We have been very busy the last weeks – a field trip to hike a volcano in a cloud forest. How cool! I certainly didn’t get to do that on MY Grade 5 field trip! We decorated the classroom, planned a Christmas party for two of our local staff members, and put together two gift baskets full of food and presents for them. The kids also treated me to a wonderful surprise birthday party.
My students wrote this Christmas letter.
We thank God for a great 2017 and wish you a joy-filled Christmas and 2018!
Top 22 Best Moments from Our Year:
– Field Trip to Mombacho
Silly Family Christmas Photo
– Marshmallow & Spaghetti Tower Engineering Project
– Miss Van Kannel’s Surprise Birthday Party
– Baking
– Culture Club
– Number the Stars novel
– Car Experiment
– Dissecting the chickens
– Human Body Unit
Hiking the volcano
– Reading Buddies
– E-pals
– Christmas decorating
– PE
– #MissVanKannelFails (tossed markers, tripping over things, mistakes, etc)
– Spirit Week
– Special Programs
– Talent Show
At the talent show, Grade 5 represented themselves well! I danced, four kids won awards (including for Christian spirit), and we blew away the competition in “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.” Proud Teacher.
– Science Projects
– Eagles in Training
– First Day of School
– Small chapel groups
– MakerSpace (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math inquiry project time)
