February Fun!

Thank you to our Room Parents and volunteers for another fun party. 

• Bags were decorated.
• Valentines were exchanged!
• We played B-I-N-G-O!
• We limboed!
• We ate!  
• And fun was had by all. 

Limbo at its best! 

Cupcakes, strawberries, and pretzels!
The perfect blend of salty and sweet!

Bingo players had bragging rights for a few seconds! 

Thank you also for the lovely flowers!  They totally made my day. 

We are working away learning about Olympic symbols, including the rings, flag, and mascot. Tomorrow we will all research a Winter Sport of choice to include in our AMAZING Olympic Folders!  

Continuing our learning about READING and WRITING non-fiction this week we learned about cactus. We used an encyclopedia and divided the research into sections and each group learned about one aspect (such as life cycle or parts of a cactus) and then we filled in our own section of a JIGSAW puzzle. Tomorrow all groups will present what they learned and others will fill in the empty jigsaw pieces so we have a completed puzzle.

the saguaro (sa-wah-ro) cactus

Tomorrow students will complete their CACTI FACTI where they create a cactus with a paragraph outline to share their learning. 

Olympic Fever in Room 102

Do you know the motto of the Olympics? Do you know the colors of the Olympic rings? How about what the 5 rings represent? Don't know.... ask your 3rd grader!  

The Winter Games, which occur every 4 years, have their Opening Ceremony tonight! The games are being held or hosted this year in Pyeongchang, South Korea!  

We have been reading and learning about the Olympics in class. Pierre de Coubertin is known as the Father of the Modern Olympics. We have learned of his contributions to the symbols of the Olympics, including the flag and motto. 

Today, we had a very special guest in our class. Sidney's mom, Kristine Lilly (Heavey), is a three time Olympiad for the United Stated Women's Soccer Team!  She brought in pictures, clothing, gold and silver medals, and a true Olympic spirit to our class today! 

Kristine spoke the great things about being on a team, working hard, and the importance of school! She is a World Record holder for the most games played for a country - 352! She is also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame! 

She compared winning the gold medal to a snow day times 200!  

Talking about TEAMWORK!

Telling the class about stepping
on to the podium! 

Anna takes a look at a gold medal! 

How cool is this? 

Here is what your child might look like if he/she wins for Team U.S.A.!