Hamilton Hawkeye Hustle!

Today was the BIG DAY!  The Hamilton Elementary School Fundraiser for our awesome PTO!  We have had this event on our classroom calendar since school began and as this week progressed, became more and more excited!

This event is the only fund raiser asked of the families at Hamilton Elementary School.  The money turned in funds so many events and additional opportunities for every child at our school.   Most of the children in our school will use Raz Kids, a reading program to help children learn to read better in a fun way using technology.  Hamilton Elementary kids also have the opportunity to practice their math skills on technology using IXL.  Both of these programs would not be possible without our generous PTO, who paid the fees for each program for the year!

Does your child love Fun Night?  How about making Christmas gifts for their families in the school gym?  Each grade level teaching team is also given money for the teachers to purchase items for their classrooms that are not covered by the district.  Does your child like field trips?  The PTO helps pay for admission fees and/or transportation costs for the students!

So THANK YOU for helping your child collect donations for our school!  If you have any other donations, please send them in!  The PTO would appreciate any late donations just as much as the donations already received!

Here are a few photos of our day!  Enjoy!

Paige and her Mom made Hawkeye bracelets for every child
in our class! Paige had enough to share one with Mrs. Kraker
and Mrs. Klomparens as well!  

Thanks to Mrs. Duncan and Paige for our cool Hawkeye bracelets!

The PTO gave every child a t-shirt to wear for the Hawkeye Hustle!
We can also use the t-shirts for field trips and special days!

We walked, skipped, ran, did cart wheels, the Chicken Dance, and much
more around the track!  We even had a DJ playing cool music for us!

The Hamilton Hawkeye even came for part of our time on the track!

The Hamilton Hawkeye always had a nice crowd of kids around!
It kept the kids moving on this hot day!

Thanks for joining us Hamilton Hawkeye!

After our turn on the track, each child was given a water bottle,
a bag of popcorn and an apple if they wanted them.

Enjoying our treats in the shade!

And of course... "The Funny One"!

Cameron

This is Cameron!  He is our student of the week.  Cameron's favorite food is Chili Mac.  His favorite sport is baseball.  Cameron's favorite book is "Hot Wheels".  He has two cats; Peanut and Shadow.  When Cameron grows up, he would like to be a vet.  His favorite television show is Scooby Doo! Cameron would like to visit Chicago again soon. His favorite color is GREEN.  Cameron is special because he has a good family, but the VERY BEST thing about him is the fact that he is a good friend!

Clifford's Birthday

What is BIG and RED and loved by children and adults alike???  Why, it's CLIFFORD, the big red dog of course!  We celebrated our beloved story book character last Friday all day long at school.  

Hopefully your child told you all about our day, so I will just post the pictures I took along with captions explaining them.   I did not take pictures of everything we did, but tried to get a good sampling.  Because I was away at a conference this past weekend, I wanted to get this blog posted as soon as I could.

Enjoy!

The 'red star' group making Clifford dogs for our bulletin board.

The 'purple star' group!

Here is the 'green star' group!

The 'blue star' group.

Our cute Clifford dogs drying on the table.

This is our finished product on our wall.

We enjoyed a special cupcake and juice box to celebrate!  Thank you to Mrs. Lugten and Mrs. Berghorst for our treats!

They made paper bag puppets with bones.  The bones had simple sentences on them that they
read and fed to their doggies!

We ended our day watching a Clifford video.  Clifford and his friends teach such
wonderful life lessons to the kids.

When I take photos of the group, I always promise them that they can make faces for a funny one!  Here is their first funny face photo!

Jocelyn

This is Jocelyn!  She is our Student of the Week!  Jocelyn would love to visit Texas. When she watches television, she loves to watch the movie Frozen.  When Jocelyn grows up, she would like to be a teacher.  Her favorite food to eat is spaghetti.  Jocelyn likes to read fairy tales.  Her favorite sport is baseball.  GREEN is Jocelyn's favorite color.  She has a dog named Leslie.  Jocelyn is special because she is nice, but the VERY BEST thing about her is the fact that she is a good friend to everyone!

Maddie

This is Maddie.  She was the student of the week last week!  Maddie would love to visit St. Louis, Missouri (again) someday.  Her favorite television show is Doc McStuffing.  Maddie loves to eat home grown sweet corn.  When she grows up, Maddie would like to be a teacher and a Mom!  Her favorite books are any Barbie books.  Maddie's favorite sport is soccer.  Her favorite color is PEACH.  Maddie has a pet bunny named Snuggles.  Maddie is special because God made her, but the VERY BEST thing about Maddie is the fact that she is kind!

And we're off...

Well, here we go!  The 2014-15 school year has begun!  It's time to start up the classroom blog again!  You will LOVE the blog because it will show our classroom in action each week!  I always have parents tell me that they feel more connected to their child's classroom experience because of the blog.  So sit back and enjoy the 'first grade ride'!  It will fly by faster than you can imagine with gains, both academically and socially, that will astound you!

Introducing our first grade class...

Levi, Claire and Lydia

Cameron, Annabel and Jessica

Jocelyn and Maddie

Teagen and Lilly

Kendrick

Jordan and Izzy

Sierra and Kaylee

Kairi, Paige, Makayla and Hannah

Justin and Samuel

Mason, Hunter and Lilly

Gavin, Noel, Mason and Ariyah

These photos were taken during inside recess on Wednesday!  It's fun to see them having fun with new friends!  I will send an email with a link each time I post a new blog entry!  So enjoy the pictures of your kids in action and thank you for trusting me with your precious gems!