Apology/4-H State Ambassador Talks/ and Third Day Concert

Please except my apology for not keeping our classroom blog current. To say I have been so very busy would be an understatement. Hopefully, I can work on getting caught up this weekend. However, I am so very thankful for God's blessings on our school, my classroom family, and my family. God is so good. This week we had to travel to Baton Rouge for Tracer to compete at LSU in the Level 2 Seafood Ambassador Talk. He placed 3rd and won a Bronze Metal. We are so proud of him!!! As a special treat for placing at state, we surprised him with tickets to the Third Day, Josh Wilson, and  Colton Dixon concert. Well- I found out I am officially over the hill! The flashing lights, loud music, singing, and clapping and I had a MAJOR headache! I can't believe I actually use to attend even louder concerts "back in the day"!  He had a great time. His 2 favorite things besides seeing the band was getting Third Day drum sticks and an autographed used drum pad. He has taken drum lessons for over 8 months now, so he really was thrilled about getting these two prized items! He enjoyed seeing some of the guys from Duck Dynasty on stage too! We saw several students from our school,  Bro. Mel and his family there also!

 

 

 

Dr. Seuss Week!

Oh did we have fun! So much fun and they learned while having fun- and isn't that what it is all about? I have lots of Dr. Seuss items- around 3 large tote boxes full. I was unable to get them out of storage due to the fact that my husband just spent 9 days in the hospital with double pneumonia.  I missed several days of work and stayed every night  at the hospital with him. Which meant that I did not have any time to plan anything for this week. Everyone knows that you can not sleep in the hospital. So between being totally exhausted and not having any time to do anything, we didn't think we could pull it off but thanks to Ms. Jennifer and all of our wonderful parents it turned out great!

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Hand Print Art

Mrs. Jennifer's mom made this beautiful quilt and don't you just love the Dr. Seuss door?

The children were able to give the Grinch a heart if they were good all day!

Look at all those different fish!

Silly Sock Day

A visit from the Cat in the Hat!

Cute Lorax cookies!~ Thanks Layla and Rhett!

The children enjoyed PJ day, Popcorn. and the Lorax Movie Thursday. They enjoyed watching the popcorn pop- I love the look of pure joy on Macie's face! Priceless!

The calm after the storm- We said no nap today but as you can see most couldn't help but fall asleep!

Love these cute litle feet of opposites!

Such cute egg pictures!

loved that they signed their name to this Thank You Card

 

Thought that Mrs. Jennifers quilt would make a great backdrop so I painted a frame to add a little fun to the pics!

 

My babies are so, so adorable!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the book and thank you for the message in it! Loved it!!!! Thanks Ethan!

 

 

 

 

More Party Pictures Coming Soon!!!!!  And they are too cute!!!!

Prayers needed please

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!

Such a beautiful,sweet day! The children were so very excited! They were really sweet considering it was a party day. Thanks to Miriam(Ethan's Mom) and Lynn (Trade's Mom) for helping with so much today! Thanks to all of the parents for all that you do and thanks for the candles,gifts, and chocolate. A special thanks to Miss Caitlyn for my beautiful cupcake- I loved it! The party was beautiful- we sure know how to party don't we?! Missed Gracie (hope you feel better) and Kylie please hurry and get off that cruise ship- we miss you and we are praying for you!

 

 

LOOK WHAT WE ARE LEARNING!

Phonics: Sounds of W and Y
Writing: Letters Ww and Yy
Number: 13
Counting:1-30
Sight Word - the
Little Book 2
Bible: Heaven
Bible Verse: "Lo, I am with you alway." Matthew  28:20
Letter Story: Wackford Walrus
Color: Pink
Shape: Heart
Spanish Word: Te amo- I love you       Rosado- Pink
Language Development: water, wind, woodpecker, weather

Art:Valentines Day Art
Special Days: Valentines Day Party Thursday- Feb 14th
Feb. Family Project: Valentine containers
Other art Project: OWLS
Blend Chart:
Wa
We
Wi
Wo
Wu

Capital W and Lower case w= Looks  like two v's stuck together

New Rules:

Double Consonant Rule: When a word ends in ck or a double consonant, you say the sound only once.
Example: Kiss

Sentence: Always begins with a Capital Letter and usually ends with a period.A period is like the dot on the lower case i, except that the period sits on the floor.

So very Thankful!

My whole life I have heard the phrase- "There are benefits in living for God." This weekend we experienced this  and our so very grateful for God's grace. My husband, son and another guy went duck hunting on the game reserve. After getting a ways out into the water, their boat started to take on water. They were left in the water without  a boat and without phones to call for help. (Because they got wet when their waders started filling with water)  All they could do was cling to some tree saplings and tried not to let the water that was in their waders pull them under. All three screamed for help and prayed. At one point they all thought they were not going to make it. Even if they could somehow get their waders off, they knew the water was too cold for them to safely swim all the way back to land. After about 15 minutes, a guy and his young son heard them and came to see what was going on. The man said that he almost didn't come because he thought that it was just a bunch of teenagers playing around. We are so thankful that he changed his mind and came anyway. He was having to come to them a different way then they came in and he tore his duck blind on his boat and other things. He was able to get them to shore and we are so thankful that he was there. While all of them now have a cold and sore throats, it could have been so much worse. My husband and son are on antibiotics and breathing treatments. It was only after it was all over, that we realized that Tracer had forgotten his inhaler (for his asthma) and that he could have and should have ( given the circumstances ) had an asthma attack. We are so thankful that God heard and answered their prayers that morning.

LOOK WHAT WE ARE LEARNING!

Phonics: Sounds of F
Writing: F and f
Color: Blue
Shape: Star
Spanish word: azul = blue
Language Development: Forest Animals  Family  Flowers
Bible: Beside the Pool
Bible Verse: "God is love." 1 John 4:8
Art: Winter Art
Number: Counting 1-30
Number Writing: 11
Number Concepts: circle the correct number of objects
January Parent/Child Connection: Snowperson
Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Letter Story: Freddy Fish

Test on Friday: Spelling the color word Blue