PENNIES FOR PATIENTS

Thank you to all that donated to the Pennies for Patients Leukemia Fund Raiser. The Elementary children did an awesome job.
Mrs. Crouse reports these totals:
K 65.51
1st 70.30
2nd 24.73
3rd 52.00
4th 66.82
5th 72.77
As a school we collected $1097.00! This just shows what an awesome support team we are at Wakefield School!

READ YOUR HEART OUT

The First Graders read their hearts out this month! The children read 140 books! I'm so proud of them. I hope they will continue to help their minds to grow by reading a book every day! Reading Book Log Sheets are due for the month of February. Please remind your child to record the minutes they read each day on the March Log Sheets that will be sent home. Thank you for helping your child be "Hooked On Books".

O Where, O Where Is Our Gingerbread Man?

Our traveling Gingerbread Man has been spotted at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas with the cheer squad! I wonder if he is learning a few new cheers? Perhaps he's teaching the cheer squad a few cheers of his own.....Run, Run as fast as you can....you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man! Come back home to us Mr. Gingerbread Man! We miss you!

President's Day

Our students have the day off today! Happy President's Day! Here is a website the children may enjoy looking at. This site has some very good information about each president and the white house.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/

Mother-Daughter....Years Later!

Years ago (1986-1987) Tiffany was a student in my first grade classroom. Now, her daughter Haylie is one of my students. How special to have taught a mother and now her daughter!

Dr. Seuss Day

Haylie's mom (Tiffany) has volunteered to make the cupcakes for our Dr. Seuss Celebration! We will honor Dr. Seuss on Wednesday, March 2. Check out this website to play along with Dr. Seuss and some of the characters from his stories. http://www.seussville.com


"OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
THERE IS FUN TO BE DONE! THERE ARE
POINTS TO BE SCORED. THERE ARE GAMES TO BE WON."
From: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Money Website

Here is a great website to help your child learn about money. Check this out:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/counting_money/
Here is another site that has fun games and activities:http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/coinMemoryGame/ Have fun counting coins!

WHERE IN KANSAS IS OUR GINGERBREAD MAN?

Our First Grade Gingerbread Man is off and running! His first stop is at my friend Michelle's home in ????? Here's a picture of the class with our special man! Haylie had the assignment of decorating him. When he returns to our class we will chart on a Kansas map where he ran off to. We are looking forward to hearing all about the Gingerbread Man's adventures as he travels Kansas!

BEE MY VALENTINE

The valentine letter with names was sent home Monday. Since today is another snow day maybe the children can work on making their valentines for our class party. We will open valentines and have refreshments Monday, February 14. Wishing my sweet little bumbles a special Valentine's Day!

JANUARY BOOK-IT READING

January Book-It Reading Record Sheets are due! You should have your papers ready to turn in on Thursday after being home for 3 extra days this week. Everyone can be a winner....READ BOOKS!

GROUNDHOG DAY

HaPpY Groundhog Day to everyone! The groundhog predicts that SpRiNg will be here soon! He didn't see his shadow...Hooray! This is good news after having 3 snow days this week!

BLIZZARD DAY

Hope all you little bumbles are staying warm and cozy inside today! Brr....it's cold out there! Doesn't look like we'll get a spelling test in this week. I had switched stories around due to the short week and having some appointments. I will have a different list for next week. The words I had posted will be your words the week of Feb. 14. It doesn't hurt to work ahead. I'll keep you update on when we'll celebrate the 100th day of school!