GRANDPARENTS' DAY!!!

We had a WONDERFUL time with Grandparents, cousins, and special friends. Thank you again to my classroom volunteers...I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for all of the drinks, food, and snack donations as well. You guys are the coolest group of parents!

Here are some photos of the day:

 

 

Our class got to sing "The Victory Chant" with Mrs. Racusin's class. They did such a great job. Our kids also recited James 1: 22-25 and Romans 12:9-12. I was a proud teacher that morning:)

 

 

At the very end, there was a finale with all of the K-5 kids singing together. It was beautiful to hear the children praising the Lord in unison!

When all of our guests arrived to our classroom, we surprised them by singing "Jesus Loves Me" in Japanese. We also took turns answering some questions like, "What is your favorite thing to do here at school?"

 

 

 Next, we were dismissed to go to the 3 stations of rotations. We had a craft table where we painted a fall leaf container.

 

 

We also had a cupcake decorating table, which was the kids' favorite, of course!

 

 

 

There was also an activity table with puzzles, tic-tac-toe, and hangman. They really wanted to beat their grandparents!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We ended the day with a special prayer time thanking Jesus for our grandparents, cousins, and friends. We are blessed to be surrounded by such loving people in our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Know How to Party!

I usually don't have my camera with me on our Starburst of the Week parties, but on this day, I happen to have it. I just wanted to give you a glimpse of how we enjoy our food and how we pose for silly group photos!

Indian Corn

Our social studies unit has been quite interesting for our students. It has been fun to watch them actually contemplate what life must have been like for the original colonists in Jamestown and Plymouth.

Imagine the children acting out the scenes as they pretended to farm the land, hunt for dinner, and build their homes. They were cracking me up! My favorite part was when they pretended to be the indians who wanted to trade their corn for the colonists' copper. Very good bargaining skills!

In art, we made some "indian corn" in honor of the first Native Americans who were so kind to help out the settlers in Jamestown and Plymouth.

Sandwich Day!!

In our English/Writing class, we have been learning how to use time-order words (First, Next, Then, Afterwards, Finally, etc) as well as writing clear directions on how to do something.

As a class, we worked on writing directions for "How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich". We began with a planning sheet (outline), then worked hard on writing a rough draft. Finally, we wrote the final copy.

We wanted to try out the directions on our partners. On Friday, the children got to take turns reading the directions, step by step, while the other actually made the sandwich according to the instructions.

Everyone did a super job, and enjoyed the yummy assignment!