a last few thoughts...

As I stand in our classroom all packed up, I am reflecting on the year.  Yesterday we used butcher paper to create a mural of our favorite things of first grade.  As I was finishing the last few things, I used the paper to cover shelfs...tears came to my eyes as I looked at the drawings.  It amazes me the things that they drew about.

This has been an amazing year full of authentic learning.  Thank you for your support and dedication to our class.  It has been an amazing year!

and now aww...it is over for a little break.  I will enjoy a few down days but definitely be ready to be back in the fall!

Busy Buzz of the Last Few Days!

Even thought the room is looking ready for summer, we have been learning in different ways (and having some fun)!

We camped out under the florescent lights of the classroom.  We built tents for reading time, used our knowledge of shadows to make flashlight animals on the wide open ceiling!  We had a special campfire community circle, and ended the day with smores!

A camp out would not be complete without a little play...it was time to tape the administrators to the pole.  It could not have been a better day weather wise (although I wasn't the one wearing yards and yards of duck tape!).

And we had my first ever Family Fair - which was so fun, I forgot to take pictures!

Today we channeled our inner engineer and built toothpick towers!

Tomorrow, I will read my all time favorite children's story as we learn the lesson from the book.  Be sure to ask about it!

Winds Of Time - It All Comes Together

It was a super fun day celebrating all of our learning about Ancient Egypt!  Thank you to all the parents that made the 3 weeks a wonderful addition to First Grade.

more Egypt Plays!

The last few were a little too long to load on their own.  Use the following links to watch!

Building a Pyramid - Henry, Aydin, Megan, and  Bianca

https://vimeo.com/129168947



The Mighty Nile - Draden, Zoe, Katianna, and Luc

https://vimeo.com/129171698




Yuuki, Aden, Camila, and Ben show a tour of the Ancient Land

https://vimeo.com/129174899

Ancient Egypt Through Our Eyes!

Check out the plays we made to show and teach all about Ancient Egypt!  I am so proud of all of the kids.  They planned, wrote, directed and created the entire play.  It was MESSY learning, but WOW - look at the finished products.

Sharing in all ways!

A little rain didn't stop our celebration of sharing!  We started the day with a picnic to celebrate all the hard work from the year!

We ended the day learning about Charitable Giving, and donating to a charity of choice (we wanted to announce the donations, but the bags got thrown away before we got back from dismissal, boo hoo). You would be proud of the students generous spirits!

We even had the joy of sharing our gratitude to our wonderful room mom. She has helped me learn so much about the Hunters Creek  Way!

A new Teacher Joined the Day!

Today we were treated to a special Guest Teacher!  Thank you Miss Siblik for helping us learn all about mummies!  She pulled a few small groups, lead the class in a wrap the mummy race (and yes I was the mummy - next year we buy better toilet paper).  Thank you Miss Siblik for treating us to a fun day of learning!