OUR BLOG WON AN AWARD...AGAIN!

Our blog has won a Top 5th Grade Blog in the West Region of the United States!  We are now listed two years in a row!!!  Special thanks to my BLOG ADVISOR, CaLEA BAGLEY!  CaLea is a junior at American Fork High School.  She helped me set up this blog...at age 14!  She is my "go to" when I need help!

Winner's Badge

Congratulations on being one of our Top 5th Grade Teachers, West Region. Your blog was amazing in our eyes, providing your students and their parents with all of the necessary information required to succeed. We know that you will continue to keep up the amazing work you do in educating children. As a token of our appreciation, we present to you our awards badge. You can display this badge on your blog to signify your win, and to let your class know that you were recognized as a Top Teacher in your region!

Teacher Salary Info

PILLOW TALK

Miss Mitchell got to exchange her old school computer for a new one!

Trying out a new feature on iphoto!

It takes one picture, and zooms in on each face.

How do you like it?

CHRISTMAS SING

Our annual "Christmas Sing"

was held on Friday, December 16.

We sang

"Nice, Nice Christmas"

and

"Rock & Roll Christmas"

REINDEER GAMES

Our end-of- month activity was based on the song

"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"

" . . . They wouldn't let poor Rudolph, join in any Reindeer Games."

First, we made these cute little reindeer gift bags.

Then, we played this:

Congrats to our top 5 qualifiers:

1.  Vienna

2.  Brice

3.  Jessica

4.  Mason

5.  Sage

HOW TO MAKE A POM POM PILLOW

First, you get your pillow frame.

Then, you tie your yarn on a corner nail.

You then go down and around two nail...making a

checkerboard pattern.

Depending on how you want your pillow to look,

depends when you change the color of yarn.

Next, you cut 81 strips of yarn, 

and begin tying each square.

After they are tied, you hold the bottom three pieces of yarn, and cut the rest.

This is what the pillows look like as they start to be completed.

When the pillow is cut (except for the fringe), you cut the pillow off the frame,

creating the fringe.

SEW UP DAY...

We have several mothers come in to help us for a morning.

They bring portable sewing machines, needles, and thread.

We measure and cut the material, and then have a mother sew it up on the machine.

Then, we cut the corners, creating the point.  We clip around to help it lay flat,

turn it inside out...and stuff.

After, we tack on our tops.

TA DA!!!!