Happy Friday - I am so glad that we had a beautiful spring day to be able to enjoy the Outdoor Classroom today because we were busy little beavers! :)

Our day started out with the 4th and 5th grade choir performance.  The students were a fabulous audience and really enjoyed it.  The 4th and 5th graders did an awesome job!  I can't wait until our kids get to 4th and 5th grade to watch their choir performances.

We also have worked EXTREMELY hard and finished publishing a paper copy of our opinion writing about what animal makes the best pet.  The kiddos learned about how we will be making video books of our publication on a fun app called 30 Hands.  We will be starting our electronic publishing on Monday! :)  

As some students have been finishing up their opinion writing, other students have been creating new stories.  Below are a few pictures from our writing share circle today about some fun stories that are being published!

Brady sharing the first chapter of a new book he is writing!

Joshua sharing a story he wrote about basketball.

Sophia sharing a list that she wrote.

This group of kiddos are writing a whole bunch of stories based on the series "Don't Let the Pigeon."  This story was "Don't Let the Pigeon Do the Whip & Nae Nae."

We also went to Makers Space!  Today the students played with Ozobots.  They are small robots that are programmed and coded to run off different colors.  The students put them on premade "tracks" and then were able to use markers to make their own tracks.  The Ozobots also change color based on the color of the marker.  You can check out our pictures & even some videos of them working here.

This afternoon the kids were awesome helpers in the garden.  They helped to mulch half the garden.  They worked so hard to make the garden look nice.  They will probably sleep well tonight!  :)  You can check out the pictures here.

Then we finished up our Earth Day with some science observations around the Outdoor Classroom.  We went to the garden, the prairie and the pond.   

We learned the importance of sitting and staying quiet while we observed at the pond. We saw frogs, toads and other insects...maybe even a snake!  Can you find the frogs in the pictures below?

Please check out the Newsletter.  

In your student's Friday folder, you will find a permission slip and information about our Runge Field Trip.  Please read over the information and sign the permission slip and return it to school with your student.  A signed permission slip is required for your student to attend this field trip because we are going out of town.  If you would like to help and attend the field trip, please make this on the permission slip.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this weather!