Our Fourth Lasso Party!

We earned a lasso party for filling our spirit stick with lassos. The students earn lassos for being ready, respectful, and/or responsible. They can earn them as a class or individually. Once they have a earned a lasso, they place it on the spirit stick. We carry this spirit stick with us throughout the school. This way we can display our good behavior and earn our lassos too. They often earn lots of lassos at lunch and at their specials. When our stick is completely filled, we earn a party. I am always so proud of them, when they fill a spirit stick. We have earned four lasso parties now! We always vote on the treat, and the students voted on having popsicles for this lasso party. I decided to choose a warm day, so we could eat the popsicles outside at our school's picnic tables. After we ate the popsicles, I let the students play on the "big kids" equipment. They play on a smaller playground at recess, so this was a special treat. They had a lot of fun, and it was a well-deserved party! :-) Now, they are motivated to fill that stick quickly because they want to earn a fifth, final party before school ends. I think they can do it.

Notice the popsicles are jolly rancher flavored - very yummy! :-)





Our para Miss Campos is in this picture:

Our para Miss B with N

Even I enjoyed a popsicle - Here I am posing with A:

They do not get to play on the swings at recesses so this was a big treat:




They also liked climbing on the "big kids" equipment:



These monkey bars were HUGE compared to them, but they were up to the challenge!

The "big kids" have some cool stuff to play on:

We Love Basketball!

They have been working on their basketball skills in P.E. class. They have practiced dribbling, and they started shooting baskets today. They did such a great job. I came into get a video clip of them playing, and I ended up filming 6 video clips. :-) I was just so proud of them. They made so many baskets. Most importantly, they were confident, and they were displaying good sportsmanship. I even got in on the fun and shot 2 baskets. I promised them I would show these clips in class tomorrow. They are so excited to see themselves play. Enjoy the video clips. They will put a smile on your face.

Springtime with Rainbows

Today, we decided our Valentine's Day bulletin board needed to go. We talked about the colors of the rainbow, and they learned the acronym Roy G. Biv. Then, we put this information to good use and water-colored rainbows. First, we cut the rainbows out, and then we water-colored them. Unfortunately, we didn't have the color indigo in our water-color sets, so we had to get creative. They are good with that. The rainbows turned out great, and we have a beautiful spring bulletin board to enjoy.
Water-coloring the rainbows








Our para, Miss B is in this picture




The Spring Bulletin Board

A close-up of two of the rainbows - Didn't they do a wonderful job?

Dr Seuss' Birthday/Read Across America Day

Today, we celebrated a very special birthday. We celebrated Dr. Seuss' 108th birthday. We did several Dr. Seuss activities. In reading groups, we made Cat in the Hat "hats" with -at words written on them.
Here are some of them holding up their "-at hats":












We also made special Cat in the Hat masks that they loved.
Here are two, cute class pictures with the Cat in the Hat masks :


Later we enjoyed reading Green Eggs and Ham and watching the original, cartoon version of The Cat in the Hat. In math, we had lots of fun with a Cat in the Hat glyph. Here are the questions to this glyph:
1. Are you a boy or a girl?
Girl- Color the bow pink
Boy - Color the bow red
2. Do you like Dr Seuss books?
Yes- Red and White hat
No- Black and Blue hat
3. Do you think cat and hat rhyme?
Yes- Color the nose black
No- Color the nose orange
4. Do you like Thing One and Thing Two?
Yes- Color the cat's face brown
No- Leave the face white
5. Do you want the Cat in the Hat to visit your house?
Yes- Color the cat brown
No- Color the cat black
Here are some of them holding up their finished Cat in the Hat glyphs:












At the end of the day, we went to Mrs. Johnston's kindergarten room to celebrate Read Across America Day with 3rd grade. The 3rd graders partnered up with the kindergarteners and read Dr. Seuss and other books to them. It was a lot of fun and very sweet sight to see. This 3rd grade class was my first kindergarten class, so it was a very heartwarming and special event.