Smoke Trailer

Our wonderful Cedar Falls Fire Department came to Cedar Heights today to visit with the kids about fire safety. We were able to go through the "Smoke Trailer" and not only hear about, but also put some of the things they taught us today. It was a great learning experience and all the kids seemed to really take away a lot of valuable information! So if you notice that your 3rd grader is acting like a fire expert... it's probably because they ARE one after this training!

Lots and Lots of Talent!

Today we had the Kindergarten-3rd Grade talent show! We had four kids from our class participate and they all did a wonderful job! We are so proud of them!

Brave.

Here are some pictures of the kids who held the crayfish today! They are all so brave, however, some of them like the crayfish more than the others! Enjoy!

The start of something NEW!

This week we started two new and exciting units in our class... Studying Crayfish and Reading On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The kids really seem excited about both! 

Tonight, ask your child what they know already about the crayfish. The little scientists observed them today and took notes about the crayfish structures! Many of them have even gotten up the courage to pick them up! 
 

 
 

We did it!!!

I couldn't be prouder of these kids and the effort they put forth on the Iowa Assessment! They worked so hard through EVERY test! We celebrated today by having popsicles and an extra long afternoon recess. Believe it or not, they had some excess energy to burn off after three days of testing! As you can tell, they are overjoyed to be done! Happy Thursday! 

The Crayfish are here!!

Yesterday our crayfish arrived at school! The kids are very excited to feed them, touch them (well some of them are excited for that), and study them. Let me tell you... these crayfish are big and bad! Today we moved them for the first time and fed them. It was so fun to watch the kids try and muster up the courage to pick them up. We moved them into their "feeding troff" and the crayfish became quite territorial! I am sure we will have several fun story's that come from this unit!
 

Let the Adventures begin...

I am so excited for this new adventure that blogging will bring to our classroom! It is my hope that this will help parents feel more connected to what is going on in our classroom.