Mrs. Olinger had a fight with her umbrella on her way out to the street to call car numbers! It was hilarious!
It was so pretty outside! I am so glad the children got to go home and enjoy it with their families!Friday, January 8, 2010
The Scene at JHES Thursday AFTERNOON!
Wow! It was a little chaotic dismissing 500 children on Thursday at 11:30. We got the news at 10:30 and were encouraged to feed every child lunch! It was quite interesting inside our lunchroom! However, the children were so excited!!! 
Mrs. Olinger had a fight with her umbrella on her way out to the street to call car numbers! It was hilarious!
It was so pretty outside! I am so glad the children got to go home and enjoy it with their families!
Mrs. Olinger had a fight with her umbrella on her way out to the street to call car numbers! It was hilarious! It was so pretty outside! I am so glad the children got to go home and enjoy it with their families!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Meet Jamey Tessitore
On December 29, our very own Whitley Johnson was adopted !
Not only was she adopted, she changed her name! Her new mother's name is Bethaney Nicole Tessitore, so she wanted to be called Jamey Nicole Tessitore!
Jamey's mother came and read a book about adoption to the boys and girls and explained why Whitley changed her name to Jamey. It was all very sweet!!!
What a blessing! I am so happy for them!
Not only was she adopted, she changed her name! Her new mother's name is Bethaney Nicole Tessitore, so she wanted to be called Jamey Nicole Tessitore!
Jamey's mother came and read a book about adoption to the boys and girls and explained why Whitley changed her name to Jamey. It was all very sweet!!!What a blessing! I am so happy for them!
It is time for MULTIPLICATION!
This week we discussed multiplication and how it works! 
First, I read them this book!
Then as a class, we made of list of items that come in groups of 2. For example, a pair of socks, eyes, arms, legs, hands, wheels on a bicycle, 2 Turltle Doves, etc.
Next, I divided the kiddos into small groups to help figure out what comes in groups of 3, 4, 5,...12!
It was a lot harder than they thought it would be!
I gave them about 20 minutes to come up with their lists.
After awhile, I let them cheat a little bit by googling their group on the internet.
After time was up, we gathered back together and came up with this.....
Our lists were finally complete!
First, I read them this book!Then as a class, we made of list of items that come in groups of 2. For example, a pair of socks, eyes, arms, legs, hands, wheels on a bicycle, 2 Turltle Doves, etc. 
Next, I divided the kiddos into small groups to help figure out what comes in groups of 3, 4, 5,...12!
It was a lot harder than they thought it would be!
I gave them about 20 minutes to come up with their lists.
After awhile, I let them cheat a little bit by googling their group on the internet.
After time was up, we gathered back together and came up with this.....
Our lists were finally complete! The boys and girls practiced writing their own multiplication problems by using these lists. They had to show me their multiplication sentence and their addition sentence to solve the problem.
For example, I had 3 chairs. Each chair has 4 legs. There are 12 legs in all.
3 x 4 = 12 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
Mrs. Coon's Christmas Fun
We had a wonderful Christmas break by spending lots of time with family. David and I are very fortunate to have both of our parents here in Decatur with us. 
The boys were thrilled to see their cousin, Buddy the dog, from New York. They have really missed him.
Here are my parents with all of their grandchildren on Christmas Eve.
We gave Snuggies to the girls on David's side of the family. Here is David's mother with her pretty pink Snuggie.
Here is Aunt Jill snuggling in her new Snuggie.
Uncle Murray and Aunt Jill bought the boys hats from Philadelphia.
They also got them a copy of The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence.
This is Patton with his cousin Penny. She drew his name this year in our gift exchange.
Here is Smitty with his cousin Patrick. Patrick drew his name in our gift exchange.
My sweet daddy got lots of new clothes! All of his old clothes are way too big since his surgery. Now he said he can't gain any weight. He has too many new clothes to wear!
Santa Claus came to our house! This is what he brought for both of them to share!
This is what Santa brought Smitty on Christmas morning.
Here is what Patton got from Santa!
This was Patton's response when he saw what Santa brought him.
The only thing Smitty cared about was his IPOD Touch!
On Christmas morning, we headed over to my parents' house to eat a yummy breakfast together!
The boys were thrilled to see their cousin, Buddy the dog, from New York. They have really missed him.
Here are my parents with all of their grandchildren on Christmas Eve.
We gave Snuggies to the girls on David's side of the family. Here is David's mother with her pretty pink Snuggie. 
Here is Aunt Jill snuggling in her new Snuggie. 
Uncle Murray and Aunt Jill bought the boys hats from Philadelphia.
They also got them a copy of The Constitution and The Declaration of Independence.
This is Patton with his cousin Penny. She drew his name this year in our gift exchange.
Here is Smitty with his cousin Patrick. Patrick drew his name in our gift exchange.
My sweet daddy got lots of new clothes! All of his old clothes are way too big since his surgery. Now he said he can't gain any weight. He has too many new clothes to wear!
Santa Claus came to our house! This is what he brought for both of them to share!
This is what Santa brought Smitty on Christmas morning.
Here is what Patton got from Santa!
This was Patton's response when he saw what Santa brought him.
The only thing Smitty cared about was his IPOD Touch!
On Christmas morning, we headed over to my parents' house to eat a yummy breakfast together!I hope each and everyone had a wonderful Christmas as well!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Pancakes, Pajamas, and Polar Express
We had a fabulous time celebrating Christmas on the last day of school before our break!
We had some good help! Look at these professional pancake makers!
It was all going good until we starting blowing some fuses. We had to set up in my room so we could use a different outlet!
It was yummy!
After breakfast, we started decorating our gingerbread houses!
Look at one of my Christmas presents. Thank you all for the awesome presents! You guys are way too generous!!
After lots of sugar, our help got a little cuckoo!!
After a wild morning, we headed down to the gym for some singing!
It was a great day! Thank you parents, aunts, and sisters for sending in items, cooking, serving, and supervising! Most of all, thanks for your support! You are a fun group of people to work with!
We had some good help! Look at these professional pancake makers!
It was all going good until we starting blowing some fuses. We had to set up in my room so we could use a different outlet!
It was yummy!
After breakfast, we started decorating our gingerbread houses!
Look at one of my Christmas presents. Thank you all for the awesome presents! You guys are way too generous!!
After lots of sugar, our help got a little cuckoo!!
After a wild morning, we headed down to the gym for some singing!
It was a great day! Thank you parents, aunts, and sisters for sending in items, cooking, serving, and supervising! Most of all, thanks for your support! You are a fun group of people to work with!
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