I hope Santa brings me...

Today, Kindergartners wrote in their journals about what they hope to get from Santa.  I wrote the words "I hope Santa brings me..." for them to copy.  We are working on sounding out our own words and writing sentences.  They had to start with a capital letter, end with a period, and complete the sentence with their own words.  Mrs. Muller and I helped them with the correct spelling AFTER they had tried it on their own.  Below is  a list of what they asked for and a few pictures of their work!

Ryan : A big army truck

Ashlee:  some make-up and Barbies

Gage: a Star Wars board game and a snowball fight

Edgar: a toy car

Gabe:  a robot

Gracie:  100 Barbies

Trevor:  Batman

Kindale:  10 Babies

Aaron: a Reindeer Bell from Rudolph

Emma:  a new lunch box

Emily:  a new doll

Owen:  Megatron and Optimus fighting and a Transformer game

Hunter: a Mario game

Kylynn:  a Barbie

Gavin: Dominoes and a dirt bike

Aydan:  a monster truck and a Spiderman

Kirsten:  a Barbie, a baby doll, a house and some make-up

Evan: a Zombie Brain

Kaidren:  just a little baby

Serentiy: was absent

Angie:  was absent

Kirsten's Journal

Emma's Journal

Gage had time for 2 pages today!

Trevor's Journal

I'm LOVING all the technology in our classroom!

The Smartboard, the Nook and the student computers are all such WONDERFUL learning tools!

Kaidren playing "Superkids Online" Games

We use the Smartboard for so many things!

Owen and Trevor adding their initials to answer the question in our "Morning Message"

Angie practicing handwriting using the "Ice Cream Paper"

Ashlee taking her turn at a math game from the PBS kids website.

Emily playing a game on the Nook.  Mrs VonRuden just got more new books and apps for our Nook.  The kids will be very excited to check them out next week!

Getting Crafty in the Promise Center

Last Friday was the Promise Center's "Family Ornament Making Event".  This was a very busy morning that would not have been possible with out the wonderful parents that showed up to help!  In my room, children could choose to make either a foam Christmas Tree, a puzzle piece reindeer, or a styrofoam ball ornament.  

Gracie and Emma

Kylynn with her mom and brothers

Trevor, Gavin and Evan working on their reindeer

In Ms. Gustafson's room, children made this adorable sheep ornament.  

In Ms. Kundert's room, children enjoyed cookies, hot chocolate, and coloring pages!

Later in the day, Kindergartner's walked their sheep down to Hofmeister Insurance to decorate their tree for the Small Town Christmas.  

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The snowmen that are hanging on our classroom door were lots of fun to make.  We painted them with a mixture of equal parts flour, salt, and water and added our snowman's details to our wet "paint".  They sure had fun making these!

Gage, Kylynn, Edgar and Ryan

Hunter and Evan

Quilts from GG

Last week, our Kindergarten and 4K children received a very special gift!  Owen's Great Grandmother (GG), Angie. made a quilt for each of us...teacher's included!  That was 44 quilts!  How unbelievably generous and thoughtful of her!  Owen's mom, Valerie, delivered the quilts to our school for "GG", who lives in Fountain City.  We are making her "Thank You Notes" today for Owen to deliver for us.

Below are some photos for your enjoyment.

THANK YOU, ANGIE!