PTA 2012

Here are the only pics I managed to get last night right before our PTA performance "A Race to the Finish", A Tortoise and the Hare Tale.

An adorable little hare...

The handsome owl...

The cutest skunk you have ever seen...

Three awesome birds!

Dr Seuss

We also celebrated Dr Seuss' birthday on March 2nd!

Spring Party 2012

Here's a few pics from our party last week! We had so much fun!

February 2nd!

This year, Groundhog Day and the 100th day of school landed on the same day. Talk about a fun filled, crazy, busy day!  Here are some pics of a few of the kids in their 100th day hats! We drew 10 things on 10 strips of paper and attached to a sentence strip. Super easy, simple, and cute!

Below you can see our very simple snack for the day: pretzels and powdered sugar donuts! 100! The kids had powdered sugar everywhere!

Here are a few of the books we enjoyed throughout the day:

We used different activities from 3 different units found HERE-Deanna Jump, HERE- Michelle Oakes and HERE- The Teacher's Chatterbox.  I would HIGHLY recommend them ALL.

More pics to come of our Groundhog Day activities!

Field Trip

This year, our first grade went to Casa Mañana in Fort Worth to see Charlotte's Web! We used the play to launch our spring farm unit! More pics of that to come. Sadly, the trip went by waaayyyyyy too fast and I only got one pic from the way home. The kiddos had fun! Can ya tell?? :-)

New Year's 2012

Oh my. It has been way too long since I've posted. Things have been crazy busy in our classroom. I'll start with pics from our New Year's resolution craftivity!

 

I found this idea HERE!

I've got my thinking cap on...

Last Friday, our principal declared it "Put Your Thinking Cap On" day. Kids wore hats to school, and when the principal came around to observe the learning taking place in the classrooms, the teachers signed Ms. Shaw's baseball hat. The kids thought that was way cool!

 

Nature Center

Our district is lucky enough to have the Kirby Creek Natural Science Education Center.  Every year, each class is able to go spend half a day, and work on activities that tie in with our curriculum.  The Nature Center just got a HUGE makeover, and it is AWESOME! We had so much fun!  We went on a nature walk and used our senses to record what we saw, heard, smelled, and touched.  (I tried to limit the touching! ;-) ) We observed a pond and they illustrated what they saw in the pond.  We explored a huge garden and went on a hunt for vegetables and flowers that started with each letter of the alphabet.  We also discussed the butterfly life cycle and made a paper plate craft to show the different stages of the life cycle.  Overall, beautiful weather, well behaved kids, awesome place, we learned a few things, and nobody fell in the pond! Success!