Check Out Our Future Leaders!

We have been talking about leaders, our country, and our flag. We have discussed the responsibilities, hard work, and dedication that it takes to be a true leader. On this President’s Day, for our work on writing, we had to write what we would do if we ever became president of the United States. Here our their creative replies! 

Hope this Smilebox brightens your day and reminds you what a bright future we have! 

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SomeBunny Loves You!

Check out our lovely cards that we made for Valentine's Day! We hope you all LOVED them :) 

400 Club Dress Up Days

Here are the Dress Up Days for the Remainder of School Year for 400 Club Celebrations: 

March 7th: 
Team/Hobby Day (wear clothing that “advertises” your interest or hobby
[Science Fair, Math Masters, baking, Twins, Vikings, local sports team, etc.]

April 4th: 
School colors-Hoover wear

May 2nd: 
Dress up like a Twin or Triplet (find a friend or two and coordinate matching outfits)

May 30th: 
Beachwear Day

Olympic Readers!

February is “I Love to Read” month. To encourage the love of reading we will have an Olympic theme for the month!

 I have put together an Olympic Reader bulletin board with podiums. Each podium is worth 200 minutes of reading, with a 1,000 minutes at the top. 

Please use the Olympic Reading Logs that were sent home to keep track of minutes read or minutes spent on word work, letter work, etc. 

THESE MINUTES ALSO COUNT FOR OUR 400 CLUB! Please have your child return the log every time they have read 200 minutes. 

The picture above shows how the students will move up on their podiums! I will take pictures throughout the month so you can see where our class is at with their reading!! Good luck and happy reading! 

Body Shapes

This week in math we have been focusing on the different attributes of shapes - the size, colors, thickness, and names of each shapes. They love watching how the shapes can rotate, grow, and/or change on our SMART Board. We decided to take over the dome to see if we move the tables around in our rooms so we could work as teams to create shapes with our bodies! The students did a wonderful job and really showed they understood the basic qualities of each shape. Only the leader could talk to guide the students to they had to use first time listening ears and work as a team to create the shape. Then they had to hold that shape until they were checked off! 

Look at how we did! Click on the Pictures to Have them Enlarged!

Escape to Wonderland!

We were lucky enough to have the MSU theatre department come on Tuesday afternoon and put on a play for us! It was called "Escape to Wonderland." It was based around the story of Alice in Wonderland, but it talked about friendship, making good decisions and consequences. The kids really got into the show and they were clapping, laughing and even hiding the teapot from the Mad Hatter! 

Here are a few snapshots from the show! 

Alice Meeting Absolem, the Caterpillar, in Wonderland. 

The queen scolding the White Rabbit for being Late for an Important Date!

Alice getting advice from The Cheshire Cat. 

Finding the Teapot for the Tea Party! Makaylah from our class was actually in charge of hiding it! 

The Wonderland Friends reminding Alice about making good choices! 

The queen trying to convience Alice to listen to her! Alice did the right thing though!

Roll and Record 4.8

Today we are playing roll and record with our iPads. We are divided into groups for this - Group One and Group Two. Parents, you may play this simple addition game with your child at home for additional practice.

Group One:
Group Two: