Fun Free Friday Activities!!

Found out about this great opportunity for free admission to many places on Fridays throughout the summer :)

http://www.highlandstreet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79

The End

Here's to another end of another school year. It has been such a great pleasure teaching all of your children and working with you this school year. It's always such a bitter-sweet emotion--exciting to start summer vacation but sad and nerve-wracking to leave your comfort zone and start anew. Here are some pics from game day yesterday--turned out to be fantastic :)

Be sure to check the blog in late July for some requested wedding pics and look for me next year as Mrs. Panagiotopoulos.

Have a wonderful summer everyone!

Special Guest

Today we were lucky enough to have Colin's dad come visit us and tell us about his job as a U.S. Federal Marshal. We had a lot of fun! The students got sworn in as Junior Deputy U.S. Marshals











Here's one more I thought the kids might enjoy :)

Final Reading Groups

For our final Reading Group work, Ms. Johnson and I split all of the students into 3 groups. Each group chose a play to present. They picked their characters, created props, and really worked as teams to practice and put on a great show for their classmates. They all worked so hard and were very excited! I've never done this to this extent before and will be sure to make it a staple in my teaching. We had SO much fun putting these together. Below are the videos.
Enjoy :)

MIGHTY MAX

Here is the address for the boy Max the class wrote letters to.
His wish for the Make a Wish Foundation is only to receive 1 million letters.

Mighty Max Low
PO BOX 111
Neola, IA 51559
USA

Author's Share

I can hardly believe the end of the year is closing in on us. It's always a bitter sweet time of year. As a teacher, I always look forward to the beginning if the year with fresh ideas and goals of self improvement. However, the end of the year is such an amazing time to see how much my students have grown and learned and I always want to continue to help them flourish.
Our Authors' Share this year was amazing. The students were so proud of their work and excited to share it. Below are some pictures of the practice run with our 4th grade partners as well as pictures and video of the big day.
Enjoy and I hope you had as much fun and were as impressed as I was :)