As you are probably aware, the practice Evacuation Drill has been rescheduled for tomorrow.  We will be leaving the classroom, like a fire drill, and practicing walking to a secure location.  We will do our best to grab all of our jackets on the way out the door.  However, our primary goal is to get out of the building in a timely manner.  Please make sure that your second grader is prepared for a walk outside.

Thank you to Mrs. Bingham for getting us set-up with a theme basket theme.  Our class theme this year is LEGOs.  Please feel free to send in ANYTHING LEGO.  This can include lego sets – both boys and girls, storage containers, lego tape, figures, etc.  This is a really fun theme, and I am excited to see our basket all together.  You are welcome to send in donations at any time.  We will be collecting through January 19th.  Thank you, in advance for supporting the PTA, and our children.

So… as I’m sure you have realized, Wonders is a little different this week.  We are in an assessment week, so there were no regular spelling words.  However, homophones are super tricky, so I like to throw in some practice whenever we have a chance.  The kids have made some nice progress with using the words correctly.  However, it is certainly something that we will be revisiting throughout the year.  The children have been working hard on assessments, and I am proud of what they have shown me already.  In reading, we are really working on looking back in the story, and re-reading to find text evidence.  This is a skill that we will be practicing ALL year.  I am excited to share some of the progress that the children have made.

We had so much fun at the NBCS pep rally.  The PBIS committee organized a pep rally to introduce some new recess games, and to reinforce expected behavior on the playground.  It was a loud and crazy morning, but a ton of fun.

We were a little fearful that Farmer Brown was on the lookout for our turkeys, so we created some pretty fun designs to keep those turkeys safe.  This was a fun way to end a short week  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving  The children had a lot of fun stories to share.  I am thankful that I get to spend every day with them, and watch all the amazing progress that they continue to make.