We hope everyone had a great holiday break and a happy new year! As excited as we are to be back it always feels like breaks go too fast. Unfortunately, Santa brought many families the flu this year which also doesn't make for a very, fun or productive week off! Hope everyone is recovering or didn't have to experience that terrible thing :)
To ring in the new year (and to make coming back to school a little more fun) we hosted a New Year's party to welcome the students back. Mrs. Biel bought ice cream for the class, we had blow horns, New Years party hats and all sorts of fun props! We counted down and watched the ball drop on our smartboard to welcome 2013!
We read a story called "Un-Happy New Year Emma" by James Stevenson.
In the story, Emma resolves to be kinder to the witches Dolores and Lavinia and their resolution is to make her more miserable than they have ever made her before. It was a perfect way to introduce the meaning of a resolution. We discussed good and bad examples of resolutions. We listed some of the better choices on the board, and the students were asked to pick three resolutions that they wanted to make for 2013. We hung them out in the hallway with our new years display...
We can't wait to see what 2013 has in store, it might just be our best year yet! Keep checking back :)
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