Field Trip

We are so excited for our field trip to Sprinkle of Fun!  We will be painting our own ceramic piece.  We will talk a lot about our work of art, which will help us to form opinions, our current unit of study in writing.  This is going to be a great trip!

Shiro's of Japan

We will be attending our FIRST field trip as FIRST GRADERS on Thursday (one week from today)!

We will get to learn about Japanese culture, watch how food is made, and try some delicious food.  We will form opinions about the restaurant, environment, and food.

Please make sure ALL permission slips and money are handed in by tomorrow, Friday December 12, 2014 to attend the trip.

We had A LOT of parents interested in attending.  Unfortunately, because other classes will be attending the field trip as well, and the restaurant limits our number due to seating availability we are only able to have 2 to 3 parents attend.  We took the parent names that were interested, placed them in a hat, closed our eyes and selected 3 names.

Danna's dad will be coming!

Michael's mom will be coming!

Ashley P's mom will be coming!

If you were interested in attending this field trip, you will be given first priority for our next trips.  We are planning to go to Sprinkle of Fun in January and Paper Bag Player sing-a-long show in February.  Thank you so much for your support and for volunteering -- we are so happy that you want to be a part of these experiences and look forward to having you participate in our future trips.

Field Trip

We will be going on a field trip for...

BOWLING

on Tuesday, November 27th!

Please return permission slip ASAP.


We can't wait to learn all about bowling and experience it for ourselves!

The Paperbag Players "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh"

We were so excited to see real actors and actresses perform on stage!  Prior to becoming an audience member we learned a lot of vocabulary that we would hear in a theater.  We were so excited when we got to meet ushers, receive a playbill, and listen to the music that the musicians composed.  We were so excited to see John rock out on his keyboard!  We learned about the props that the actors would be using and how easy they are to make -- all you need is a cardbox box and some paint or markers.  It got us thinking... maybe we could put on our own special show!  Check out the clip below to revisit the opening act.

And... one of our favorite songs from the show:  Bubbles, bubbles, I love bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, pop, pop, pop! --- Ezra Jack Keats, our mentor author, writes words that he wants to emphasize three times!  In this play we saw Keats' craft used in the bubble song, and even in the title of the show -- Laugh, Laugh, Laugh!

Museum of the Moving Image

This Friday we are visiting The Museum of the Moving Image... with a special exhibition of Jim Henson's Fantastic World of puppets: including the popular Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and Bert and Ernie.

To find out more about the museum click here.  Parents, if you are interested in attending, please let me know by Wednesday!

...we have already scheduled our next field trip to see the Paper Bag Players "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh!" for Friday, March 2nd.  Permission slips will be sent home tomorrow!