Review:This week we worked a lot with shapes. Because of our snow/ice day on Thursday, we are going to wrap up our study on shapes on Monday before we jump into Christmas. (let's hope for no snow days next week :D) Below are a couple picture from some fun shape work we did this week. We used different shapes or snippets to create our own pictures. Our snippet artwork is hanging in the hallway. During our Shape Shift small group I asked the student to identify the shapes before we started created as a review from when we read the book earlier in the week. When I showed them the semi-circle one students response was that it was a TRUCK circle! Very clever! Looking Ahead:![]() We will wrap up our shapes study on Monday. We will also have the same group of Dordt students that have been coming this fall come to do their final assessment with the students on Monday morning. Tuesday, Lisa Laird will be coming to read to the students with her puppets. We are beginning our Christmas study this week. We will be focusing mainly on Tree this week and the meaning of the Christmas tree. We will also have an elf in our classroom this month. I have modified the purpose of the Elf on the Shelf to better fit the true meaning of Christmas. Here is a link to the letter I will read on Monday: Elf on the Shelf Letter. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! Be sure to watch the blog to see what our Elf is up to in our classroom :)
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Dates to Remember:Dec. 17
Happy Birthday, Ridley! Dec. 18 Happy Half Birthday, Micaiah! Christmas Program @ 6pm in the BJ Haan Auditorium Dec. 19 Polar Express Party! Dec. 20 Christmas Party Happy Birthday, Jenessa! Dec. 24-Jan. 3 No School!
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Review:We had a great week leading up to Thanksgiving! I have created a google photo album with pictures I took during the party. If you wanted to add some picture to share that would be great! I haven't share pictures this way before, so please let me know if you have any problems viewing the pictures. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. I look forward to hearing all about it tomorrow :). Looking Ahead:We will be spending this week focusing on the shapes around us. We have been learning about different shapes on our focus board this year, and now we will begin to identify the shapes everywhere around us. We will also discover how we can use those shapes to create something new. We have a week off of star of the week, but we will begin again next week. The only extra we have this week is Kindermusik on Wednesday!
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Dates to Remember:Dec. 18 Happy Half Birthday, Micaiah! Christmas Program @ 6pm in the BJ Haan Auditorium Dec. 19 Polar Express Party! Dec. 20 Christmas Party Happy Birthday, Jenessa! Dec. 24-Jan. 3 No School!
Review:We had a great week! I just wanted to share quick about something really awesome that happened in our classroom that the students probably didn't even know. I planned my devotions for this year already this summer and didn't really focus on how they lined up with our Bible verses. This week we learned the Bible verse: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Each day we learned about a different person in the Bible who needed God's strength: David when he fought Goliath, Queen Esther when she had to save the Hebrews, Shadrach, Mishach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. How great it is to see how God planned it out perfectly that each of the Bible lessons we had this week focused on how each of the "main characters" couldn't success with their own strength but with GOD'S STRENGTH! Thank you for coming in to chat about each of the kiddos this week. I enjoyed connecting with each of you again. Please don't wait until conferences the chat if anything comes up, I truly enjoy partnering with each of you. Looking Ahead:With the week being only 2 days, this blog post will be shorter :) The focus board will stay the same this week, and there will be no star of the week. Tuesday is our visitor day, so each students can invite 2 visitors to come for the last hour of the morning. We will be having a feast together. They are each asked to bring an item to share that begins with the first letter of their name (i.e. Raegan's Red Grapes - that's what my daughter decided to bring :D)
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Dates to Remember:Tuesday (11/20)
Visitor Day! Wednesday (11/21) No school Thursday (11/22) No School - Happy Thanksgiving! Monday (11/26) Back to school Review:We began our week with building homes for our pet rocks. The students had a lot of fun creating their own ideas of what type of home their pet needed. Below is a link to each of their homes.
Looking Ahead:![]() We will have students from Dordt come and do some assessments they created for their class with our students. We will skip small groups on Monday so Ms. Jody and I can be present during the assessments. On Tuesday, we will have 7th grade students from Sioux Center Christian come in for World Kindness Day. They will be making puppets and sharing a snack with our kids. Our study on pets will wrap up this week. The students have enjoyed exploring the difference between pets and wild animals.
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Dates to Remember:Nov. 13:
Parent Teacher Conferences Nov. 20: Visitor Day Nov. 21 & 22: No School Review:This week we wrapped up our study on Fall/Pumpkins with some pumpkin carving and pumpkin tasting. Below are some pictures of our pumpkins and from our time at Royal Meadows. The students did such a great job singing for the residents and spent some time with the residents coloring fall pictures. Looking Ahead:![]() This week we will begin our study on pets. If you haven't sent me a picture of your pet or what pet your child would like to have. We will be making a class book this week. Lisa Laird a puppeteer from the library will visit on Tuesday. We will have Kindermusik on Wednesday.
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Dates to Remember:Nov. 13:
Parent Teacher Conferences Nov. 20: Visitor Day Nov. 21 & 22: No School |