Twin Girls!

Hey Old Friends!  I'm not sure if any of you will still get the email alert for this blog, but I thought I would try anyway.  I just wanted to update you on our little family!

Barrett is a big brother!  This twin sisters, Parker and Payton, were born on January 25th.  You can read all about it here!

Hope you all are doing well.  I miss seeing your faces and interacting with your families.  (And if anybody wants to come out to Keller and hold some babies ... feel free!  I have plenty of babies to go around!)

Keep me updated on YOUR families!

Happy Halloween!

Oh my!  I cannot believe so much time has passed and you are actually FIFTH graders now!  Barrett and I went to the Book Parade at Carroll Elementary School, and I ran into a bunch of old friends.  They told me that updates of Barrett were needed!  So I thought I would just send some out to EVERYONE since I still have this blog from our 3rd grade days :) 

Here's What We've Been Up To

We've Been To Aggieland!

We Had A First Birthday (You can read more about this here)

 Family Picture on Barrett's Actual Birthday

After His First Pancake ... He's asking "Where'd It Go?"

Me and Barrett Ready for Halloween Fall Festival

We went Trick or Treating tonight in our neighborhood, and then Barrett decided he was ready to start WALKING for the first time!    

Hope you guys are doing well.   For any of you that want to keep in touch, my email address is allison0327@gmail.com.  

I love you!  And I miss you all so much!!  Happy Halloween!!

Sweet Baby Barrett

Just wanted to share with you all! Hope 4th grade is going well! I miss each of you!!!

Barrett is Here!

Just wanted to share a picture of my little man! (As promised!)

We are at home, and everyone is healthy and doing well.

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying 4th grade!

Ice Cream Class Reunion

I was THINKING of having a little class reunion one night during the next couple of weeks before we are officially 4th graders!  Comment below 1) if you would even be interested and 2) what nights are generally good.

Hope you are all having a great summer!!

Last Blog!

I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday!  I can't believe that school has ended!!!  Thank you so much for your sweet cards, gifts, and words of encouragement.  While I'm excited about my new adventures as a mommy, I just want you to know that I will ALWAYS hold this class near and dear to my heart.  Not just because they are my last class, but because this particular group of kiddos captured my heart from the first day I met them.  Thank you so much for sharing your children with me. 

I told the kids yesterday that I will tell you to not to unsubscribe from this blog because we were thinking about having some sort of summer reunion.  I believe having an ice cream night was an idea that was thrown out there!   Also, I'll blog some pictures of Barrett when he's born.  I know the kids will be want to see his little face, but also, you have been such a huge part of this journey with me.  Couldn't leave you hanging. :o)

Have a great summer!  And keep in touch.  My new email is wilson_tutoring@me.com. 

Yearbook Signing!

We are going to do our 3rd grade yearbook signing on Wednesday!  Just wanted to give you a heads up so everyone would have their yearbooks or signing books.

Important Lunch Information! And an announcement

Starting tomorrow,  the cafeteria will be only serving sack lunches.  Todaywill also be our last day to actually eat in the cafeteria.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will be eating in the classroom.  I won't have access to a microwave, so anything that is packed for lunch will need to be eaten as is.  The cafeteria will still be serving sack lunches tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wedneday.

And Thursday we won't be eating lunch because of our early dismissal time at 11:00.

Can't believe this is happening so fast!!!

Also ~ I told the kids today that I'm "retiring."  It's true ~ I'm going to stay home next year to be a mommy.  I couldnt' have asked for a sweeter class as my very last class.  This group of kids has captured and touched my heart in a way I can't put into words.  Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your children with me!

Due Friday

Just a reminder that Dragon Pride Projects and Reading Logs are due on FRIDAY!

Also, I am making the due date for all of my classroom library books Friday as well.  Can't believe things are wrapping up so quickly!

Yearbook and Hat Day Tomorrow!

Below is a letter from Lisa Peipert, our yearbook advisor.  I also wanted to remind you that tomorrow is Hat Day, and our Teacher of the Day has requested that everyone bring a stuffed animal to school that wants to.  :o)

Hello CES Parents,

Our 2010-2011 CES yearbook has officially arrived! If you ordered a copy of this year's full-color book, then you should receive it soon. I hope you will love looking back at all the fun times we've had at Carroll Elementary this year and we want you to know that we really appreciate your support of our school memory book.

If you have not had a chance to order a yearbook, we ordered extras and will be selling them for $25 each. Get your copy now, 'cause once they're gone... they're gone! We can accept cash or checks payable to CES.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I hope you all enjoy the last couple weeks of this school year!

Lisa Peipert
Yearbook Advisor
Kindergarten Teacher
Carroll Elementary School

Math Homework

You will probably be needed for the math homework tonight!  We are starting long division, and remembering to to each step each time is HARD WORK!  I remember thinking that long division was the hardest thing I'd ever had to do when I learned it! :o)

We are going to use their homework to keep working on these division steps tomorrow.  If frustration starts to happen ~ take a break!  I am planning on reteaching this tomorrow.  And the next day.  And the next day.  For however long it takes to master it!

Monday Announcements :o)

Last week was the last week for Math Club and Reading Club.  We have all worked so hard, and I am so proud of everyone's progress!

I will be off campus at a meeting tomorrow.  Just wanted to give you a heads up.

Also, Tuesday and Thursday this week are Mavericks Days!  Support our hometeam by wearing Mavericks jerseys and shirts on play off game days!

Field Day Tomorrow

Don't forget to send in a sack lunch since the cafeteria will not be serving lunches (unless you've pre-ordered.)  I do not have a list this time.

Also - we will not need bathing suits tomorrow!  The temperature seems to be a little chilly to be standing outside dripping wet.  We will still have bounce houses, but no water activities!  One less thing to worry about :o)

Nurses' Day

Tomorrow is Nurses' Day!  If you would like, your child can wear scrubs or dress like a doctor in order to honor our sweet nurse!

This Week

First, I have been sworn to secrecy about my big news today ... the kids said they wanted to tell you themselves :o)

Make sure you are checking the calendar on DragonSpace.  I have updated all the important dates!  Some of the days have so much information that you can't see it all on the month view, so you may have to click on individual days to make sure you can see everything.  These dates are also listed on the newsletter.

Friday is Field Day!  The cafeteria will not be serving lunch as usual on Friday, so make sure you've got a packed lunch unless you preordered.  (I'm waiting to see if I'm going to get a list of preorders like I did last week.)

Hope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend!

Friday

Don't forget that Friday (Discovery Day) everyone will need to bring a lunch except those who have pre-ordered a sack lunch from the cafeteria.  This is the ONLY thing the cafeteria will be serving on Friday.  They will not even be serving snacks.  In addition, the sack lunches are going to be brought to our rooms, so we won't even be traveling to the cafeteria ~ even to use the microwaves.

I have a list of 5 students that have pre-ordered a lunch.  I know a few have these forms have gone home recently for different events, so if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Snacks and Tomorrow's Lunch

I've noticed that a few snacks containing peanut and peanut butter have been sneaking in lately.  I've been letting those who bring a "peanut snack" for school eat their snack away from the rest of the kiddos, but I'm not going to be able to do that anymore.  I told the kids about it this morning, but we cannot have peanuts or anything containing peanuts in the classroom (even if they are staying away from the peanut allergies.)

Tomorrow's Lunch!  You did not have to preorder a lunch for tomorrow.  The cafeteria will be serving lunch as usual.  But we will be eating outside tomorrow (just like they would have on the Oregon Trail!), so it might be easier to pack something that doesn't have to be microwaved.  (That being said, I know this is a little last minute.  So if all you have is something that has to be microwaved ~ no big deal! We can microwave what we need :o))

This Week

OREGON TRAIL DAY is Wednesday: Come to school dressed like a pioneer (if you want to!), and we will experience the Oregon Trail at CES!

DISCOVERY DAY is FRIDAY. (I wrote Wednesday in the Newsletter ~ it is FRIDAY!)  Although we will not be having parent volunteers this year, don’t forget everyone who did not preorder from the cafeteria will need to send in a sack lunch!

Oregon Trail Day

We are having so much fun learning about the Oregon Trail!  I love watching how excited they are each day when we talk about it. 

On Oregon Trail Day (Wednesday) we are going to make butter in class.  I was wondering if anyone would volunteer to send in some heavy whipping cream for us?  I have lots of saltine crackers and the rest of the supplies, but we need some whipping cream to actually make the butter.  Email me if that's something you could help out with!  I think that making the butter is actually the MOST fun of the day!

Daily Geography

I am sending these home with everyone in their take home folders today.  We started writing in complete sentences to answer these questions as a part of their grammar grade.  Since this was a new way of answering, I spent a long time checking these answers as a class. (Usually, I do this pretty quick!)  In addition, I graded the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday answers before we did Thursday and Friday so the kids could see what  kind of mistakes they were making (if any!) and fix it before we finished the rest of the week.

Most of the grammar grades were great!  However, there were quite a few that shocked me!  Especially knowing how much time we spent going over the answers together ~ I write each answer down as we go and answer questions concerning "What if I wrote this?"  I wanted to give you plenty of time to help get these corrected if needed! 

Like I said ~ most of the grades were pretty good!  But I'm going to go ahead and send all of them home so that you don't have to wonder about it! :o)  We'll be using sentences on our Geography as a part of the grammar grade for the rest of the year (as well as spelling words correctly that are copied from the map/question and proper nouns!)

Have a great weekend!