Pig Day!

Friday was Pig Day in first grade.  We learned that pigs are incredible creatures, very smart, quite cute, and yummy too!  We got to pet some piglets that are only a week old! We even got to "Pig Out" as we watched a fun video story. 

Snowball Attack!

 Our class had collected so many boxtops this month that we won the chance to attack whatever class (or person) with snowballs!  We each got to make 14 snowballs.  We chose to attack our principal, Mrs. Killian.  We surprised her in the office and had a riot!  She and Mrs. Pruitt were pretty good at getting us back, but were no match for our amazing skills!  It was so much fun!!!!!!!!!!

Valentine's Day was a blast!  Some of the comments I was hearing was..."This is the best day ever!"  This is my 2nd favorite holiday!"  I think this is even more fun than Christmas!"  You gotta love first graders!

Hooray for Chocolate Day - The sweetest yet!

Chocolate Day was sweet!!!!!  We learned all about how chocolate is grown on trees!  The cacao beans start out in a big football-sized pod.  Then they are picked, dried, and ground into a cocoa powder before they are mixed with milk and sugar to make the delicious chocolate we now know.  

We made chocolate-dipped pretzels with Mrs. McKee, played games  and did math with chocolate M&Ms, read stories about chocolate, and even did our spelling in chocolate pudding!  What a delicious,(and somewhat messy) day!!!