Character Traits

The focus of instruction in M.I.N.D groups has been on Character Traits. Characters do things, feel things, hear things, say things, and think things. But the important thing is that characters act. These actions show us what kind of people these characters are: friendly, sad, nosey, happy, or proactive. When we talk about a character, we often describe that character in terms of character traits, descriptive adjectives like happy or sad that tell us the specific qualities of the character. They're the same kinds of words that we might use to describe ourselves or others.

Mrs. Bratcher came up with the neatest idea- the students in her M.I.N.D group created posters with traits of themselves. These turned out SUPER cute!

March Madness

Shew, it has been a busy few months! Anyone else as happy as I am that the snow days are finally over?!? Maybe we can FINALLY have a normal schedule for a change! Here's hoping! Here are some snap shots we have taken over the past few months. Look how big these little ones are getting!

Drew making a sign for the OHS basketball team!

Waiting outside for the basketball team to arrive! We had tons of fun cheering on the boys to state!

Jessica was in the St. Patrick's Day spirit :)

Mr. Gaddis gave an awesome speech to our Sutton kids about putting first things first and the importance of school. He talked about beginning with the end in mind- if you want to play sports at OHS, then your work comes first!

For a spring craft, we synergized to make word family flowers on Friday

Spring has finally arrived in Kindergarten! We love our new hallway display!

Begin with the End in Mind

Happy New Year! 

We have no doubts that 2014 will be the best year yet! We started off our brand new year discussing the importance of goals and the importance of taking proactive steps to reach our goals. We brainstormed individual goals that we all had, and we also made classroom goals. We plan to hold each other accountable for reaching our goals and can't wait to make 2014 a fantastic year!

This was just too funny not to post :)

Individual and Class goals for 2014!

A December to Remember

December is always a crazy month in elementary schools, but it is also one of the best! There is nothing like the smiles we have seen all week on our students' faces.

This holiday season our kindergarten team is truly thankful for a fantastic group of students. They make our job worth every minute! Thank you for bringing them to school every day ready to learn and grow.

All Kindergarten and First Grade classes took a trip to the movies to see Frozen! 

Mrs. Bratcher's class had fun playing "Pin the Nose on Rudolph"

Enjoying Polar Express Day with some hot chocolate and popcorn!

Mr. Grinch crashed our pajama party!!!

He even tried to steal Miss DeWitt's Christmas tree!!

Miss DeWitt's class LOVED the Grinch! It was an absolutely perfect last day before break.

The results of Miss DeWitt's game, too funny!

If Santa was stuck in my chimney, I would poke him with a fork to make him suck in! Loved this idea!

How AMAZING are these Grinch paintings?! The kiddos did a great job!

Grinch floats!

Christmas twins :)

We decided to be creative with our fruit this week too! Grinch kabobs were a hit.