Tomorrow is spirit day at Snow Hill! Students wear your Snow Hill shirts or you can wear blue and gold. Also, tomorrow is the last day to send in box tops for the contest.

After watching our Snow Hill leaders take on the ALS challenge, I thought to myself, I am not sure I could do this. But never the less, after returning home from work today, I got a message from one of my former students asking me to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Well, because this was one of my most courageous students Ive ever had, having fought and won the battle with cancer, I just could not shy away from a challenge that supports such a great cause. But honestly, I have to say, I was a bit nervous!  Check out some of the pictures.

The Challenger, Jett Marshall!

Wow, that is cold!

Yay, I did it!

Our principal and vice principal accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge today! What amazing and brave leaders we have at Snow Hill Elementary!

Check out these great pictures!

We had a great week of learning last week! The students worked really hard and did an excellent job working together with their new partners in reading and writing workshop. They also enjoyed picking out some independent reading books from my classroom library, and they will be doing lots of independent reading this week. 

Last Friday we joined Mrs. Hitchcock's class for a fun lesson about using kind words.  We demonstrated for the students how mean words can hurt by doing a little skit about name calling.  Then Mrs. Hitchcock began showing how saying bad things is a lot like squirting out toothpaste, words come out, but you can't take them back!   Then, the students got to see how to make ELEPHANT toothpaste! This was a fun way to explore how important it is to never use unkind words. Ask your child about it, and if you want, below are the ingredients of how to make it.

Ingredients:  20% Hydrogen peroxide, yeast, water, Dawn detergent, and food coloring.  

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      We had a great 2nd day of school this past Friday! We reviewed our classroom rules and took a couple of pretests for spelling and math. Also, the students learned about place value using snap cubes, and they finished a writing activity about themselves, which is hanging out in our hallway (see photo below!). This writing activity will be used over the next couple of weeks to help students form narrative paragraphs. We also began our science unit about plants, so Friday afternoon we went outside and collected various types of leaves to inspect with magnifying glasses. The students also made a rubbing of the leaves they collected and when they return on  Monday we will discuss what happened to the leaves after sitting all weekend with no water. Finally, we celebrated Dalton's birthday! Check out the pictures under the class photo section.

We had a great first day of school! We learned about the importance of rules, learned a few favorite things about each other, and we practiced many procedures that help keep us safe! It was a super busy day. I took some pictures with the children today, just click on the pictures link and enjoy! Thanks so much for sending in supplies today, every bit helps.

Today was a great registration day and I enjoyed meeting many of my students and their families! For those of you that I missed registration day, I can't wait to meet you! I will be posting assignments, photos, and other school news, so be sure to check back weekly.