A BIG Thank You to Kate McMullan By: Mrs. Hall

http://www.katemcmullan.com/

This past Monday we had the opportunity to Skype again with Kate McMullan!  This time our classroom was able to share her with the rest of our school for our Reading Kick-Off!  She inspired and entertained each of the approx. 600 students here at our school to be readers who LOVE reading!  She even shared some of the books that have been a part of her family over the years!  

We are always blessed by her words of encouragement and her generosity!  

Thank YOU, Mrs. McMullan!

Mr. Feitshans' NCAA Class Champion By: Mrs. Hall

Savannah's UConn stole the basketball stage... Her prize, a game ball signed by the Manchester College Basketball players! The ball was presented by Mr. Feitshans today!  Congrats Savannah (...and UCONN:)

MES Reading Kick-Off By: Mrs. Hall

Today we were treated to the events that encompassed the MES Reading Kick-off!  It was a wonderful time to reflecting, learning, and pumping ourselves up to be readers!  Here are a few snapshots of today's events!  More media coverage is to follow!

A Visit from the "Cat in the Hat"

Hello, Cat in the Hat!

MES Cheerleaders help get us pumped up!

The amazing, the talented, Kate McMullan "Skyped" up from New York to share with our MES student body about the importance of reading!

Thank YOU, Mr. Feitshans By: Mrs. Hall

Our student teacher, Mr. Feitshans will continue to leave a lasting impact on the students in our classroom.  We are blessed by his teaching over the past few months.  Over spring break, he came back with a tangible gift that will forever be a part of "Mrs. Hall's Classroom"... he built this beautiful and sturdy set of mail boxes.  He crafted it with his talented grandfather, out of 200 year old Kentucky beech wood.  It will forever be a staple in our class!  Thank you, Mr. Feitshans!

A New Way for News By: Mrs. Hall

It's HERE...our Newsletter!

Parents, you may opt out of the weekly paper newsletter and keep up with our current news every Friday... Stay Tuned in with "Writing to Inspire" weekly...

Recycled City By: Mrs. Hall

Our Art Teacher continues to inspire and astound the rest of the crew here at MES, with her talent of creating unique displays and art with a variety of mediums, including recycled materials!  

The 2nd grade team is thankful for how she challenges all of our students to create and show off their creativity! 

Here is only one example of the beutiful art that comes from Mrs. Schuler's room!

…. It's been over a month By: Mrs. Hall

Logging on to our normally more active blog I see another month has flown by without a post!  This mainly speak to how BUSY our class has been creating "How To" projects and writing Fairy Tales…and MOSTLY spending time working on the process of the product, which can be so often over looked!

So I am pleased to announce that our blog will be "hopping" with posts, videos, and fairy tales to entertain and inspire all of our readers!  The following "How To" projects have left us informed… and most certainly entertained!

Enjoy!

How To Make Chocolate Chips

How To Know if a Narwal is Right For YOU!

How to Take Care of a Dog

How to Make a Loom Bracelet

How to Play Heart and Soul

How To Take Care of a Dog

How To Take Care of a Snake

How To Make a Loom Bracelet

How To Make a Fish Tail Braid

…and finally How To Take Care of a Cat

"How To Projects" by Mrs. Hall

Meeting common core and Indiana state standards (and a whole lot of life-time skills:) W.5 and W.6, our students have begun the process of creating their "How To" projects.  Some have created books and other are working on Cue Cards so they can be read on "air" for a "How To" demonstration.  Leyna's project is first up...and many more are to follow!  Stayed Tuned!

Enjoy...and you might want to take notes... Some yummy hot chocolate will be a great treat during Winter Storm Nika!

Looking Back at Time By: Mrs. Hall

Our Time Unit wrapped up this last Friday...however due to the lack of school, we will be revisiting this subject, daily.  I encourage you to visit this area of study daily too!  One of the greatest parts about our time unit is that we dove into Math Groups and nailed the management side of things!  The students now have the hang of how to properly conduct themselves during this time, and have done a wonderful job during "Independent Math Time"... I think "Math Workshop" will be headed into our class shortly...

Math Groups by: Mrs. Hall

Time... It's time to focus in on the art of studying time.  This does not always come easy.  Many of our students are just now for the first time looking at a watch or a clock for the purpose of actually reading the TIME.  My best advice to you as we journey together in an endeavor to teach our young ones how to "tell time" is to practice it often, several times throughout the night ask your child to tell you the time.  Not only ask them to tell time, but ask them "How many more minutes are there before (name an activity)?"