Happy Holidays

It's the most wonderful time of year! The teacher's lounge is filled with goodies, the hallways are buzzing with the sound of jingle bells attached to backpacks, holiday displays keep popping up on bulletin boards, and students rush in excited to tell us where their elf landed after a long night of reporting to Santa. This time of year truly is magical. Take a look at some of the ways we got ourselves into the holiday spirit!

Meeting our RMC Pen-Pals!

Our exciting writing adventure has sadly come to a close. My students were sad to be ending their writing journey with their Randolph-Macon buddies, but they were not sad to find out we were have not one, but TWO celebrations so we could meet everyone!!

Our first celebration was on Monday. 5 out of the 10 RMC students came and enjoyed a pizza lunch. The other 5 RMC students came for a donut breakfast on Friday morning. It was definitely a well deserved treat!

Your child's journal will be coming home soon, so be on the lookout! It's fun to see how much their writing has already improved since September.

Dr. Roberson was my professor when I was at Randolph-Macon.
It was so much fun to collaborate with her and Mrs. Talley,
one our Reading Specialists at Henry Clay. 

Brennan and Sasha's buddy made a surprise appearance Friday,
since Brennan was absent on Monday and missed her 1st visit. 

GO JACKETS!!
We love writing!! 

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!!