Field Day . Marysville . 2014

        Yesterday St. John Lutheran School traveled to Marysville for a friendly invitational between the three Lutheran Schools in this area.  The competition was between St. John (Alma), Good Shepherd (Marysville), and Linn Lutheran.  The Lord blessed us with beautiful weather (80 degrees and sunny!) and no injuries (except mild sunburns).
     Normally I post activities that are limited to our K & 1 class, but I wanted to share this whole-school experience on our blog.

"Look!  We've got Larry Boy Ears!     I....am....that...hero!"

"Jack be limbo, Jack be quick, Jack go under the limbo stick.....let's do the limbo rock!"

     

Across the street, there was a park and some historical buildings.  I took the kindergarten to the park after they finished their events.  They loved looking at the buildings "from back then." (as they called it)

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trying to figure out how to wheel barrow......

....giving it another shot....

ACCOMPLISHED!

{Book Reports}

This week our class wrote a book report on a book they read recently.

{Kansas Cookies: A Yummy Lesson!}

        The Kindergarten & 1st grade class is studying map skills in social studies.  This week we made an edible map of Kansas.  The no-bake cookie dough was made of peanut butter, caro syrup, & powdered milk.  The students shaped the dough over a printed outline of Kansas that was covered in Saran Wrap.  Next, we added the 5 main rivers using blue icing.  Yellow M & M's marked our state capital, Topeka.  A blue M & M represented the Alma, McFarland, Paxico area.  Finally we added chocolate chips to symbolize the Flint Hills & Smokey Hills. (Although this time of year ALL the hills are smokey!)

        After eating out tasty maps, we wrote about this lesson in our journals.

{To Tell You the Tooth...}

This week our class is studying dental hygiene.  Today for our writing assignment, the students responded to the question, "What do you think the Tooth Fairy does will all the teeth she collects?"    

Alex, 1st Grade

Conner, 1st Grade

Dalton, 1st Grade

Hannah, 1st Grade

Harley, 1st Grade

Kate, kindergarten
(by the way, Kate didn't color her border because it is supposed to be a tooth border)

Kendra, kindergarten

Payton, 1st Grade

Tucker, kindergarten

{An Alarming Field Trip}

      Today our class visited the Alma Fire Station.  Mr. Marty and Mr. Gary taught us a lot about fire safety and how the Alma Fire Dept. fights fires.  We learned about each truck and what it was used for.  (Some are used primarily for fighting grass fires when the farmers conduct  their spring burn.)

     As a teacher, I was thrilled when I was chatting outside with a couple parents and their children after school.  There was a fire call and three emergency vehicles flew by.  The students witnessing this were able to identify the vehicles and what they do.  They were so excited to see these vehicles in action!   It makes a teacher's heart swell when she sees how much her students have learned! J

 .....Coming soon....students will write about their experience at the fire station.....

{There's Something Fishy Going On...}

Our class created fish collages using Kleenex, cereal, and cracker boxes.  Afterwards each student created a personification for his/her fish.  Enjoy!

My fish likes to swim.  She also likes pizza.  My fish likes math.  My fish's mom's name is Sally.  Her dad's name is Michael.  

                   - Kendra, kindergarten

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My fish's name is Sparkly.  My fish is fun.  She has a sparkly face.  She eats seaweed.

                   - Tucker, kindergarten

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My fish has shiny scales.  My fish is named Sparkly.  My fish swims around the seaweed.  There are rocks holding the seaweed down.  My fish has a shiny tail.  

                   - Kate, kindergarten 

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The fish looks like camo.  I know that it is pretty.  The fish is colorful.  It looks like seaweed.  It is blue.  It is gray.  The name of the fish is Lily.  She has a bedroom.  The dad's name is Michael.

                   - Hannah, 1st Grade

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My fish is colorful.  My fish's name is Hunter.  It is made of paper and plastic.  My fish has a gill.  My fish has a big eye.

                   - Conner, 1st grade

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My fish's name is Rocky.  He is a rainbow fish.  He lives in a river where it often rains.    He eats seaweed.  The river is about 100 feet deep.  His favorite dessert is bugs.

                   - Dalton, 1st Grade

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My fish reflects the light.  I like the scales.  It's name is Reflect.  The gill looks like a "C."  I like my fish.  

                   - Alex, 1st Grade

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It has seaweed on it.  It also has rocks on it.  It has scales on it.  The fish's name is Lily.  Her friend's name is Strawberry.  It's favorite dessert is cake.

                   - Harley, 1st Grade

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My fish has googly eyes.  She looks sad and never happy.  Her favorite food is pizza.  In math class she does 5-Minute Frenzy.  She has 100 math questions.  At home she obeys her parents.  Their names are Michael and Sunflower.  Her favorite dessert is rainbow jelly.

                   - Payton, 1st Grade