Happy 26th!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  I did!  There is nothing any better than having my family all together at home!  We love watching Christmas movies together!  Some of our favorites are Elf and Christmas Vacation!  On Christmas Eve, we always watch Rudolph and Christmas day wouldn't be complete without watching The Christmas Story!  Family traditions are my favorite!  What are you family traditions?  

This break is extra long!  I can't remember when we have had 16 day off in a row.  I will be spending lots of time reorganizing our classroom, planning lessons and planning for National Board Teacher Certification.  When we return to school in January, we will take our mid-year NWEA's in math and reading.  I love this opportunity because it helps me see the growth we are making,as well as the areas that I need to continue to teach.  

We were so busy before Christmas vacation!  I hope everyone was able to watch our performance of Elfis and the Sleigh Riders!  The students pulled off a flawless performance!  We knew they could do it!  They were so incredible we could take the show on the road!  Here is the link in case you missed it:   http://youtu.be/EYRxDtex3gc

Here are some snapshots of happening in our classroom:

Julia

Mari

Jordan

Bailey

Lean

Jacky

Jake

Tanner

Molly

Our special helper, Lexi and Harrison

Harrison

Lexi

GMRI

Molly, Leah and Isaac

Jacky and Nicole

Jordan, Bella and Katie

Mari, Peyton and Austin

Megan

Zach

Taking it all in!

Awesome interactive lab!

Here we go!

We love teaching!!!!

As we can see, we have been BUSY!  Don't forget that Rugrats starts the first week we are back.  We will be heading to Sunday River on Thursday to have some fun in the outdoors!
Way to go students!  Over $1000 for the school.  Those box tops sure add up!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOX TOPS WINNERS

First Place - Mrs. Bullen's Class - 2,236

Second Place - Mrs. Colby's Class - 2,134

Third Place - Mrs. Wight's Class - 1,526

Total Box Tops Submitted:  12,558

We earned over $1,000 from the competition!!  Thank You to everyone that participated!