Nature On The Move

We ended our week with a presentation by Nature On The Move. We learned many things about groundhogs. We learned that groundhogs...

are furry. Aidan
hibernate. Alexis
live in a burrow. Ben
whistle. Hailey
big teeth. Nate

100th Day of School

On Wednesday we celebrated the 100th Day of School. We got to wear our special 100th Day shirts that we made and our 100th Day crown that we colored. We did many different activities for the 100th Day. First we made a 100 inch snake and decorated it. We also made a special 100th Day trail mix with a 100 pieces. We counted a 100 steps from our classroom and ended up in the hallway to the lunchroom. We made a class book on how we will look when we are 100 years old. We wrote our numbers to 100 and counted by 2's, 5's, and 10's to 100. We ended our day with Ms. Hays coming to read two 100th day books to us. We had a great 100th Day of School!

The Magic House

This week we started talking about Community Helpers and the role they play in our Community.  On Friday we went to The Magic House and spent time in the Village. The children got to visit different community occupations.  Some of our favorites were:


Fishing  - Jake
Auto Shop  - Katie
Cream Parlor - Mackie
Bank - Connor
Vet Clinic - Sarah
Grocery Store - Beckham

It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas!

This week we have been decorating our classroom and our hallways for Christmas. We learned about Advent and we made our own Advent candle wreaths.

We made Christmas wreaths, decorated stockings, marble painted ornaments,  and made our own Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer puppets.

The children enjoyed make the count down to Christmas chain. 18 days till Christmas!

The children are really enjoying playing with the classroom Nativity scene and reenacting the birth of baby Jesus.

We Are Thankful For...

We spent the week preparing for our Thanksgiving Program. The children made hand dipped candles, homemade butter and place-mats. We made thankful turkeys and made our Pilgrim and Indian costumes. We enjoyed seeing everyone that was able to come to our program. Here are several things that the children are thankful for:
 I am thankful for...
my family.  Connor
my dad.  Ben
my sister Lexi. Lindsey
my sisters and my dog.  Claire
my family.  Henry

Animal Habitats

This week we learned about different animal habitats. We read books about animal habitats and made our class book. We ended the week with Nature On The Move.

Elephants live in the grasslands.  Mackie
Bears live in a den.  Henry
Horses live in the grasslands.Hailey
Slugs live in the woods. Nate

Another Busy Week

The author of the month was Mo Willems. We read many of his books. Some of our favorites are:

Don't Let the Pigeon Eat the Cookie! - Nate
Don't Let the Pigeon Eat the Hot Dog!  - Katie
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - Ben
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? - Connor
My Friend is Sad! - Sarah

We ended our week with a guest reader Andrew Vorthman (Mrs. Vorthman's son). He read us The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?

On Tuesday our class got to take part in a mock election. Each child got the opportunity to vote for the president of their choice and received a special sticker that said I Voted! The notes were tallied and Governor Mitt Romney was the winner.