Eli Class Celebration

As a school-wide incentive, students can earn the letters to spell "Eli Class" and get a celebration when the words are spelled out. Today we celebrated our 2nd completion of Eli Class. Mrs. Cori threw a waffle (and green eggs and ham) party for the class! She also told us about her favorite Dr. Seuss book, The Best Nest.

 

Read Across America Week

This week is Read Across America Week in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday! Did you know that Dr. Seuss's real name was actually Theodor Seuss Geisel? I learned that from listening to KLOVE this week! On Tuesday, we got to visit with our Big Buddies. After reading The Cat in the Hat, they helped us complete sentences about reading on Dr. Seuss hats. 

 We also read a less popular Dr. Seuss book, Bartholomew and Oobleck. If you haven't read it, I would highly recommend that you do! In the story, oobleck falls from the sky after the king complains about the weather. 

After we finished reading, the class got to play with oobleck! The cool thing about oobleck is that it acts like a liquid and a solid. You can slowly dip your hand into it and it will act like a liquid. But when you punch or squeeze it, it feels solid. 

 

 On Wednesday, students dressed up like their favorite book character. 

 Elsas from Frozen

 Nancy Clancy, Rapunzel, Elsa, and Pinkilicious 

 Thing 1 and Cat in the Hat 

 A Ninja Turtle, A Minion, and Pirate Pete 

Junie B Jones and Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty 

We have had such a great week and we still have two days left!

 Thank you so much for making my birthday so special! I really appreciate all the cards, emails, gifts, desserts, and flowers. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's  Day!!! 

Big Buddies- February

We got to read with our Big Buddies this week!!!

The Incredible Body

The human body is always one of my favorite things to teach. I have taught it every year since college and it gets more fun each time! Over the past two weeks, we have discussed the heart, lungs, ribs, esophagus, intestines, stomach, and brain. Of course, that led to conversations about bones (mainly the skull), veins,  eyes and ears, exercising, eating nutritious foods and other healthy habits. Each day we discussed a different organ and glued it onto our "bodies."

When we discussed the digestive process, we also discussed healthy eating. Everyone created a plate of nutritious food and presented their meal to the class.

When we discussed the lungs, we also talked about how important exercise is for our bodies. We did some exercising and discovered how much faster our pulse was after we exercised.

 

 Each day we glued on an organ onto our "bodies."

The finished product:

To end the unit, we went and saw  Bodyology with  Slim Goodbody! The kids had a fabulous time! Ali got called on stage to demonstrate her "marvelous muscles!"