Reading Buddies

Every year, I select 4th graders to be Reading Buddies to kindergarten pals in my class. The goal is for a mentor/friend relationship to be formed. So far, it has been very successful. Ask your child about their reading buddy!

Nathalie and Emily share Savannah

Austin is with Kenny

De'Marion and Elliott share Quenten

Matthew and Cillian share Tyler

Kamryn and Brianne share Dominique

Jord'n is with Jamie

Daniel M. and Sepehr share Saigeon

Hayden is with Hayden

Daniel O. is with Omar

Ella and Rachel share Logan

Sandy is with Amrita

Playing in the Dress Up Center

Monkey frenchfries = Kamryn
Sepehr was the grandfather

Cillian is just crazy!

Rachel as the grandma

Boys at work

Boys at work and Nana Kamryn

Sepehr and Matthew

Matthew makes a very silly grandma!

Friends



The kids thought this was the best day (15 minutes) of school ever.

Week of Dec. 13-17

We've been talking about verbs (action words) this week.

We've been relating verbs that we can do to verbs

that kittens can do. We read the book Mama Cat has Three Kittens to help

with our knowledge of kittens.

Above: De'Marion and Sandy work on ordinal numbers.

Kamryn is hilarious! This picture is just for

pure enjoyment!

Trey, one of my students from last year who is

also Brianne's big brother, read us a Frog and Toad

Christmas story. He did an excellent job!

Star of the Week (Dec. 13-17): Hayden

Hayden loves to be outdoors with his family. He brought in his cute little moose to share with everyone. His favorite colors are red and black.

Pizza Halves

To extend our lesson about halves, we made pizza today. Every student had a partner and they had to cut their pizza crust (an english muffin) into halves. Then their partner picked what half they wanted. After that everyone got to spread the sauce, add cheese and devour their yummy little pizzas. This is such a simple activity but the kids REALLY LOVE it. They kept telling me that it was the best pizza they had ever had -- too cute!

Topic 7 Math Whizzes

Congrats to the following who made a 100 on the Topic 7: Fractions and Ordinals, math test!

- Ella
- Austin
- Kamryn
- Elliott
- Sandy

Way to go! This was a super hard test!!

Newsletter Week of Dec. 13-17

Passwords: is, that
Letter: Oo
Math word: square
Math topic: Ordinal Numbers (1st-10th)
Social Studies Theme: Winter Customs

Important Dates:
12/14: Pajama Day
12/17: Winter Party @ 2pm

Week of Dec. 6-10

Star of the Week (Dec. 6-10): De'Marion

De'Marion loves the color red and football. He has 2 brothers.

Topic 6 Test: Comparing Numbers

Congrats to the following who made a 100 on their Topic 6 math test. This was an EXTREMELY hard test!

- Elliott
- Sandy
- Cillian

Our Gingerbread Man Hunt

decorating the GBM cookies

Mmmmm, almost ready to bake!

reading the clue by the gym

The kids were very worried when they found

out that their GBM had ran away from the cafeteria!

reading the next clue

The lovely cafeteria ladies explaining to the kids
that the GBM escaped!

Ah ha! We found the cookies!

Mrs. Wilkie said she saw the GBM

run into Dr. Beaird's office.

Look, we found our GBM!

Elliott and Emily tiptoe so they
won't scare off the GBM.

Mrs. Ogunleye reads the clue off Nurse Christi's door.

Elliott and Sandy listen closely to the next clue.

We found a clue on the flagpole.

Daniel devours his GBM.

Daniel loves his delicious treat!

Jord'n thinks her cookie is scrumptous!

Rachel takes a bite off of her GBM's head!

Ella guards the GBM





*** pictures are out of order, sorry!