Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Introducing Mr. Logan


I would like to introduce you to our new exciting helper! His name is Mr. Logan Thomas (We like to call him Mr. Logan) and he is a Sophomore from Kuna High School. We are definitely lucky to have him and his enthusiasm and willingness to help out!!! The kids LOVE him already and in a matter of just a few days, I have become quite dependant on him and his help! We are blessed with this wonderful opportunity solely because he chose to volunteer! Mr. Logan finished a Health class early and so he asked if he could come and spend his free period with us! Of course the answer was quickly yes!!! Aren't we lucky?!??! On "b" days, (Sorry, I am of no help here! It is a High School thing!!!It is a crazy schedule like our M-W and T-Th thing. He will be coming every other day.) Logan will join us to help work with small groups, play math games, do testing and whatever else we can think of!
Here are a few things that we have learned about Mr. Logan and thought you would like to know:
**Birthday: August 26, 1994
**Favorite Sport: Baseball
**Favorite Team: LA Dodgers
**Favorite Player: Dustin Pedroia (Red Sox)
**How Long Playing Baseball: 11 years!
**Favorite Baseball Position: Pitcher
**Favorite Subject: Math and PE (In fact, he LOVES PE so much he is currently taking 3 different PE classes! WOW!!!!)
**Career Choice: Become an MLB baseball player (That was an easy one!)
**Dream College: Texas (What!??!?!? No worries, we will sway him to the blue and orange side. However, who could frown upon those Longhorns! Even with their current championship loss!)
**Reasons for Coming to our Classroom: "I enjoy working with kids and thought this would be a good experience!"
**Favorite Teacher: Mrs. Jenkins in 3rd Grade
Welcome Mr. Logan! I am so very excited to have the opportunity to work with you! As are the kids! Thank you for being a positive influence on our Kindergartners and helping them be successful this year! Your help is not unnoticed and/or unappreciated!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR and WELCOME BACK!!!!

Welcome Back!!! Did you have a great break? Did you enjoy your time with your family and friends? I sure did! It actually went by rather quickly but I have to admit right after our New Year festivities....my thoughts returned to our classroom and missing my Kindergartners!!!! It sounds like Santa was VERY kind to many of you from DS's, puppies, new clothes and toys! WOW!!!

We spent some time on Monday/Tuesday talking about the New Year (2010) and learning a HUGE word, resolution. We brainstormed what could be some of their resolutions and I thought it would be fun to share them with you. (No worries, we practiced and the REAL cute ones are only in my teacher's journal!!!)

Happy New Year!!!
(Just a quick little poke...Boise State sure did an amazing job this year and ending the season with winning a BCS bowl game! Oh yea! Great Job Boise State!! We, (Well, most of us!) were cheering loudly for you!!! 14-0...WHAT A SEASON! Go Broncos!!!!