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Friday, December 16, 2011

Christmas Party!

We had a fabulous Christmas Party.  All of the students came to class so excited for our party.  The day started with the students choosing works as usual.  We have a Christmas Tree work that many of them wanted to do first thing.

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After regular works we had our class party.  We were able to make parents and grandparents a special/secret gift.  We also ate healthy snacks and enjoyed a gift exchange!

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The highlight of the party was the gift exchange!  All of the students LOVED the gifts that they received and everyone even said “thank you” after they got their gift!  I love how wonderful they all are.

 

TeKai got to switch gifts with her friend Abby in Miss Charity’s class.

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Freddy was really excited to be the first student to open a present.  TeKai was also eager to see what was in his present.

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Luciano gave Troll-E his present and was so excited that he almost told Troll-E what it was before he opened it.

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Luciano got a awesome gift from Freddy.

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Henry gave Timok a neat Etch-a-Sketch.

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Henry received a great gift from Timok.  Henry even started putting the truck sticker on everything before the next person could open their giftSmile

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Alvin gave PG a awesome toy, but I think that Brison got to see it before PJ did. CUTE!

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Alvin LOVED the phone and cars that Brison gave him.  He knew exactly how to use that phone.

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Next was Brison’s turn.  He was excited for everything that we were doing all day, but his faces when he opened his gift from Hutch were priceless.  This is why Brison brightens up the classroom!  Little did Hutch know how much Brison likes Lightning McQueen.

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Then, Hutch got some moon dough from Lucas.

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Then finally Lucas got the perfect gift from Troll-e since he LOVES trucks!

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We also had to say goodbye to our friends Henry and Hutch since they are moving.  We will miss both of them so much.

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It was a really fun day with all of the students and how excited that they were to make their parents and grandparents their special gift. Merry Christmas and I hope that the New Year treats you all well. 

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Simply Class Time

We have done a lot of great things this school year so far, so I thought that it would be appropriate to put up some of the pictures and videos that I have taken at random parts of this semester. 

We had a music day on the line and each student was able to take their turn playing different instruments.

If this does not give you a headache, I do not know what will!

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TeKai scrubs her plate to get it all clean.

Henry carries his plant so carefully back to the shelf after watering it.

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Lucas carefully scoops his rice into his funnel without spilling!

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We say our phonograms every day together as a class and here is a little taste of what it looks like and how smart the students are.

PJ does an excellent job showing his counting skills.  He was working on the number 7 that day.

Timok working on his number recognition.  I have the numbers 0-9 in random order and I flash the cards to them so that the students get practice on knowing the number by sight and not just counting. 

Each student has a different box of phonograms that they are working on and here is Hutch working hard on box #1 of the phonograms.

He is doing a great job saying the sounds correctly!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving in class.  We were able to make Indian headdresses and the students got to pick their feather colors and got to color their handprints.

Class indian hat 

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My students work so hard and are so appropriate!

I also asked them what they were thankful for.

Benjamin and Elizabeth tell me what they are thankful for.
Alvin tells me what he is thankful for.
PJ tells me what he is thankful for.

We hope that you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!

Alvin, Timok, and PJ wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

New Student

Lucas

Lucas is a new student in our class!  He had such a great first day of school and is such an adorable boy.  We are so excited to get to know him better.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

New Students!

We have two new students in class and I am thrilled!

Hutch

Hutch is such a sweet and smiley little boy and we love getting to know him!

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PJ

PJ is such a spunky hard worker and we are excited to see him more and get to know him better!

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