Hoot #1
This week we started our reindeer in the classroom. I have never done anything like this, so I thought it would be fun as part of the holiday spirit. This is an idea that I got from Pinterest. It is called R.A.C.K (Reindeer Acts of Christmas Kindness). It doesn't require a certain kind of reindeer. I actually borrowed one from our preschool teacher. It visits in different areas of the room, like elf on a shelf, but that is where the similarities end. If you haven't heard about of this, here is my version. When the reindeer first made its appearance, it came with a note explaining to the children that they were to help the reindeer earn its bells for Santa's sleigh by completing a mission each day. Each day the reindeer makes it appearance in a different location with a letter. We read the letter and mission each morning. The mission are just acts of kindness that you would try to instill any other day, it's just causing them to focus more on a particular kindness. The students love it! Each day they are so excited to see what the new mission will be.
The students wanted to name our reindeer. Here is Sarah making her Glitter Girl debut!
Here are samples of letters that were written to the students.
Hoot #2
We got our results from our letter screener we did in August and then again in October. It was absolutely AMAZING to see how much these kiddos have grown! In August our school ranked 9 out of 14....by October we ranked 4 out of 14! We were ecstatic that our kids showed so much growth! It is little things like this that help remind us, "IT IS WORTH IT!" It helped us to realize how far they have actually come in such a short amount of time. There are no words for how proud we are of our kids! And of course, ESGI helped make the actual assessment part A LOT easier! It took hardly anytime at all to screen our whole class! We have no idea how we survived without ESGI!! If you haven't heard of ESGI, click on the link on the right side of our page to check it out!
This Week's Holler...
We got our results from our letter screener we did in August and then again in October. It was absolutely AMAZING to see how much these kiddos have grown! In August our school ranked 9 out of 14....by October we ranked 4 out of 14! We were ecstatic that our kids showed so much growth! It is little things like this that help remind us, "IT IS WORTH IT!" It helped us to realize how far they have actually come in such a short amount of time. There are no words for how proud we are of our kids! And of course, ESGI helped make the actual assessment part A LOT easier! It took hardly anytime at all to screen our whole class! We have no idea how we survived without ESGI!! If you haven't heard of ESGI, click on the link on the right side of our page to check it out!
This Week's Holler...
This weeks holler goes out to Jennifer at Stories and Songs in Second! Right now, she is part of the Pick 3 Pinterest Party! Jennifer shared some really cute Christmas crafts, foods, and centers (stations) galore! We love her Teacher Holiday Toolbox! We will definitely be putting that to use! She does a ton of collaborative blogging too! Really blogging buddies, she has a lot of great stuff! Check her out!
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