Guest Reader

Sweet Emily read us her favorite book when she was our "All About Me" last week! It even had totally cool sound effects.

Guest Readers

I had a couple kids pick reading a book for a prize, so awesome!!

Guest Readers

Here are Alisha and her mom sharing her favorite story. It's so much fun watching a fellow teacher do what they love with the students in my class!!

We also heard a little bit of Junie B. Jones from Gracie this week as her reward.

Guest Reader

This week Nathan was our Top Dog and his super mom came in to share a truck story with us... she said she tried to get him to pick a snowman one! We all know what he loves best! :)

Guest Readers and a little "Oh, Snap"

We had all kinds of guest readers this week. I had two children Leighanne and Hailey who had prize rewards to use and we had the special treat of listening to our "All About Me's" favorite stories from her mom!!

I LOVE that the kids choose this for a prize and they always do such a great job!!

Here is Mrs. Silverstone getting ready to read. She did a wonderful job... I think she could be a teacher if she wasn't so good at what she already does!! The kids were all curious to know if she was the nurse when they were born. I hope she's there the day that baby girl comes, because she was just wonderful when we checked in for Luke. In fact, all the nurses at OSF were fantastic!!

We learned a new math game this week called "Oh, Snap!". Thanks to our kindergarten teacher Mrs. Miron for having all the decks of cards we needed. In order to play, remove all the face cards from the deck except for the Ace. The Ace will represent the number 1. Deal out the cards like you are going to play war. The difference is that when you each flip up a card, you have to subtract the smaller number from the larger number. The winner keeps the cards (the one who says it faster or correctly) and play continues until one of you is out of cards. They really enjoyed this game! It was SUPER funny when the first pair flipped the same number and they weren't sure what to do... they of course are used to the war procedure. I just said, "Well what's 2 minus 2." I got a total deer in the headlights look and then it clicked! :)

In hindsight, playing a game where kids naturally want to shout out the answer was probably not the best idea while parents were coming in for the Christmas program. I can only imagine what some thought was happening in my room... well now you know: all kinds of learning fun!!

Guest Reader

For Noah's week as Top Dog/All About Me. his terrific dad came in to read us a story. I think the kids really liked it!! The story was a very funny one, too!

Falling a little behind...

Luke was playing with my phone looking at mommy's pictures. Well actually he was watching my short video of my class doing their math exercises. It was take 1 we'll have to try it again next week. The door was opened and they lost track at 88... anyway, he went by these sweet pics. that I forgot to share.

That's Grady's wonderful momma who came in to read his favorite stories to us while he was the Top Dog/Student of the Week. I TOTALLY forgot I took them, but better late than never right? It was so fun to give the class over to another 1st grade teacher!! Grady and the kids were excited to have their little ghost sucker treats she brought with too.