Twinkle is Here!

Oh my goodness! Today we had a crazy morning. We had vision testing and missed recess. When we all came back to the classroom we found a special visitor and a VERY special letter!

We have an elf! That's right! We have an actual ELF!!!! Apparently, elves are sent by Santa to keep an eye on behavior and report back to Santa each night. They are excellent listeners and are always watching. I've also heard that elves love to get into mischief and go on lots of adventures when they think no one is looking!

We voted and named her Twinkle!

Twinkle is awesome - I can already tell! She brought elf chocolates for everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving! See you in December!

Educator for a Day!

Today we were lucky to have many fantastic community members and even our awesome councilman come to visit our school and be an Educator for a Day! 

My class was so fortunate to have 4 "Educators" join us today for a super fun (and a little messy) Thanksgiving art activity! After the art activity each of our visitors read aloud to the students at their tables.

It was so much fun and the students just adored having them visit!

Thanks for the awesome experience and the generous donation to our school!! Hope y'all come back soon!

Don't Eat the Turkey!!!

Mrs. Dixon is a vegetarian so the kids know that I fully supported these turkey's mission to disguise themselves and not be eaten on Thanksgiving! 

a peacock

Dora the Explorer

a ladybug

a snowman

a nurse

No one would ever guess these were turkeys. Wow! I am so happy we saved so many turkey lives this Thanksgiving!

a butterfly

a spotted peacock

a Power Ranger

Santa

Such a fun project - thanks families for doing such a great job! Hope you had fun!

A chef who just won a cooking contest

a leprechaun

a bumblebee

Flat Us!

So we are plugging away with Flat Stanley and also practicing adjectives again this week because it didn't quite stick last week. Thinking Maps to the rescue! The Bubble Map is perfect and we've been making a ton!  In this assignment the students drew a picture of themselves (flat, like Stanley) and then made a bubble map with adjectives that describe them! 

So cute and they are really starting to 'get' this adjective business!

The Donors Choose Fairy Arrived!

Oh this is so awesome! I might definitely have a project (or 4) I can use this on! 

Thanks Donors Choose!

Breakfast Club!

No, no Molly Ringwald sighting today - just an awesome breakfast for 12 awesome kids who are homework superstars!

We feasted on purpley blueberry bagels and yummy strawberry cream cheese, delicious yogurt and refreshing juice! Yes - we are learning about ADJECTIVES this week! 

This is the biggest group for Breakfast Club that I have ever had! Ever!

Hmmmm. I wonder how many will be at our next Breakfast Club?