February Decorations

February has so many special days! We learned about Groundhog's Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, and President's Day. We also celebrated the 100th Day of School on February 3rd. Here are some of the decorations up in our classroom this month!



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February Decorations

January Decorations

We have been learning a lot about winter and snow. Our classroom is decorated with snowflakes, snowmen, and winter scenes. We also made New Year's Resolutions to start the beginning of 2011! Take a look at our classroom this month!



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January Decorations

December Decorations

This is my favorite time of the year to decorate the classroom. We have so many colorful projects that go along with our Social Studies unit to learn about holidays around the world. Hope you like our decorations!



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December Decorations

November Decorations

During the month of November, we learn all about the very first Thanksgiving. We learn about Pilgrims and Native Americans, turkeys, and we share about everything that we are thankful for. This month's classroom decoration shows some of our November projects! Enjoy!

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November Decorations

October Classroom Decorations

Happy October!

This is one of my favorite times of the year because of all the festive holidays coming up! We have Halloween, and then Thanksgiving, and after that we have Christmas and all the other Winter holidays! I had a lot of fun decorating the class with student artwork and fake spiderwebs =) Also in this slideshow are pictures of the students during literacy centers on Wednesdays. Enjoy!

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October Decorations

September Classroom Decorations

We have finished a lot of projects in September about the alphabet letters, learning the life cycle of apples, and describing the Fall season! Here are pictures of our classroom decorations in the month of September!

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September Decorations

Kenya Missions Trip - Summer 2010

Dear Families,

For those of you that don't know, in my spare time, I am actively involved with a hip hop dance ministry called Eight Count (www.eightcount.com). We do several performances a year and we've even performed at Eaton before! This past summer, I decided to go on my very first missions trip to Kenya with some dancers from Eight Count and some other members from my church, Great Exchange Covenant Church (www.grx.org). We were there for 2 weeks, and everyday, we worked with children from public schools, private schools, and orphanages. We brought crafts, games, stories, and dance to the kids there, and we also trained the teachers how to lead different types of lessons with the kids. If you want a detailed account of our entire adventure to Kenya, please visit my Kenya blog at: gracetokenya.blogspot.com

Here is a video to show some of the highlights from our trip! If you can't see the video below, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamSc0ELqAY

Talent Show Teacher Dance 2010 - Michael Jackson

This is the teachers' 8th annual performance at the end of the year talent show. We always have so much fun practicing and performing for the kids!

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Easter 2010 - Blessed Be Your Name

Here is my dance group, Eight Count's, performance for Easter 2010. We used the song, Blessed Be Your Name, by Tree 63, to tell a story about a soldier and his wife. The lyrics of this song are really powerful, "You give and take away," showing us that in every moment, we have so much to be thankful for because it might not last. Just like one day it's sunny, and the next day it rains, our lives change that quickly too. All we can do is appreciate all the blessings we do have at any given moment, and just smile.

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Eight Count - "Life"

My dance group, Eight Count, performed at last week's Sunday service. Our newest set is called "Life" and we just had a lot of fun dancing through the ages.

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June 2009 - Do You Love Me?

2009 Talent Show - 7th Annual Teachers Dance - Do You Love Me?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=285OuSDbx7s

Easter 2009 - Bleeding Love

Easter 2009

Mrs. Yu performed with her dance ministry, Eight Count, at Easter Service on April 12, 2009. Here is their performance:

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Eight Count @ HIM Conference - I Can Only Imagine

In October 2008, Eight Count was asked to perform at the Bay Area HIM conference in Fremont. In the last few weeks of preparation, we found out that they actually wanted us to perform two different routines, not just the one that we had been preparing. Therefore, our wedding dance to "I Can Only Imagine" was brought up as a possible option... except with a major modification in the storyline. Instead of being the happy James & Grace Wedding Dance, Eight Count modified it to being a sad, but hopefully inspiring, dance piece. Something very different then what Grace is used to... but hope you are blessed by it.

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Official Wedding Slideshow

Our photographer, Scott Roberts, did a great job following us around during our wedding day. He took so many pictures, and then made a slideshow for us. Hope you enjoy it!

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Wedding Surprise Dance - Canon in D Hip Hop

Mrs. Yu and her husband surprised the guests with a second dance later in the evening, a hip hop dance to Canon in D (remixed). Her friends from Eight Count joined in again!

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Wedding Father Daughter Dance - The Way You Look Tonight

During the father daughter dance, Mrs. Yu's father sang, "The Way You Look Tonight" by Frank Sinatra. It was a special and touching surprise!

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Wedding First Dance - I Can Only Imagine

This is Mrs. Yu's first dance with her husband at her wedding reception on June 21, 2008. Her friends from Eight Count joined in halfway through the dance to celebrate with them!

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June 2008 - High School Musical

2008 Talent Show - 6th Annual Teachers Dance - High School Musical

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYuf_I65NOM

Easter 2008

Miss Yu performed with her dance ministry, Eight Count, at Easter Service on March 23, 2008. Here is their performance:

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June 2007 - First Graders Cha Cha Slide

2007 Talent Show
Here are some of our first graders performing the Cha Cha Slide dance! Great job! They had the audience clapping and dancing too!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEmnafr0_E

June 2007 - Mrakava & Pink Ladies

2007 Talent Show - 5th Annual Teachers Dance - Mrakava & Pink Ladies

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hmOU12_WRI

June 2007 - International Day

Miss Yu performed with her dance group, Eight Count (www.eightcount.com) at the International Day Festival. Eight Count performs throughout the year primarily dancing hip hop or step.

Here is a hip hop routine that Eight Count performed at San Jose State in February 2007 for an Invisible Children fundraiser.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATq3rI2sIo



Here is a step routine that Eight Count performed at the Easter 2007 Service for Great Exchange Covenant Church.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ljz9nOwnY

March 2007 - Kindness Project

On March 13, 2007, our class was invited to present our Kindness Projects to the Cupertino District Board members. Several students participated in the seven-minute presentation, giving a description about our journals, use of technology in the classroom, and effort to spread kindness around us. Our online journals can be viewed at kindness.pbwiki.com . We were fortunate to have this wonderful opportunity!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUkVi8l4aw

June 2006 - MC Mrakava & The Funky Bunch

2006 Talent Show - 4th Annual Teachers Dance - MC Mrakava & The Funky Bunch

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZbi9A6zo8Q

June 2005 - Chorus Line

2005 Talent Show - 3rd Annual Teachers Dance - Chorus Line

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvXFVVDTd4A

June 2004 - California Girls

2004 Talent Show - 2nd Annual Teachers Dance - California Girls

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va9jXGn3evo