Merry Christmas!

We had our class Christmas party on Monday, December 17th. The kids were SUPER DUPER excited so we had to find some fun activities to keep us busy until party time:) To start things off, we had pizza for lunch! Thanks to great parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles that donated to our Fall Festival King and Queen jar we had plenty of pizza to fill us up:)

After recess, the students got to look at all the treats in their goody bag. Then each student received a present from me to open - I always give books:)

The last thing we did was decorate an edible tree. This turned out to be quite tricky, but we did manage to get all 16 trees (waffle cones) decorated and they were all quite interesting! The best part was seeing the kids eat them:) All in all, I think our party was a success. Thanks to all the parents that sent supplies and helped out with the tree decorating.

The Polar Express

The last full week of school was jam-packed with a whole lot of Polar Express FUN! We read the story and did lots of fun activities, but Friday was the best day because we wore our pajamas to school and watched the movie on our Promethean board.  That afternoon was our 2nd Quarter reward trip, which just happened to be a train ride with Santa! Our class had the most students attending, so I got to go too:) We sang Christmas carols, drank hot chocolate, ate lunch, and visited with Santa Claus!!!!

We love wearing our pajamas to school - so comfy and cozy!



 

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:)

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