Special Stuff

In our classroom, we have two special treasure boxes. One treasure box is for birthdays or special occasions. No one knows what is in this treasure box yet! The other treasure box which is a bit smaller is for being a good pupil, being prepared for class, when you get five points as a team, etc. In this treasure box, there are yummy treats, pencils, erasers, etc. Tuesday, everyone from our class got a trip to the smaller treasure box. Everyone worked together to clean up WHOLE classroom for Curriculum Night. We worked together as a team and got the job done!

On Fridays, we are allowed to bring one stuffed animal for reading. With our stuffed animals we like to read to them, cuddle up with them, and sometimes they are even uses them for a pillow but mainly we just want to share our reading with our favorite stuffed animal.

Today is Kyle's birthday!!! He is turning seven today! We are excited because Kyle will be the first student in our class to get a trip to the big treasure box and is also the first student in our class to have a birthday. This afternoon, Kyle's parents will be bringing in some yummy cupcakes. We are all very excited to celebrate Kyle's birthday.

In our class, 13 students were able to attend our school carnival which happened last night. At the carnival there was face painting, relay races, obstacles course, fun games, magic show, photo booth, hat walk, and lots of desserts. There was also a big slide on the playground. We had great weather for the occasion! We had lots of fun at the carnival!

Kicking the Year Off!

Last Friday was Maple Elementary's Constitution Day in which we celebrated the signing of our Constitution. We spent a majority of our day discussing and even creating our own Constitution out of our classroom rules! Everyone took part in being a framer and helped to develop our own classroom law. Take a look at our Constition Day...

We framed our own Constitution.



Learing about the history behind our Constitution was very interesting!



Throughout the past couple of weeks, students have been practicing reading-to-self. This time involves the students finding a special spot in the classroom to enjoy their favorite books. A few rules go along with this time like no fake reading, no disturbing others, and to treat the books properly. Students are also asked to practice a few reading techniques during this time like visualizing. Up to this date, we are able to read-to-self for over 10 minutes! This is a great accomplishment and we are on the road to becoming GREAT readers! Look at what amazing readers we have in our class...