Special Days

Special Lessons this Week

Mrs. Muhr

This week we were treated to two special lessons.

On Thursday, Brecknock held a Music in the School assembly for third and fourth grade. This assembly introduced us to the Woodwind family of instruments. Third graders will bring home a paper in a few week to decide if they would like to start instrument lessons next year at Brecknock. This assembly was informative and hopefully inspiring for some future musicians.

Today we had a visit from two Garden Spot High Schoolers who are on the Health Council. They came to talk about the upcoming Mini-Thon. Our guest speakers were Elizabeth Bowman and Erin Usner. These two twelfth graders were in Mrs. Muhr’s class at Brecknock when they were in second grade. We looked way back in the blog archives and found this picture from December, 2013 when we had collected gifts for our Christmas Child. It was fun for the girls to reminisce and for my current students to see how different things looked (chalk board and mounted tv).

Eclipse 2024

Mrs. Muhr ,

Today was an exciting day at Brecknock as we prepared to watch the eclipse. After P.E. we watched a slide show that explained what causes an eclipse and showed a video of the projected path of today’s eclipse. Then we watched a video that explained how eclipse glasses protect our eyes and talked about how to be safe while viewing it. After packing up, we all headed out to the playground to view the eclipse. We were disapointed at first that the clouds were covering the sun, but they parted a few times and gave way to a beautiful view of the eclipse. We calculated that the third graders will be 30 years old the next time a total eclipse is expected to cross PA’s path!

Fort Day!

Mrs. Muhr

Today as our Dino-mite Reward we had Fort Day. Before lunch, learners worked together to build forts around the classroom with blankets and pillows they brought from home.  This was a great way for us to practice cooperation. After library we had 30 minutes to enjoy inside our forts. Learners could read their library books or work on their computers in their forts.

TEAMS Lessons

Mrs. Muhr

Last week we had our third TEAMS lesson with Officer Wolfe. He has met with us once each month since January to talk about police officers and making safe choices.  As part of our last lesson, we got to get an upclose look at his patrol car.  Some learners sat in the front seat like officers and used the radio to make announcements to others on the sidewalk or turn on the flashing lights. Other learners got to sit in the backseat to see what it’s like for a criminal to be in a patrol car.  The class really enjoyed Officer Wolfe’s lessons and will get to see him more next year when he does fourth grade TEAMS lessons.

 

Holiday Party

Mrs. Muhr

We had lots of fun on Dec. 22 as we celebrated together! We started by decorating “stocking” bags.

Next, students were able to pass out little stocking stuffer gifts to their classmates. It was so fun to check out what was given.
Next we enjoyed some refreshments.
We made an ornament craft and wrapped it up to gift our families and ended the morning with a Christmas singalong.

Polar Express Day

Mrs. Muhr

On Friday we celebrated filling our Dino-mite Reward Jar with a special holiday themed reward. It was Polar Express Day! The day began with learners showing me their golden tickets. Then we gathered on the carpet to read the book The Polar Express.

Next we watched the movie and enjoyed some homemade Christmas cookies.
Later learners worked in groups on a Polar Express themed Escape Room. Groups worked right up until lunch but no one was able to find the missing golden ticket.
During our Fun Friday time, one group chose to continue to work on the clues and they solved the escape room!

Kindness Week

Mrs. Muhr

Kindness Week is next week. Join us in celebrating by participating in the following spirit days.

Monday, 11/13- “Workout problems with Kindness” – Wear workout clothes

Tuesday, 11/14- “Bee Kind”- wear yellow/black or bee outfits

Wednseday, 11/15- “Kindness Binds us Together”- wear ties, bowties or tie ribbons in your hair.

Thursday, 11/16- “Accepting others for their diferences is kind”- Wear mismatched clothes

Friday, 11/17- “Peace, Love & Kindness”- wear tie dye or rainbow clothes

 

Dino-mite Hot Choclate Reward

Mrs. Muhr

We filled our dinosaur jar this week for being “dino-mite”. The class voted to celebrate with hot chocolate. Today we enjoyed some delicious hot chocolate while we worked this morning. Learners were able to add a mint, chocolate chips, marshmallows and whipped cream to their hot chocolate if they wanted. It was a “sweet” reward!

Red Ribbon Week Spirit Days

Mrs. Muhr ,

We had lots of fun this week during the Brecknock Red Ribbon Week Spirit Days. We also learned about saying no to drugs, smoking and alcohol as part of our health unit this week. Check out some pictures from the week:

Mon.= “Drug Free from head to toe” Crazy socks and Crazy hair

Tues.= “Follow your dreams drug free”- PJs

 

 

Wed.= “Teaming up against drugs”- twin day or sports shirt

Thurs. = “Our Future is Bright”- wear bright colors and sunglasses