Balloon Countdown

I love Pinterest and found this idea of having a countdown to the last day of school by popping a balloon each day.  Each balloon was numbered by the number of days left and inside the balloon was a silly task that we completed that day.  Some of the tasks we completed were having a bubble gum blowing contest, a balloon toss, dancing the Cha Cha Slide, drawing caricatures of each other in the courtyard, and many more fun tasks.  It was a great way to break up the day during testing and to have some excitement during the last week of school!

Fossil Center

We were able to squeeze in visiting the fossil center before school was out this year.  We got to dig for fossils and observe some fossil replicas.  It's always nice being outside and still learning!

Career Day

We had our Career Day this year on the last day of school.  Students dressed as the career they wanted to be and we invited our parents to visit and explain their career.  We had several parents visit us and they shared lots of great information!  Before our Career Day, we did a little research on different occupations we thought we would enjoy.  Students took a career survey found online and the survey identifies the career clusters they would be interested in pursuing.  Students were also encouraged to ask family members about their careers also.  I hope that this project helps them begin to think about their futures and the type of career they would like to work towards as they continue their education!

Kentucky Teacher Publication

Our class made the Kentucky Teacher publication!  Follow this link to read the article about how fourth grade students at CCES are using the Osprey Webcam to make real-life science observations!

http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/features/2012/05/nest-practices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KentuckyTeacher+%28Kentucky+Teacher%29

Breakfast Book Club

These fourth and fifth grade students participated in a breakfast book club this year, hosted by Mrs. Valerie!  They read chapter books and met each week on Friday during breakfast to discuss what they read during the week.  They also enjoyed homemade pancakes and other treats while they discussed what they read.  Their culminating task was to visit the public library and join Ms. Barbara while they shared a favorite story with the young children and helped them create a volcano that exploded!  Read on, Studio 214!

End of Year Video

Here is the link to watch our end of year video.  I used some pictures from throughout the year and some taken during the last week of school and imported them into Animoto.  Animoto is a really cool website that lets your import pictures and videos and puts it to music and creates the transitions for you.  I subscribe to it, but you can create free, thirty second videos and it is so easy!

Enjoy! 

http://animoto.com/play/a120HwfcAWB160YjF91L0g

Georgia Pen Pals!

We received our last letters from our Georgia pen pals today with pictures!  They were very excited to see what their pen pal looks like and they are a little sad that our writing project is ending.  We will be sending our last letter to them on Monday!