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!

Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful day together on Friday during our Valentine's Day celebration!  Everyday I am so amazed at how kind, sweet, and loving this class is.  I am a very lucky teacher!

We were very busy crafting, making valentines. playing games, and listening to love songs :)

The big exchange <3

Reading Counts Assembly

On Friday, we had our first Reading Counts assembly to award students who have reached milestones with their RC points.  There will be another assembly at the end of the year.  Students in our class have worked hard and continue to set goals for themselves :)  Thank you to the families who were able to attend!

Catapults

During our science writing unit, the students engaged in an experiment with catapults.  Students wrote lab report exploring whether a ping pong ball or cotton ball would go farther when being flung by a catapult.  We had a lot of fun and wrote wonderful reports!

Our Community!!!

We spent a lot of time planning and preparing for the creation of our community.  When the day finally came, the kids were hard at work, and it turned out fantastic!  The kids said they even wished they were small so they could live there, hah!

Jordyn and Kassidy making the school and houses.

Xio and Dawson laying down the roads.

Gavin creating a car.

Emma, Amelia, and trees, trees, trees.

Christian and Nathan creating The Smithsonian and police station. 

Carter and David creating a factory and hotel.

Keagan making Keagan Enterprises and Aden creating army vehicles.

Jack and Caleb constructing roads and parks.

Alannah, Isaiah, and Alyssa working on the farm.

Raegan and Danica making some odds and ends to make our community complete.

Almost finished!

All done!