Let the Countdown Begin!

This week in the Busy Bees Classroom we have started the countdown of the last 10 days of school.  We have had something slightly out of the ordinary each day this week.  On Monday morning we played some fun games on the giant screen in the classroom and we did a Read Aloud Afternoon and managed to finish all but 5 pages of "Charlotte's Web."  (We finished the book first thing Tuesday morning.)  Tuesday, we worked very hard all day long and made many class books.  If I had thought about this before, we wouldn't have had to do quite so many in such a short time.  However, I wanted each student to be able to take home a class book to help them remember their classmates by.  Since we only had 3 class books done beforehand, we made 15 on Tuesday (and part of Wednesday).  Wednesday we spent the morning finishing up the class books and then we had MobyMax time.  We have our final contest for the year going on right now so the students were very excited to earn more points for that and continue earning badges on the site.  Wednesday afternoon we spent cleaning the classroom and getting ready for Open House that night.  We had a very successful turn out in our class for Open House and had almost all of the students come and show off their hard work to family members.  (Thank you to all of you who could find the time at such a crazy time of year to support your student.)  Thursday morning, we walked over to Mountain Vista Middle School and the P.E. teachers there had some very exciting games for all of the 2nd graders at KES to try.  The class ran around for a good hour and came back quite exhausted.

For Thursday afternoon, the class got some much deserved free time.  We had students playing games, doing puzzles, and even on the Chromebooks.  

Friday was a day of much excitement.  We started the day with a movie and enjoyed the animated version of "Charlotte's Web."  We did also start a second movie, but didn't have time to finish it so that our class could attend FIELD DAY!  Field Day was a huge success and our PTO at KES did a wonderful and organized job of the whole day.  So much work, but the kids had a great time.

The Big Kahuna

Ninja Obstacle Course

Obstacle Relay

Run 'N' Slide

Getting sprayed by the Kelseyville Fire Department

We have definitely had a very fun week.  Next week we also have some fun events to look forward to.  *Just a Reminder: Tuesday - Friday (June 13th -16th) are minimum days and students will be dismissed at 12:20*

Have a wonderful weekend!

A Quick Post

With a short week, comes a very short and quick post.  The last four days we have been working very hard in the classroom to get some final projects done before Open House.  There will definitely be a lot to see on this coming Wednesday night and I think the class is very excited to show off their hard work.  To take a small break from all of the projects, we learned a new P.E. game this week.  The class learned how to play "Drive Ball" where they are in two teams and have to throw smaller balls at a large bouncy ball and try to get the ball across the other team's line.  This was a really fun game and has become the most requested game among the class.

Today we took another small break from all of the hard work and did what I would consider an "attempted" science activity.  I say attempted because it didn't quite work like expected, but I think the class still had fun in the meantime.  Each student colored in a color wheel and we talked about primary colors and secondary colors.  Then we put the color wheel on a loop of string.  It was supposed to act like the old fashioned "buzz saw" toys, but i think the size of the wheel may not have been in proportion to the string.  I'll be honest and say that I don't really know what went wrong exactly, but it certainly didn't act as the old buzz saw toys did.  At the very least, the class had a fun time putting their spinner together and trying to make it work.  We talked about the fact that sometimes things don't quite work like you want them to, and so the kids had to try and find different solutions to make it work.  I don't believe we had any successes in that department, but it is always interesting to see what solutions the students are able to come up with when they work together.

So, like I said, a very quick post, but I promise it will pay off when you see the effort put into Open House.  Here are some upcoming things for the last couple weeks of school:

Friday, June 9th - all library materials need to be turned in or fines will need to be paid

Friday, June 9th - Field Day *PTO is in need of any cleared/fingerprinted parents who can spare some time to help out. At this point they are looking for anyone who has even an hour or two... if you can help, please let me know ASAP and I will pass that information on to our PTO President.

Tuesday, June 13th - Friday June 16th - minimum days with students dismissed at 12:20 pm

Friday, June 16th - last day of school

Have  a great weekend!