Grandpals' Day

It was such a joy to welcome Grandpals into our classroom on Friday!  The children had so much fun showing off their artwork, schoolwork, classroom and school.  The children were wonderful hosts and hostesses.  It was so much fun to meet so many people that are so important to the lives of each of these students!

This time of year is also when the students show off some of the great artwork they have done in art with the annual Art Show.  The fourth graders showed off their selfies that they had created.  Man, they look great!

Operation Shoebox

After well over a month of talking about it, planning and working to collect funds and supplies to fill shoeboxes, yesterday was the big day of stuffing the shoeboxes.  Students set up a sort of store in the classroom with art supplies, toiletries, small articles of clothing and lots of toys.  The students worked with their character partners to stuff boxes to the near point of bursting, knowing that these treasures would brighten the day of a child some where around the world.  

Thank you for all of your help and support!  We had a fantastic day and can't wait to track these packages and see where they end up!