Field Day 2010

For one hour today we left the classroom behind and headed outside.

With Mrs. Walton, we played with the parachute.

With Mrs. Reimschussel, we played

throw-the-ball-and-catch-it-with-a-velcro-flat-paddle-thingy

(for lack of the right term!)

During Mrs. Anderson's time, we pulled out our creative juices and covered the sidewalks

in front of the school with sidewalk chalk.

We all had a great time.

The weather was beautiful...NO snow at all!

Enjoy the pictures:

We were all amazed at Samuel's amazing artwork of

a shark in the ocean.

Samuel and Bryant

Brooklynn and Kate

Melany and Kyara

After the festivities, we had delicious Otterpops that turned our tongues

all sorts of colors.

Brooklynn

Melany and Lizbeth

So cute:

Gage, Dallin, Kaysen, Bryant, Jon, and Samuel

Yum!

The Rope's Course that wasn"t...

It's a sad day when bad weather thwarts our best laid plans. Yesterday (Tuesday) we had to forgo our much anticipated class trip to the CLAS Ropes Course. It was a very tough call to make as a teacher. We all wanted to go, yet, we didn't want to be caught in a down pour on our walk (1.4 miles one way) to the course.

So, we stayed at the school and made it into a special day here. It was a good thing too. It turned into a very cold and rainy day.

Outside our classroom window at 8 am.

We got all of the math manipulatives out and rotated around to each one.

This was the domino center. We also had pattern blocks, Kinex, lego-type toys, and linking cubes.

Tristan (above) and Kyara (below)

started the trend of spelling their names with the dominos.

I love it!

We went to the gym and I got the jump ropes out. Man, those children can move!! Check out the videos at the end of this post. PLUS...we got the big rope out and had a tug 0' war. What fun! Everyone agreed that Kaysen was the strongest. That video is also included. I think you'll love it.

We also reserved the computer cart to have a great time visiting the www.pbskids.org site as well as taking in a little Photo Booth. One of my favorite sounds in all the world is the sound of children giggling. There was no shortage of those during Photo Booth time!

The very BEST part of the day though, was our delicious lunch! Our class has THE BEST moms in the entire school. Mrs. Parke organized the lunch (which was scheduled to be delivered at the Ropes Course) that was brought in to the class. A special thanks to: Samuel's mom for the carrots and oranges; Kyara and Tristan B.'s moms for the Capri Sun drinks; Dallin's mom for the pizza, Rice Krispie treats, plates, and napkins; and Jon's mom for the gigantic box of potato chips. Also, thanks to Katja's mom and Zack's grandma for taking time out of their busy day to come and spend it with us!

James eating dessert first!

That child is brilliant I tell you!

Tristan is the only child I have ever met who doesn't like pizza.

That's okay, we still love her.

Ashley with her loot!

Yum!

Brooklynn, Lizbeth, Katja, and Chloe (Katja's little sister)

In the afternoon, we watched Madagascar 2 (courtesy of Kyara's mom) and then went to Music.

So...all in all...we had a very enjoyable day.

Don't miss out on viewing these cute/short videos.

Friday Night's School Carnival!

A good time was had by ALL! Here are a few pictures of some of our classmates. These were taken between 5:30 and closing time (7:00). So...if you came earlier, I'm sorry to say, I missed you! I hope you all had fun.

Melany

Isn't she lovely?

Face painting at its finest.

Hoping to win the drawing

for fabulous prizes.

Silver taking a shot at the basket.

He was AWESOME!!!

Sisters!

Katja with her little sister Chloe.

More face painting

Above: Katja

Below: Eden

The most popular attraction at the carnival.

The giant slide!

But...I just liked seeing all of the children I love so much.

Like, Ethan.

So handsome, don't you think??

Our Wonderful Day!

This is just a quick little update on our class goal to reach 1000 Box Tops this year. As most of you know, we surpassed that goal and currently have 2231 Box Tops in our collection. When we reached our 1000 goal, we decided that if we got 2000 Box Tops we would go bowling.

HERE IS OUR DILEMMA:

Getting to the bowling alley costs the big bucks. Provo School District charges an arm and a leg to rent, especially with only one class going. It would cost around $250 just for the bus. In the past, we have been able to have parent volunteer drivers. That wouldn't cost us anything. But, of course, our district has instituted stringent regulations that make it way too much paperwork for our dear parents.

SOOOO.....we talked it over and have decided on a different 2000 Box Top reward.

We will be going to the Provo Ropes Course. It is perfect. Why?

1. The owner's son, James, is in our class.

2. We will have pizza (part of the original goal) delivered to the course.

3. We are able to walk there. It is about a mile. We'll take it slow and it won't cost us a dime to walk.

If you are reading this and you are a parent of one of our students AND you would like to take a nice long on May 18th, let me know!

NOW...to thank you for saving your Box Tops for us all year. I think you'll like this video. It's cute, just like your kids!

Our Friend From Louisiana!

Anyone who is familiar with our class knows our obsession with Box Tops.

Our mission this year was to collect at least one Box Top from every

state in the union.

Well....

we have done pretty well. We still need several more states.

Mrs. Anderson has several friends (about 100) that she met on a favorite

website where they gather to visit and share stories.

She happened to mention our class goal while chatting one day.

Let me tell you that things have gotten out of hand!

Many of these lovely friends have sent postcards, letters, coins, pictures, cards, stickers, toys, and (of course) Box Tops!

On Monday, we received a large package from our new friend named Barbara. She lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

She sent us all kinds of information about her state. She sent each child a Mardi Gras flag and a rubber alligator to match the ones found in the swamps of Louisiana.

She also sent pictures along

with a very nice letter telling us

all about Louisiana.

Here we are in these pictures waving our Mardi Gras flags and giving a smooch to our rubber alligator.

It's nice to know that there are such wonderful people in this world.

Our BYU Student Teacher

I feel badly that it has taken so long to introduce you to our student teacher. Her name is Ms. Brooke Bergeson. SHE IS FANTASTIC! We love her. She has done a lot for the children. They adore her

The worst part is this...she is all finished next Friday. We will be sad to let her go but know that she will make an outstanding teacher to many lucky children in the future.