Pancake Breakfast

We celebrated the Christmas season with a third grade pancake breakfast! We had several griddles going in our third grade commons to prepare yummy pancakes for hungry kiddos. Mr. K. stayed close because we blew a fuse not just once or twice, but about 6 times!!!
Some classes sent in meat to go along with the pancakes.

Thanks to all the parents who made this breakfast possible. The boys and girls had a great time! The food was perfect!

Gingerbread Houses

Look what Mrs. Laney and I worked on this morning! We spent the morning getting our gingerbread houses ready to decorate!
Don't forget to send in your items for the gingerbread houses if you have not already!

I can't wait to see how they all turn out on Thursday!!!

Merry Christmas!

When the boys and girls came in Monday morning, they found a "happy" from me, a Christmas card from my family, and two fun Christmas activity sheets on their tables. They knew it was going to be a fun week at JHES!!!

JHES Faculty Party

Look what Mr. Kimbrell won as a door prize at our faculty Christmas Party. He also wrote his own version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to share with us.
We had a great time singing together.

Mr. K. kept us in tune as we sang.

A BIG thank you to Joyce Terry for hosting this awesome party! It was a lot of fun!!!

More Christmas Ornaments

This is what we have been working on the past two days, and many of us are still not done! I have been to the store twice to buy straight pins for them. I had no idea it would take over 3500 pins to complete these. They really are pretty hanging on the tree especially when the lights hit it just right!

They worked so quietly on sticking sequins on a styrofoam ball with straight pins.

However, they would have to take breaks because their fingers would get tired and sore!

Hopefully, I can get by the store before school in the morning, so we can finish them up! If anyone has any straight pins at home, send them in!!!

Making Christmas Ornaments

William's mom, Asa Taylor, was so sweet to come in last Friday to make candy cane ornaments with the boys and girls!

It was my kind of ornament, easy and simple! Thank you, Mrs. Taylor!!!

A night with my running buddies!

Missy Olinger had us over Tuesday night for soup and dessert! We had a wonderful time visiting while sitting still!!! Ha!!

I LOVE THESE GIRLS!!!!!

Decorating our Trees

Each table has a Christmas tree that we will spend the next week trying to decorate with ornaments we make in class. However, Ashley and Garrett have provided minature ornaments to help our bare trees until we get some ornaments made!

If you are interested in coming to our classroom and making an Christmas ornament with us, just shoot me an email!

heather.coon@dcs.edu or hcoon1519@charter.net

Christmas Craft

Mary Laney came in today and helped the children make a Christmas ornament. She mixed glue, cinnamon, and applesauce to make the dough.
They used cookie cutters to create the shape they wanted.

After they dry overnight, she will help them add a ribbon to them tomorrow.

They smelled so good!!!!

Christmas on Church Street

All of my boys were part of our church's Christmas program this past Sunday! They did a wonderful job!

Kaitlin was also a part of the program! She was all smiles!!!

Holiday Hope Chests

Thanks to your help, we were able to deliver over 30 boxes to those that are less fortunate during this time of year!!

Recording DATA!

In Math this week, we are working on recording data in different ways. On Monday, we practiced using tally marks.
Tuesday, we worked on recording data on a LINE PLOT.

Today, we reviewed PICTOGRAPHS and BAR GRAPHS! This is something we have already covered in third grade.

Tomorrow we will tackle plotting on a coordinate grid.

Please note: Chapter 4's TEST is next Wednesday! It will cover telling time, elasped time, and recording data.