Whose Child is This?

Holiday Concert

Today's holiday concert was awesome and a HUGE success! The kids sounded great and they were very well behaved! If you see Mrs. Lisowe  or Mr. Schepp at school don't forget to thank them for all of their hard work! :) Below I have included pictures and videos of the kids singing there five songs. I also included a video of the kinders singing a part of one of there cute songs. Please enjoy!

PS. If you would like a copy of the videos below please send in a blank writable CD or DVD and I will burn it for you!

First Grade Concert

Kindergarten Concert

Second Trimester- Human Body

Last week we started the second trimester of the school year. It is hard to believe we are already done with 1/3 of the school year! With the second trimester starting we will be learning about many new and exciting things. In science we have started our new unit on the human body. Throughout the next few weeks we will be working to build a body including six body systems. Today we started with our first system, the skeletal system. Below you will find some pictures of the kiddos working on their bodies. During the second trimester we will also be learning about force and motion, the past and present, cultures, base 10, reading comprehension, and much more!

A Season of Giving

Yesterday at Hemlock Creek the first grade students had a pajama day to celebrate kindness and generosity towards others. As you may already know this week we are kicking off a pajamas drive to donate PJs to children in need. Today we took the time to talk to the kids about the importance of being thankful for all we have and how good it feels to help others. We watched a between the lions and got to read our new books from the PTO with a friend. Over the next few weeks we will also be working to donate books to kids in need through the We Give Books Program.  I have included a brief description of both programs below. I have also added some photos of the kids in their pajamas..

We Give Books
 

One way in which we are helping others is by reading stories at school from a website called We Give Books. This website has many children's books available online for reading. We read the books as a shared classroom reading and even get to use our phantastic reading voices. Each time we read one of the stories as a class, a book is donated to a child in need. There is no cost to you and all it takes is a little time. If you would like to participate in this project at home visit http://www.wegivebooks.org/. From there select the book you would like to read. You will need to create a free login to track how many books you have read at home. For each book you read at home a new book is sent to a child in need. 

Scholastic Pajama Drive

Another way in which HC first graders are helping others is by participating in a pajama drive. For each set of pajamas donated Scholastic will pair it with a free book. They will then be dispersed to children from our area and of all ages that are in need of pajamas. 

 Scholastic Pajama Drive Website