December

Well, I have been slacking on the blog!! Sorry! Life has just been so busy that every time I thought about it, something else came up and I forgot again! Here are some pictures of the great Christmas party we had! Thanks parents for helping out and bringing great games and snacks!

We also had polar express day in December. We ended our trip around the world learning about holidays with a stop at the North Pole. We did all sorts of fun activities in the morning and even got to watch the movie in the afternoon and have cocoa and cookies! We even got to wear our pajamas! It was a fun day!

Thanksgiving & Letter P

Well time sure does fly! Our first 9 weeks is already over and its Parent-Teacher Conference time! I am very impressed with how well my students are doing so far! We have been starting some Thanksgiving activities now that it is already half way through November! We did thankful feathers that are on our classroom door. They look great! We brainstormed what we were all thankful for and then the kids did the writing and illustrating!

 

 

We also had our first family project! We sent home "Tom the Turkey" with each family and asked them to create a disguise for him so that he wouldn't get eaten on Thanksgiving!! They kids had a blast and I am amazed at how creative our families are!!

This week was also "P" week so I had a little surprise for them for snack on Tuesday...Pancakes!! They were telling me it was the best day ever! They got to help make the batter and even poor their own pancake!

Halloween Party

Well the Halloween Party was a success!! What a crazy way to start the week though! Thanks to those parents who were such great helpers! And the snacks were awesome!!

Pete the Cat

Well, we had an exciting week! We met a new friend, Pete the Cat!! He is a very cool cat that loves his shoes! But the best thing about Pete is.....He can tie is own shoes!!! He even has a very special club that you can join when you learn to tie your shoes!! Our class is very excited to join Pete in his new club!! We already have 4 people who have already joined, and many more on their way! We know that tying shoes takes lots of practice, so not everyone will get it right away, but that's ok!! When you join his club, you get a special certificate to take home, a badge to wear, and you get your name on our very special bulletin board out in the hallway! Keep practicing to join Pete's club! You can also check out Pete at his website where you can listen to him read his stories!

Pumpkins

Well we got very familiar with pumpkins this week! We compared apples and pumpkins (who knew they were so much alike?), we estimated how round they were using string, we read pumpkin stories, and we ended our short week with our pumpkin investigation where we learned if pumpkins sink or float and we got to open up a pumpkin to see what they look like and feel like inside! Everyone was brave and stuck their hand inside! And since we already had the pumpkin opened up, the kids thought we should carve him into a jack-o-lantern, so we did!! We named him Punky Pumpkin!

Western Day and Pumpkins

Well we ended our fire safety week with a western day on Friday to celebrate the rodeo! The kids loved dressing up in all their cowboy gear! They looked pretty cute too! We read "Armadillo Rodeo" by Jan Brett and did some boot decorating, along with some cowboy boot patterns.

We also got a great surprise in the morning! Mr. Fettig brought a whole truck load of pumpkins to the school and let each student choose one! We didn't get to take them home just yet, because we are going to do some fun activities with them in the coming weeks!

Fireman Visit

Well today was a very exciting day! It is fire safety week and we got a visit at our school from some fireman! They talked to us about 911, stop drop and roll, crawling low in smoke, and things that can start fires. We got to also see a fireman dressed up in all his gear. The best part of all was that we got to check out their brand new fire truck!! It was very cool! The fireman even told us about the citywide fire drill next Wednesday, October 12th at 7:00. They are asking all families to create a fire drill plan and to practice it on that night. They will even have their fire trucks out and about! It was a fun day!