New Year's Fortune Tellers

We enjoyed kicking the New Year off by making fortune tellers with our first grade buddies. We look forward to great things happening in 2010.

Christmas in February

Better late than never. After having computer issue after computer issue, I am finally getting around to showing off our Christmas party.

Musicians in the making and three other great posts! Keep moving down to view them all!

We started the wonderful process of learning to play our recorders.  Parents can thank me later for this gift of the holiday season!  I'm sure you are enjoying the musical treat you get each night as your fourth grader practices their recorders.  

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa Jones

Grandma and Grandpa Jones (Mrs. Morrison's parents) finally made their way back to Utah from New York. We anxiously have been awaiting their visit to our classroom. We have been talking about "Christmas Around the World," so they introduced Christmas in Germany to us (they also lived in Germany for three years). The big surprise was when Grandpa Jones brought out a "beanie baby" (from his collection of hundreds) to give to each fourth grader. They were able to choose one from the collection or take one someone else had already chosen. We had a fun time and everyone left happy with a beanie baby of their own. We look forward to many more visits from Grandma and Grandpa Jones.

Mountain Man Rendezvous

We had a great time at our rendezvous. We enjoyed shooting for buffalo, singing and eating our mountain man beans around the campfire, arm/leg wrestling, rounding up the cattle, long jump and ended the whole thing with some dancing.