Juicy --------- OH!

Mrs. Potts was taken by surprise

by the Aloe juice -- complete with CHUNKS !!

Well, I know you've all been curious about why I was asking you to bring in juice (the weirder the better)......... ok - here it is. We've been reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume. In it - Mr. Hatcher is an advertising agent. He has an account called, Juicy O. Everyone hates the juice. It's a concoction of strange juices. So today we created our own unusual flavors of juice. Each group got to decide what juices they would put in their 20 ounces of yumminess. Then they named their flavors. We had Mrs. Potts taste test the drinks and give us her personal winner. Thank you so much for sending in such CRAZY juices for us to choose from. It was alot of fun. Below are the recipes.

OUR WINNERS:

PEACHY GOODNESS !!!

Peachy Goodness:

8 oz. Pumpkin spiced apple juice
2 oz. White Cranberry Peach
3 oz. Hawaiian Punch
2 oz. Aloe Juice
4 oz. Kiwi Apple Strawberry
and a splash of Peach Smoothie

Vampire Breath
8 oz. Pumpkin spiced apple juice
2 oz. Mango
2 oz. Hawaiian Punch
3 oz. white Cranberry
3 oz. V8
2 oz. Apple Kiwi Strawberry

Extreme Mixture
1 oz. Peach smoothie
2 oz. Pomegranate Blueberry
3 oz. Guava
8 oz. Hawaiian Punch
3 oz. Pumpkin spiced apple juice
2 oz. Aloe Juice
and a splash of White Cranberry Peach

Our First Day

WOW! What a great first day. These kids are amazing. I was so impressed with how respectful they were and what good students they are. I'm really looking forward to being their teacher and creating MANY wonderful memories. I've met most of you parents -- thank you for attending Twilight Tours last Thursday. I am truly overwhelmed with the support that you've given me. I promise to give 110% to you and your child as we work to create a really great year. Also: Thank you so much for all the supplies. I really appreciate all the donations. So generous -- THANK YOU !!

A New Year !!!

I can't believe a New School year is here already. I am so excited for this year. We will learn SO many things. We will laugh SO much. And we will make SO many memories. Come check out our classroom at Twilight Tours. This Thursday at 5:30 Room F100. See ya then !!

Goal Parade

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd:

Last week we celebrated Desert Mountains motto, "Soaring to Success" as we had our annual goal parade. Our students have been making goals for themselves and as a culminating activity, we each made a goal and walked in the parade. Mrs. Johnson made our banner. We had Mayberry's: Making Memories and Moving Mountains. Our class made a goal. Ours is -- Oh Boy, How Great -- When we multiply to eight. Man - our Mrs. Johnson is SO CREATIVE !! We adore her !!



We decided as a class that we wanted to all be atleast on our eights for our Multiplication Facts by Christmas. That is a really lofty goal. But - we are determined to do it. It will take a lot of practice. Help us attain our goal !!Here are a few pictures of the parade.

First Day of School

We had a GREAT first day !! These kids are so cute. And, so smart ..... WOW! I really enjoyed spending the day with these students. I'm sure they are as tired as I am ... it's hard to get back in the swing of things. We are absolutely LUCKY to have Student Teacher, Mrs. Ellen Johnson, with us for our first semester. She will be letting you know more about herself, but she is truly amazing, and I'm so excited to have her in our classroom.








Enjoy this slideshow of all our "first day" pictures. You'll agree -- they're so cute !!

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Twilight Tours

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you !! Twilight Tours was great. It was wonderful to meet my families for the upcoming year. WOW! What a great looking group of kids. (The other teachers kept commenting on how cute my kids were ..... what can I say??) But - thank you for taking the time in your busy lives to come in and meet me and get acquainted with our classroom. I am very excited for Monday. Your child can either meet us in the classroom, or meet me on the playground. We will have a very busy first week -- and we will all be exhausted. Notice I said WE -- it is hard to get back in the swing of things.

JUST A NOTE: We will be having Spelling this first week. Monday your student will get their list for the week. We will not have a Pre-test, just a final test on Friday. That will be the only homework for the week, just study the words a bit. There is a site that I will be teaching the kids about this next week for Spelling. It is called Spelling City. There is a link at the top of this blog. It has each of my lists (next week is List #1). You can find games, pre-tests, lots of things that help with spelling.

Have a great weekend !!

Oh MY !!! It's JULY !!

I can't believe it. What happened to the month of June??? Someone nabbed it. We start school in one month !! WOW! I hope everyone is having a great summer. I hope you are well and HAPPY !!! Before we know it we will be back to the grind and right back in the thick of things. Enjoy your last couple of weeks.