Dear Santa

As part of our reading and writing lessons, students practiced writing friendly letters by writing to Santa Claus. Each letter expressed gratitude to Santa, told something the writer liked, asked a question they wanted to know more about, and listed items they'd like to receive for Christmas. Students were thrilled to receive a prompt reply and were so excited to read their responses. As you can tell from the photos, we loved our letters from Santa. Students especially enjoyed the parts of their letter where Santa mentioned personal bits of information about each student. Everyone was happy to take home their personal letter from Santa Claus.

Tis the Season of Giving!

Our class was happy to meet our goal of reading 100 books by Dec. 19th. We participated in the Scholastic Book Clubs ClassroomsCare Program. AFter we met our goal Scholastic Book Clubs donated books to needy children in St. Landry Parish, Lousianna. The point of the initiative is not just to encourage reading, but to empower children to make a difference in the lives of other kids. Reading IS giving in the ClassroomsCare program! We continue to participate in the food donation drive for the area Food Pantry. Both of this worthy causes allow us to exhibit our character education trait of the month which is GIVING! Students get to sign a "Giving" poster in our room whenever they exhibit this characteristic. Rewards are given to students at the end of the month.

We enjoyed practicing our letter writing skills by writing a letter to Santa Claus. Today we were thrilled to each receive a personal response! Students did a fine job writing their letters. I was very proud of them.

We look forward to having our picture taken with a reindeer next week.

This will be my last post until school resumes after New Year's. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Teddy Bear Time

Students in Mrs. Wells and Mrs. Little's class used their teddy bears as inspiration for writing this week. Our Treasures reading series asked students to write a persuasive poster so our classes chose to encourage everyone to have a teddy bear (or stuffed animal). They listed their reasons and concluded with an illustration of one of their reasons. Students enjoyed listening to the Legend of the Teddy Bear, a true story, along with the story of Ira Sleeps Over, about a boy who sleeps with a teddy bear. They were happy to snuggle with their bears during this time. Everyone then wrote a paragraph about their bears and an experience which they'd shared with him/her. Next, they colored a bear to resemble their own. Posters, paragraphs, and bears are all displayed in the hallway. Students stated that they really enjoyed these special bear lessons!

We are participating in a food drive for the area Food Pantry. Please send in your donations! The winning class gets a pizza party! Thank you!

We made red/white beaded icicle ornaments this week for our tree. They look so pretty! Our room is decorated in red and green and looks so festive.

Students are looking forward to "Santa Shopping" on Thursday, provided by the WHE PTO. Remember your money for shopping for your family.