Thank You Pedal Pushers Cafe!

Each year we celebrate the end of the school year by taking a little trip to a local restaurant for a treat.  This year Angie Taylor from Pedal Pushers had an awesome idea to meet us in the park for root beer floats and ice cream cones.  We want to give her a big thank you!  The kids loved it!

Mystery Reader #11

"I grew up in Wisconsin.  I like to bake.  I love flowers."  The class was very stumped by these clues and thought that I might be the mystery reader today.  It was actually Ollie!  We have so enjoyed our time with Ollie as our Picture Parade volunteer, and I asked her to come in as a Mystery Reader to see the kids one last time before school is out.

Balloon 6: Classroom Bumper Seats

Our 6th balloon was classroom bumper seats.  This is the only day of the year that everyone in the class gets to pick their own seat for the entire day.  The kids think this is so fun!

Balloon 5: Treasure Hunt

For our 5th balloon we were lead on a hunt of clues around the school that brought us to our treasure: a new book!  Our treasure was the new Betty Bunny book called "Betty Bunny Wants a Goal."  We love this series!

Balloon 4: Daily 5 Outside!

With today's balloon we went outside to enjoy a round of Daily 5 around the pond.  It is so peaceful to sit out on a beautiful day to read a book or write a story!

6th Grade Buddy Readers

During "I Love to Read Month," our class was matched up with the 6th grade class for our buddy reading.  It was so much fun, we decided to continue it on a once a month basis.  It has been great for the younger kids to spend time reading to a student they really look up to!  It was fun for me as well to have those 6th graders revisit and share with me all the books they remember reading when they were in the 1/2.  Thanks so much 6th graders!  You are an awesome bunch of kids!

Balloon 3: Reading with Kindergarten!

Today we popped balloon number 3!  Inside was the following activity: "Read with a kindergarten buddy and share a treat!"  It is always great to get together with a younger friend and read a story to them!