Wow.... We Look Old!

One of my favorite activities of the day was using an age app on the iPads to turn my little first graders into 100 year olds.  Oh my.... the wrinkles and gray hair made us all giggle.  They are the cutest little old people I have ever seen.  Students wrote about what they thought they might being doing when they turn 100 years old.  Most of them wrote about sleeping and and watching TV (which is probably pretty accurate) but there were a few that cracked me up!  One of my kiddos said he was going to watch rated R movies when he was 100 years old.....LOL    I love my job!!!!!

I used their cute little pictures to make the number 100 on the board=)

Happy 100th Day Of School!

We made it!  We are officially 100 days smarter!  Boy, we had a busy day doing all things "100"!  We had 100% attendance today as well so everyone got to participate in the fun!  Sorry for the picture overload but it was such an exciting day! Enjoy!

Morning Treat!

100 Exercises

Kaylee is one "Smart Cookie"

Students wrote 3 sentences telling why they are so smart.

We read lots of 100th Day books=)

Jennica, Kaylee, and Faith were the winners of our name contest.  Students were challenged to see how many times they could write their name in 100 seconds.  Faith wrote her name 22 times and Jennica and Kaylee came in 2nd place with 21.  Way to go girls=)

Carson made a 100 days brighter necklace.

Hunter and Faith are busy flipping a coin 100 times. 

They had to count how many times the coin landed on heads and tails.

100th Day Art

Carson created a motorhome.

Mason created a drone.

Nevaeh created a soccer ball and basketball with an air pump!

Carter created a bike.

Cylar created a Harry Potter inspired picture and a boom box.

Addison made an ant... it doesn't show up in the picture very well but it was neat.

Drew created a helicopter.

Caylee created a bike.

Toby created a monster truck.

Snack Time!!! Students collected 10 pieces of each of the 10 snacks that were brought in to make a yummy trail mix.  They had a great time filling up their 100th Day snack sheet.

A Snowy Day

We read The Snowy Day this week and discussed the characters, setting, problem, and solution.  Next, students brainstormed things they like to do on a snowy day and then had an opportunity to write about it. We also made our very own snow out of shaving cream and glue.  When it dries it is puffy and soft like a marshmallow and looks 3D on the paper.  Students colored a picture of Peter, the main character, and placed him in the snow.

We read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Addison spreading her snow (shaving cream and glue)

Mountains, Hills, Valleys.... Oh My!!!!

In science we have been learning bout the different kinds of landforms on Earth.  My students now know that the highest type of land is a mountain and a plain is a type of flat land that stretches out a long way.  We learned hand motions to represent the 4 different types of landforms and also used play dough to mold and shape the landforms.  To end the week, we made a landform craft that turned out pretty neat. Check it out!

Carson's Mountain

Mason's Mountain

Craig's Plain

Drew's Mountain

Jame's Mountain

Jennica's Mountain

Faith's Mountain

Toby's hill

Mason, Carter, and Cylar are showing off their landform craft