Dr. Seuss and Watch Dog Dad

We ended our week before spring break with some Dr. Seuss fun.  Students created their own Dr. Seuss rhymes inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.  They also experimented with oobleck after reading Bartholomew and the Oobleck.  It was a lot of fun but reading Dr. Seuss is a sure way to twist the tongue!

Thank you Mr. Loudermill, the father of Donovan, for helping out in our classroom!

The next "Bobby Fischer"

Okay, I am finally caught up (well sort of).  At least these pics are from March 1.  Yeah!!!!  My kiddos did an awesome job playing their first game of chess.  I only introduced the pawn during our first match and students look forward to learning about the rook next.  I already have a few kiddos that know how to play the game.  Brilliant!!!!!! 

How To Blow a Bubble

We finished our series of  How To writing pieces with bubble gum. I asked students to tell me how to blow a bubble. Oh my!!!  Of course I had to let them practice first.  It was an interesting afternoon to mildly put it.  The kiddos did a great job!

What a Ball!!!!

I wish there was more space on this blog (free of charge) for me to post all of my pics.  Here are a few I could not resist.  The kiddos were such Kings and Queens at our third annual First Grade Ball.

100 Days Smarter!

Here are a few pics from our 100th day celebration.  My kiddos were sooo excited because they got to "retire" for one whole day.  We began our morning with a retirement breakfast (soft foods of course) and ended our day with a 100 day snack mix.  I want to thank Mrs. Thompson for being our 100th day Mystery Reader.  She read 100 Day Worries and then the students shared their very own collections of 100 things.

Cupcakes for Sale!

OH MY WORD!  I am so behind on posting!!!  We are less than a month away from testing and this time of year just begins to get away from me.  However, I HAVE to catch up because I have so many things to share from February.  One of my favorite lessons was a How To technical writing piece on the topic of cupcakes.  This also tied in nicely to our mini unit on goods/services in social studies.  My kiddos were hard at work mixing and recording all the steps to making these sweet little treats.  After the lesson, they all got to participate in their very on bake sell.  One word.....FUN!!!