Happy mother’s day and a Hawaiian luau!

Hi Friends!

What a week! We have been busy, busy, busy!!!

First off, Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the wonderful mama’s! I hope that each and every one of you have found time to spend time with your babies today and spend time with your own mom. I feel very blessed because in a little bit my mom and family will be coming over for supper! I feel so lucky to have such an amazing mother. She has been patient, loving, and caring. She offers advice, but knows when to listen. I truly believe that being a mother is one of the toughest jobs out there, but I hope that each and every mother knows that they are appreciated and loved for everything they do!

For Mother’s Day, we spent some time reflecting on our own moms this week in class. Since we are ‘authors’, we decided that it would be a great present to share a special memory of our moms that we have. The kiddos each wrote a small moment story about them and mom, and then illustrated their books. We then published it by creating our very own moms and posting the story in the middle! Check out our ADORABLE Mother’s Day presents below. I do have to say that they turned out pretty cute! J

Another exciting event that took place this week was our ‘Poetry Luau’. What a fun day it was! All the kiddos were each assigned a poem. Over the past several weeks, we’ve spent time practicing our poems and talking about the importance of fluency when we read aloud. Students practiced their poem both at home and at school.

Here are a few of the poems that we read at our luau:

If School Were More Like Baseball

If school were more like baseball

we'd only have to play.

We'd hang out in the sunshine

and run around all day.

We wouldn't have to study.

We'd practice and we'd train.

And, best of all, they'd cancel

whenever there was rain.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Dirty Socks

My socks were very dirty,

So I washed them in the lake.

It wasn't long before I knew

I'd made a big mistake.

The water changed from clear to mud.

Then fumes began to rise.

And soon a cloud of air pollution

Covered up the skies.

When bullfrogs started croaking

And ducks began to quack,

Some campers started chanting,

"We want our clean lake back."

I've got a pile of dirty socks.

I'm in an awful bind.

I guess I'll have to bury them.

I hope the worms don't mind.

�Bruce Lansky

After much anticipation, FINALLY, the big day had arrived for our ‘Poetry Luau’! The kids looked awesome, as well as our classroom! We had a tropical paradise! The firsties had on Hawaiian clothes, lei’s, grass skirts, sunglasses, flip-flops (pretty much if it was Hawaiian attire - we had it!

We had an AMAZING turnout! Both first grade classes read, which means we had parents from both rooms in one. We also invited a bunch of our community volunteers to come listen. The kiddos knocked it out of the park, and did a fabulous job. All their poems were cute, funny poems, so the audience got a good chuckle out of them, which the kids enjoyed.

Afterwards, we had some watermelon, pineapple, and lemonade to celebrate!
Overall, it was a great day!

~ Mrs. Christensen  

Empathy – Adaptability – Communication – Arranger – Developer

J ). The kiddos also brought along beach towels. They were so excited they could barely contain themselves!