100 Days!

We are 100 days smarter!  And we celebrated all day on Monday!  We had several 100 second contests:  a contest to see how many times we could write our names, how many Popcorn Words we could read, and how many words we could write in 100 seconds!  

We made a 100's Day snack... thank you everyone for bringing 100 pieces of snack food to mix in!  It was very eclectic and yummy, as you can see!

In math we got to see what 100 looks like, in many different ways! Legos, cards, beads, toys, marbles, paint chips, track pieces, and wiggliest of all... 100 red wiggler worms!

We also decoded a secret message on our hundreds charts!

In writing we celebrated Hundred's Day by writing about what life will be like when we are 100 years old.  I told the kids that I time traveled to the year 2112 and took pictures of them.  (We must have been having a class reunion...).  We had a hilarious slideshow of everyone's old person pictures.  The kids said I didn't look any different in my old picture.  I guess that means I already look 100 years old!  Check out the great essays in the hall by the lunchroom!  

Monday afternoon we had our Idita-Read contest kickoff assembly, with special guest Jeff Wells, and his dog Cora!  He told us about how reading books about mushing when he was a kid sparked his interest.  He made his dream come true, and ran the Iditarod with Jeff King's kennels out of Denali.  The kids learned about the Iditarod race, and then made and packed their own mushers packs for the reading race, including "puppy chow", a compass, their reading log, and their first book to read, all about the Iditarod.  Keep track of reading minutes at home, and turn in your reading logs when they are full.  I'll send another one home.  Our class earns miles along the trail for the minutes we read, and the winners get a day dog mushing and a pizza party at Fast Eddy's!  The first class to the halfway point gets Gold Miner Sundaes with edible gold flakes, and vials of real 24 karat gold!  There are also cash prizes for the individual top three readers.  So let's Idita-Read!!!

On Thursday the kids got to read with Winter the dog for library time, to celebrate the Idita-Read contest.  They loved it!!!  

Our next project in writing was to write Fishy Poems, and illustrate them.  They were silly, but good rhyming practice!  It was also a great way to practice adjectives, which we have been working on lately!

Finally the day arrived for our field trip to the bank to buy a Helping Hand for the Food Bank with the money the kids donated.  We brought in over $67 to donate.  The kinders got a great tour of the bank... I think the money counter machine was their favorite.  Thank you to Cory and Lacey for showing us a great time!  They got to hold Canadian money, and then see all of the money in the safe. 

Next on our trip, we went to the Helping Hands Food Bank to see how their money would be used.  Helen Olsen gave us a wonderful tour and helped the kids understand how the Food Bank works and what its purpose is.  They kids all got to pretend to be in families and go "shopping" downstairs!  

Thank you to Julie Lance, Scott Holmes, and Michelle Erickson who were able to come with us on our journey.  We appreciate you, and couldn't do it without you!  It was a neat trip, and made our collecting coins much more meaningful, as the kids learned that they can play an important role in our community by lending a Helping Hand!

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Our Valentine's Party will be on Wednesday from 2:15-3:00.  We will play games and exchange Valentines, so if your child would like, they may bring one for everyone in the class.  Let me know if you need another class list of names.  We will be decorating cookies, so also please let me know if you would be willing to bring frosting, sprinkles/toppings, or a healthy snack!  Happy 💗 Day!