Hello everyone!
Wow, I just realized that I have not posted anything
since August after I got my combination classroom assignment!
This "blended" classroom of 10 kindergartners and 15 first graders (and a few rowdy first grade boys doesn't help!) is really keeping me busy! The first week of school was very challenging...on the second day of school, during recess I shut the door, sat at my desk, buried my head in a pillow and just cried.
It has been 3 months and I have been getting the hang of it, however it is still not easy.
God always gives us things that we can handle and I am trying my best!
Everyday is a new day and a new learning experience.
Here are some things that I have done with my kiddos since school has started:
I made a 1st Day of School Frame
In September I made applesauce for the first time & it was a success!
I decided to make some crayon art and it turned out amazing!
We had a great time with our pumpkin investigations in October!
In November we made turkeys in disguise and they turned out really cute!
In December we had a lot of fun with our classroom elf Jack, but poor thing got sick a couple of times because some friends didn't follow the rules and touched him!
To end the year I did a whole gingerbread unit where we read many gingerbread stories and compared/contrasted them, made a paper gingerbread, had a gingerbread science experiment, and ended it with making gingerbread houses on the last day before winter break.
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What a year 2013 has been!
Looking forward to 2014!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family to yours!
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