We have another sing-a-long today. Then we're going to brunch.
I hope you all enjoyed the presents from the mentors for the boys. They were all really excited for everything, especially the pencils. Many exclaimed that it would be their new homework pencils. I was excited to hear that they were that excited for homework!
So, we've been talking about healthy food and junk food. Yesterday, when Wendy walked in with cupcakes for Patrick's birthday party he exclaimed "Mommy's here with the junk food!" So, I'm apologizing should this happen to anyone else over the holidays. I did stress with the boys that we can eat junk food and that it does taste good but we also have to eat our healthy food.
We got a lot of the things that we ordered with our budget. New bookcases that are quite sturdy. A new listening center on wheels, new stereo with headsets for everyone, new books on tape, and big book storage. All of our smaller things haven't come in yet, but we're waiting.
Oh wait, something did come in. We got our parachutes. Let's just say that for six feet of entertainment, this was amazing. Everyone wanted turns underneath it and we made wind. It was excellent times yesterday to play with this.
Remember, school reopens Wednesday January 2nd.
If I don't post later, I hope that each one of you has a healthy and happy holidays. Enjoy!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I forgot
On Friday, we'll be joining Ms. Spencer's classroom for a holiday brunch and learning about different family traditions and customs. Different people are bringing in different things to munch on (nothing huge since it's from 10-11 and lunch is just over an hour after that). If you're interested in either coming in to share a custom/tradition or sending anything in (it would be about ....well, probably 30 people...remember, nothing big) if you could just let me know, that'd be marvelous.
Again, sorry for the short notice.
Again, sorry for the short notice.
Jingle Bells....Jingle Bells....Hey, where are the words?
We had a fantastic time at the school wide sing a long today! We read the words right off the screen and sang all these fantastic songs. Jingle Bells, must be santa, oh hanukah, and more! We were so well behaved and had a great time!
We've been doing a great job today.
Two of our friends, Patrick and Darius received awards today for sharing. There have been problems among all of our boys, especially regarding the trains that we have in our class. Today, Darius went up to Patrick and said "Patrick, can I please play with you and the trains?" and Patrick said "Sure!" and handed Darius three trains. Excellent work friends!
We gave all of our peer mentors ornaments for the holidays to thank them for everything. We hope that they have a great holiday break!
Tomorrow, don't forget to wear your favorite holiday colors!!!
We've been doing a great job today.
Two of our friends, Patrick and Darius received awards today for sharing. There have been problems among all of our boys, especially regarding the trains that we have in our class. Today, Darius went up to Patrick and said "Patrick, can I please play with you and the trains?" and Patrick said "Sure!" and handed Darius three trains. Excellent work friends!
We gave all of our peer mentors ornaments for the holidays to thank them for everything. We hope that they have a great holiday break!
Tomorrow, don't forget to wear your favorite holiday colors!!!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Schedule for next week
Sorry for the late notice on this but we just got it after the kids got on the bus today....
Monday, Dec 17
Silly Socks Day
Tuesday, Dec 18
Holiday Hats Day
Wednesday, Dec 19
School-Wide Holiday Sing-A-Long @ 2 PM
Thursday, Dec 20
Wear you FAVORITE Holiday Colors!
Friday, Dec 21
Jeans on the bottom, Weems Colors on Top!
Early Dismissal Students: 1:30 PM
Holiday projects are done! They will be coming home next week!!!!!!!
Great day today. Outside recess and everything.
Enjoy your weekend!
Holiday projects are done! They will be coming home next week!!!!!!!
Great day today. Outside recess and everything.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Superstar Award
So, as most of you know, I spent the majority of the morning in meetings.
While most of the boys were good for some of the morning, only one did everything that was asked of him and listened at all times.
As a result, Mr. Grant, earned himself a certificate of excellence today for amazing superstar inclusion behavior. WAY TO GO!!!!!
His choice of prizes included choosing to watch "Charlie Brown Christmas" from all the new holiday movies in our room. All of his friends joined in to watch and enjoyed partaking in cherry flavored candy canes.
We hope to see more excellent behavior from everyone.
In addition, we tried to learn to spin dreidels today and everyone brought them home in their bookbags!
Tomorrow is Friday which means....ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL VACATION! :-)
12 days til Santa!!!
While most of the boys were good for some of the morning, only one did everything that was asked of him and listened at all times.
As a result, Mr. Grant, earned himself a certificate of excellence today for amazing superstar inclusion behavior. WAY TO GO!!!!!
His choice of prizes included choosing to watch "Charlie Brown Christmas" from all the new holiday movies in our room. All of his friends joined in to watch and enjoyed partaking in cherry flavored candy canes.
We hope to see more excellent behavior from everyone.
In addition, we tried to learn to spin dreidels today and everyone brought them home in their bookbags!
Tomorrow is Friday which means....ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL VACATION! :-)
12 days til Santa!!!
Monday, December 10, 2007
Monday
I created these really cute fliers about our trip on Wednesday and they are sitting by my desk in the classroom.
So, please send your child with 6 dollars on Wednesday for IHOP.
The field trip is 10-2.
We had a great day at school. Ms. Lunsford came back and we worked on our addresses and phone numbers some more in speech.
Interims go home tomorrow.
In the news today:
Patrick discovered his love of slinkys. It was a deep passion, and it only took him about 30 seconds to tangle it up. Good thing his peer mentor Chris is a champion of untangling slinkys!
Grant read the entire "No David" series to us today. He was able to tell us what David was doing wrong in each page and what he should have done instead.
David and Darius had a great day sharing and taking turns. This is a huge success, especially because they were sharing greatly preferred activities.
Luis managed to finish out his day well after a rough start.
***NOTE: If you're looking for books (on the cheap) for the holidays, check out scholastic.com and search for warehouse sale. There is a warehouse sale in Manassas this weekend. 1st, they are still looking for volunteers and pay ten dollars an hour in free books (if you're interested, just email me and I can give you the people's information). 2nd, it's scholastic and the prices are even cheaper than the fliers that I send home to you about their club sales. So, if you've got time on Thursday through, I believe Saturday at least, it's worth it! Since I've moved here, the closest one has been in Maryland, so it's worth it if you're looking for anything or nothing in particular. (They have adult books too!!!)
So, please send your child with 6 dollars on Wednesday for IHOP.
The field trip is 10-2.
We had a great day at school. Ms. Lunsford came back and we worked on our addresses and phone numbers some more in speech.
Interims go home tomorrow.
In the news today:
Patrick discovered his love of slinkys. It was a deep passion, and it only took him about 30 seconds to tangle it up. Good thing his peer mentor Chris is a champion of untangling slinkys!
Grant read the entire "No David" series to us today. He was able to tell us what David was doing wrong in each page and what he should have done instead.
David and Darius had a great day sharing and taking turns. This is a huge success, especially because they were sharing greatly preferred activities.
Luis managed to finish out his day well after a rough start.
***NOTE: If you're looking for books (on the cheap) for the holidays, check out scholastic.com and search for warehouse sale. There is a warehouse sale in Manassas this weekend. 1st, they are still looking for volunteers and pay ten dollars an hour in free books (if you're interested, just email me and I can give you the people's information). 2nd, it's scholastic and the prices are even cheaper than the fliers that I send home to you about their club sales. So, if you've got time on Thursday through, I believe Saturday at least, it's worth it! Since I've moved here, the closest one has been in Maryland, so it's worth it if you're looking for anything or nothing in particular. (They have adult books too!!!)
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Sickness travel.....
There is a bug going around our room. Headache, coughing, runny nose, some with high fever.
At home, please stress with your child the importance of coughing into their elbow and covering sneezes. Also, proper handwashing. We're trying but we can't do it all at school. We're trying to nip bugs quickly but with the small class and how close the kids like to be with one another, it's difficult.
Our day was okay. We started out with three, went up to four, went down to three and then I unfortunately went home ill. I'm trying to practice what I preach about going home when I'm sick. I plan on uping my own vitamin routine.
We're still talking about fruits and vegetables and talking about their importance in what we eat. In addition, we're talking about more and fewer, reviewing patterns, and numerical order. We're learning about winter holidays including Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas around the world. So in case your child talks about putting out their shoes so that someone can put a treat in them or wants to spin a dreidel (they'll be bringing home their own next week), you'll understand where it's coming from.
Stay warm! (I will tell you that the boys LOVED seeing the snow today and they just thought that it was the best thing to watch).
At home, please stress with your child the importance of coughing into their elbow and covering sneezes. Also, proper handwashing. We're trying but we can't do it all at school. We're trying to nip bugs quickly but with the small class and how close the kids like to be with one another, it's difficult.
Our day was okay. We started out with three, went up to four, went down to three and then I unfortunately went home ill. I'm trying to practice what I preach about going home when I'm sick. I plan on uping my own vitamin routine.
We're still talking about fruits and vegetables and talking about their importance in what we eat. In addition, we're talking about more and fewer, reviewing patterns, and numerical order. We're learning about winter holidays including Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas around the world. So in case your child talks about putting out their shoes so that someone can put a treat in them or wants to spin a dreidel (they'll be bringing home their own next week), you'll understand where it's coming from.
Stay warm! (I will tell you that the boys LOVED seeing the snow today and they just thought that it was the best thing to watch).
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Tuesday
We had a concert today! Some of our friends really got into it while others had a hard time sitting the entire time. That was okay though because they still remained respectful of those performing and those around them.
We read about vegetables today in our reading group. Each student then reported what their favorite vegetables were. They are as follows:
Patrick-potato
Luis-corn
David-chile pepper
Grant-broccoli
Darius-carrots
I thought that it was great that everyone chose something different.
In music, David, Patrick and Luis worked on keyboards while Darius and Grant got to paint and make great art projects in art today.
The wind is greatly picking up, please make sure your child is dressing for the weather, including hats, scarves and gloves/mittens. It's extremely important, especially if they want to go outside for recess!
Next Wednesday, we're heading to see Santa and IHOP. IHOP informed me that their most expensive meal plus a drink should be about 6 dollars a child.
Hope to see you there!
:-)
We read about vegetables today in our reading group. Each student then reported what their favorite vegetables were. They are as follows:
Patrick-potato
Luis-corn
David-chile pepper
Grant-broccoli
Darius-carrots
I thought that it was great that everyone chose something different.
In music, David, Patrick and Luis worked on keyboards while Darius and Grant got to paint and make great art projects in art today.
The wind is greatly picking up, please make sure your child is dressing for the weather, including hats, scarves and gloves/mittens. It's extremely important, especially if they want to go outside for recess!
Next Wednesday, we're heading to see Santa and IHOP. IHOP informed me that their most expensive meal plus a drink should be about 6 dollars a child.
Hope to see you there!
:-)
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