A few reminders...

A couple friendly reminders for this week: 

Please have your son or daughter bring in a wrapped book for our book exchange. A few of the students have already and that is just fine! We will be doing this during our party on Friday. A girl buys for a girl, and a boy for a boy. Please be sure to have their name on the gift. 

Also- Thursday please have your son or daughter wear PDC Blackhawk apparel to show support for our safe community. 

In charge of snacks for Friday: 

Gabriel- sweet treat

Westin- salty snack

Makenzie- Cheese and Crackers

Charles- Sausage (for the crackers)

Last, but not least, with it snowing again and the forecast for this week please be sure to send boots and snow pants with your child! :)

Candy Canes

The students finger painted candy canes to make a special project for mom and dad. They glued the candy canes together to make a heart, and put a nice poem inside. 

Two striped candy canes, 

As simple as can be,
Together make a heart

That sends love to you from me!

Food 4 Thought

Today's Food 4 Thought was all about cranberries. The students learned how they are made, and they also got to try a craisin, cranberry juice, and a sour cranberry if they wanted. They really enjoyed the crainsins and cranberry juice!

 They told us that cranberries are good for our heart!

 Trying their craisins.

They loved the cranberry juice!

Gabriel was giving two thumbs up for the cranberry juice and craisins. :)

Westin was not so sure about the sour cranberry. 

Wyatt liked the sour one; Westin and Shyla were not a fan. 

R is for Rudolph...

Today, for our Jolly Phonics sound we made our R craft. Since it is the Holiday season, we did R is for Rudolph. The students loved making him, and were so proud of their creation! Check them out. :)

It's Party Time!

I have attached the information about our Holiday party. There are also important notes and updates going home with your son or daughter so please be sure to check his or her folder! :)

Holiday Party Information

Pattern Bracelets

Today, as part of our Everyday Math, we made pattern bracelets. The students chose two different colored beads. They made an AB pattern with their colors. They really enjoyed wearing their bracelets! 

Gingerbread Night..

There is a special night of gingerbread house making put on by our PTO. It is a great family event! Just bring a cookie sheet to put your house on and the rest is provided for you! 

Date: Thursday, December 13

Time: 5:00-7:30 PM

Location: Bluffview Intermediate School

Counting with Gingerbread Marshmallows...

For math today, we worked on number recognition and counting. I gave the students a card with a number 1-10 on it, they had to tell me what number it was and count that many marshmallows to put on their gingerbread house number card. Check out some of their counting!

 Makenzie counting to the number 10.

Westin counting to 7.

  

Gabriel counting his 6 marshmallows.

Lillian was checking to see she had 5 marshmallows on her number 5 card.

Wyatt was showing Gabriel his 4 marshmallows he put on. 

The Gingerbread Man

Today, the students took turns putting a piece of candy on our gingerbread man. They each tried a small piece for snack. They loved it!

 They did a great job!

Our Gingerbread Houses

Today the students made their own gingerbread houses! They cut out the house, and then colored different candies to glue on. They took their time and worked so nicely. They turned out great!

Westin was working so hard on coloring his candy

 Makenzie was working on her cutting.

 Kaileigh gluing on her candy pieces

Bailee and Charles cutting out their candy.

They were so proud of their finished houses!

H is for House...

Our jolly phonics sound this week is /h/. Today, the students cut out the letter H and glued a roof onto it. They also drew their own doors, and windows.

December 3-7

This week our theme is the Gingerbread man. We did some measuring around the room today using gingerbread men, and also colored our own gingerbread girl or boy. We will be reading the story of the Gingerbread man and sequencing the story. We will size our gingerbread men from smallest to biggest.

 Coloring our gingerbread girl and/or boy.

Measuring with gingerbread men.

The students colored and cut out a small, medium, and big gingerbread. Then they put them in order from smallest to biggest.

Happy Holidays from 4K!

We have been decorating our room for Christmas! The students colored and cut out stockings all by themselves. They did such a great job. 

I also spent some time decorating our door! The Christmas ornaments have the students' pictures on them.