BEAR COUNTRY LOVE

Happy Valentine's Day from Mrs. Pruzin's Cubs! Instead of posting the news this week, the cubs are posting what they think LOVE IS....

good and happiness (Madeleine)

My mom giving me hugs and kisses; giving candy; saying I love you; saying why are you so sad when someone is sad (Phoebe)

sharing toys; caring for other people; loving other people; hugging people (Madison)

spending time with my mom; having dinner with family; visiting grandma; playing with my brother (Breydan)

when families come together; loving is caring; nice and good; love each other (Megan)

like somebody that cares about you; or you care about them; my mom loves me; my dad loves me (Mikayla)

hugging; being together; being nice; sharing things (Ben)

love is when my cousin comes over; love is when people are nice (Tiffany)

visiting my grandma and grandpa; kissing and hugging; helping and kindness (Zach)

We share love in our family. We ride bikes together. We take walks together. Love is kind. Love is having fun together. We have a Valentine feast together. (Katarina)

fun; Love is what families do. Love is what families like to do together. Love is giving. (Colton)

good; like eating candy all day; having fun playing; my life; the body of God; is playing (Branden)

being with my family; new friends; being nice to each other; my baby sister saying my name (Zachary)

what makes me happy; Love is special. Love is good. Love is what Valentine's Day is all about.

(Reis)

someone likes someone; You care about them. You give them hugs. You give them hugs and kisses. (Caleb)

helping and sharing; being nice; and letting people come and play with them (Lauren)

When you help somebody; you give each other hugs; be kind; drive each other places; pray for each other; make breakfast (Alicia)

giving hugs and kisses; giving cards to each other; It means that you love people. Love is feeling safe. (Chloe)

true; happy, patient; kind; God; forgiving (Ethan)

kissing or hugging; if you love somebody; if you give a valentine; if you love something (Jumana)

sharing with someone; caring about someone; making someone feel better; making new friends (Alex)

between a mom and a daughter; being kind; feeling happy; being together (Shareya)

candy, hugs, kisses, hearts (Hayden)

Nana because she is nice; Love is Papa D. because he is special. Love is missing Hampton. Love is

Mrs. Pruzin because she gives bear hugs. (Noah)

Love is feeling about caring for others and me. Smiles, hugs and kisses show love. Love is friendship, mac N cheese, pizza, Quinn (Alexis)

Love is: flowers, food, home, animals, mom and dad, brother and sister, God, my friends, my teacher, a hug and a kiss. (Jonathan)

the feeling you have for someone you care about; When you tell someone, "I love you"; when you give someone a present; when you are going down the slide and someone wants to play. (Meikelo)

News From Pruzin's Cubs

Alexis wrote: We have a classroom full of teddy bears and I love the teddy bears just like my teacher.

Meikelo wrote: Space was fun because we went inside a tent and we saw a book.

Noah wrote: We went to P.E. We got a 4. We did centers.

Shareya wrote: We are reading books a lot. We like books. We read about snowflakes.

Ben wrote: We did math with tangrams. Tangrams are shapes that you cover pictures with. There are boards that you put them on.

Tiffany wrote: We did centers in P.E. My favorite one was jump rope.

Alex wrote: On Wednesday I had REACH. In REACH we play games and sometimes we do work.

Katarina wrote: Music is fun and I get to sit in the middle in front of Megan. It is fun!

Jonathan wrote: We are learning about Arizona. We are learning about the planets.

Ethan wrote: In A.R. Caleb is almost to 300 points. I am almost to 55 points. A.R. is the best thing a kid could ever want.

Lauren wrote: We helping for Haiti. We are selling toys and bracelets and sending Haiti the money.

Reis wrote: Mrs. Pruzin just put on her website about tangrams. It is really hard.

Hayden wrote: We went to the space museum. They told us a story. They showed us constellations.

Jumana wrote: I got my trophy at the Spirit Celebration. It was fun. I took pictures with Mrs. Pruzin.

Breydan wrote: I ran 6 laps. After I ran 6 laps we played a game.

Branden wrote: On the computer there's a web site called tangrams. There's a wave, bunny, square and others.

Mikayla wrote: We did a timed math test. I finished mine. I love math. Math is fun.

Caleb wrote: In A.R. I am almost to 300. I am at 289. I need 11 more.

Megan wrote: Today Alicia was Student of the Week. We had a Spirit Celebration and Branden was a cub scout.

Zachary wrote: In A.R. I moved up to 155 points. Alicia got to 100.

Madeleine wrote: P.E. is awesome because it is Healthy Heart Day.

Alicia wrote: In Art we did a contest. We had to fill a bottle with foam. It was so much fun!

Zach wrote: In Music we learned a new song. It was fun.

Colton wrote: At Art we made a snowman. At Art we raced to make a snowman.

Chloe wrote: We're going to have a dance. It's a father/daughter dance. But now the boys can do it to. It will be cool there.

Mrs. Pruzin thinks her cubs are amazing first graders!

Book Fair Characters

Make a Smilebox slideshow

100th Day of School

Make a Smilebox photobook

Pruzin's Cubs Report on the Week of Jan. 18th

Ethan wrote: On the 100th day of school we got to blow bubble gum. I got second place. It was fun. Zachary wrote: On the 100th day of school we had a bubble gum blowing contest. Madison blew 50 bubbles. We had donuts for snack. We had fun! Reis wrote: We had the 100th day of school. It was very fun. We had Zero's cousin come. His name is Indy.

Shareya wrote: All of us dressed up. One of us was the Cat in the Hat. The person that was Cat in the Hat was Reis. One of us was a cat. That was Shareya. Chloe wrote: We are having a book fair. We had to dress up as a character in a book. I dressed up as Fancy Nancy. She wears lots of clothes. She likes to say a lot of fancy words. We had so much fun when we dressed up! Jumana wrote: We dressed up as our favorite character. I dressed up as Annie. We had to get a book. My book is "Cold Afternoon on the Amazon". It was fun! Alicia wrote: On Friday we dressed up as a character from a book. I dressed up as Annie from Jack and Annie. It was fun! Megan wrote: Today we are dressed up as a book character. I dressed up as Biscuit's mom. It was fun and cool. It was a fun day! Mikayla wrote: We got to dress up as a character in a book. We got to bring the book, too. It was fun!

Tiffany wrote: I hit my head in P.E. We did 4th grade stuff. We did the chicken dance.

Katarina wrote: In P.E. we got a 3+. We had fun. We ran through three poles.

Madeleine wrote: In P.E. we ran around three poles. We skipped around 3 poles. Good day!

Madison wrote: In P.E. we ran around three poles. We did exercises. We got a 3+.

Breydan wrote: In A.R. I got one more point because I read a book.

Jonathan wrote: We did Shared Writing. We made a short story. We wrote about the 100th day of school.

Meikelo wrote: Today we wrote a paper about the 100th day of school. We also wrote a short story another day.

Lauren wrote: We did a short story. We wrote about the 100th day of school. It was very fun!

Ben wrote: On a rainy day we play games in the hall or we build with legos when it's recess time.

Phoebe wrote: We had a math timed facts test. We played with blocks of tens and ones and hundreds. We made a number scroll.

Branden wrote: My homework was addition, division, multiplication and subtraction. In math we did a timed math test. I have 140 A.R. points.

Alex wrote: We started a number scroll. I got to 200. In math we had a math test.

Caleb wrote: We built with blocks and made numbers with them. My homework was really hard. We are making a number scroll.

Hayden wrote: In Art we made a wild thing. We made a background. We cut it out.

Someone wrote: Art is fun. In art we finished the projects together as a class. The class was quiet.

Noah wrote: In Art we made a wild thing. We also made the background. And we finished it.

Zach wrote: In Art we finished our monsters. It was fun. Our monsters were in the forest.

Colton wrote: At Art we finished the background of our monsters. All of the monsters we made are scary.

Pruzin's Cubs News for the Week of Jan. 11th

Alex wrote: I danced on the table for getting to 100 points. At Art we got a 5.

Reis wrote: Me, Alex, Zachary and Caleb danced on the table. We were very funny!

Zachary wrote: Me, Reis, Caleb and Alex danced on the table all by ourselves. It was fun!


Meikelo wrote: This is my first week in Bear country. I had lots of fun.

Megan wrote: In Art we finished a monster. The book was Where the Wild Things Are. It was fun. My monster was cool. Mercer Mayer was a good drawer. We painted. It was cool.

Noah wrote: On my math timed test I think I got 100% on it.

Chloe wrote: On Zachary's birthday Zachary brought donuts. He brought chocolate and clear kind. Mrs. Pruzin gives big bear hugs to people that have their birthdays.

Branden wrote: In Art we made monsters for a project. For homework I did mulitplication and division fact families.

Madeleine wrote: P.E. is fun. I like it. Do you? I do. I love it.

Jonathan wrote: We got a 4 in Music. We got a 5 in Art.

Tiffany wrote: We got a 5 in Art. We had Zachary's birthday.

Lauren wrote: In Art we made a wild thing. It was very fun. We painted the background.

Mikayla wrote: Zachary's birthday was very fun. He brought donuts for snack. They were good. He brought chocolate and plain. He brought ice cream that was good, too. Now he is seven years old.

Ben wrote: Zachary had a birthday. He brought donuts.

Katarina wrote: I liked Zachary's birthday. It was fun.

Caleb wrote: We did a Science experiment which was putting water in powder. When we did that the water turned white and then into snow! Later we put lemonaid, vinegar and milk in the powder.

Phoebe wrote: We made snowflake similes. We got a new student! Math was great.

Colton wrote: On Zachary's birthday we had donuts. At Zachary's birthday we all had fun.

Madison wrote: In P.E. we did stuff like tag. We threw a bean bag and whoever has the bean bag tags who is their partner. When Mrs. Manglesdorf blows the whistle we do it again.

Jumana wrote: We went outside for Zachary's birthday. We got ice cream and little donuts. It was fun. His grandparents came with the stuff.

Zach wrote: In P.E. we ran the trail and sang some songs. I liked this.

Shareya wrote: Art was fun. I like Art. I wish that Art was every day.

Alicia wrote: Zachary's birthday was really fun. He brought donuts and ice cream.







Mrs. Pruzin wrote: I let the children choose what they would tell about. I guess Zachary's birthday and Art were the best things that happened this week! BIRTHDAYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT CELEBRATIONS IN BEAR COUNTRY. The children continue to excell in our school's A.R. club. The table has been danced upon many times. I was glad to be able to take pictures since the boys said they could dance without me!

News from Bear Country for the Week of Jan. 4th, 2010

We had such a busy first week back! We were so busy on Friday, that the cubs weren't able to get any news written for this week's post on our class blog. Here a just a few of the things that the cubs did this week. Everyone wrote three New Year's resolutions. The children made snowflake transformations. We had two children get their honors trophy at the Spirit Celebration. That makes 14 children reaching the honors level in the school's A.R. club. One cub will get hers at the February Spirit Celebration. We learned about winter and snow. We did a science experiment and made snow! Noah had a birthday celebration. We were busy making fact families in math.