Dash

Dash has made his appearance in our classroom.  He has been back and forth from our class to the North Pole all week long.  Today the kids loved what Dash was doing.  He was hanging upside down from the map - silly Dash!  The kids really enjoy having him in the classroom and constantly make connections with Dash and their elf at home.  I even catch kids talking to him and watching him throughout the day to make sure he is still there.  I wonder what Dash will get into next . . .

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monk

iPad Lab

Today we had an opportunity to visit the iPad Lab. All the students were able to rotate through 3 stations and were able to use iPads at each station.   It was great to see how tech-savvy our students are. Be sure to ask your child about this experience! Below is the link to the different stations that we completed.  Our awesome technology facilitator, Buffy Edelstein,  put this together for us to complete today.  We are so lucky to have her here at Carroll.

https://sites.google.com/a/friscoisd.org/1st-grade-thanksgiving/

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monk

I am thankful . . .

I am a teacher and this Thanksgiving I am thankful for 19 precious things.

I am thankful for Rachel because of her caring heart.

I am thankful for Kayla because she always has a smile on her face.

I am thankful for Caleb for always being willing to help.

I am thankful for Victoria because she is always giving me compliments.

I am thankful for Matthew for always keeping me in check.

I am thankful for Jack for teaching me how to dance.

I am thankful for Michael for always being a great example.

I am thankful for Glen because he has such a passion about writing.

I am thankful for Chelsea and her willingness to help others.

I am thankful for Vincent for always giving me the best hugs.

I am thankful for Hannah and her ability to make learning fun for everyone.

I am thankful for Lukas and his ability to make me feel like the greatest teacher in the world.

I am thankful for Mac because he always works hard in everything.

I am thankful for Valen because she is so sweet and loving.

I am thankful for Casey Jane because she challenges herself to be better in everything.

I am thankful for Ryan for always wanting to learn more.

I am thankful for Cian because he always making me laugh.

I am thankful for Jocelyn and her excitement for learning.

I am also thankful for each of you and the support you provide me throughout the year. Thanks for entrusting me with your children every day.  

Disney World

So I have been promising the kids that they can see pictures from my trip and thought you might enjoying seeing a couple as well.  It was so much fun to get away and spend time with my awesome husband.  Even though I had a wonderful time, it was so easy coming back to a class full of sweet students who welcomed me with lots of love and hugs.  I truly have the best job in the world.  Below are just a couple of my favorite pictures from the trip.  I hope you enjoy!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monk

Election Day

As you all already know, today is a very important day in our country.  We are voting and deciding on a  president.  In order to help the students understand a little more about what is happening in our country we have been discussing freedoms all week long.  Today, we talked about our freedom to vote.  We did a mock election and voted for our classes favorite ice cream.  We chose from vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.  Each student had a secret ballot and casted their vote.  We talked about several aspects of our election and was able to relate it to what is happening in our country today.   I am wearing my "I voted" sticker today and showed them how proud I was of my freedom to vote.  They each got a sticker as well and are wearing them proudly!  The kids are fascinated by the process of electing the president.  As you are watching and waiting tonight for the results be sure to include your kiddo in that conversation - I hope you are pleasantly suprised at home at how much they already know and how much they want to continue to learn about this process.

Go vote!  

Sincerely,

Mrs. Monk

Last Boosterthon Day

Today was our last visit with Air Jordan.  The kids have loved getting to know him this week and learning all about how to make great choices from him.  Today we learned that we finished 1st place in the ENTIRE school earning $97 per lap.  That is absolutely incredible!  Now it is time to collect all those pledges and to thank all of our sponsors.

Below are pictures of our last day with Air Jordan.  There is also a video from our dance party - your kids and Air Jordan have some sweet dance moves!  They had a blast.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monk

Learning how to call and thank our sponsors. 

  

Dance Party :-)

All smiles!

Silly ones are always funny!

Yep . . . that's right!  We are number 1 in the whole school!!! Thanks so much for all of your hard work and support for our school.  We are truly thankful!

Doubles Facts

After having so much fun at the Boosterthon Fun Run, we had to have an afternoon of fun learning as well.  We learned about our doubles facts and how they can help us solve other addition problems.  We made an iPod and learned a cute rap to help us with our doubles facts.  Some of the students wanted to perform the rap for the class.  I videoed the students that wanted to perform to show you our awesome Doubles Rap!

In case you have a hard time understanding what they are saying the words are below. . .

It's the doubles baby, let's go, let's go
It's the double baby, and it starts with zero.
0+0=0 Oh!
1+1=2 Ooo.
2+2=4 More.
3+3=6 Kicks.
4+4=8 That's great.
5+5=10 Again!
6+6= 12 That's swell.
7+7=14 Let's lean.
8+8= 16 My queen.
9+9= 18 Jellybean.
10+10=20 That's plenty!

Be sure to ask your kid to rap for you later on tonight!

Sincerely,
Mrs.Monk

Fun Run

We had such a blast today running and earning money for our school! Remember tonight is the last night for pledges so let's be sure to finish strong. I hope you enjoy the videos and pictures from today.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Monk

Our awesome banner - Thanks room moms!!

Getting warmed up . . .

                                                            Busting through our banner . . .

  

We were so worn out from our running that we had to take a quick break. :-) 

Monk's Monkeys

We LOVE being # 1!!!