Grinch Party

Today we had a Grinch party and watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and used the opportunity to remind them Christmas is about Jesus not things.

We had green grapes, green Christmas tree brownies, lime sherbet floats, frozen green (vanilla) pudding, and fruit grinches in Christmas hats.

December Activities

Mrs. Meredith's K3 December Events

*Friday, December 13th – Grinch Christmas Snack/Party to remind our children that Christmas is about more than gifts. We will read the book, watch the cartoon, and eat a special snack. Please dress students in green.

*Tuesday, December 17^{th -}Christmas Play @ 6:00p.m. in the church sanctuary. Our class will perform before the school play and then go to sit with their parents. We are making angel Christmas t-shirts to wear that night. Please feel free to put a long sleeve shirt (polo, turtle neck, or t-shirt) under this shirt. Please stick to solid colors or white. We will wear blue jeans. 

*Friday, December 21^st – Christmas Party! Wear pajamas for Polar Express activities. Happy Birthday Jesus party. The students will not draw names for gifts. I will have gifts for them. You are welcome to buy for the students but it is not required or expected. If you send gifts for all of the students I will let your child pass them out during the party. I will put the gifts in the students bag to take home if you send for less than the whole class. Students must be picked up by 11:30.

Auburn/Alabama Day

Looks like I was out numbered.

Thanksgiving Luncheon

Tuesday is our Thanksgiving Luncheon and Auburn/Alabama Day. Please send students in their team colors. Guests need to be in the fellowship hall at 11:30.

Blue Day

Native American "Beaded" Necklaces

Red Ribbon Week

Sailor Hats for Columbus Day

Troy Day

Orange Day

Birthday Cupcakes

Fire Truck Visit

Circle Sheep

Juice Reviews

I just thought I would share the results of this blind taste test.

Life Cycle of Butterflies

We made these in class today. We are studying "Garden Friends" this week.
I found this project on Pinterest from www.somewhatsimple.com

Music and Learning

There have been many studies showing how music improves learning. I try to put lessons to music as much as possible. My students sing when I ask my students to name the days of the week.
Here is one more study. http://www.bestinfographic.co.uk/2012/06/21/music-and-learning-infographic/

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

"Green Eggs and Ham" with "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" for snack.

 

 

We had a great week of Dr. Deuss activities ending with Read Across America (Dr. Seuss Day).
See more pictures at http://www.troymessenger.com/2013/03/01/read-across-america-with-dr-seuss/ (we are at the bottom of the page).

PTO Meeting

PTO meeting is tonight. We will meet in the library at 6:30.

100 Days Smarter

We celebrated 100 days of school today. We counted to 100. We counted 10 each of 10 different foods to make a 100 piece trail mix. We wrote. The number 100 and traced the words one hundred.

More lacing...

Lacing

Last week the kids had fun lacing wooden beads and blocks.

Wonderful Children

I just wanted to let my parents' know that I enjoy having your children in my class.  They are the sweetest, funniest, and most loving group of kid's.  I feel very blessed to be their teacher.

Dance Your Shoes Off

Mrs. Johnson teaching the kids the dance for Dance Your Shoes Off.

Ice Experiment

We performed and experiment with ice. We used small ice cubes to decide what we should use on icy roads in colder climates.
We put salt, black pepper, red pepper hot sauce, sugar, and warm water on the ice cubes. We left one plain as a control. We checked back several times to see which ones were melting the fastest.
*The warm water worked the fastest.  We discussed how it would cool and make more ice.
*The next one was salt. We decided it was the quickest and safest "melter."
*Sugar worked almost as quickly as the salt.
*The red pepper hot sauce worked a little quicker than the black pepper and control. 
*Black pepper melted at the same rate as the control.

The kids had a blast.