Some Things Aren't Meant To Be Shared

My students are really great about sharing.

Each day they share books, pencils, erasers, and other items. But some things are not meant to share. Scotty got this edible necklace from the prize box. He was really enjoying it as he was reading to me. Then he says, "Mmm, Mrs. Ward, this is good. Here try some" and he puts it in my face. While it was very kind of him to want to share I politely said no thank you.
Another student sneezed really hard this morning and covered his math paper with snot. I decided he didn't need to share that paper with me.

A former student of mine shared some cotton candy with his 2nd grade teacher. When he gave it to her he said, "I'm gonna need that bowl back when you're done because that's where I keep my frog". Again...not meant to share.

Some of your children also share lots of interesting stories from home that you would probably not want them to share. Don't worry though I've got a first grader too that shares way too much with her teacher!

Time to Celebrate

Fun Room Friday is here and nearly everyone made it to the Fun Room this week. When students earn at least 2 points a week for Accelerated Reader they are rewarded with Fun Room on Friday. Some students even earn crowns to wear for the afternoon.

Our Top Girl Reader this week was Rylee. We had a tie for Top Boy Reader. Cal and Drew earned those crowns. Scotty was Honorable Mention this week because he has been working very hard and his reading has really improved! To celebrate they did a little dance you might enjoy.


We also do a little chapter book cheer each time someone in the class passes a chapter book. This is what it looks like:

Top Readers

Our top readers for third quarter were Cal, Lance, Drew, Alli, and Bryce.

They ate pizza in the room. LOTS of pizza. Cal had about 6 pieces plus breadsticks. I think Lance had 4 pieces and about half a box of breadsticks! They ate and ate and ate.

During math Lance said he didn't think he could eat dinner tonight and Bryce asked to go to the nurse because his belly hurt. Cal said he was really full but it didn't slow him down because I actually caught him dancing before math started!
Each top reader was able to choose their favorite high schooler to come eat with them. Bryce said no thank you and only wanted to eat with his poppy. He did tell us stories though of how his Poppy ran in high school. I'd like to see that Lonnie!

Skyler came over for Cal, but of course all the kids love Skyler.

Alli chose Jacoby. She talked his leg off during the entire lunch and I overheard one conversation that involved tooting. Jacoby was a good sport though and seemed to have a good time.

There was a misunderstanding among the rest of the high schoolers so there were a few that didn't make it, but that just meant more pizza for the rest of us!

Congratulations to all of you wonderul readers!

How To Eat an Oreo Cookie

Our class did a writing activity on how to eat an Oreo. We've been learning about sequencing so we used our sequencing words when writing. We also thought of some amazing words to use.

After they ate their Oreo and wrote about it, we put them together to look like an Oreo cookie.

This is how some of the kids in our class eat an Oreo:

First dip your Oreo in milk.

Next gobble up the Oreo.

Last lick your fingers.

by: Cal

First I twist the top off.

Next I lick the icing.

Last I chew the chocolate.

by: Drew

First I open the chocolate part.

Then I lick it.

Finally I inhale it.

by: Bryce

First take the top and bottom apart.

Next lick the icing of the Oreo.

Last put the top and bottom together again and eat it.

by: Jason

Overall, it was a fun and yummy activity!

Miss Alivia

Alivia, a former student of mine, earned time in our classroom. She helped teach and the kids LOVED her!
The kids hung on her like a real teacher. She had fun, but may have decided against teaching first grade as a career!!

Easter

Jason brought everyone eggs filled with fun things! The kids all LOVED them!Rylee says Easter is about loving each other. On Easter Layne likes to hunt Easter eggs.

Drew says we celebrate Easter because Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead in April.

Scotty loves to find eggs with candy in them!

On Easter Marcus likes to go hunt eggs with his mom and grandpa. Then he likes to eat the candy that is in the eggs.

Bryce likes to go outside and play baseball on Easter. This Easter he thinks he'll probably go out in the hot tub with his Poppy and then go to Simple Simons.

Lance says finding eggs is fun at Easter. This Easter he might go to his grandma's and grandpa's. He hopes he finds money in his eggs!

Alli thinks Easter is about celebrating spending time with her family. She is going to hunt Easter eggs with her cousins this year.

Evanson loves Easter because they go to church. He likes his church because it is fun.

Myla says Easter is about loving and caring about people. She likes hunting eggs and spending time with family.

I hope all of you have a wonderful Easter and a great break!

Happy Birthday Drew

Drew is turning 7 on Easter so we celebrated today. His sister, Kennedy, helped him carry the cupcakes to his class. She dropped them! Oops!

Drew was so sweet though and totally acted like it was no big deal. I thought it was appropriate for April Fools Day!The kids didn't care at all. They loved them anyway.The girls bowed down to Drew. All the girls in our class are crazy about Drew. I once asked him why all the girls loved him and he said he thought it was because he was a good reader. I hope he always thinks that's the way to "get girls"!