Balloon #3!

Today we popped the balloon: Daily 5 Outside!  We grabbed our book boxes and writing binders and headed outside to sit by the pond to do our reading and writing.  It's so relaxing to listen to the fountain in the pond, the birds singing, and  the sounds of nature as we enjoyed our books and wrote stories.  The only obstacle we had was trying to avoid the rain!

Ag Day

We had the opportunity to visit Ag Day on Tuesday afternoon.  The students enjoyed petting all the different animals and seeing the big farm equipment.  Nice job to all the students who shared and presented today!

Balloon #2!

On Tuesday we popped our 2nd balloon, and the message in the balloon was a treasure hunt.  We followed clues all over the school to end up in the library.  There we discovered our treasure wrapped up!  We quickly brought our treasure back to our room, unwrapped it, and cheered about the new addition to our classroom library: "Happy Birthday Cupcake!"  There is no better treasure than a loved book!

Balloon Countdown!

In our last few weeks of school we begin our balloon countdown!  Each day we pop a balloon and do the fun activity in that balloon.  On Monday we popped balloon number 1, and the activity was to write a letter to a senior.  Each student was assigned to a soon to be graduate, and we got busy writing.  The students asked questions and sent them well wishes!  We then delivered the letters in person to each senior!  Congratulations seniors!

Mystery Reader 11!

"I'm in the upper elementary.  I have blue eyes.  I'm tall."  I thought this would be a unanimous guess for this big brother because he's pretty well known for being tall, but a few students thought it might be their big brothers too.  

Little sister was surprised and thrilled to see her family member walk in the door.  He read the book "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose" because he said he could remember liking this series of books when he was in 2nd grade.  Thanks so much for stopping in.  You made your sister's day!

Poetry Books

During the month of March the students learned how to write a variety of poems.  For each poem that was introduced the students wrote three, and then they picked their favorite to publish.  The goal during our writing was to be as specific to the topic as possible.  For each poem, the students always picked their own topics.  We published by typing our poems and then adding artwork.  We recently met up with the 1st grade class to share our booklets.

Warm and Cool Dragonfly Art Project

Since spring has arrived I have been so excited to do this warm and cool watercolor project with the students.  They had to envision zooming in on a dragonfly sitting on a flower.  The goal was to use warm and cool colors to contrast the dragonfly from the flower.  At the beginning, the students looked at the entire project with a little bit of overwhelm.  I showed them how to break down each part, and they went to sketching out their dragonfly and flower with no problem!  These paintings turned out so beautiful!