Another Journal Completed!

Look how happy little Miss Tayla is about the journal she just finished!

I love to read my little friends' writing!

I love this little girl!

Happy 100th Day of School!

Can you believe that today was the 100th day of school?? We have been counting down for, well, 100 days! As you can see, we made glasses and headbands. We drew a picture of how we look today and then a picture of what we would look like in 100 years...lots of canes, gray hair, and one-toothed people.

We wrote 100 words. We made a little booklet that answered such statements as, "I could never eat 100__________", and "Having 100 _________ could really be a problem!" We jumped up and down 100 times, which was really 200 because they were double jumping...I didn't bother telling them any differently. :)

It was an awesome day. Enjoy the pictures! Who is YOUR favorite?

Ryan and Zoe

Emma and Janey

Brieanna and Lucas

Bryan and Marley

Casey and Aurora

Tayla and Anthony

Alan and Bailey

Heston and Dylan

Chloe and Rebeca

Alex and Grant

Mrs. Anderson wearing Chloe's glasses

and Alan's headband! Zoe took the picture

for me. She did a good job!

Two More...

All it takes is for that first student to finish

his/her journal to start the ball rolling.

Now all of the students

are scrambling to finish

their own journals so they can get a brand new one.

Here are our newest Jounalists...so to speak!

Aurora and Casey

Whoops!

I handed them the wrong journal.

But, they are such cuties,

I had to post all four photos!

"My Mom Will Be So Proud of Me!"

Today was a big day in Room 6. Why? Because Lucas and Marley were the first ones in the class to finish writing their first First Grade Journal!!! Several children are close but these two were the first.

My favorite thing about teaching first grade is reading the students journals. It just tickles me pink to read their sweet musings. To read what they are thinking about. To hear what they like (families) and do not like (bullies).

As Marley was putting her finished journal in her "cubby" she shared an exciting moment with herself. She didn't realize that anyone was listening as she stood in front of her cubby and looked lovingly at her journal. Then she said aloud with a gigantic smile on her face:

"Oh my gosh!! My mom will be soooooo proud of me!"

No doubt about it Marley, your mom is proud of you...so is your teacher!

Here it is: Barb and Bob Humbug...The Musical

After many tries, I think I have it! I had to shorten it quite a bit...like by about five minutes. Enjoy!

Christmas In Our Classroom!

I know! I know! I'm a slacker with the blog. But, after all, it IS Christmas and super busy for all. I have many pictures to share. FIRST, I want my readers to know that I am working diligently to post my copy of our Christmas play, Barb and Bob Humbug. I WILL figure it out and post it. It may take a few tries but I'm fairly certain that I can do it. Even if it takes me all the way to February, it will be here. Patience is a virtue, after all.

So, for now, I'll post some pictures from our class Christmas party last Tuesday. Once again, thank you to Mrs. Lillico for organizing the treats and such. Mrs. Yergensen brought some delicious hot (VERY hot) chocolate, and Mrs. Stuver sent cheese and crackers.

We played a little gift exchange game. Everyone sat in a circle. The first child chose a present from the stack and opened it. The next child could either take the present that the first person opened OR choose another unknown gift to unwrap. And, so on around the circle. It was great fun and everyone was happy with their end product. I was AMAZED that some moms even sewed the gifts! Overachievers! (and, I loved it)

I also LOVE my students. Each and every one of them has individual traits that I just adore so much. It is such a pleasure and privilege to GET to spend five days a week with these children.

Merry Christmas!

Tayla ended up with this set of ceramic thingys and paint.

Rebeca traded for this HUGE art set but eventually

lost it to clever Alex who ended up with the set by "stealing" it from Rebeca.

He loved it. I've never seen him so happy.

Casey deciding what to do with his gift.

Janey picked her own gift which was three books.

Bryan ended up with the game,

Don't Break the Ice.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

When all of the gifts were open, Alex went around the room

and picked up all of the trash.

Then he posed for this adorable picture.

Soon, others followed suit performing their own little Santa moment:

Janey

Anthony

Marley

Here is the hot chocolate and cheese and crackers I told you about earlier.

The children each received a little bag from Aurora

filled with a notebook, a pencil, and some candy.

Two little friends: Alex and Anthony

...and the best little present around, Anthony!

Morning Parent Party

My first graders are the luckiest children in the land! That's because they all have great families. Today we had our first annual Parent Party/read-a-thon/pajama/donut/Provo mayor visiting/ticket drawing/all round FUN DAY! We had great attendance. Thank you to all of you who attended this morning. It was so much fun and very successful. We had the privilege of having Mayor Curtis spend the entire time in our classroom. We also had a camera man from the local channel.

Please enjoy these many, many photos I took of the morning. I tried so hard to get a picture of everyone. When I went to post them here, I realized that I missed a couple of you. So sorry. (If you are reading this and you took pictures with your own camera, please send them to me...pretty please?"

Mrs. Anderson with Mayor Curtis

(If you look closely, it looks like he has two small horns! Haha!)

Emma with her mother

Lucky Rebeca with her reading buddy, Mayor Curtis.

Ryan and him mom

(I love this picture!)

Mayor Curtis shaking hands with Lucas.

Dylan with his grandma who drove all the way from the

far off land of Spanish Fork!

Marley with her mom and little brother

Janey is the Aviator this week so she had the privilege of reading in the bathtub!

That's her dad with her.

Lucas with his mother

Casey with his mom

Chloe and her mother

(I got to babysit for a couple of minutes by holding Chloe's new

baby brother, Truman.)

Alan with his mom and little Kindergarten sister

Grant with his mom AND Heston too!

Bryan with his little sister and his papa

Alex with his grandma

Aurora with her mom, brother and sister

Bailey and her mom