So sorry I have been missing!

We have had a busy couple of weeks. We celebrated Valentine's Day by Reading Froggy's First Kiss by Jonathan London. My students always get excited when they see me pull out a Froggy book. They love to join in and help me read. We made Valentine cards for someone we care about just like Froggy. I don't have any of those to share because they all went to very special people!

We also ended our study on landforms by completing a model of the different landforms. I gave the students shoe, boxes, pieces of butcher paper, and modeling clay and let them go. They had so much fun making their landscapes.

We also learned about two of our presidents and why we celebrate President's Day. The students had so much fun learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. We created a Hall of Presidents right outside our classroom.

This week we are gearing up for our trip to the Zoo next week. Those pictures are to come!

Happy 100 Days!!!

We had such a fun week celebrating the 100 days of school. It is so hard to believe that 100 days have flown by us. We started out by reading 100 Day Worries by Margery Cuyler. I absolutely love reading this book to the kids. The kids wrote about what they would do if they were 100 years old. After the writing was edited they were able to make portraits as seen below.

On the 100th day of school the kids came in through the banner seen at the very top. They felt so special coming into our classroom. We did a rotation with 3 other classes in our pod. At each classroom students did a different activity. Each teacher was responsible for coming up with their own activity. I of course went to Pinterest and found this great activity where they try to stack a tower of 100 cups. I turned mine into a contest between the boys and the girls. All of the classes had so much fun! It was so great to see my kiddos working as a team to accomplish the goal.

Another great activity we did was write about what we would do if we had $100. We read Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday. The kids really enjoyed this book. It helped them see how quickly money can disappear. We compiled all of our writing and created a class book. They love to read books created by the class in the library work station.

We ended our week with a fun activity in Math. Each student was given a balloon to see if they could blow it up. We made a graph of who could and could not blow up the balloon. We then analyzed the graph and used our balloons in a creative way.

More fun times coming next week!