Christmas Party

Thank you parents for a wonderful Christmas party. We had a blast!

What Makes Rudolf Fly?

Today we made Rudolf cookies. I asked the kids, "What makes Rudolf fly?"

Christmas Spirit-Tanner His red nose--Josh

His feet--Regan

Magic stuffing--Chase

Pixie dust--Alexis Santa--Emaleigh

Eating turkey--Tristen

Food--Hannah Pixie dust--Brayden

The wind--Wilson I think it's just because he's a special kind of reindeer--Zane

Special magic--Katie

Pixie dust--Makenna

Christmas Spirit--Kennedy

We had some other fun today too. We sang our version of "Somebody Snitched on Me" to the office staff and other classrooms. Mr. Wes James came and told us a Christmas story. It was really good. We're excited about our party later today.

Basketball Boys

We were excited to have Logan, Dalton, and Josh read to our class today. They play basketball for the High School. I had Logan and Josh in my 3rd grade class!

They read "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies". Angeline liked how they read, especially the part about the mouse stringing the popcorn.

The students looked star struck. They hardly asked questions at first and all the girls were really shy, which is unusual!

They signed our autograph books and lots of kids gave them pictures they drew. The boys were very sweet and commented on all of them. Several kids said that Josh rocks and he was nice. I agree!

Tristen thought Dalton was nice and cool. "If I'm the top AR reader. I'll pick him!"

Alex thought Logan was nice. Mallorie thinks they are all awesome basketball players too! (Must be the coach:)

Angeline got pretty giddy around Dalton. Not sure what that was all about!

I thought it would be cute for the boys to hold the girls up for a picture. That really started something. Every kid wanted to be held up after that.

The boys are showing off their strength too. Zane thinks he could beat them in basketball. Sounds like a challenge!

The high school boys were good sports and did whatever the kids wanted. Hopefully we didn't wear them out for their game tonight!

Good luck to the entire Seneca Basketball team tonight. Go Indians!

Top Readers!

Tanner and Zane were our top A.R. point earners for the first semester. As a reward they were able to eat with their favorite athletes. They were really looking forward to lunch and I even heard Zane this morning say, "This is the best day of my life!"Tanner chose #1 Jacob Rhoades because he is the quarterback of the football team. Tanner says Jake is awesome. When I asked why he was awesome he said, "He is a really good quarterback for the Seneca Indians and he took off school to come eat with me and Zane."

Zane chose #5 Eric Esposito because cute cheerleader, Brittney, was out of town. Zane really liked Eric. When I asked him why he said, "He's really kind, very polite, and he has good manners...and I just like him." He said he wants to be like Eric when he grows up. I would say that is an excellent example to follow.

They found out they had a lot in common. They talked about football and the fact they both have two sisters. Zane only roots for OSU though and Eric is a KU fan.

They both ate LOTS of pizza. Tanner brought a two liter of Dr. Pepper, cups, and football napkins. When I opened the pop in spewed everywhere. Tanner calmly said, "Oh yeah, that was in my backpack."

I asked Tanner what the best part of earning all those AR points was, thinking he would comment on the lunch, instead he said, "Reading all those books and getting to be a better reader". Aww! What a great student.

Great job boys! Keep reading!

Who Knew?

We were working in small groups today in reading centers and Angeline did an amazing job. I got excited and said, "That was really good Angeline!" and she said, "I can read. What do you know!"

It was adorable!!

If I Were Santa

If I were Santa I would give the kids that are good toys and the kids that aren't don't get toys. -Regan

If I were Santa I would give toys. -Alex If I were Santa I would give school clothes.-Makenna

If I were Santa I would give candy.--Emma

If I were Santa I would give gold to the poor people.-Brayden

If I were Santa I would give Mrs. Ward $5000030.-Tanner (boy, I wish Tanner were Santa)

If I were Santa each day I would give good presents and clothes to poor people.-Hannah

If I were Santa I would give a Wii to Alex.-Chase

If I were Santa I would give poor people $100.-Sydney

If I were Santa I would give poor people money and kids toys..any kind. Mallorie

If I were Santa I would give $100 bills to the children that are very, very good.-Taigan
If Iwere Santa I would give an apple, a camera, an ornament that's an angel, and a top.-Katie
If I were Santa I would give a smartboard and a one hundred dollar bill.-Kennedy

If I were Santa I would give the power to let anyone do whatever they want. -Zane

If I were Santa I would give a Wii to Tanner.-Wilson

If I were Santa I would give 100 cookies to Sydney.-Alexis

If I were Santa I would give a Wii game to Zane.-Josh

If I were Santa I would give people a Wii.-Emaleigh

If I were Santa I would give my brother a game.-Angeline