Celebrity Holiday Messages

Your favorite celebrities share what they appreciate about Christmas through a poem called, "I know its Christmas when..."

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Celebrity International Olympics:Winter 2010

The celebrities have gone worldwide!
They just finished representing various countries in Winter Olympics 2010. The celebrities showed star sportsmanship throughout all the competitions. It was an experience they will never forget.

Team Great Britian

13 Points

4 Bronze

1 Gold

Team Canada

17 Points

2 Gold

2 Silver

Team Japan

19 Points

2 Gold

2 Silver

C-elves starring role in "Elves Ready for Winter Break"

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It's a Celebrity Cranberry Thanksgiving

The celebrities participate in a long time Harkreader Hills tradition. Mrs. Harkeader, the director, read the celebrities her favorite Thanksgiving book, Cranberry Thanksgiving. When she was young her "Nannie Dorris" would read this book to her. They would then make cranberry bread together in her nannie's kitchen. Mmmm, so tasty!

Celeb Spellers Take Top 3!

PARTICIPANTS: Quinton, Dakota, Colby, Madison, William, Nate, Dolan, Jake, Marlayna, AJ, Austin, George, Maddy, Hailey, and Maggie.

The Harkreader Hill Celebrities took part in the 1st annual J. W. Wiseman Spelling Bee. The celebrities prepared for over a month to make sure their spelling skills were star quality. Thanks to our individualized spelling program, the students have been practicing the spelling bee words during their Word Work time. Their efforts really shined as the Top 3 students in 4th grade were Harkreader Hill Celebrities. The results were as follows:

Spelling Bee 1st Place Winner:

Hailey Pitt

Round 7: Hailey and Maggie

Round 6: Maggie and Hailey

Round 5: Maggie, Hailey, & Marlayna

Round 4: Jake, George, Maggie, Hailey, Marlayna

Round 3: Madison, Marlayna, Hailey, Maggie, Colby, Jake, Maddy, AJ, George, William

Round 2: Jake, Colby, Maggie, Hailey, Marlayna, Maggie, AJ, George

Round 1: Jake, Colby, Maggie, Hailey, William, AJ, Marlayna, Maddy, George, Madison

The Celebs give Mother Nature a helping hand!

The Director and Assistant Director at Harkreader Hills show their appreciation to Mother Nature by lending her a helping hand. Each week, they fill our birdfeeder with birdseed. During our Reading and Writing Lessons on the rug we can hear their birdy chirps as they sing us a thank you song. The birds can be spotted outside our back door each day enjoying their yummy treat. The birdfeeder was a gift to Mrs. Harkreader from her Wiseman family after her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ruth, passed away last year. Mrs. Ruth loved and appreciated everything Mother Nature provides. Each week when the celebrities fill the birdfeeder we are reminded of Mrs. Ruth and her love for birds and the creatures on this earth.

Estimator of the Week Announced

Celebrity Maddy was named the Estimator of the Week and the paparazzi was there to get the million dollar shot! During the Daily Dose of Math station rotation, the celebrities make an estimate on the number of items in the container. Maddy made the closest estimate from all the gues-tamations submitted.

Marvelous Math Maddy estimated 150 sour gummy bears. The actual amount was 192. Congratulations Maddy!

**It was later reported that Maddy shared her gummy bears with her brother and sisters. It is no wonder that Maddy is such a famous star student.

How do the Celebrities Pick a Good Book?

The celebrities were recently spotted outdoors rehearsing for their next production..I PICK! The paparazzi were able to catch some rare footage of the celebs in action! Check it out!

I Pick, I Pick, I P I C K

I Pick, I Pick, I P I C K

I choose, not you, I choose my books

I choose, not you, I choose my books

P urpose, purpose, why am I reading?

P urpose, purpose, why am I reading?

I nterest, interest, do I like it?

I nterest, interest, do I like it?

C om-pre-hen-d, do I understand?

C om-pre-hen-d, do I understand?

K now! Do I know most of the words?

Do-I-know most of the words?

Scientist Austin Makes Plant Pop-Up Discovery

Austin's Plant Pop-Ups

The paparazzi caught Austin as he investigates plants. Austin discovers that plants can make their own food through photosynthesis. He was also amazed to discover that plants actually "think". Through tropisms plants move toward water and light. They even have their own alarm clock that tells them when to go to sleep. Wow! Take a closer look at Austin's spectacular plant pop-ups. He sharedhis findings with the celebrities of Harkreader Hills and they made their own plant pop-ups. The paparazzi were on the scene to catch the celebs in action!

Paparazzi Bloggers

Paparazzi Alert! Celebrity Learners Spotted!

That's right-the celebrities of Harkreader Hills have been discovered by the Paparazzi! The paparazzi crew have created this blog to share all the juicy learning gossip they spot! Beginning Friday, September 10th the weekly Paparazzi Crew will be blogging about what they have spotted the celebrities learning. Photos captured will be posted for the fans to see and enjoy. Be sure to check the Blog to the Stars weekly to get the latest celebrity scoop!

Follow us on our journey to stardom!

Follow the celebrities of Harkreader Hills as they journey through their 4th grade year.
This "Blog to the Stars" will showcase all the great learning taking place throughout the year.