Gingerbread Men Dice Game


Anthony and Jessica

Destiny and Ty


Our Tree Gets Prettier!


The Mitten



After reading two different versions of The Mitten, students made their own mittens to adorn our tree.








Prayers for Newtown


Charlotte - 6
Daniel - 7
Rachel - 29
Olivia - 6
Josephine - 7
Ana - 6
Dylan - 6
Dawn - 47
Madeline - 6
Catherine - 6
Chase - 7
Jesse - 6
James - 6
Grace - 7
Anne - 25
Emilie - 6
Jack - 6
Noah - 6
Caroline - 6
Jessica - 6
Avielle - 6
Lauren - 30
Mary - 56
Victoria - 27
Benjamin - 6
Allison - 6



A Work in Progress


Check out our Radiant Reindeer!

Radiant Reindeer

Eduardo, Tiana, and Christian

Destiny and Kenneth

Alexis, Latia, and Kaidynce

Anthony, Jessica, and Ty

Justin, Joao, and Sirius

Getting Started

Our tree looks a little sparse, but the decorations are starting.

Check back tomorrow and you will see some progress.


When I Dream of Christmas

After reading When I Dream of Christmas, students used their imaginations to draw what they dream of at Christmas time.

Anthony dreams of Santa and his reindeer.

Destiny dreams of her family and riding on a reindeer.

Eduardo dreams of a reindeer in his house.

Hunter dreams of a reindeer.

Joan dreams of talking to a snowman.

Justin dreams of the school covered in snow.

Jessica dreams of Santa and his reindeer.


Latia dreams of reindeer, snow, and a Christmas tree.

Paul dreams of butterflies.

Tiana dreams of Justin Bieber.

Ty dreams of a reindeer and Santa playing in the snow.


Finishing Snowmen

Alexis and Joao

Paul and Latia

Ty and Destiny

Kaidynce and Tiana

Kenneth and Hunter

Holiday Card Exchange Card

Here is the finished card for our Holiday Card Exchange. The middle of the card has all the students' names.




Holiday Card Exchange

Today, we received card #5 from Dr. Elrod's 3rd graders from Wake Forest, North Carolina. 

Signing Cards

The students signed a piece of paper, to serve as the insert for our Holiday Card Exchange.

Hunter

Anthony

Justin

Happy Holiday Picture

We took a holiday picture to include in our Holiday Card Exchange card. Look how cute they are!

Bragging about Word Wall Words


Justin completed Level D Word Wall Words this morning and earned a Reading Ninja Brag Tag and congratulations from his classmates.

It's Snowing!

Destiny and Justin used patterns to create beautiful snowflakes.


Holiday Card Exchange

Today, we received card #4 from Ms. Russell's kindergarten class. Students revisited the states of Ohio, Kansas, and Texas from yesterday and found Tennessee for card #4.


Holiday Card Exchange

We are participating in a holiday card exchange this year. The first of our cards arrived today. We used a big map to find where the cards originated and we read about other classrooms in the country.

clockwise from the bottom: Ms. Johnson's class (grades 1-3) from Rockport, Texas,  Miss Healy's class (grade 1) from Overland Park, Kansas, and Mrs. Hennessy & Miss Motley's class (grade 2) from Sylvania, Ohio

Reminder


Two More Students are Bragging!


Jessica completed all 35 Level E Word Wall Words and Joao completed Level A words. Both students received Brag Tags for their accomplishments!