Oh-A Shopping We Will Go!!!

Yes, we are off to shop for our Empty Stocking kids. We collected $150 as a whole class. That is truly amazing. We will put everything together tomorrow and then I will take pics of everything we buy and then post the pics tomorrow. Ava, (she brought in the names), and Sydnie, and Kira (student council reps) are the ones doing the shopping with me. Trust me, I would love to take everyone, but that is impossible and the class agreed that these 3 were a good representation from the class. Everyone will get to help box & wrap the items tomorrow. Thank you again to all you amazing parents out there who helped with this cause. I hope that someday they will remember these kinds deeds they did to help the less fortunate. New study maps for the Southeast Region came home today and we made flash cards for studying here at school. Start studying them now. If your child can learn 2 of them tonight, write SE in the planner. Fun logical reasoning skills-today we had a lot of fun in math with some high level, stumping logical reasoning in math. We are going to be doing one each day of the week and they are Christmas theme related. Ask them what today's was about and what the correct answer was. If they can tell you, write the number in the planner. In morning meeting, we talked about "an attitude of gratitude", looking at the bright side of things, seeing your glass 1/2 full or 1/2 empty along with being an optimist and/or pessimist talking about how all 4 of these mean about the same thing. Students had to write which one they are (optimist or pessimist) and 3 reasons why they are that way. If they felt they were both, they had to write 2 reasons for each. Then they reflected on them and starred the one they felt was their best trait or which one they would like to change the most if they are a pessimist. The goal of this lesson was to see how important it is to be an optimist when making friends & building relationships. Ask your child which one they are and why they feel that way. Write their choice in the planner. Tomorrow is Library so haul in those books. Quick clarification-The Holiday Program on Friday is only for Grades K-3. I know this is different than previous years, but 4th graders will have a recorder concert later in the year. REMINDER!!! Tomorrow is Holiday Spirit Day. Show your spirit and wear your favorite holiday wear. If you choose to, you may bring in $1.00 to be donated to Toys 4 Tots. Have a great night.