Wow! Talk about a FEAST! That is exactly what we had in D-116 at Old Pointe Elementary today! Look at the spread of food we had for our Friendship Meal! And this is not even everything ... more food came in after Mr. Isaiah took this picture! We had so much food that the children were actually SILENT for twenty minutes while they gobbled down all the delights! Everyone left the table happy and full! Thanks to all the parents who came, who helped serve, who helped clean up, and fixed all this awesome food! Yum. Happy, Happy Thanksgiving. Like I told the children today, I am truly thankful for my wonderful class, and thankful for our wonderful parents! See you all in December!! Here are some photos of our sweeties.
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The children are excited about our "Friendship Meal" tomorrow. I really appreciate all of the parents for the amazing response we have had to our request for food. I have overheard several of the children talking to one another about the food you are sending in. This week our centers are all based on making some fun, traditional school crafts. The children were busy as bees working away today. It was not until much later in our morning before one of the children thought about going into one of the play centers. Tune in tomorrow for pictures of the children at our Friendship Meal! We have had a fun Friday, as usual. 😄 After lunch we met with our fifth grade reading buddies. They helped us practice reading all the books in our reading tubs. Then we showed them our dance moves as we sang and danced to Harry Kindergarten's 'Turkey Time' song on youTube. If you want to hear an annoying song that gets stuck in your head but is beloved by all five years olds, this song is it. We also had our last session of Pointe Time for round one. Our second choice club begins in December. Here are photos of some of our friends in their clubs today... Happy Friday. Enjoy your weekend! Friday was our Traditional Thanksgiving meal served by our wonderful cafeteria. They served all kinds of good, southern favorites. Many of our friends had family come to visit. Here are their happy faces. My apologies to John's family! I neglected to take your picture but we were happy you came for lunch! One of the absolute BEST ways to ensure your child becomes a good reader is to encourage them in writing stories. Every day we have Writing Workshop where the children are able to draw and write stories. Some of the children have taken to this easily. For others, they are still hesitant to expend the hard work it takes and it IS HARD WORK! Please enjoy listening to Isaiah as he reads his narrative titled "Mackenzey." We are so proud of him and his great story! We love to win especially when winning means PRIZES! Our class collected the most Box Tops for Education for the month of November so we get to house the trophy for a month. Mrs. Sarna brought the trophy and two bags of candy to us this afternoon. Today we were blessed with an additional new friend! Mia joined us today from another school in Rock Hill. She has joined the friends at our green table. This is Mia! We practice and use a LOT of Language Arts skills as we write our morning messages. Today, after much discussion, we decided to write about our pumpkin. We opened it last week on Halloween, scooped out the "guts" during center time and saved the seeds. We plan to plant these next Spring as we learn about Life Cycles. Since we could not bear to throw it out, our pumpkin now sits proudly beside the woods that edge our playground. We have a great view of it from our large, classroom window. We placed it there Tuesday and we observed some of the mold (bacteria?) already growing and beginning the process of returning to the earth. We also thought we would write about more of the seasonal changes we have observed. As we were at the window checking on whether or not we could easily see our pumpkin, the wind began to blow and leaves were falling like crazy! The children compared the rapidity and quantity of leaves falling to that of a snow shower. The children came up with an awesome story today! Here are photos of the children working and practicing as we wrote this morning ... We had a great time reading with a partner today. The children are building great stamina in reading for sustained periods of time. Thanks to all the parents who helped your child review and practice their reading tub books they brought home yesterday! Please help the children remember to bring those books back the next day! I did not have time to post yesterday but as you know the children were all excited about ...Halloween! It was dress up like your favorite sport for Red Ribbon Week. See our cuties? We enjoyed SEVERAL special snacks this week for Red Ribbon celebrations. A big thank you to Stacy Armstrong, our room mom and Christian's mom, for organizing this AND to all of the families who so willingly sent in the great snacks! I hope your Halloween was happy! |