Grandparents' Day

We had several special guest this week.  One of our guest was Hurricane Isaac!  Our school and classroom were fine during the storm, but the weather kept us at home for two and a half days!  But we managed to learn a lot and have loads of fun on the days we were at school!

The "Book Fair" began this week.  Our school librarian, Mrs. DeFatta, hosts the book fair in the library.  You can still purchase books if you haven't already, the book fair is open until September 13. 

On Monday, the students invited their grandparents to lunch.  This was a very special day!  We all enjoyed having these wonderful guest.  Watch the video below.  The students sang a couple of songs for their grandparents.  Please share with your families!

 Brody's grandmother, Mrs. Margie, read us a book.  Thanks, Mrs. Margie!

 On the way to lunch!

 What a wonderful day!  A special thanks to everyone who shared in our day and made our students feel extra loved.

 Monday night was "Open House".  Thanks to all our families who came!

 We had some of our worked displayed for our families. 

 This week we learned our first vowel, we learned the letter Aa.  We learned the short sound of Aa as in "apple". 

 "Ant" says /a/ and starts with "A".  Everyone loved eating "ANTS" on a log (ants - raisins, log - pretzel rod, mud - peanut butter). 

 Alligator puppets for A.

 The alligator ate an apple!

 Everyone really enjoyed the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom".

 Our chicka, chicka trees had coconuts that spelled our names.

 Yummy chicka trees!

 Happy Birthday, Brody!

 Student of the Week: Camdyn

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Math: Numbers 0-5

Thematic Unit: Family

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All About Me, Letter Hh, and Grandparents' Day

What a fun and eventful week!!

The "Book Fair" was this week, thank you to the parents and grandparents that purchased books for their child.  Your support for our library is greatly appreciated!!

On Tuesday, we had "Grandparents' Day Lunch".  This is a special day and the students love to have their grandparents at school.

Enjoy the following "Grandparents' Day" video.  The students sing a song, followed by pictures from the day.

Everyone enjoyed a fun lunch.

Tuesday night was "Open House", we had an excellent family attendance.  Thank you!!

 The students loved making a special craft for "Open House", they painted their feet for a sign that read "Walk On In".  It was a great addition and very welcoming for parents to see as they entered our classroom. 

This week we learned the letter "Hh".  What a "hoppy" letter!!  We participated in many H-themed activities.

Enjoy the "Hh Week" video, the students sing a funny H-song, there is footage from our "Hopping Contest" and hula-hooping, and many more fun pictures.

Hearts for H

Heart cupcakes!

A favorite activity was the "Hopping Contest."  Make sure to watch the video to see the hopping in action.  

Hula-hooping for H (more hula-hoop action on the video!).  

The unit this week was "All About Me".  We read many great books that reminded us how special we all are.  

Painting self-portraits 

Everyone traced their bodies to make an "All About Me" collage.  They added a picture of their family and pictures cut from magazines of some of their favorite things. 

We explored a lot this week with technology.  The students are already becoming computer pros.

Everyone was also assigned their own "voter" this week.  This is a fun tool that we have that works with our Promethean board.  The students can "vote" for lunch each morning and also participate in many fun games as a class by responding through their voter.  They were very proud to receive these this week.

As you can see, they were pumped to use the "voters".

Mrs. Melissa, Barrett and Houtson's mom, came by to help us with snack.  Everyone enjoyed making their own snack combinations.

Student of the Week: Cody

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Phonics: Tt

Math: Numbers 6-10

Thematic Unit: Family

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