A New Year!

Happy 2015! We have now entered the magical time of the year.  It is a time like no other- a time of exponential and unexplainable growth.  This occurs every year between January and May, and never ceases to amaze me.  The kids come to school, armed with the knowledge from the first semester of learning, and they start to explode with reading, comprehension, and mathematics.  It is, by far, my favorite time of the year.

With the chaos of the end of the quarter my picture taking was lacking, but the following photos demonstrate how we are beginning to learn about subtraction.  I feel that it is best to make learning, especially mathematics, as hands-on as possible.  In the following pictures the children were given a certain number of bears.  Then, some of their bears left to go into their den to hibernate for the winter.  Then we talked about how many were left.  It was a great introduction to subtraction and the kiddos really had fun. :)

Winter Party!!

Again, thanks to all of the parents that made this so wonderful for the children!  It was a great afternoon! 

 When KWQC came in for "Hello Quad Cities," it was so exciting!  :)

Lastly, welcome, welcome, welcome to this little guy!  A new smiley face in our classroom!  We are glad to have him! :)

Until next time,