Weather Report

It's Wednesday, December 30 and that means it's time to check the national high and low temperatures as well as the sunrise and sunset (even on vacation). We'll check the blog when we get back to school and record the information.

National High: Miami: 75 degrees
National Low: International Falls, MN: -22 degrees
Difference: 97 degrees

Sunrise: 7:32 a.m.
Sunset: 4:35 p.m.
Amount of Sunlight: 9 hours 3 minutes

We've added 3 minutes of sunlight since the shortest day of the year on December 21st. Use those three minutes for some extra sledding today. It's supposed to get close to 30 degrees.

School House Rocks

Here's a preview of what we will be learning when we return to school. Another fun School House Rocks video.

Math Man

It's a math version of Pac Man!

Math Man

Happy Holidays

Thanks to everyone who gave us gifts for the holidays and for the donations made to the class. They were all very nice gestures.

Thanks again,
Adam, Jessie, and Alstan

Super Hyper Spider Typer

A fun and challenging typing game. I suggest you select the easy option. It starts off pretty easy, but it gets more difficult quickly.

Super Hyper Spider Typer

Star of the Week

Dec. 14-22

The Story of Snow

Here is an e-book called The Story of Snow. I would suggest clicking on the full screen button at the top of the page. I am planning on adding a couple of e-books and games over break so check back often!
The Story of Snow

Weekend Game

Connect all the wires to all the bulbs to light up the whole tree.

Tree Light Up

North Pole

Here are a couple of videos from the concert last night. It's all still pictures that I took before and during the concert. The first video has quite a few more pictures.



The second one is longer, but it has fewer pictures. The graphics that go with it are great.

Christmas Reminders

Gift Exchange
When: December 22nd
How Much: $3
What: Each child will bring a gift for another student. If your child is a girl they should bring a gift for a girl and if they are a boy they should buy a gift for a boy. We will draw numbers randomly to decide who gets the gift.

Holiday Supper
When: We’ll go food shopping on Dec. 17th or 21st.
How Much: Your Choice
What: I know students look forward to giving gifts to teachers, but please donate money to this cause instead of giving me a Christmas gift. Our class will donate a holiday supper to a family who otherwise may not have one. As a class, the students will plan the menu and prepare a shopping list. One or two days before our Christmas break, three students (with parental permission) will go with me to a local grocery store to purchase the groceries with our class donations. The family will be someone who lives in the Iowa-Grant school district, however, neither the students nor I will know who the family is. Mrs. Belken will deliver the food to the family without us knowing who the family is.

Holiday Concert

The Holiday Concert will be next week. It starts at 7:00 on Tuesday, December 15th at the IGEMS gymnasium. Please have your children come to our room by 6:45. After the concert is over, you will be able to pick your child up in the classroom as well. If there is a snow day on Tuesday, the make-up day will be on Thursday, December 17.

Talent Show

Next week the kids will be presenting a talent of theirs to go along with the story we are reading, The Talent Show. Since we are going to be working on the same story for two weeks we will not have spelling words next week. We also didn't take our spelling test this Friday (Dec. 11), because we haven't practiced those words enough. We will take the spelling test on Monday or Tuesday however.

Each child has a talent picked out for the talent show. We will be presenting our talents on Thursday. I plan on taking several photos and will post them in a slideshow on the blog.

Multiplication Station

Combine two numbers to solve the multiplication problem.



Or go to the link below for a larger version of the same game.
Multiplication Station

Snow Day Game

Here is a game for you play on your snow day.

Snowball Duel

Holiday Party

Get a Voki now!


The party will be on December 22nd from around 2:15-3:15. Allyson, Nathan, Keaton, and Kailey will be in charge of the party.