Grace

 

Here is Grace!  She is our Student of the Week for February 25-March 1.  Grace loves the color PURPLE. She would like to visit Florida with her family sometime.  Grace likes to read "Welcome, Spring!" with characters from the movie Frozen.  She likes to watch The Greatest Showman on television.  Grace has a puppy named Hulk.  When she grows up, Grace would like to be an artist.  Her favorite sport is soccer.  Grace loves to eat popcorn.  Grace is special because her family loves her, but the VERY BEST THING about Grace is that she likes making new friends!

Valentine's Day Celebration

Happy Valentine's Day!  We enjoyed our celebration before lunchtime today because we have STEM and PE in the afternoon on Thursdays!

First, we enjoyed a cupcake and juice box snack from Clayton and Jalynn!  Thank you for providing the goodies for us!  We enjoyed them so much!

Next, we spent about 15-20 minutes delivering our Valentines to our classmates!  You should have heard the excitement in the air!

Finally, it was time to open our Valentines!  The kids were so polite to each other!  I heard lots of 'Thank you' and 'You're welcome' coming from them!  We agreed that they would only eat TWO pieces of candy, since we already had a cupcake and juice.  Funny how many chose the two BIGGEST items in their bags (can you say Fun Dip???)  Yikes!  Lots of blue tongues, teeth and faces! 

A few of the kids chose to make a Valentine craft, while others just enjoyed time to finish their treat and chat with their friends.  Overall, it was a successful and very fun party!  Thank you to all of you for helping your child make their Valentines for their classmates!  No worries... I will give them a little more sugar before heading home to you!  We can share their sugar high!  :)  Happy Valentines Day to everyone!

Hudson

 

This is Hudson.  He is our Student of the Week for February 11-14.  Hudson's favorite color is RED.  He would love to visit the beach with his family when the weather gets warm. Hudson likes to read 'The Book With No Pictures' the best.  He likes to watch Sponge Bob, Square Pants on television.  Hudson does not have any pets at home, but if he could choose a pet, he would want a dog.  When he grows up, Hudson would like to be a police officer.  His favorite sport is soccer.  Hudson loves to eat hot dogs and cookies.  He is special because he is nice, but the VERY BEST THING about Hudson is the fact that he is kind to everyone!

100th Day Of School

Did you hear all about our fun day on Friday?  We celebrated our 100th day of school!  Although it was not REALLY our 100th day (who knows exactly because of all the snow days??), we enjoyed it!

The kids brought in 100 pieces of a dry treat to mix together with everyone else's to make an AWESOME morning snack on this special day!  Because it was also popcorn day, the kids chose EITHER the popcorn OR the 100th day treat to eat, and take the other home for later.

The "Bee" group

The "Fish" group

The "Frog" group

The "Butterfly" group

We had SIX students who have been in school ALL 100 DAYS and never missed school once!

Congratulations to Nathan, Avery, Alyssa, Silas, Hudson and Noah for perfect attendance for 100 days!

Several students came to school wearing 100 items as well!

We began our day by making special "100 Days Smarter" headbands.  The kids were really proud to wear them around all day long!

 

 
Later in the morning, we did some 100th day centers.  We divided into smaller groups and participated in a 100 piece puzzle station, fun '100' papers, and the balance scale/weight station. 

Puzzles:

Papers: (no pictures taken)

Balance Scales:  Kids brought in a collection of 100 items to weigh against small ceramic tiles in a balance scale.  First they balanced their items, then counted out how many tiles balanced it, and finally, sorted their 100 items into piles of ten.  Interestingly, several children then realized that they did not have exactly 100 items in their collection, because they did not have ten piles of ten!

During our calendar time, which we do daily, we have been tracking how many days of school in several ways: tallies, a number line, adding a straw to our 'ones' pouch daily, and making 'tens' every two weeks, and adding a penny to our chart each day, trading for bigger amounts as we were able.  On the 100th day, we were able to combine all of our straws to make a 'hundred', circle ten groups of ten tally marks to make a large group of 100, exchange all of our coins for a golden/paper dollar, and add our special '100' number to our number line display! 

To end our day, we divided into groups of 4-5, and used 100 Dixie cups to create a sculpture!  Here are the teams as they worked together:

Here are their finished creations:

We had a very fun time celebrating the 100th day of school.  Hopefully your child came home expressing how enjoyable it was for them!  And now... as usual... here's 'the funny one'!