Ms. Gill's 2021/2022 Class Blog

Dear Families, First off, I would like to say thank you to all the students and their parents for taking the time to visit my Classroom Blog each week!  It is an opportunity for you to SEE, LEARN ABOUT, and CELEBRATE what's happening in our  Learning Community !  As you can see from all my posts I've shared thus far, there's a lot of meaningful learning and growing, YAY!   Albeit online, I believe it is important and a valuable opportunity for us to connect weekly.  I realize a face to face interaction would be more ideal such as meeting and seeing you at our traditional Meet the Teacher at the end of September, however, due to what's happening in our world currently, we were not able to host this event.  I do appreciate those of you who were able to watch and listen to my virtual video message :)   I want you all to know, I feel deeply connected with each of you as I can see, hear, and feel your support through your child's daily thoughts, w...

Dear Families, Thinking of you all and wishing you a very  Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving  long weekend with your loved ones!  I trust you will all be surrounded with love and make the most of your family's traditions.   This sign is from Parker's home, I love it! In class, I look forward to hearing about your family's  'Thankful Stone'  sharing experience.  Students were extremely excited to bring home their  'Thankful Bags'  and share the contents that are placed inside with you!   Many of you will also LOVE your child’s  Letter of Gratitude.   I hope you enjoy reading it as much as your child enjoyed writing it this week!  Their hearts and souls went into it.  They worked extremely hard and I know you'll appreciate this dearly :) As I conferenced with students to offer feedback, I was so touched by their thoughts, words, and actions in their heartfelt message to you!  It brought such JOY TO...