100th Day of School!

The students were SUPER excited about this day and we have been counting down for awhile!  We made really cool hats that had 100 things on them (if they didn't fall off!).

They were really proud of their hats.  We were also very proud to announce that Madison has been here all 100 days of school!  For this she got a certificate and a picture on our blog!  She must wash her hands REALLY good because she was never sick!  :)

Last but not least....we wanted to show all of you that we can count to 100 in three different ways!   Here you go!

We hope you enjoyed our videos!

Until next time......

Meet Our New Student!

Meet Mia!!!  She came all the way from Alaska!  We are so excited to get to know her and see what she can show us!

Our Favorite Symbols of America

Today we did a writing about what our favorite symbol was in the United States.  Before we wrote we created a web on the SmartBoard of all of the symbols that the students could remember us talking about.  When I was drawing on the Smart Board the students were drawing and writing the same web on their clipboard and paper.  They had a lot of fun with this and we got a LOT of great writings!  Here are the students with their writings.  Some of them you can read...others you can not because of the picture!

Josilyn and her writing about the Statue of Liberty

Keira and her writing about the Statue of Liberty!

Madison and her writing about the flag!

Angela and her writing about the bald eagle!

Nelly and her writing about the flag!

EhHserMuLar Soe and her writing about the White House

Felipe and his writing about the bald eagle!

Ernesto and his writing about the bald eagle!

Dania and her writing about the Statue of Liberty!

Claire and her writing about the flag!

Kristina and her writing about the Statue of Libery

Jude and his writing about the flag!

Presilla and her writing about President Obama and the White House!

David and his writing about the bald eagle!

Eileen and her writing about the White House

Aiden and his writing about the bald eagle!

Joanne and her writing about the Statue of Liberty!

We hope you enjoyed our favorite American Symbols!

Super Achiever Dania!

Congratulations Dania!  You are such a hard worker.  I apprieciate everything you do for your friends and for me!  Keep up the hard work and you will surely be ready for First Grade soon!

Healthy Habits with Nurse Twyla

 The kids are meeting Mrs. Tooth before the proram.  They are really excited!

She was very friendly! 

During the skit, we learned about going to the dentist.

The kids really enjoyed the show.

Dainy got to be the "dentist".

Nelly got to be the "tooth" in Twyla's demonstration.

We learned about gums, food, and plaque that can grow on your teeth.

To get rid of the "junk" on your teeth you can brush twice a day!

Then we learned about healthy food habits that we can make after school.

Happy Brushing!!!!

Super Achiever Aiden!

After three picture attempts we had three pictures with eyes closed!!!  Aiden was picked for Super Achiever this week because he is very responsible and brings his take home book back everyday!  He is well on his way to making the movie party!!!  He is also responsible when subs are in the room because he helps them with anything they need!  Thanks Aiden for being soooo responsible!  Keep up the good work and you will surely impress those 1st grade teachers next year!

Boehm Concepts and Winter Assessments

The assessment process and skills checking has begun in our room!  We are doing much better at the Boehm Test that the parents and I talked about in October.  The top missed this time around by 8 or 9 out of 19 students were:

Fewest

Third

Half

Right

Before

Left

Skip

Least

Equal

We will be working on these in class during our question of the day and starting in small group in January!  If you could help me and your student out by working on using these at home that would be wonderful!

I am also starting skills check.  I will be assessing numbers, letters, sounds, rhyming words, sight words, patterns, counting, knowledge of graphs, healthy habits, colors, shapes.  Its never tooo late to start practicing at home if you haven't! 

Also keep sending the take home books back!  We had a lot of students recieve the skating pass!  If you student didn't get it, there are still 5 months that you can do so they get the movie pass at the end of the year! 

***Another note:  Its officially winter.  Please make sure that you are sending your child in BOOTS, SNOWPANTS, WINTER COATS, HATS, GLOVES, and warmer clothing!  It is tooo cold to not have these items!!!

Thank you readers for taking the time to read this lengthy, no-pictured post! 

Have a GREAT week!
Miss Mills