Let's Help!!!!!

Let's help out tornado victims in our state! I have a personal contact with a school in Tuscaloosa. University Place Elementary was so damaged by the tornado that students will finish the year in an old school building that has been closed for some time.

These students and teachers need school supplies! Let's donate crayons, pencils, paper, notebooks, pencil sharpeners, rulers, scissors, glue sticks, construction paper, backpacks, pens, folders, etc. to help get them going again. They want to start school next Monday.

We don't have much time on this one......I need all donations by Wednesday in order to get them to Tuscaloosa.

I've got the greatest group of parents ever who read this blog and I know you won't let me down on this! I really want to show these kids and teachers that there are people who care about them. Help me get the word out and help me by bringing in donations!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

High Tea

We celebrated the wedding of Prince William and Kate by dressing up and enjoying High Tea, English Style. Ladies wore their best dress and shoes and some even had hats or gloves on! Gentlemen wore ties and hats, too! We were lucky to have our very own Prince William (Aiden) and Prince Harry (Sam) look-alikes! We used our BEST manners and enjoyed our tea and "biscuits" on Mrs. R.'s china. We even poured our tea from her silver tea pot! AND we learned a little bit about England, too. Thanks parents for helping us dress the part. It was the most fun!

Authors' Day!!!

By now, you have probably seen and read your child's book! Every one of them was precious. Each child wrote their own story and illustrated it. I helped with spelling and grammar rules, but the story was theirs!

Matt Burgess visited us on Thursday! He is a real author who attended Graham as a child. His book, Skylar and George Washington, may be purchased by going to the website listed on the little card I sent home Friday. If you use the code on that card, he will take $2.00 off the original price AND ALSO donate $2.00 to Graham! That is unheard of in the publishing world! Please support this ex-student and our school by visiting the website and ordering the book. He read it to us and we LOVED the story! We also met Skylar (his dog) and got to pet her. She performs great tricks.

EASTER!!!!

Easter Bunny Baskets and Easter Egg Hunt! We started with a picnic and ended eating candy. What a great day at school!

McWane Center-A Job Well Done!

Thanks to all the chaperones! I gave a list to each chaperone asking them to please make sure students experienced certain things in the McWane Center. It was the first time I'd asked chaperones to do so, and you parents really stepped up to the challenge! Parents, you helped your child experience "hands on" some of the things we've talked about in school. I saw kids reporting the weather, digging for fossils, standing inside a tornado, completing physics activities, and touching sharks! Well done!

The kids talked non-stop about our trip for days! I rewarded all of that good behavior and great thinking with some small treasures from the souvenier shop. Each child received a nuggat of "fool's gold," a polished stone, and an animal figure.

Technology!

We've spent our computer lessons learning how to use Microsoft Word, how to type, and how to find a website. Here we are writing notes to our friends!

Barefoot Day!