom sight words.

On Thursday this week we came back to our classroom after computer lab and found a gift from Santa to our classroom. We received an elf on the shelf and after lots of discussion and voting we decided to name him Snowflake. He will be a new and fun addition to our classroom through the Christmas season. We also celebrated our International Christmas Fair. It was a wonderful night with ornaments for sale, pictures with Santa, all you can eat pancakes, and a silent auction.

Here is our classroom quilt. Soleil's family made the winning bid and
was able to take it home. 

Friday was a great day with PJ Day to help our school music program AND a popsicle party. Yes, you read that right. Our class had the most eagle feathers for K-2 grades and was given a popsicle party from the office. We were very excited. 

Slacking :)

Alright so I have been super busy so therefore slacking on the blog. You will have to bear with me as I try this new addition this year.

Since our last post we have had our first report card go home and our first award ceremony. (Here are a few pictures of some of our families that came.) I am proud of all of the hard work each child put into this nine weeks. We will continue to push the children so be prepared. They are all very capable and bright and I will expect a lot out of them.

The school PTO has our first Chipolte Night and raised money for the school. Thank you for all that came out and supported this event.

We worked hard and prepared a Thanksgiving PowWow for our parents with speaking parts for each child. They did such a wonderful job. We also ate a "traditional" first Thanksgiving meal. :) Thank you to all of the parents that helped by donating and coming to celebrate with us.

I am looking forward to December. It is a busy but beautiful month.