Career Day 2015

Thank you to Mrs. Joseph who planned our Career Day for grades 1-4 this year! The students came to school dressed up as a career they are interested in having when they grow up. In our classroom, each child presented their career, told why they are interested in the job, and shared three facts about the job. Some of the jobs the students presented included the following: nurse, veterinarian, architect, police officer, fire fighter, Navy soldier, teacher, author, and ballerina.

Mrs. Joseph arranged for our local fire fighters and paramedics to come and tell us all about their jobs. They even brought a fire truck and an ambulance along with them! All the students were allowed to sit in the ambulance. A limousine driver also came and took our 1-4 students for a drive around the parking lot. The kids had a blast even though he was barely going miles an hour! It was the first limo ride for a majority of the kids. Thank you, Mrs. Joseph, for a wonderful Career Day experience!

Historian of the Week 2015 | Ellen G. White

April Fools Day

I'm not much of a prankster, but I have some really cute school pranks that I thought I'd try on the kids this school year. In the morning I told the kids we were going to go outside to look for a special bird called a Lirpaloof that migrates to our area during the days around April 1st. I got the idea and the handout HERE on the blog Sunny Days in Second Grade. I told the class that a Lirpaloof loves to eat carrots and we'd hold out carrots (we made them out of contruction paper since I forgot the real carrots at home) and sing "Lirpaloof" to help us find the elusive bird. The kids were so excited, and they did such a great job singing "Lirpaloof" (check out the video below).

 

I had the hardest time keeping a straight face! After several kids said they had spotted a Lirpaloof in one of our playground trees, I brought them inside and asked them to help me spell Lirpaloof backwards. It took a little bit, but finally one of the kids had a light bulb moment and figured out that the Lirpaloof was a prank.

  After some laughter, I told the kids that I was sorry if any of them felt bad and that I would make it up to them after recess with treats that I brought. I told them I brought brown Es, but of course they all thought I said brownies. It took awhile for them to get it, but when they all finally did we all had a good laugh. Since they were all such great sports, I passed out brownies (the real thing!) for all the kids to enjoy.