Happy Thanksgiving!

It looks like Turkey Tom and Turkey Tina had a great time with your kids! Thank you for sharing the photos!

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! I am so thankful for your kids! Thank you for entrusting them to me!

A small visitor...

Today Kaylee was able to stop by and see the kids! So thankful that my family knows and enjoys the kids I have in my class, and that the kids in my class enjoy her! So blessed :)

Halloween Fun!

We had a great time yesterday at the Halloween party. The kids' costumes were so cute! A BIG thank you to the families who brought items for the party!

A New Friend...

Today we had a new friend come to visit. George, a service dog who is in training, came to read with the kids today. They did a great job of showing him what a classroom looks like and sounds like! All the kids got a chance to read their rough draft of their personal narrative to George. We hope that he can come back again sometime this year! 

I "Mustache" you a question...

I think I have the most creative kids at Cedar Heights in my class! The kids came up with a great poster for our door during Red Ribbon Week. I am so proud of them!

Creative Continent Commercials

I am so impressed with the work the kids did on these commercials! As you may know, we researched continents and then the kids had to create a commercial. The goal was to have Mr. Wiebers choose to visit the continent based upon the information they shared in their commercial. I am so proud of how hard they worked and for the interesting facts they came up with. Enjoy watching your creative kids!

Link to Commercials: https://vimeo.com/user21615897/videos/sort:date

Our last day at the Grout Museum...

Today was our last day at the Grout Museum. The kids enjoyed learning about Immigration and the Veterans Museum.

Rensselaer Russel House, Mills, and Simple Machienes

We had a great day at the Rensselar Russel House and Imaginarium today. We learned about simple machines and mills at the Imaginarium, and about the life in a house in the Victorian era. Hope these images spark some discussion tonight! 

Prairie Rapids Crossing and Sturgis Falls

Today we had a great time at our First day of Museum School! If your child came home did not give you much information about the day you can ask the following questions.

What year did Iowa became a state?
What was the original name of Waterloo?
What was the original name of Cedar Falls?
What parts of the buffalo did the Native Americans use?
What was the most important part of the log cabin?
What was their favorite fact of the day?

Below are some fun pictures from the day!

My View at Work...

As I sat down today to read to the kids I had a thought... not everyone is blessed to interact with wonderful kids all day! I am very thankful for these kids and for the great start we have had to this school year! I have to say, my view at work is pretty awesome! Thank you parents for sharing your child with me!

A friend from Down Under!

Today we had a special guest! My friend from Australia came to visit with our class and talk about her continent. The kids learned some fun phrases and a lot about the culture and history of Australia!

I am really going to miss these kids...

Thank you so much for a FANTASTIC year! I was so blessed by having these kids this year. Thank you parents for sharing them with me, and thank you kids for being so AWESOME! I hope you have a great summer!

My Merry Quilters!

We had such a fun time making our quilts after reading On the Banks of Plum Creek! Thank you to all the volunteers that came and helped us create our masterpieces!

Quilting Fun!

We have been quilting for the past two afternoons, and I have to say... they look AWESOME! We are all so thankful for the volunteers we have had so far! The kids are really starting to get a hang of this! (Maybe we have some future sewers in our midst!)

Smoke Trailer

Our wonderful Cedar Falls Fire Department came to Cedar Heights today to visit with the kids about fire safety. We were able to go through the "Smoke Trailer" and not only hear about, but also put some of the things they taught us today. It was a great learning experience and all the kids seemed to really take away a lot of valuable information! So if you notice that your 3rd grader is acting like a fire expert... it's probably because they ARE one after this training!

Lots and Lots of Talent!

Today we had the Kindergarten-3rd Grade talent show! We had four kids from our class participate and they all did a wonderful job! We are so proud of them!

Brave.

Here are some pictures of the kids who held the crayfish today! They are all so brave, however, some of them like the crayfish more than the others! Enjoy!

The start of something NEW!

This week we started two new and exciting units in our class... Studying Crayfish and Reading On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The kids really seem excited about both! 

Tonight, ask your child what they know already about the crayfish. The little scientists observed them today and took notes about the crayfish structures! Many of them have even gotten up the courage to pick them up! 
 

 
 

We did it!!!

I couldn't be prouder of these kids and the effort they put forth on the Iowa Assessment! They worked so hard through EVERY test! We celebrated today by having popsicles and an extra long afternoon recess. Believe it or not, they had some excess energy to burn off after three days of testing! As you can tell, they are overjoyed to be done! Happy Thursday! 

The Crayfish are here!!

Yesterday our crayfish arrived at school! The kids are very excited to feed them, touch them (well some of them are excited for that), and study them. Let me tell you... these crayfish are big and bad! Today we moved them for the first time and fed them. It was so fun to watch the kids try and muster up the courage to pick them up. We moved them into their "feeding troff" and the crayfish became quite territorial! I am sure we will have several fun story's that come from this unit!
 

Let the Adventures begin...

I am so excited for this new adventure that blogging will bring to our classroom! It is my hope that this will help parents feel more connected to what is going on in our classroom.