Five for Friday

To say it's been a crazy week would be putting it lightly.  I am glad it's over and I survived it.  We have 2 days of school left and I cannot wait to sit back and enjoy them with my kids.  I can't wait to just have fun with them. 

I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her May 31st Five for Friday Linky.

 

Here are my random photos/events from the week.

 

1.  Monday was Memorial Day.  We went to my parents and had a BBQ.  My parents found out they would be losing their trees soon.  We took pictures of the boys in the trees they have climbed since they were babies.  It's going to be sad when they are gone.  My dad fought hard to get the power lines moved...but he lost.

My boys.

 

My dad and me in front of all the trees.

 

2.  My husband had a birthday this week.  We went to Applebees to celebrate.

 

3.  We had Swim and Read Day (Tuesday), Watermelon Day (Wednesday), Track and Field Day and Ice Cream Day (Thursday) and Author's Tea this week.

 The kids dressed up in beach clothing and read a book to their classmates in a swimming pool.

 

 On Watermelon Day we had a seed spitting contest.  It was so much fun watching them spit seeds.

 We tried watermelon flavored Twizzlers, watermelon gum and a watermelon sucker.  We graphed which one we liked the best.  Most of the kids chose the gum.  I think they were more excited that they got to chew gum in class than the actual flavor of the gum.

We each got a piece of watermelon and picked out the seeds and had a seed spitting contest.

 

Our Seed Spitter Winner.

 

 My son at Track and Field day.

 

 My class was yellow.

 

 Making Ice Cream.  Shaking it in bags.

 

 All done and ready to eat.

 Author's Tea.  The boys were so cute in their ties.

 

The girls were cute in their dresses too.

 

 

 

4.  We had Author's Tea today!  It was so much fun!  The kids did a great job reading their stories.

 Each kid got  a bucket filled with bubbles, Kool-aid and a beach ball.   All these ideas were from Pinterest.  I also gave them their baby chick back that they took care of for 21 days.  They were sooo excited about this.

The front of my room.  Our theme was a Hollywood theme.  The high school let me borrow their stands that they use for prom for our special day.

 I had a VIP background for kids to stand in front of and have their pictures taken after Author's Tea.

 Each kid made a star with their picture on it.

 The kids brought in cookies.  They each got a trophy after they were done too.  It's hard to see them on this table.

We had so many parents, grandparents and friends here.  The room was packed and we ran out of chairs! It was a huge success.  The kids did well.

 

5.  My 5th grade son decided that he wanted to end his elementary school career with a bang.  He fell in Phy. Ed. on Thursday morning.  At the end of the day one of his friends asked him what happened to his thumb because it was so swollen.  He went the to nurse and she let me know that something was wrong with it.  I brought him to the ER and found out he broke/fractured his thumb.  Poor thing sat through school all day and never said anything.  

 

 Tonight we went to TRIA and had the cast put on.

He picked purple and black as his cast colors.

 

 My son and me waiting for the cast to be applied.

Thursday after school we went to the ER and found out Riley broke his thumb.  Poor kid. 

 

I hope you have a fantastic weekend!  We only have 2 days of school left!  I will be doing report cards, writing cards to my kids and will be cleaning my classroom. 

Sara



End of the Year Activities

I can't believe the end of the year is quickly approaching.  I feel like I am not ready for it and have so much to do. 

Today I stayed home with my son and got lots of work done.  Yesterday, while at school he sat in the grass and had a severe allergic reaction to something.  We're not sure what, but he was covered in hives, welts and a pretty big rash.  He was given some pretty strong steriods and stayed home with me today so I could moniter him.  Another teacher at school had the exact same thing happen to her today after sitting in the grass.

Being I was home, I finalized a lot of my end of the year plans.

During the last 10 days of school we have "Special Days".  Each day is so much fun.  I created for these days.

One of the days we have Swim and Read Day.  We set up a pool in our classroom and each child reads a book or poem in it.  They love it!

 

 You can find more of the activities that we do in my Swim and Read Day pack here....Swim-and-Read-Day-End-of-the-Year-Activities

 

Another day we have BUBBLE DAY.  We make bubbles and chew bubble gum.  We read lots of books and have fun with our bubbles. 

 Money

 

Telling Time

 

 

 We will read these cards with all the steps on blowing bubbles.  They will blow a bubble and put these in order.

You can find my Bubble Day pack here....Bubble-Day-End-of-the-Year-Activities

 

We also have WATERMELON DAY!  This day is a favorite one for our kids.  We cut up a watermelon and have a seed spitting contest.  We also taste different kinds of candies/gum that is watermelon flavored.  I am including samples from my pack below.

You can find it here....Watermelon-Day-End-of-the-Year-Activities

 

We also have an ICE CREAM DAY.  I love this day!  We make homemade ice cream.  The kids love it!!!  We do other fun activities through out the day.

 ABC order cards

 

Synonyms with 3 words.  Students will find the 3 words that mean the same thing and put them on a cone.

 

You can find more details here...Ice-Cream-Day-End-of-the-Year


I will go into more details later we a detail of our plans.  I am exhausted tonight.  I am so jealous of those of you that have less than 10 days of school left. :)
Sara