Steinkamp's Scoop

Whoa, these kids are excited for Christmas vacation!!  Yesterday our masa was a hit! I think the girls had a lot of fun and really enjoyed meeting my host mom, Svetlana. She said they were all beautiful and wishes all of you a Merry Christmas! We had a lot of fun eating and opening presents. I taught them a few words in Romanian. They especially like the word kiss in Romanian. :)  Remember today we get out at 1:10. We just finished our Christmas movie, popcorn, and hot chocolate. We are about to pick our Advent Angels to have lunch and do some Christmas caroling.  I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

The 6th grade had WHO-bilation today. We did various activities that dealt with How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Here is the winner of the first annual Cheermiester, Brodie Wallace. He spread Christmas cheer the whole class and was voted as the cheeriest Who.  Below are two of the 7th graders working on their Scrooge song. Note how close they are to me? I generally can't shake these snuggle bugs from me, so I usually have one or multiple of them sitting or laying next to my desk. :)

We are kicking off Christmas week with a bang. Below you will find the 8th grade practicing sequencing with Twas the Night Before Christmas. I made cards from the story, and they have to put the cards in order to create the story. They are having sooo much fun. ;) 7th Grade: This class is reading A Christmas Carol. It is a little difficult so we go over vocabulary and thoughts every day so they are sure they understand it. I just love these snuggle bugs!  The 6th grade will start on How the Grinch Stole Christmas tomorrow! 

My FAVORITE time of the year is here. Although the kids may think I am in full Christmas mood, they have yet to see me in action. I have my Christmas tree up complete with a "fireplace". So here is what has been going on. A couple of weeks ago 9 students from 6-8 attended the Writers in the Middle in Lamoni. It sounded like they had a good time. They each attended three sessions to learn how to become a better writer. 6th Grade: These guys just finished their unit 3 test and began their unit 4. This unit we are focusing on imagery and sensory so far. We have done a couple of activities with imagery. They will continue to learn about this topic throughout the unit.  Next week we are starting CHRISTMAS week! They will take a time out from our textbook to focus on Christmas activities and reading our Christmas book, "The Grinch". My favorite! Don't worry they will still be learning. We will do some things with imagery, sensory, comparing and con