Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
Where do you live?  I want for Christmas is a Moxie Girl, an I-pad, and a School Barbie Girl. I am 6 1/2.  I have brown hair and brown eyes.  I am in first grade.  I live in Iowa.  
Love, Ava

Dear Santa,
Hi, I am Tosh and I am 7.  I want to ask, do you see penguins?  I want a treasure chest with gold doubloons.  Love, Tosh

Dear Santa,
Hi, my name is Ella.  My hair is yellow.  How do you fly around so fast?  What I want for Christmas is a Lala Loopsie Doll. 
Love, Ella

Dear Santa,
I live in Lewis.  I love Christmas.  Christmas is awesome!  The most awesome part is opening presents.
Love, Trey

Dear Santa,
Hi, I am Cash.  I am 6.  How may elves do you have?  I would like a battle machine.
Love, Cash

Dear Santa,
Hi, my name is Jeremy.  I am 6.  How did you get the reindeer?  I want a DSi XL, and a Lego Star Wars set.
Love, Jeremy

Dear Santa,
I have a go cart.  How do you make toys?  I want a remote control airplane.
Love, Bryce

Dear Santa,
Hi, I am Cynzie.  I am six.  I have blonde hair.  How do you make toys?  Where do the reindeer live?
Love, Cynzie

Dear Santa,
I want a doll that is just like me.  My name is Makenna.  I have yellow hair.  I have blue eyes.  Santa, how do you go around the world to drop presents to all the kids?
Love, Makenna

Dear Santa,
Hi.  I am Trista.  I am 7 years old.  I have brown eyes and brown hair.  I want a girls that is just like you, and I am in first grade. 
Love, Trista

Dear Santa,
My hair is brown.  How do you live in the North Pole?  I want a Star Wars set.  
Love, Brenden

Dear Santa,
Hi, Santa.  I have blonde hair.  I live in Iowa.  I want a DS for Christmas.
Love, Kaylee

Dear Santa,
Hi, my name is Kamron.  I want an I-pod Touch.  I am 7 years old.  How do you see us?
Love, Kamron

Dear Santa,
I have a go cart.  How do you make bikes?  I want a bike with pegs.  I have farm toys.
Love, Cale

Dear Santa,
Do you live at the North Pole? I would like a dirt bike and a spy watch and camera.
Love, Alex

Dear Santa,
My name is Collin.  I am 8 years old.  I am in first grade in Iowa.  I want a big, big, red truck for my dad to drive to work.  Santa, do you like John Deere tractors? 
Love, Collin

Dear Santa,
Hi, my name is Maddy and I live in Iowa.  I have brown hair and brown eyes.  Where do the elves live?
Love, Maddy      

Knock knock....

On the 1st of April, we made a stage and we got up in front of everyone and told some jokes.  We laughed, we laughed some more until we cried and wanted to share some of our first grade humor with you. 

We had a lot of silly underwear and toilet jokes, but here are some good ones.

The last one is by far the best. :)  Summer here we come!

Happy April Fool's Day!

Finishing up the Thanksgiving Project review...

                                                                                                                                                                         I was taking down our KWL chart for Thanksgiving, I decided to take a photo and share with the world!
To get 'real' responses from my students we used talking tokens.  Once you shared your thought with the group you put your token in.  This gave everyone a chance to share.

Turkey Hats, a three year tradition!

Since I started teaching three years ago, we have made turkey leg hats to wear to our Thanksgiving feast at lunch time.  We all had a GREAT time creating our head bands and turkey legs, and then showing them off at lunch!

Turkeys Turkeys EVERYWHERE but NOT a One to Eat!

While checking out the posts on Proteacher.net I came across a SUPER cool project called "The Naked Turkey".  For this project, my first graders took home a turkey and a talk bubble and disguised them and wrote why the turkey shouldn't be eaten for Thanksgiving.

Here are a few of their creations.

My name is Herky.  I have to go to the Iowa Football Game.  Please don't eat me!

I am a gymnast.  I am too flexible to be eaten.

My name is Sweetheart.  I am not a turkey, I'm a present!

Hi, my name is General Collins.  Please don't shoot me so I can fight for the Americans.

My name is Elizabeth.  I do not want to be eaten by no kids because I am nice.

Greetings folks!  My name is Magic Christmas Tree.  If you hug me, presents will pop out.  So come here kids and hug me!  See what you will get!  Merry Christmas!

I am a sheep.  You do not want to eat me.  I taste BAAAAAAAD!

My name is Batman, I am too tough to be eaten.

Hi, my name is Tom Cat.  I don't want to be eaten because the oven is TOO HOT.

Hi, my name is Chiren.  I am a superhero.  Please don't eat me, I am here to fright crime. 

I am not a turkey.  I am a dog.  I wouldn't be a tasty treat to eat.  

I am a secret agent.  I am not a turkey.  I hunt criminals because they are bad.  I work hard at my job.

My name is Cookie and I don't want to be eaten.

Hi, my name is Darth Vader.  I don't want to be eaten because I am Luke's father.

My name is Daffy.  I have lots of feathers.  I have a family to take care of, please don't eat me.

My name is Tom, I have to watch the Hawkeye game this Thanksgiving. 

Harvest Party

In our district we done technically celebrate Halloween in our classrooms with a traditional costume parade like we did when I was a kid.  Now we have "Harvest Parties" which fits because our school sits beside a HUGE corn field.
For a few bucks at Walmart we had a LOT of fun being silly and having a GREAT time!

We had a GREAT time having yummy snacks and acting all silly. :)  Complete with "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"