Summer Slide

This is the only summer slide I want our children experiencing this summer!  The students have made such wonderful progress.  We don't want them to lose any of the learning they have worked so hard to achieve.  If children don't read over the summer months, they can lose up to three months of progress.  Please don't let this happen.  In the children's last day bags, there was a summer learning packet.  The review packet is filled with reading, writing, spelling, and math activities to help the students sharpen and maintain their skills.  Also, don't forget the blog!  The top button bar for the blog has tons of FUN and ENGAGING ways to keep those little minds sharp.  RazKids is available all summer and so is Reading Rainbow.  Get involved with a summer reading program through the public library or Barnes and Noble.  Use our school district's free e-library to check out books on your devices.  There are so many great ways to keep reading.  Also, the Learning Links tab at the top of the blog will take students to interactive web games.  Last, don't forget about the app suggestions.  There are some great apps for developing math fact fluency.  Keep learning and growing all summer!  It is not too late to complete the summer reading bingo or build stamina and fluency in reading, writing, and math.  It is the perfect time to ease back into the school schedule by starting August days with 30 minutes of school work.  Text or email if I can help in anyway!

Oh the Memories

This is our end of the year slideshow.  So many wonderful memories!  Good thing I get to say, "See you next year" instead of "Good-bye" to this amazing group of children.  Otherwise, I might be in tears watching this!  Enjoy!

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Beach Day

Shark week done, the day before summer break, no desks....perfect day for a beach day!  Instead of working at a desk, we laid out beach towels.  We blew up and signed beach balls for each other.  We also had a fabulous picnic lunch together!  We are all looking forward to summer break but we will sure miss each other.

The Reef

 
We had such a blast at The Reef.  What a great end of the year field trip to celebrate all our successes and just enjoy being together as a class!  Here is a quick slideshow of the swimming scholars!

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Shark Week

Sometimes it is hard for students to stay engaged the last couple weeks...but not for us!  Shark week has us all engaged.  We learned about the food chain (above), we watched several different YouTube videos called Shark Academy (click on link), we researched nonfiction texts, learned new vocabulary, made art crafts, became card sharks in math, and more!  So many learning pictures to share!  But first, how about our shark hand shake....Oh yeah!

 

Field Day

It was a perfect day for field day. We had wonderful weather, great sportsmanship, and super fun games! The children had a blast. Here are a quick slideshow of some of the highlights!

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Jedi Training Academy

Look at all the Leias!

May the 4th be with you! On May 4th, we transformed our room into the Jedi Training Academy.  We started the day with an opening ceremony.  All the students met to learn about what the day would entail.  As always, we were going to work hard and play hard.  The Younglings were told they would be working as teams, as well as, earning individual Jedi points.  Jedi points were earned for displaying characteristics of the light side: honesty, effort, persistence, encouragement, respect, self control, and believing in the force.  They would be working on three teams: team Yoda, Kenobi, and Skywalker.  The students were ready to earn their points and get started on their Jedi journey.



The Jedi in training had a series of tasks to complete that were full of academic rigor.  Some of the tasks included sorting Star Wars vocabulary by part of speech, close reading and comprehension questions about various articles, playing Uno with r controlled vowel words, math problems with triple digit subtraction, identifying the number of vertices and edges on three dimensional figures, and more. 

 With all the work they were doing, the Jedi in training deserved some delicious snacks.  Thank you to the parents that volunteered to send such fun snacks! 

 As the students were doing all their academic work, little did they know, they were also collecting clues to unlock our Breakout box.  After lunch, the student got together in their Jedi teams to try and break the codes and unlock four different combination locks.  Look at the concentration and teamwork!



The students did figure out all the combinations.  They earned their Jedi Training certificate a lightsaber crystal, and a lightsaber pencil.  After all the hard work, we celebrated with Yoda Soda and a guest reader from the dark side. 

 

The day ended with some fun!  Lightsaber duels!  We had such a great day!  May the fourth be with you!