First Week Back

This week was the first week back and...we survived!! Well to be honest I only went 4 days out of the 5 because the lil one #2 had a double ear infection with a busted ear drum. :( Good news...it...is...not...the...flu! Whew! Here is what we did get accomplished though! Go us!

"Our Toast to..."Bulletin Board

Oh My!! Hee hee!

While we did this we ate our toast like I mentioned in the last post but have you ever watched 8 year old spread, smear, put mountains and mountains of jelly and butter on their toast? WOW! It was an entertaining moment of my life. None the less they ate it and wanted more! Why does food always taste better in a classroom?

"Toast" to the New Year

Do you have a tradition that you do when you go back the 1st day in January? Something that I have done for the past 9 years is a "Toast" to the New Year. (I love this play on words)
I bring in toppings butter, jelly, sugar, cinnamon etc. and we make/eat toast. Each student makes a classroom goal and we write it on our toast template. The discussions are always TOTALLY fabulous and it makes me wish I was 8 again. It is something so simple yet so exciting and energizing for the students (food = classroom happiness) I am looking forward to going back Monday and continuing this tradition! Happy New, may we all survive Common Core and State Testing!!  P.S. First goal- post this year's toast and bulletin board pics when finished.

 

Last Year's Toast...I wonder what 2013 will bring?