HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing all my first graders and their families a Happy 2012! May the New Year bring many happy days your way. Hope your vacation time was spent making memories. Looking forward to seeing my little bumbles on Wednesday, January 4!

FUN WITH CHARLOTTE'S WEB

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SNOW DAY

Today is our first SNOW DAY! I hope the children enjoyed sleeping in. Many will be out playing in the snow and sledding! Please remind your child to study the spelling list sent home yesterday. The students will need to take a re-test tomorrow. Maybe they could go outside and practice writing their words in the snow! Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows!

DECORATING GINGERBREAD COOKIES

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THE GINGERBREAD GIRL

A twisted version to the story of the Gingerbread Man is the Gingerbread Girl story. The children ask over and over to watch this story. Follow the link to enjoy, "The Gingerbread Girl" an Australian version from down under!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJ-Fr0ePxA

THE GINGERBREAD COWBOY

The children have enjoyed reading the many different versions of the "Gingerbread Man". Here is link to a favorite the children are excited about. This verison is titled, The Gingerbread Cowboy". He escaped from the ranchers. "Giddyup, Giddyup....up can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man." I am ordering the book so that we can read the entire story!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq0CIzBlA8U

JADA H. - STUDENT OF THE WEEK

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CLASS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our class party will be on Thursday, December 22. We will begin around 1:30. The children will have a gift exchange. Boys bring a gift for a boy. Girls bring a gift for a girl. Price range is around $3.00. The children will need to place a tag on their gift saying who it is from. They may begin bringing gifts anytime.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM



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TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

It's our last Thursday for the month of December to be in the lab! With the holiday break we won't be back for computers until January 5,2012! The children are doing such a wonderful job learning that each day seems to fly by. Now a semester is about to come to a close. With the trends of technology constantly changing we now have the opportunity to stay updated with the new ipads teachers received today! I'm so excited to have a school ipad that can stay in the class where the children have access to the newest and best apps! We hope to soon have ipad mobile carts for our students. As the children were writing their letters to Santa many asked for ipads. Santa's helpers at the workshop are going to be very busy filling orders! Ho-Ho-Ho....Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

JUST FOR FUN
http://northpole.com/Clubhouse/DancingSanta/
http://northpole.com/Clubhouse/Games/

MATH
http://www.abcya.com/math_facts_game.htm

EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAY

A reminder that tomorrow, December 14 the children will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m. Please be ready to meet your child as soon as possible. Teachers need to be in Clay Center for meetings by 1:30 p.m. We are receiving our new ipads! I'm so excited to get mine all set up with apps for the first graders. They have enjoyed working on my personal ipad. Now we'll have an ipad just for our class! Wishing Santa could deliver enough for 14 students!

GRANT - STUDENT OF THE WEEK

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CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM

The Elementary Christmas Program will be presented Monday evening, December 12. Parents will need to be seated in the new gym. The children should be in their classrooms by 6:50 p.m. The first graders are singing a song titled, "Forty Winks". They are to be dressed in pajamas and bring their stuffed animal or a blanket. Cookies will be served by the PTO following the program!

NAUGHTY OR NICE LIST

The children may check Santa's List to find out what list they are on. Santa will leave a report that is updated daily. Ho-Ho-Ho.....Santa is making his list and checking it twice!

Click on this web address to go to Santa's Workshop:
http://www.claus.com/naughtyornice/index.php

TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

The children are so excited for Technology Thursday this week! I promised that as soon as I got home from basketball practice that I would post the sites they will explore in the lab this week. We always preview the sites on Wednesdays. I don't think Thursday can get here soon enough! I wished we had a movie camera running in the classroom so that you could experience the joy and blessings of reading Charlotte's Web. The children look forward to the new chapter each day. This story brings back many childhood memories as I too grew up on a farm. We didn't have pigs but we did have the most wonderful barn! My brothers and I spent many hours playing in the barn. I feel Christmas in the air....with snow in the forecast for Thursday evening!

READING
http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/index.php

MATH
http://www.abcya.com/christmas_lights_holiday_game_for_kids.htm

CHRISTMAS FUN

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WELCOME HOME JONATHAN

We WELCOME Charles' dad back from his service in Iraq. Johnathan treated the class to several Christmas stories. Thank you for visiting our class!

CHIEF DOONAN VISITS OUR CLASS



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TECHNOLOGY THURSDAY

Today is the 1st day of December! The children have been so busy learning that the schools days are passing quicker than ever. We are working on subtraction in math. The children use many different kinds of hands of counting tools to help understand what subtraction is all about. We will have 3 spelling tests this month. Continue to use the spelling city.com website to review and practice words. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

READING
http://www.spellingcity.com/

MATH
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game8.htm