Mrs. Morrow's Class: 2012

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Live Love and Learn

I have a very heavy heart tonight...as I sit and reflect on all of the learning, laughing, and loving that went on in our classroom last week, I am reminded of the gift that I have been given. I get to see 16 smiling faces rush into my classroom excited and ready to learn something new each day. I thank the Lord that he has entrusted me with His beautiful children, all representing unique personalities, abilities, needs, and dreams! Not just today, but every day, I am thankful for the opportunity to be a part of each and every one of these precious little lives. I am determined, now more than ever, to make each moment count. We always need to remember to count our blessings!

My 16 Little Blessings:)

Monday, December 10, 2012

Field Trip Fun

We went on our first field trip on Friday, December 7th and we had a BLAST! The whole first grade went to the Fort Smith Malco Theater to watch Rise of the Guardians. It was a great movie and the kids loved it! Once the movie started, I didn't hear a peep from the kids, except for the sounds of munching popcorn:)

After the movie we went to the park for a picnic lunch and playtime. It was a great day!

We Are Readers!

I am just amazed at how much progress the students have made in their reading skills. I mean, they are reading EVERYTHING! It is just so much fun to see them read a book independently and most imporantly their love of reading is growing each day:) It warms my heart and makes me soooooo proud! Here are a few pictures of the students budding reading. They love to read with their friends!

So Many SWEET Treats!

Well, I am behind again! Our year is flying by way too fast - here are the last two weeks of Sweet Readers. Some of them doubled-up and got two awards:)

Way to go Trey - Smartie Award

WJW - Snickers Award

Trenton and Jayce - Starburst Award

Elizabeth - KitKat Award

Eli - KitKat and M&M Award

Kaylee and Noah - Butterfinger and Hershey Award

Matthew - Hershey and Twix Award

Monday, November 12, 2012

S-W-E-E-T

Check out this week's group of SWEET Readers!

Daxxton and Autumn - Snickers Award

(Not Pictured: Alexis and Tina)

Eli - Reese's Award

Tanika - M&M Award

Kaylee and Noah - Skittles Award

Matthew is leading our class with his Butterfinger Award!

Pumpkin Burial

Last week we had to have a burial for "Jack" He was our class jack-o-lantern that we carved on Halloween. The kids noticed that he really wasn't looking too good and informed me that we had to do something with him, so today we sent him off for a long winter's nap. We stuffed "Jack" with lots of classroom items to keep him occupied for the winter (paper, pencil, marker, snacks, etc). I told the kids that we would dig him up in the spring to see if he was looking any better. It's going to be a LONG winter, but I know the kids will be really excited to see him next spring:)

Farewell Jack...We'll see you next spring:)

Pumpkin Characters

During the month of October, the students were given a project to complete at home with their parents. Each student selected a book that they had read before and created one of the characters from the book on their pumpkin. There was only 1 rule: Do NOT carve or cut the pumpkin. They had the freedom to be as creative as they wanted and they did not disappoint!