Past Day!

On Friday, we celebrated all of our learning that has taken place over the past few weeks by celebrating with Past Day!  We had quite a few children dress up and we had tons of fun!  The children rotated to different stations where they discussed and experienced aspects of the past such as schools (boy, I has fun being a teacher from the past, just ask your second grader!), games, and transportation.

Annie Oakley

Everyone all together :)

80's Gear

Pilgrim

50's Style!

Peace!

Greasers :)

Too cute!

Christian's cat even loved transportation from the past, as he settled right in when Christian brought his wagon home.

Leprechaun Traps!

On Tuesday, we discovered a leprechaun had created a complete mess in our classroom.  In an effort to catch this sneaky leprechaun, we created traps to find this silly guy.  Our traps were covered in gold, sparkles, rainbows, ladders, and signs to trick him.  During recess he showed back up, but all we were able to catch was a bit of fabric from his pants!  It was such a fun St. Patrick's Day!

Dr. Seuss Week!

In celebration of Dr. Seuss, we had a very exciting Read Across America Week with lots of "seussational" activities.

Mrs. Blair, our school counselor, read Oh, The Places You'll Go! and discussed all the possibilities for the future. 

Mrs. Benner came in to read some Seuss favorites.  Thank you Mrs. Benner!

Dress for the Future Day- sorry for the coats, but the early dismissal made things a little rushed :P

Mrs. Haagen and Emma relaxing in their vacation attire.

We wish we were on the beach!

Fitness Friday!  Look at our muscles!

Mr.  Hawkins also came in and read One Cent, Two Cents, Old Cents, New Cents to the kiddos.  A perfect read aloud for the closure of our money unit.

Thank you Mr,  Hawkins!

Mrs. O lead our closing end-of -week assembly.

Mrs. Carroll lead Dr. Seuss fitness exercises from A to Z.

We also had Dr. Seuss trivia, where the kids challenged Mr. Besch.  When he answered incorrectly, he chose to eat some very interesting green food, or had to wear them!

Yikes!

The students at Marion Walker had such a fun week, and surpassed their reading goals!  I am so proud of my students!

Winter Carnival

Here are just a couple pictures that I was able to snap at the Winter Carnival.  Thanks to all the families who attended, it was such a fun night!