Giving Thanks

With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, I wanted to take a moment to share with you just some of the things that I am THANKFUL for this year. I know that life can get crazy, especially around the holidays, but it is important that we all take a moment to give thanks for all that we have been blessed with.

10. Popcorn & Movies

9. Teaching my students about our DEMOCRACY & the right to VOTE

Did YOU vote this month?? 

8. Team Spirit - GO RMC!

Our Future Cheerleader!!
Did any of you happen to see Randolph-Macon BEAT Hamden-Sydney?? 

7. Parent Volunteers: Mystery Readers, Watch Dogs, Copy Moms, Wednesday Folder Stuffers, Classroom Helpers - without your help, this well oiled machine would not run as smoothly!! 

Mystery Reader - Dara Nicely 

David, Mrs. Nicely, and Brette

WATCH DOG FOR THE DAY
Brennan & her dad - Mr. Green

6. Technology

Comparing Numbers and Place Value on the iPads 

5. Curling Up with a Good Book! 

Can you guess what book these boys just checked out from the library??
HINT: It was just released this past week!

You Guessed It!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel 

Eliza and Ann Catherine love a good book too!! 

4. The Native Americans - for without them, would we have had the First Thanksgiving?? 

We did an outdoor scavenger hunt to find things that reminded us of the
Easter Woodlands Natives - Powhatan 

Once we gathered all of our items,
we brought them back to the class to create posters for display

 3. Playing Games

SINK or SWIM
Roll 3 dice and make the biggest 3-digit # possible.
If your number is EVEN you move up towards being rescued.
If your number is ODD you move down towards being eaten.
The first person to me rescued or eaten wins. 

CLOSE to 20
*Pull 3 cards and see who can get the closest to 20
WITHOUT GOING OVER 

GRAB & COMPARE
Grab a handful of Unifix Cubes, build a tower and record the total.
Your partner will do the same, but then you will create a number sentence
to compare your two numbers, using >, <, or =. 

 2. GOOD CITIZENS

It's so hard to pick just two - just look at all 20 of them!!

Congrats to Cabell and Abby - Our Good Citizens for RESPONSIBILITY

 1. MY STUDENTS!!

iPad Safety Lesson

Mrs. Feighner came in to do an iPad safety lesson and to refresh our memories on how to use the iPads correctly. We have lots of fun planned ahead with these!!

 

I just had to include a picture of this book that David checked out from the library. Goodnight iPad is a take on Goodnight Moon for the next generation. Check it out when you get a chance - it's scary how true it is! 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Cox's Class!! 

We had so much fun during our Pumpkin Estimation Stations. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came in to help us out!! 

Here's a peek at how we had fun with pumpkins.  

Mrs. Kuzan helped us count how many seeds we could pick up with our hands!  

Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Lott helped us weigh different sized pumpkins

Mrs. Saunders helped us guess and measure the circumference of a pumpkin 

When your number's too high to count by 1's, organize it into groups of 10!

Using YARD STICKS to measure length

Using a SCALE to measure weight

And by request from the boys and girls...

Happy Halloween from Ann Catherine and Eliza