Welcome to Hopkins Elementary! I have lots fun and exciting things planned for the upcoming year! We had a great first day. We had "magic playdough" which predicted if we were going to have a great year or not! I am happy to say that it's going to be a great year for ALL of us! Please make sure you check back frequently to see the fun things we are doing in our classroom.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

We Love Literacy Centers!

Ashton can make words in our magnetic letter center.

Kyra is practicing writing her letters on her white board.

Tarryn is working on her letters.

James made his name with magnetic letters.



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Nelson can match upper and lower case letters.

We love working on puzzles.

"Please don't let me pick BANG!"

Kyle loves working on the computer.

Tarryn works on PBSKids.org.

Braeden did a super job "writing the room."







Tony is our volunteer from Meadowbrook H.S.  He helps us with
our reading and writing.


Tiffany can put all of the letters in ABC order!

Monday, December 5, 2011

A Chair For My Mother




We have been learning about "needs and wants."  In this book, a little girl and her family save their money in order
to buy the mother a nice, comfortable chair.  The mother works very hard so she can take care of her family.  The girl
thinks her mother "needs" a new chair so she can rest when she gets home from work.

We were asked to make a chair.  We could only use toothpicks and gumdrops!  Mrs. Urban
would not help us with this activity.  We designed our chairs and made changes when things
didn't work!  It was hard, but we did it!










James is proud of his chair!




Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey Cookie Glyphs!

This glyph tells that a 5 year old boy, who likes turkey, made this cookie!






Ashton enjoyed a visit from his grandfather!

We learned that Native Americans used pictures to write.



Our kindergarten feast!


Thank yous go out to Ashton's mom and our volunteer Mrs. Smith!






Sunday, November 20, 2011

Let's Twist Again!

Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Urso, Mrs. Hendricks, Mrs. Urban, and Mrs. Wilson are
ready for the day!

50 Days At Hopkins!!!



Hot Tamales were a favorite candy in the 50's.  We used them to measure the distance
across a record.




Hot tamales are H-O-T!!

We practiced our 50's dances.



Look out Dancing with the Stars.  Here comes James and Tarryn!

We counted 50 cotton balls and glued them to poodles!




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We had coke floats just like the kids did at the soda fountains!





Perfect 50's look!





Tarryn could blow a bubble.





We played "Roll-a-Record" in math.


Finally at the Sock Hop!


Neveah and her mom had fun dancing.






We loved having Ashton's grandfather at our Sock Hop!