THANK YOUs

THANK YOU!

So many of you took the time to include me in your holiday celebration with gifts and cards.  I am so grateful you remembered me.  Each gift has a special meaning to me because of the giver...your child, my student.  I would love to thank each of you individually, but I would leave someone out because there were a few presents with no names :)  So please accept this post as a heartfelt thank you!!!

Please know the most special gift is the ability to teach your child everyday.  We've had a great first semester, and I cannot wait to see what the second semester holds!

THANK YOU!

Around the World with Elvin

During December, our favorite elf Elvin took us around the world to see how others celebrate the holiday season.  He introduced us to tourist attractions in each of the countries we visited!  We even enjoyed some traditional tasty treats from some of the countries.  Let's not talk about the yule log failure though :(  We had so much fun I didn't take very many pictures...oops!  Below you will see we learned the tradition of Christmas poinsettias originated in Mexico after we read The Legend of the Poinsettia.  We also read The Legend of La Befana, a magical lady from Italy who began searching for the chosen child thousands of years ago and continues to search still today.  Along the way, La Befana leaves treats for all the good little boys and girls!

The Grinch with our Kindergarten Buddies

We kind of like our kindergarten buddies :)  Although we were not able to read together the week before Christmas break, they invited us to decorate grinch cookies and watch The Grinch with them in their classroom!  If you can't tell by the smiles below, we had lots of fun in their room!

Non-Perishable Lock In

NP Team 4 collected over 100 non-perishable items, and we personally delivered them to Walnut Memorial Baptist Church for their weekly soup kitchen.  The kids collected so many items, they were able to lock the teachers in a classroom.  That afternoon they were treated to a reading of Mooseltoe as well as some extra crafting!

Cookies for First Responders

We decorated Christmas cookies one afternoon, and we had several fine gentleman from the police and fire departments come to our class to receive them!

NYC 2016

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DreamBox Challenge

Team 4 teachers have presented a challenge to the Team 4 students....which class can COMPLETE the most DreamBox lessons over the course of two weeks (January 9-20)!  PIZZA is up for grabs for the class with the highest percentage!

The students will have class time to work on their lessons, but if you have internet access at home they can have extra work time :)  Make sure to login under HARRISON HOMEROOM.

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