Thursday, December 29, 2016

WATER PARK DAY...



















Just resting...




Doing the splits underwater...

We had a GREAT time at the Water Park today!  The students were super respectful and responsible!  I am so PROUD of them!!!  As you can see, we all had an AWESOME time!  

PROWLER PRIDE SHIRTS...

We were so excited to get our shirts this week!  They are just AMAZING!  We TRULY have our Prowler Pride on when we wear them.  THANKS to the Coaches Association.  Please plan to have your child wear them EVERY Friday!!!  GO PROWLERS!!!

We  had to do a CRAZY photo, too!!!
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Rent a birthday...

This is our good friend, Ike from Ms. Johnson's room.  He was kind enough to share his personal narrative with our class and answered some questions.  Mrs. Helling also had a "special" birthday treat for Ike, as she had NO birthdays in December.  THANKS, IKE!!!  You did an awesome job!!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The Bushy Boys Visit...

Brenden and Owen Bushy visiting out classroom.

Brenden spent a bit of time talking to us about his life away from home and how he plays hockey and goes to school at the same time.  He did a FANTASTIC job!  He was in third grade with Mrs. Helling!  

Christmas at Valley Home

We made this tree to decorate the dining room at Valley Home.  We hope that our resident friends REALLY like it and know that we LOVE going to Valley Home!

Dorothy made her friends pillow cases...how wonderful!

Keegan and Fred are playing a game on cards!  Fred is such a GREAT supporter of us coming to Valley Home!

Another photo of the decoration!

LHS GIrls Basketball...

Another great photo...GO PROWLERS!!!

Friday, December 16, 2016

Prowler Pride Today...

The seniors for LHS Girls Basketball Team were here with Coach Loe today!  We had so much fun talking to them about sports, friendships, and academics.  GO PROWLERS...
Mrs. Helling had Allie Okeson as a third grader!  They did an AWESOME job...we all got our t-shirts today and looked sooooooo..... good!  Go Prowlers...  P.S.  Allie got her bubblegum!!!


SURPRISE...

Braylee, Mikaleena, and Adrianne had special guests follow them to school today...the elves wanted to come to school!!!  We were so excited to have them in third grade!  Merry Christmas!! 

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Mr. Elfman...

Mr. Elfman had a BLAST in the ipad cart last night.  He talked Mrs. Helling into some ipad time today!!!

Keigan's elf traveled to school today!  He stayed in the jar all day long!!!

Student of the Week...

This week's Student of the Week is Noah!  He has 2 brothers and 1 sister.  He gets to school by car...his mom works at Challenger.  YEAH!!!  Some of his favorite things are the color green and blue, birds, pizza, Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, recess, swimming, gym, music, and playing outside.   He is a star because he is kind and he shows others he cares by being nice.  Three facts you may not know about Noah are that he has 5 pet parakeets, that he broke his arm before 2nd grade, and that he traveled 6000 miles going and coming back from Arizona.  Thanks for doing a great poster, Noah!  You rock!!! 

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Elf has arrived...

The elf has arrived in Mrs. Helling's classroom.  He brought treats for the students today to have during morning work!  We hope he is not too busy for us...we look forward to seeing what he is up to each day!  

Valley Home Visit...







We were at Valley Home to do this Christmas Tree project on Tuesday!  We had to leave before it was completely finished, but it looked AMAZING!!!  We hope they are able to enjoy it during the Christmas season!  We will go there again next week to finish and complete another project with them.  We hope to sing a few Christmas carols...Happy Holidays to Valley Home!!!

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Prowler Pride with LHS Band...

LHS band members spent some time with third graders at Challenger this past week.  They brought their instruments and talked to us about how began playing them and later joined the LHS Pep Band.  They played the school song and another favorite!!!  It was awesome.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Student of the Week...

This week's Student of the Week is Cooper.  He has a brother named Coby and lives in Thief River Falls.  Some of his favorite things are the color pink, gorillas, ham and cheese, the Bad Guy books, gym, math, playing outside, doing his homework (YEAH), and playing sports.  He is a star because he cares about others and shows other her cares by being a good friend.  Three things you may not know about Cooper are that he has an aunt that has lived around the world, that he is Bohemian, Polish, Norwegian, and Dutch and that he will celebrate his golden birthday when he is 30.  Great poster, Cooper.  You rock!!!        

Winn-Dixie Celebration...

We had "Dump Punch" for our celebration!  It was even a Christmas color.  THANKS to our friends that brought Sprite, Orange Juice, and red Hi-C.  It was delecious!!  

We had a lot of food for our celebration!  THANKS to everyone who participated.  The kids LOVED egg salad... it was a great day!