SNOWBALL FIGHT???

YES...there is that pesky little guy...with a SNOWBALL...Let the CHAOS begin!

WHAT A WAY TO START OUR DAY!

We continue to HELP our Grinch grow a bigger heart! He is definitely going to be ready for the Holiday Break!

HIPPEST IN THE HOUSE

Caring/Kind

Robertson Round Up LOTS of Fun!

 

TOP DOG

 Julian shared all about himself on Monday!

Mom and Daisy came and had a special lunch with our TOP DOG!

The Holidays

It's Holiday Time In Room 405-406

So...here's our sneaky little elf!  I wonder what mischief he has planned for tomorrow!!


He seems to be hanging out helping us on the 
HOLIDAY EXPRESS
First  we traveled to Europe:  We stopped in Germany.  We learned that the ART of baking Gingerbread Houses started with the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. It became popular to bake them around the Holidays.  Many German settlers lived in what is now Pennsylvania where baking gingerbread men was started. ( On a side note..."Man they must have a lot of pencils there!"  Yes, these kids keep us LAUGHING!) In honor of the German tradition of gingerbread...WE mad our own!

The HOLIDAY EXPRESS then brought us back to North America and the United States.  
We learned that most of our holiday traditions came from other countries!  WE learned that Santa is called many different things...but one thing for sure he has a big OLE belly from eating all those cookies...There's a chance he might even get STUCK in the chimney...

Sorry that picture is sideways!


We hopped back aboard the HOLIDAY  EXPRESS and it took us back across the ocean to France.  We now know that "Father Christmas" fills the children's shoes and "SOCKS" with goodies!  So of course we are going to hang our "socks" out next week and see if they get FILLED!

Next we headed to Israel on the continent of Asia! The Jewish people of Israel celebrate Hanukkah!  We found out that the Jewish people had to fight a battle to get their temple back.  They won the battle but their temple had been vandalized.  When they returned they found some oil that should have only lasted one night.  BUT it was a miracle and it burned for 8 days! Now a candle is lit each night of Hanukkah to symbolize this miracle.
The children play a game of dreidel...so we packed one away in our "suitcase"!

The HOLIDAY EXPRESS brought us back to North America today...One of my friends was hoping we were going to talk about Mexico...as he is looking at the map he excitedly shouts out, "HEY, there is a NEW Mexico and an OLD Mexico!" OH OH OH how I love my puppies!
And the express stopped in Mexico...FELIZ NAVIDAD...WE learned that in Mexico the families participate in Posadas, have pinatas shaped as stars and grow the Christmas Flower, Poinsettias!  The beautiful red flower was a must for us to bring back!!!

I think this is my FAVORITE project so far!! I can't wait to see how they turn out when we are completely finished!
WE have two more stops to make next week!


On Monday, THE GRINCH made an appearance in our classroom.  WE all know that the Grinch has a heart TWO SIZES TOO SMALL! 

So we have been trying to get "caught" doing acts of KINDNESS...when we do we get to put a heart on the Grinch and watch his heart GROW!!! (this is an old picture...you should see how big it is now!!!)

Guest Blogger: Kennedi

Today the elf put my box in the chrash can.  It was so funny I could harele sotp lafing.  "You elf".  The elf is on a cord he whil slad down. 

Our CLASS Elf

this  mornig  are   E L F  spred   magick  elf snow   in  are  seets.
I  went   CRAZZZY!!!.
Every  ONE   did !!!.
We  moovd  are seets  back  to  are desk  to  are spot.
It  was  AMASING!!.
by landon

Today the Elf  Took  all are charis in the class room.We wre looking  for are chars.The Elf  ws lafing at us. I ws mad at Elf .Logan made not for the Elf          

          OH! MY! What a TRICK...Our little elf is having some FUN with the puppies!!!

While we were talking about solid shapes...look what I over heard the kids talking about in the cafeteria!

I heard this one has 8 vertices and 12 edges and 6 faces!

This one had them stumped for a bit...But finally I heard them say "well...if it was flat across here that would be a face.  I don't think it has any vertices but there is this point? But it's a cone FOR SURE!"

TOP DOG

Dec. 5-9

Julian likes pizza and jumping on the trampoline with his friend!

Yesterday I got to see Kenidy as a "Do Wop" girl and an angel in her Christmas program!  Thanks for inviting me!!!

Nov. 28-Dec. 2

Mia brought some of  her treasures to share with us!

YUMMY... Mia's family brought  Chic Fil A  to eat with Mia!

HOMEWORK

DUE  TOMORROW: Tuesday, December 6, 2011

PASSPORT APPLICATION

Dec. 5-9 DUE Friday, December 9, 2011

1. Investigations Activity Book:  Unit 2 pg: 5, 6, 8, 11, 19 (you got a pattern block sheet to help complete this homework) Use the pattern blocks to fill in the "figure" and record how many of each "block" you used.
2. Spelling TIC TAC TOE pick three activities from the TIC TAC TOE board (sent home last week. If you do not have it...it is attached below)
3. Writing:  Go to the puppy blog.  Make a new post (remember at least 3 sentences) and comment on at LEAST one of your friends posts. Puppy Blog

Busy busy week both at school and at home!  I promise I will  update the blog with TOP DOG  this weekend. Right now I need to get to my parents to pick up a shovel!  My water pipe broke last week and the plumber didn't fill in the hole...SOOOO now that we are anticipating a FREEZE I figure I better get to work filling it in! UGGG what a fun Friday night!

PAJAMA DAY

We are talking about Day/Night in science and would like to have the kids come to school in P.J.s Monday, Dec. 5th!

Welcome Back

Wow!  Last week seemed to fly by...BUT I have a feeling the next 3 weeks will be zooming past as well!  I sure did miss seeing my little ones everyday...however, I enjoyed spending so much time with my family and friends.  I decided this was the BEST Thanksgiving ever! I hope everyone enjoyed their break as much as I did!

I did send new books home today in green folders.  We also took our spelling pretest!  Homework is listed and I will send math books home tomorrow!  Time just got away from me today! 

TOP DOG

Mia! 

Mia has two brothers and loves her family!  Her favorite food is eggs and bacon with an apple!  At school she likes to go to computers!  Mia's name is a "princess" name! Pictures to come!


Thank you...
for remembering our Angels at this time of year! Several friends brought in items today! TOMORROW is the last day to bring items in!


Reminders...
5.00 for the Holiday Party (in an envelope labeled with your child's name)
Questions: you may contact me or Mrs. Lloyd


PTA HOSPITALITY LUNCHEON!  Our class is responsible for bring BAKED POTATOES.
Please drop these off in the office on Dec. 9 no later than 10:00 am!
Questions: Tricia Stimac  

The Little RED Hen (rooster)
So...here's the story.  I started uploading these to you tube at 7:30 this morning!  Here it is 4:30 Thanksgiving Break has started...it's getting dark outside, POD 2 is EMPTY , it's kind of eerie here alone...BUT  I'm waiting on 1 last one!!! It is 74% uploaded...HURRY UP is all I have to say! OOOOO 91%....it won't be long now! Since I'm waiting I thought I would send everyone an email about our Holiday Party...BUT my desktop has NO icons...so I can't get to my email. I tried to go through the remote location but it cannot find our Parent group email list...WOW what an afternoon! 
HOLIDAY PARTY
You will be getting information from our room after the break BUT they wanted us to let you know that we will be collecting 5.00 from everyone.  Please send this in  ASAP in an envelope labeled HOLIDAY PARTY and your child's name.  This way they can get started on buying all the goodies!
Video UPDATE
The LAST one is processing! ANNNNNNNDDDD here it is! UUUGGG something terrible has gone wrong!  I will continue to work on posting theses videos....just not today!

GOBBLE GOBBLE

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for this bunch of puppies!

Mia: I am thankful she is so kind to others.

Gage: I am thankful for his sense of humor.

Akin: I am thankful for his willingness to try.

Thatcher: I am thankful he always has something to say that makes me smile.

Sam: I am thankful he is such an amazing listener.

Peyton: I am thankful for his creative writing.

Emily: I am thankful for her wonderful HUGS.

Addison: I am thankful for her happiness.

Julian: I am thankful for his patience.

Ella: I am thankful she is here with us.

Demi: I am thankful for her helpfulness.

Jacob: I am thankful for his effort.

Kennedi: I am thankful for her spunk.

Landon: I am thankful for his attention to detail.

Anna Richey: I am thankful for her wonderful behavior.

Anna Rotz: I am thankful for her sweetness.

Logan: I am thankful for his love of school.

Kenidy: I am thankful for the joy she brings to the classroom.

Kent: I am thankful for his growth.

Alison: I am thankful for her out of the box thinking.

Kreston: I am thankful for his uniqueness.

Taylor: I am thankful for her kindness and perseverance.

Justice: I am thankful for her never-ending smile.

I am thankful that I have the opportunity to share my days with each of these special children. 

Families please enjoy your time with them!

Happy Holidays!

TOP DOG

Anna FILLED the bag with her favorite things!

Pirate Bear, an animal from Ghatti Town, a Hello Kitty ring, nail polish and make up! 

All things ANNA!

HIPPEST in the HOUSE

Respect

THATCHER

I wish everyone could have seen the expression on Thatcher's face when his name was called.

priceless!

 OUR GUEST PHOTOGRAPHER

snapping photos during reader's/writer's workshop

TOP DOG 

A Special Lunch with Special People

 And a HELLO KITTY cupcake!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

THE LITTLE RED HEN

Readers' Theater

David, Akin, Jacob, Cayley, Sam, Jubilee, Thatcher

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

A Wise Old Owl

A wise old owl lived in an oak.

The more he saw, the less he spoke.

Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

The less he spoke, the more he heard.

BLOGGERS

We started blogging today. We logged into our own personal blog pages today! SO much excitement!  Please know that, because this is them typing on the computer I am not checking for capitals.  I'm trying to encourage punctuation and SPACES.  Your child may log in from home.  I will send you the password (just send me an email requesting it)!  This will be a GREAT place for our writing homework!  In the future there will be some blogging assignments but until then please feel free to have them log in and use the site! I talked a little about posting comments on friends blogs...As I am encouraging that please monitor.  I also have it set so that I have to approve ALL posts and comments before they can be posted!

TOP DOG

Anna's mom was busy!  Anna got not ONE poem but TWO today!  Her smile was priceless!

Anna Claire

Always loveable

Nice and kind to others

No front teeth or Never without a headband

Athletic

Collector of rocks, squinkies, receipts, candy wrappers, dollar bills

Loves music and dancing

Artistic

Intelligent

Really pretty

Everyone's friend

We love you Anna!

My Anna

Anna is a tender soul with love to give to all.

She crafts and paints and draws so much she could cover every wall!

She has 2 sisters and one brother and is very easy-going.

Her favorite thing to do is shop and she always asks "Where are we going?"

She is everyone's friend, athletic and clever,

Does she ever walk out of the house without a headband? NO, NEVER!

She loves to listen to music while doing her chores and she even likes to dance.

She entertains all her family including her 6 aunts!

She loves 1st grade and her teacher Ms. Guy,

But you may not believe that she is not really shy.

We love you ANNA!

YEE HAW WESTERN DAY

 TOP DOG READS 

WOO HOO

It's the LITTLE things that make this first grade teacher SOOO happy!  I logged into Hot Diggity Dog this afternoon and I have a BACKGROUND...Oh MY Goodness. That puts me on cloud nine! (LOL)

We had one of those FLIP FLOP days again...kinda gets us out of sorts!! But we made it through. We had library but a quick check out only day then it was time for SPECIALS...yes you heard that right...specials first thing this morning. Mr. I and his wonderful office staff did our LUNCH and RECESS duty for us today...(such a treat for us teachers).  We came back and got to "meet" our...

 TOP DOG!

Anna is such a quiet little puppy...so you are going to have to listen hard in her video! 

Anna has 2 sisters and 1 brother, her favorite color is uhmmm oh yes...PINK!  She likes to eat tortellini...And at school she likes to get "punches" and have GREEN DAYS!

Math

It's 3-D TIME

Don't forget to review those 2-D shapes...

This week we will be comparing 2 and 3 D shapes.  

The Little RED Hen (Rooster)

We will begin video taping our Reader's Theater tomorrow!  PLEASE practice again with your little pup!  BIG BIG BIG voices, lot's of expression and fluency! We made our headbands today so everyone is getting excited! Please make sure your pup has his or her script here at school this week!  We will begin "normal" guided reading after the break! 

IMPORTANT STUFF

Be sure to check homework tab...Due Friday!

We need brown lunch bags! 

Let me know if you will be leaving EARLY for the break!

Send in notes/email ANYTIME your child misses school!

I'm looking forward to a GREAT week AND a great HOLIDAY WEEK off! 

FUN FRIDAY

Well today was FUN FRIDAY...

But first we had to get some learning out of the way!  We took our spelling test...lots of great spellers again today...if it weren't for that darn bonus word "mopping" we would have had a LITTER FULL of SUPER STAR SPELLERS!!! Keep up that spelling practice. I am so amazed and proud of  my little puppies!

Then we read one of my FAVORITE Thanksgiving books...

We got a jump start on questioning (comprehension strategy).

Pete is a clever, plump and perky turkey!  How did he survive Thanksgiving? You'll have to read the story or ask your first grader to find out!  

After we read we went ahead and made our own plump and perky turkeys!

OH,  how I love them all!

TOP DOG

This week we learned a lot about Thatcher...

He was born in Utah.  And he was told he was the cutest baby EVER!

He LOVES LOVES LOVES to swim and visit Disney World and ride Splash Mountain!

Thatcher is a wonderful PUPPY...please be sure to check out his personal blog by clicking on the link http://kidblog.org/HotDiggityDogGuy/ 

Yesterday, Thatcher's mom joined him for a YUMMY TACO BELL lunch! 

SHOW US HOW OLD YOU WERE YESTERDAY,

Taylor!

WOW...what a BIRTH DAY! 11/11/11

This won't happen again until Taylor turns 107!! 

Thank you all for reminding your little ones to be respectful of learning!  We had a much better day today!  I, too am getting excited for the holidays!  LOVE LOVE LOVE spending time with family and friends...SO I understand BUT we've got to remember why we are in school! 

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend...I'm already missing my puppies and looking forward to Monday morning!

HOMEWORK

Nov. 14-18 DUE Friday, November 18, 2011

1. Investigations Activity Book:  Unit 2 pg: 1, 2, 12, 13 (you will get a patter block sheet to help complete this homework.  PLEASE keep the pattern block sheet for future homework)
2. Spelling TIC TAC TOE pick three activities from the TIC TAC TOE board (sent home last week. If you do not have it...it is attached below)
3. Writing:  Write about the Thanksgiving traditions you have at YOUR house! Then illustrate! Remember our BIG 3.  Always start a sentence with a capital letter, Always end a sentence with correct punctuation and VBH (Very Best Handwriting)

WOW

This teacher had to just go home today!! I am sorry about not uploading pictures and blogging more Reminders... Spelling Test tomorrow NEEDED AT SCHOOL! The Little Red Hen script All folders!!! Thank you all for you continued help and support!

Kids Count

Today the Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County came and talked to us about some very important topics.  Your child should have a flyer in his/her blue folder outlining what was discussed.  Please look it over and talk with your child.

TOP DOG

Our Thatcher Boy!

Thatcher is such a fun little boy

He loves to run and play

Lately he's been learning to play basketball

And I think he could play it all day

He has a sweet little heart and he loves to share

with his brother Taggart, his family, and friends

And if his parents buy him a treat (and not for his brother)

Back to the store, them he sends

Thatcher loves to learn lots of new things,

From books, computers and T.V.

He loves to do math and learn science too

He makes them seem all to easy

In short Thatcher is a special boy

Friendly and kind to all he meets

Never was there such a good little child

(who also loves to eat too many sweets!!!)

HOLIDAY TIME

Making the Difference in the Lives of Children

It is that time of year when the spirit of the holidays fills us with joy!  We want to spread that feeling to families in Frisco who need help insuring the holidays are memorable and filled with wonder for their children.

Our class is participating in a service project to sponsor an "Angel" during this holiday season.  "Angels" are less fortunate children in this community. These families and children will have a joyful and memorable holiday season with your help and generosity. 

Please send in donations:

1. Unwrapped (if you would like to donate a roll of wrapping paper please send it in with your gift)
2. IN A BAG LABELED WITH THE ANGEL NUMBER
3. If you are donating to more than one angel, please send in separate LABELED bags

Please have gifts in the classroom by NOVEMBER 29th!

Angel #827

Age 7

GIRL

• Pants: size 8
• Shirt: size 8
• Shoes: size 13
• Coat: size 8
• Underwear: size 8

NEEDS: boots, coat and winter clothes

WANTS: boots, Barbie, Arts and Crafts

Angel #523

Age 6

Boy

• Pants: size 7
• Shirt: size 7
• Shoes: size 13
• Coat: size 7
• Underwear: size 7

NEEDS: pants, underwear, shoes and coat

WANTS: Bike, Legos

SOMETHING NEW

Your child will now have a place to blog about school! We will talk about what we have learned, what is going on in our school and our classroom, or maybe just tell about what is going on in our lives!  This will also be a place that we can respond to others! I will post things periodically for your child to leave comments (homework)!! What a technological world these kids are growing up in! 

http://kidblog.org/HotDiggityDogGuy/
You will find the permanent link on the side bar..."A Blog for the Puppies"

 Let's get ready to blog!

UGGG

I don't know what happened to our CUTE blog...I am trying and trying to add a background again to no avail! I'm at a LOSS...It is frustrating me immensely!!! But, I figure until I can get it figured out I best keep blogging. If any of you bloggers out there would like to give me some {private tutoring} I would APPRECIATE it! 

SPEAKING OF TUTORING...if your child attends on Tuesday and Thursday please be aware that we will NOT be  having it next week!  

The Little Red Hen

Every student came home with a script of The Little Red Hen.  We will be performing in groups of 7 as a readers' theater (meaning we will be allowed to read our parts...no need to memorize).  We are practicing our fluency and EXPRESSION...along with retelling this week and reading for a purpose (our purpose is to entertain)! So, please have your child practice, practice, practice!  To help with fluency it would be WONDERFUL if everyone in the family took a part. Our first graders need to be able to follow along and know when it is their turn to read! HAVE FUN with this! 

SHAPES SHAPES AND MORE SHAPES

Yesterday we went on a shape hunt around the school.  I had some very creative finds!!! LOVE the observant eyes we have. 

What shape are these? How many sides do they have? What about VERTICES?

TOP DOG READS ALOUD

Looks like a teacher...

I love my listeners!

Listen to Thatcher READ!