We had fun with St. Patty's Day before we left for Spring Break... and hope the trap the kids made caught a leprechaun in our classroom!
On our Pots of Gold in this picture, the kids each wrote a mini essay about what makes them feel lucky! One of the kids wrote, "I feel lucky when I get a job as a principal!" So does our new Principal for next year, I am sure!!!
The rainbows you see in this picture are actually fraction strip rainbows! We did paper folding to compare fractions in order up to 1/8. The kids made many awesome discoveries during this activity, including the idea that the denominator shows how many pieces it is folded into, the bigger the denominator the smaller the pieces, and to get 1/6 from 1/3, you have to divide each piece by 2, and the same for 1/8 from 1/4. We are having lots of fun with our Intro to Fractions unit!
We really enjoyed our Book Buddies sledding party on Wednesday! It was such gorgeous weather! We had s'mores by the fire and just enjoyed a beautiful spring day with our 4th grade buddies. Thank you to the parents who came and helped!
Try keeping a surprise party a secret with 8 kindergarteners. They say things like, "Shhh!!! Don't tell her about the You Know What!" We celebrated Ms. Alexa's birthday on Thursday. She is very loved by our whole class, including me! I don't know what we would do without her. She is such a great asset to our class and the whole school. She is a very talented teacher with awesome creativity and a natural gift for working with kids! Alexa is one of those people that does what you were going to ask her to do before you even thought of doing it yourself. Happy birthday Alexa!
I am excited that I just got certified to belay on the rock wall in the gym! So we are now able to take turns on the wall during our P.E. station rotations, and it has been SO fun! The kids are testing not only their physical strength but stretching themselves to conquer their fear and have such a feeling of accomplishment when they do!
We began a unit in science electricity and magnets. The kids made some cool discoveries about electricity using these circuit boards! We did some experiments about conductors and insulators, and figured out how to make a light bulb light up in a circuit!
I love it when their faces "light up" like this! I always knew my students were "bright"!
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