Entries from September 2008

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Making Good Choices

We made some changes to our “Make Good Choices” card flip system. We just wanted to share them with everyone. Our goal is to have every child checking on their behavior during the day. Please ask your child all about it!
You will start fresh on green each day…
First Offense – a warning [...]

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Parent Open House

I was so so so glad to see all the families that came and visited Holmes last night. What a great event. If you didn’t get to stop in, we missed you and hope that you can come visit soon. Here are some pictures for all of you to share. Please [...]

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Open House Reminder…

Our Holmes Open House is Thursday Night from 6-7. Come and see all the great things we have in room #12. Don’t forget to say “HI” to Mrs. Smits!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Playground Pals

Our very own Lauren came up with a BRILLIANT idea and it started this week! She didn’t want kids to feel sad and lonely on the playground or to feel like they didn’t have anyone to play with, so she started “Playground Pals”. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, she has set up activities [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Mad Minutes

Hi everyone! Another great day! More routines to learn and procedures to practice, but we also dug in to some of our incredible curriculum!
We worked on mad minutes today. We started with 2 minutes on 30 problems of multiplication. We will continue to do 2 minutes this week and then on [...]

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Dune Day 2008

We had a great day at North Shore Beach on Friday. The weather cooperated for the most part. We were a little chilly in the morning, but once the sun came out…it was great! The kids had a chance to go on a dune hike (ask them what a “ghost tree” is), [...]

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Go Team Smits!

Sorry about the little delay in postings… I had a little trouble with my password, but we should be good to go! Thanks to Grace for the comment the other day. I hope the rest of you that are reading this blog will comment too, so that we know you are out [...]

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Our First Full Day Together

What a TEAM! We had a great first full day. The weather cooperated, so we did not get TOO hot and we got so much accomplished. You will have to check out the pictures below to see just some of what we did today. I have a couple of wonderful photographers [...]

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

A Fantastic First Day!

WOW! I cannot believe that the first day came and went already. We had a wonderful time together! We got to spend some time talking about how “it’s gonna be” in fourth grade and the kids had some time to check out the room, their friends, and their new teacher. There [...]