The Christmas News Report!

After the gifts have been opened, the turkey has been enjoyed, the dishes are cleared and you're thinking, "What can we do before dessert?" Well, I'll tell you what you can do! 

You can listen to the Christmas News Report from the kids in Room 208!

I'm sure you'll agree they did a fantastic job!

Here's Part 1:  

Here's Part 2: 

Your Wednesday morning chuckle:

And be sure to check out your Elf-Name on the chart below! 

For the entire month of December, we've had fun with these really odd gifts I found online. I give the kids clues and they buzz with their neighbours about what the mystery gift might be. 
It's all part of Morning Message and I decided to record it today to share with you.  I'd also like to publicly apologize to Becker for forgetting his name.  I think I have Christmas fever.  I also tried to open my classroom this morning with my house key.  

We also really like this commercial: 

The last Practice Page of 2015!

A reminder to the boys and girls that tonight's Practice Page must include a very detailed caption. 
Your caption needs to identify the who, what, where, when and why of the illustration. Don't worry about the "how".  I know we had talked about that in class, but let's leave it out for now.  

Lists, lists and more lists!

It's such a busy time of year isn't it? I find 8:00 pm rolls around and I remember...oh ya, I forgot to blog!  
Can someone please share their secrets for how they manage to get it all done? 
Even in the classroom, we have so much on the go right now that if I don't write it down, it's not happening!  

Here's our plan for this week in Room 208:  

• we're finishing up our Mrs. Claus procedural writing
• we're starting a new file folder activity in Math (it's all about attributes)
• we're going to record our News Report
• we're finishing up our Christmas craft
• we have our party on Thursday
• we'll have a Practice Page on Tuesday, but not Thursday
• the POTW test will be on Thursday this week 
• we're going to start (and it's okay if we don't finish it before the break) an adorable polar bear directed drawing 
• we're going to read as many Christmas stories as we can
• we'll enjoy DEAR time by the "fireside" (thank you youtube)

Whew! That's quite a list! And since it's not a wedding that we're planning here, it's okay if this doesn't all get done in time for Friday's dismissal. My focus is on getting those special crafts wrapped and home to you, but other than that, it's a-okay if we still have Christmas work to finish when we return in January. At least, that's what I keep telling myself (wink).