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!

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!

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!

 

50s Fun

Oh my goodness! Yesterday was our 50th day of school and we celebrated 1950s style. So much fun! We even dressed like they did in the 50s! We counted to 50 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. We listed numbers greater than 50 and less than 50. My sweet teammate, Miss Martinez, made a PowerPoint to show the kids pictures of clothes and toys. We compared and contrasted how people lived in the 1950s to how we live today. The kids were shocked they didn't have cell phones, or color TV, or Wii! Here are a few pics of our wild and crazy, but educational day! ;-)

After we discussed the differences from the 50s to today, the students wrote a few sentences about what they learned! Super cute, huh?

After lunch, we enjoyed root beer floats! It was YUMMY!  Then, we graphed how many students liked their treat, and how many did not! Ice cream outside on a beautiful day? What's not to love?

 

 

In the afternoon, we had a sock hop! The kids loved dancing to 50s music!  We also showed clips of I Love Lucy so they could see what TV shows looked like in the 50s!

Just an FYI for teacher friends, I purchased Cara Carroll's unit: “Cruisin’ Through the 50 First Days of School”. All of our activities came from her unit.  I would highly recommend it! 

Character Dress Up Day

Today, we dressed up like a storybook character! Each student brought a book that their character is in. They were CRAZY wild, but we had so much fun! At the end of the day, the whole school had a parade to see everyone's costumes!

The First Grade Teachers dressed up like Fancy Nancy! Ohhhh Lala! I was more the mismatched Fancy Nancy! We had so much fun!

 

Polar Express Day

The week before Christmas break, we have Polar Express Day at school. The kids talk about this day for weeks before because they love it so much. There are many activities on this day including comparing and contrasting the book and movie, the school-wide sing along, and enjoying hot chocolate.  The kids love to wear their pajamas to school as well.