Thank you all for the encouraging gifts, cards, and class gift! How wonderful to feel the support of families! I am blessed to have a small part in each of your lives and thank you for allowing me to be a part of your children's education.
Here are a few reminders to note before the first school week of 2015 begins!
- Please return December Book-It calendars by Tuesday so I can award Pizza Hut certificates to students who met their reading goal for the month.
- I will be assigning two Bible memory passages for the month of January. One for the first half and one for the second half. The first passage will be placed in the clear pocket of each student's take home folder tomorrow.
- Just a reminder that you may still give towards the $50 in 50 days challenge! If you need information about how to give, please contact Mrs. Hess.
A Peek At Our Week:
- Bible --- This will be a week in which we wrap up our Christmas projects (pictures to come in the next blog post) and revisit the Moses story, continuing on with the Israelites' journey to the promised land.
- Language Arts --- Our theme for the week will be farming (a topic near and dear to my heart)! Students will focus on cause and effect using some humorous farm-themed books. Our writer's workshops will aim to help students create "awesome endings" for their writing pieces.
- Math --- We began a unit on geometry shortly before break. Students will continue with this unit, focusing mainly on parallel lines, 2D shapes and how shapes change.
- Social Studies/Other --- Students will be comparing school in the past with present-day schooling as advance preparation for their field trip to the Museum School in April. On Tuesday afternoon, students will also participate in dental hygiene activities with the first and third grade students.
Below are some pictures of pre-Christmas activities. Enjoy!
What a good-looking group!
Making Bethlehem stars for our Christmas party! I didn't get a picture of the final product, but I'm sure you saw it come home. They were beautiful!
Playing a little "left-right" Christmas game. Thanks to all of the parents who helped with the party, sent in food and paper products, and helped us to have a wonderful celebration!
The students enjoyed a little bit of "I Spy" math review before break.
I love these "I Spy" activities because they get students up and moving around the room. Gotta get those wiggles out! (And I might as well give the wiggles some direction to go in!)
Students also worked on identifying polygons with a few different activities.
These flap-ups are pretty fun and quickly let me know if students are understanding the basics.
They are. :)
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