If I found a pot of gold...

We are currently working on our writing skills.  We started small by writing a simple paragraph.  Our paragraph told what we would do if we found a pot of gold.  Some of the students ideas were to:  shop, buy a mansion, meet Justin Beiber, go to several concerts, and live in the White House.

Happy Valentine's Day

We did several fun activities for Valentine's Day, but this was the only picture I came away with.

Students used conversation hearts to do math Thursday.  One of the last things they did with their hearts was to make a large heart out of all of the tiny hearts.  They enjoyed their math lesson that day :)

We also simplified fractions, made Valentine bags, exchanged Valentine's, snacked on lots of yummy food (thank you to each of you that sent in items!!), wrote about love, and created a LOVE acrostic.  We had a great Valentine's Day in class!

Mardi Gras

We celebrated Mardi Gras by making masks in our class.  We wore them around school and learned a little bit about the parades, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and Lent.

Merry Christmas

We had a blast at our Christmas party this year.  We feasted on pancakes & toppings, donuts, sausage balls, and bacon.  The kids had a great time and enjoyed all of the food!

Decking The Halls - Literally

We began getting in the Christmas spirit by decorating the LSMS Gingerbread House.  Each student decorated peppermints and peppermint sticks. 

 We took all of our materials and colorful cut-out circles to the house and began decorating.  It turned out so cute!

Later, each student received 3 post-it notes.  The students were asked to draw what comes to mind when they think of Christmas.  These post-its were used to form a large Christmas tree that we placed on our bulletin board in the hallway.

They also each received a coffee filter.  The students colored the coffee filters with washable markers and then sprayed them with water causing the colors to spread.  They folded their coffee filters into eights and then cut along the edges to create beautiful snowflakes.  To break things up in the hallway they also made white paper snowflakes.  Our hallway looks so festive!

The last thing we did was use snow globes to illustrate our favorite scenes from our favorite books.  I think each snow globe represents a different book.  They wrote about their scene at the bottom of the globe.  You should stop by and read some of them if you have a chance.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MRS. UPTON'S CLASS!

Thanksgiving Rotations

This past Monday the 4th grade teachers decided to create a rotation schedule for the students.  Each classroom held a special Thanksgiving activity for the students to have fun with.

They began in my classroom and created an Indian Glyph.  We were super busy cutting, coloring, and gluing so I didn't come away with a picture :(

Mrs. Parker had a butter making station.  The students used a zip-loc baggy and heavy whipping cream to create their own butter.

 They painted thankful trees in Mrs. Corson's class!

In Mrs. White's class they made Johnny Cakes and watched The Little House On The Prairie.  

The overall favorite rotation of the day was Mr. Holmes' activity.  The took the students outside to play Native American games.  They had a blast!

Veterans Day Program

Each year our Fine Arts Department heads up a wonderful Veterans Day Program.  Each grade level sings a song and shares a piece of writing.  Center Stage also performs a medley of service hymns.  It truly is a great program!

Here are a few students waiting for the program to begin.

 This is 4th grade singing their song, Sing A Song Of Peace.

Our very own Jack Wilson was chosen to share the letter he wrote to a Veteran.

Happy Halloween!

 This year the teachers chose to dress up as candy.  Mrs. White, Mrs. Parker, and I enjoyed being creative and making a fun costume!

 One of the activities the students did in class on Halloween was a Jack-O-Lantern Glyph.  These Jacks provide information about our class.  The stem height, smiles, noses, eyes, and vines all provide different bits of information like favorite Halloween treat, whether or not we like pumpkin pie, and if we've tried pumpkin seeds.  We had a GREAT time celebrating!