Wednesday, November 16, 2016

What a FEAST we had!!

Thank you to everyone who brought food and helped serve & clean up today!

The Kindergarteners and 5th graders had a great time together!  It was time of giving thanks & fellowship!


Evan & Landry


Pierce & Wyatt


Luis & Cayden


Bradley & Alex


Wilson & Jackson L.


Jackson R. & Jackson S.


Kyra, Harper, & Lauren


Judson, Noah, & Houston


McKenna, McKinley, & Elle


Gloria, Blake, & Sarah


Vivian, Natalie, & Rachel


Madison, Annabel, & Emma


Hattie Belle, Annelise, & Baylee


HAPPY THANKSGIVING
from
MRS. TENERY'S & MRS. VAN OTTERLOO'S
CLASSES! 

Last, but definitely not least...
MARVELOUS ANNABEL!


Annabel brought this sweet poster to help us learn more about her and her family.  Annabel is the 3rd of 4 girls!  Annabel was named after a poem!  Annabel told us about her favorite things:  sport - soccer, candy - Tootsie Rolls, food - popcorn and M&Ms (together!), drink - chocolate milk, song - "Firework", holiday - Halloween, movie - Zootopia, animal - unicorn, and color - rainbow!  Annabel, we loved learning more about you this week!


Annabel's mom and dad came and visited our class on Tuesday.  We learned that Mrs. Young works for the Army Corps of Engineers designing bases AND she teaches Energy and Sustainability at SMU!  Mr. Young is an engineer at Lockheed...he builds airplanes!  So cool!


Mr. Young showed us a model of the airplane called...
The Warthog!


Next, Mr. and Mrs. Young helped us all make paper airplanes.  They took us through all the steps...

1.


2.

3. 

 4. 

5. 

6. 

Next, we had a contest to see whose paper airplane flew the best.  They had to see if they could throw it through the hula hoop!


Annabel, Harper, McKenna, Bradley and Wyatt made it to the final round!


Annabel


Wyatt


McKenna


Bradley


It came down to the final 2:
Annabel & Harper!


Annabel aimed carefully, but it fell just a bit short of the hoop.  It was a great try!





Next, Harper aimed carefully and launched!
It went right through the hoop, and she was our winner!


Each student went home with an information sheet about the F-16 and a cool sticker!





A BIG thank you to the Young family for a fun morning!







Friday, November 11, 2016


We had a MARVELOUS week with
Marvelous Cayden!


First, Cayden brought this super cool poster telling us all about himself...the poster even had flashing lights!!  We learned that Cayden lives with his mom, dad, and his dog, Stella.  She is a German Shepherd and LOVES to chase and play with Cayden!  Cayden has 2 sisters, cousins, and grandparents that all love him too!  Cayden loves to play baseball and is a pro and Lego building!  Cayden likes going to the lake and tubing behind the boat...brave!  Cayden has been on some great vacations!  He went to Disney World and on a cruise to Belize, Honduras, and Mexico...he even let a parrot sit on his shoulder and a monkey sit on his head!!  We loved your poster, Cayden, and learning all about you & your family!


On Tuesday, Cayden's mom and dad came and visited with our class.  Mrs. Weathers is a nurse and Mr. Weathers is a Lieutenant with the Fort Worth Police Department.


Mrs. Weathers did a germ spreading activity with us...a perfect lesson for this time of the year!!
First, she put lotion on the all the boys' hands.


Next, one student "sneezed" into his hands and got germs (glitter) all over them!


Then they shook hands with each other and saw how the germs spread from one friend to the next!!


The girls did the same activity at their table.


There were some squeals and giggles as the germs passed!


Then the boys and the girls all shook hands and saw the germs on their hands multiply!


We did a thorough hand washing after that experiment!
The kids learned to sing their ABCs twice while washing those hands!!


Next, Lieutenant Weathers told us about his job with the police department!


He brought a fellow officer with him.  His name is Officer Damon Cole.  We were honored to have them both with us.  Officer Cole travels around the country in Super Hero costumes visiting with children with cancer...what a special calling!  After time in the classroom we headed outside to get a close look at a police car...see the Superman cape in the back seat!!



Cayden


Wyatt



Evan


Harper


Natalie



Annabel 
(not too sure of getting in the police car!)


Officer Cole assured her the front seat is only for "good guys"!


Noah


Jackson L.


McKenna


Annelise


Blake


Jackson S.


Bradley


Mrs. Tenery


A BIG thank you to Lieutenant & Mrs. Weathers and to Officer Cole!  What a fun morning!