Merry Christmas

Hi-we are having a great last day before break. We are watching the "Big Miracle" movie right now and the kids are really into it. What a great movie to supplement our study on endangered animals. We had lots of good discussion with this unit on how to help our environment. I hope we all will take action on this matter. We are going to continue it a bit after the holiday break when we focus a bit more on recycling. You will see what fun ideas Ms.Erickson & I have planned. We finished up all our curriculum in reading today so when we come back, we are ready for new books & a new read-a-loud. Secret Santas were revealed today and we had some surprised faces. We all had fun with this. We had a great surprise here at Bitterroot this morning. The Skyview Band/Orchestra & Choir came and performed for us today. They were awesome and if you weren't in the holiday spirit before then, you sure were after their performance. Buddies today consisted of helping them shop at Santa's Workshop and then helping them wrap their purchases. So fun to see those little ones wrap!!! Purple Hand Recipient: Yesterday students nominated their peers whom they felt were deserving of this award and then they voted. Chase Nye was chosen by his peers. Students who nominated him said they are so impressed and happy about how much better he is doing since the beginning of the year at controlling his anger & emotions. Great Job, Chase. We are so proud of you and hope you keep it up. Merry Christmas to all of you and I will not post again until we are back on January 2nd. Hugs-Hugs xxxooo