100th Day of School

We made it!  I can't believe we have already been in school for 100 days.  I feel like it was just the first day of school!

Here are some activities the students completed today:
1. Reading a 100th day book
2. Counting to 100 many, many times
3. Making our 100th day hats
4. Drawing 100 gumballs
5. Creating our own 100th day book
6. Doing 100 jumping jacks
7. Licking a lollipop 100 times
8. Getting a $100 bill
9. Writing about what we would do with 100 dollars
10. Working together to think of 100 words we knew

Overall it was an awesome day! 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Last week we were busy learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  We started the week off by looking at two eggs: a white egg and a brown egg.  The students shared their observations.  The students realized their only difference was their color.  We broke open the eggs and realized their insides were the same.  We then looked at each other and saw we were different colors.  This activity helped students to understand that even though we are different colors on the outside, we are the same on the inside.

We followed up this activity by reading The Crayon Box that Talked.  This book is a cute story about a box of crayons that doesn't get along because they are different colors.  We connected this idea to ourselves, and talked about even though we are different colors and people, we can work together to make a beautiful picture.  Students then created their own crayon and we put them together to make our "class crayon box."

One of the last activities for the week was watching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speech.  Afterwards,  the students thought about what their own dreams were. We wrote them down and put together an awesome bulletin board outside our room.  Be sure to check it out if you are in the building! :)

Love being back at school!

This week's 6 simple things were very easy to come up with! There were so many things making me smile!

1. Aidan reading an entire book on his own!
2. Seeing Asia and Aundrea playing 'school' and reteaching what we had learned that day (picture below!)
3. A book donation from Donor's Choose
4. The amount of candy I still have in my apartment that was left over from the holidays
5. Getting an apple from a student.  I guess that means I'm an real teacher now! ;)
6. Going to dinner with a friend from college, who I don't get to see nearly enough.

What made you smile this weekend?