Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Worried?

This time of year brings worries to many adults....
.  
Will we have a Happy Thanksgiving?   
Will there be enough food?  
Will we get to the family gathering on time?  
Will the turkey dinner turn out well?  

Oh how we worry....

Will we have time to Black Friday shop?  
Will we get to the different stores on time to enjoy the great deals?  
Will we be able to afford all of the gifts we want to buy?

The students worry too!  
So many worries for such small people.  
Their worries are so real & important to them 
just as our adult worries are real & important to us. 


I think Irving Berlin had a good point in his song "Count Your Blessings".  
It's an oldie...1954!  
You can find it on Youtube sung by Bing Crosby.  
The point can be found in the lines of the song.

If your worried and you can't sleep, 
count your blessings instead of sheep.
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings! 

So.....
Count Your Blessings!
The Lord has given us as many blessings as stars in the sky!


Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 2, 2015

Gone to the Dogs

We had a lot of fun with our Dog Theme for the 1st quarter of school.  We even brought it into our AR program in second grade with Top Dogs of the Week.  Here are the Barking Proud Dogs of October!  The Very Top Dog had the most AR dollars for the week, the 2nd Place Dogs are standing,
and the 3rd Place Dogs are sitting at the right.  Some Dogs had the same amount of AR money so a tie occured for the spot they are in.  You may see 2 or even 3 students sharing the honor! 

I am very glad at the Reading Goals the students are achieving this year!!!!  
Please keep reading and enjoying the imagination inside a great book!

Top Dogs Oct. 5 - 9                                                                                             Top Dogs of Oct. 5-9 

                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                       Top Dogs Oct. 19-23                                Top Dogs 26-30