For the Love of Learning

Monday, November 25, 2013

The Gang's All Here!

This is a sneak peek of what will be in the JBE yearbook this year. All of our 2nd grade students dressed to impress with their school shirts on. Adorable!!!
 
 
 

Friday, November 15, 2013

Pumpkin Party

Well I know this is coming out VERY late but I just found these pics on my camera (whoops!). We had an awesome (and extremely energetic) party on November 1st. It was our first official party of the year and I think the sugar was almost too much to handle!! Nonetheless, we had a great time and the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Here were a few pictures from our rotations.


Station #1: Scrapbook Page
I tend to take a TON of pictures throughout the year. Each holiday, students create a scrapbook page to document special events in our classroom. At the end of the year I put all of the pages together and make a year-long scrapbook for each kid in the class. It is so fun to look back at all of the memories we make in one short school year!
 
 

 
Station #2: Spider Toss
This is always a hit! I stole the idea from one of my colleagues last year and they kids love it! It is super simple too which means I love it just as much as they do ;)  I stapled a "spider web" to one of the doors in my classroom. Students take turns tossing spider rings into the web. The student that sticks the most spiders to the web wins!
 
 

 
Station #3: Halloween Bingo
This station is exactly what it says it is. Students used m&ms as game pieces on their Bingo boards.  Winners got to pick a prize from the treat bucket. Special thanks to my wonderful sister, Sadie who drove an hour just to volunteer in my class and run the station for me!
 
 
 
Station #4: Pumpkin Tic-Tac-Toe
Students used two different colors of Candy Corns as game pieces.  They played tic-tac-toe and could snack on their game pieces in between.