November Citizen of the Month

Congratulations to Kiran on being chosen by her classmates for November Citizen of the Month!  We are proud of you! 

K-2 Winners for November

Monday happenings...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!  Mine was great, but I am so happy to be back at school and see everyone again!  

It has been an exciting morning at Beulah Ralph!  

Meet Jack, our classroom elf!  He will be watching over us during the month of December!  I hope he sees lots of nice things he can report to Santa!

 The last Monday of the month, we sing to the friends who had birthday's that month during the school wide Monday Morning Meeting.  Zara was a November birthday from our classroom!

 Our school mascot logo was revealed this morning and they look awesome!  An email version of the order form was sent to all families this morning from Dr. Majerus and Mr. Woods and a paper copy is in your child's take home folder today. Order forms are due by DECEMBER 5th and will be in before winter break.  

Our new word wall words for the week are: and, me

Please practice nightly for our weekly test on Friday.  Your child brought home their most current word wall list last Tuesday.  They are expected to be able to read and write all words on that list (except for our classmates names).

Movie & Popcorn Day

We met our 2nd Class Dojo point goal of 150 points, so today we enjoyed the movie Free Birds and popcorn from the school popcorn machine!  Thanks to Dr. Majerus for making the popcorn for us!  What a fun way to go into Thanksgiving break!!

Makerspace Friday

Mrs. Fitch, our media specialist, is beginning Makerspace Friday's.  A Makerspace is related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) that we are encouraging in schools.  Makerspace provides hands on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they engage in science, engineering and tinkering.  Signing up to do Makerspace activities is totally optional and we took advantage of the first Friday!  The class learned about several cool activities they could explore: Legos, K'NEX, Magnatiles, Zoob, Brackitz, Straws & Connectors.  
The kids had a blast exploring and tinkering.  We are able to check out these cool STEM toys from the media center any time we'd like to use them in our classroom.  They would make awesome Christmas gifts if you are looking for STEM type toys to add to your child's list.  
She said the next Makerspace would involve Ozobots, which my class experimented with a few weeks ago with Mrs. Fitch and Mr. Adams from the CPS STEAM bus!

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Veteran's Day & Grandparent's Day

I am so sad that I was sick and unable to be here for the Veteran's Day assembly and grandparent's day.  Luckily, these pictures were shared with me and I wanted to share with you!  Thanks Kasey Laughlin for taking so many wonderful photos! If you click on the picture, it will make it bigger.  Thank you to all of the families (parents and grandparents) who bought a book from our classroom wish list and donated to the classroom!  We have enjoyed reading them this week.  

The bulletin board that our class made

Beulah Ralph Timberwolves!!!

It's official!

We are the...

Beulah Ralph Timberwolves

(click on the words above to see the video of the announcement-the kids were so excited!)

Our school colors are navy, hunter green & grey/silver

Now the timberwolf needs a name! Every classroom is submitting one name to Dr. Majerus and next week we will have a school-wide vote.  Our classroom submitted the name Rosie.

Check out the awesome article and video from the Columbia Missourian newspaper

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November Lunch with the Principal

Congratulations to Trevor on being chosen to each lunch with Dr. Majerus for the month of November.  Kindergarten enjoyed this special time on Monday.