Put Your Heads Together!!!

I had to share this picture!! This was such a funny moment!! Lately in our class we have been learning letters sounds and how to blend those sounds to sound out/ recognize words. Tyrisha is really good at recognizing letter sounds. Tradarius is really good at blending the sounds to sound out the words. This day we had worked and worked and worked but were still having difficulties!!! In frustration I said "Come on! You can do it!! Just put your heads together." Then I turned around to look at the word on the board!! When I turned back around to help the students this is what I saw!!! Tyrisha and Tradarius had LITERALLY put their heads together!! Somehow every student in my class has a way of turning my frustrations into smiles!!! What a precious gift!!!

4th and 5th Grade Awards!!!

TODAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY!!!

All of our 4th graders (Izaiah) and 5th graders (Lexi, Tyrisha, Eric, and Tradarius) received awards at the 4th/ 5th grade Awards breakfast at our school!!

Below are all of our award recipients!!! CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!!!

Lexi and Tyrisha pose for the camera and show off the awards that they received!! Lexi received the Science award. Tyrisha earned the Spelling and "A" Honor Roll awards!! Ms. Hairston, Lexi's mother, also joined us for the awards breakfast!
Tradarius received awards for Language Arts/ Grammar, Writing, and "A" Honor Roll!
Izaiah received awards for Reading and Math. His mother, Ms. Price, also joined us for the awards breakfast!! He was so happy to see his mom at school and had a smile the entire time!!
Eric received awards for Perfect Attendance (the entire 1st semester) and "A" Honor Roll.

Eric also received a very prestigious award!! Each teacher was asked to choose one student to receive the Eagle Award!! This award is given to the student that has exceeded classroom and behavior expectations, shows good character, and works extremely hard to achieve classroom goals!! This was such a hard decision for me because all of my students share these wonderful qualities. However, I have watched Eric grow leaps and bounds in his academic achievement, determination to succeed, and communication/ social skills!! He has very big responsibilities each day (including assisting with putting up the flags in front of the school every morning, picking up lunch counts, and taking care of our class pets) and he completes his responsibilities with pride and honor!! I am so proud of you Eric!! Lucy is the youngest student in our class. She is in the 1st grade and therefore could not participate in the 4th/ 5th grade awards ceremony!! However, she was more than willing to attend and cheer for all of her friends. In fact, she clapped for every 4th grader in the entire school that received an award!! Therefore, Lucy received a "Good Sportsmanship" award by Ms. Malcom!! Great Job Lucy!!