Fun Run: Race Day!!

**updated on 10-21-14**
The Fun Run day finally came! :)
 The students were very excited!!  We were glad the run was at 9:00, because there was no lesson that could compete with the excitement that the students had for running. haha

The day began with all the students putting their Fun Run t-shirts on and then walking outside to the Fun Run track. All the 1st Grade and Kindergarten Classes were announced during Opening Ceremonies with their team names. (We kept it simple with Team Kindergarten.) Then all the students walked out to the blow up tunnel and a whistle blew for them to begin running!!! Some of the students are very fast! haha The students had 30 minutes to move anyway they wanted around the track. Parents even got a chance to join in the fun and go around too! (Check the back of your child's Fun Run t-shirt to figure out how many laps they made around the track. In case you are curious about the size of the track... 15 laps around is the equivalent of 1 mile.)

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ooh at the end of the Fun Run some of the teachers got pied in the face. Our very own Mrs. Pitts was one of them!! She got pied in the face by London! Thank you Mrs. Barlow for the great photo and for the pictures for the slideshow below!!:)

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Diamond D Ranch

This was the best field trip ever!! The weather was amazing, the kids were great and we had a ton of Chaperones! :) We wanted to shout a very loud thank you to Mrs. Bolson, Ms. Alford, Mrs. Dumas, Ms. Fields, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jordon, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Hice. Our field trip would not have been the same without you guys!!!

(I am still receiving emails with pictures, so I will publish what I have now. When I receive the others I will write update at the top of this post. :) Then you'll never miss a photo!)

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Fun Run: Rise & Shine and EXERCISE!

We posed with our School Mascot. :) He's ready for Friday's fun run!!

 Today we had a visit from all four Fun Runners. :) BIG DOG, CAPTAIN AWESOME, SWISH and AQUASTAR!!! (The class was on CLOUD 9 seeing them walk through our door!) 

The Fun Runners had all the students Rise & Shine and exercise!! It was adorable seeing everyone do jumping jacks, stretch to the ceiling run in place and do pushups. It was just the right brain break, before we went to our Reading Centers. :)

 OOh I almost forgot!!! Every day a King and Queen is chosen by the Fun Runners. (It is the students who earned the most pledges the day before.) Well the Queen came from our class! 

YAHOOOO Great job London!!

The teachers had a contest too. We had to show school spirit for the Fun Run and... MRS. PITTS and I WON!!! We earned a gift card to Starbucks. :) (We will be using it the morning of our Field Trip, we will definitely need extra caffeine that day!!)

We also want to give a quick shout out to a few more students. They earned pledges last night too. Great job guys!

Alexia, Kian and Micah :)

Fire Truck Visit

The students LOVED Friday's visit from the Fire Department. The students were excited about their Fire House Subs hats and they hung on all the words the Fire Fighters said. :) They were a great audience!!

Enjoy watching the slideshow and seeing all the students climb through the fire truck!

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Week of October 13

  

Make sure to get all your pledges in by Friday, October 17. :)

Our Resources for the week are: Monday- #1-18 P.E. and #19-36 ART, Tuesday- #1-18 MEDIA and #19-36 P.E. and Wednesday-ART . Thursday is our Field Trip to Diamond D Ranch. :) Please pack your child a lunch for the field trip in the large Ziploc baggie. (baggies will be sent home this week) Friday we have the Fun Run at school. :) All students participate in the Fun Run regardless of whether or not they have received pledges.  Alexia will be bringing in Fun Friday Snacks for the class.

**Continue to have your child practice writing their first name. We need to see the first letter as an uppercase letter and the remaining letters lowercase. Once that is mastered, begin the same process for the last name.** We still have quite a few students writing their whole name in uppercase letters. Please practice.

MATH

Comparing is our focus word this week in math. Students will learn how to compare quantities and numbers as we explore this concept using a Fish and Clam game. Students will be introduced to the symbols (<, >, =) we use to compare numbers and we will use the symbols throughout the week.

ELA

(English Language Arts~ Reading and Writing)

We will continue to practice letters and letter sounds. We will review all of the sight words we have learned. **We will not send home any new Sight Word Money for a few weeks.** We will focus on beginning sounds of words. When practicing at home with your child, please correct them if they try to name the letter. We want them to make the letter sound. :) We will read the book There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro. We will practice retelling the story using pictures to guide our words.

Here is a Youtube Video to see the book. :)

Here is another Youtube Video. This is a collection of video's that change the beginning sound of a word and make new words. (We won't be viewing all the video's this week, but that doesn't mean you have to wait too. Enjoy!!) These three letter words are called CVC words. They are spelled with a consonant, vowel and another consonant.

SCIENCE

Scientists use a variety of tools to observe and investigate. We will use balances to explore weights of objects. We will use to vocabulary to compare objects that are heavier, lighter and equal in size. The children will work cooperatively to explore tools scientists use! Check out the game on pan balances from Sid the Science Guy! Here is the link. 

Fun Run: Rainbow Mohawks

We didn't receive a visit today... but Mrs. Pitts and I both earned RAINBOW MOHAWKS from the Fun Run Team! :) (Shout out goes to BIG DOG!! Thank you!!)  The rainbow mohawk is just one of the prizes students can earn from receiving pledges.

Here is a picture of us with the rainbow mohawks 

and our PTA President Tia McDaniel. 

(She earned a mohawk too!!)

We had to do a special Peace Out pose, the students show a peace sign every time they see the Fun Runners Team around school.
Thank you Mrs. Glass for coming down to our room and being a great photographer. :)

We also want to give a quick shout out to a few students for getting pledges last night. Great job guys!

Jaiden and Skylar :)

Fun Run: Thankfulness

Today our class was visited by CAPTAIN AWESOME! He discussed being thankful for family and friends. Then he had all the students stand up and pretend to help him stay on his scooter. (They loved helping him!!) When the students sat back down, he said that he was thankful for them, because they were helpful.

Here are a few pictures of him with our class. :) Enjoy!

We also want to give a quick shout out to a few students for getting pledges last night. Great job guys!

Emily, Kinley S, Orion and Ryan :)