Because the students won’t be at school on February 14th due to a professional development day for teachers, we celebrated Valentine’s Day in our classroom today.
We began our day by writing in our journals on the following prompt:
Think about someone you love. What makes that person special?
The hardest part about this entry was picking just ONE person about whom to write! Everyone is getting really good at writing multiple sentences on a topic. We will be ready for paragraph writing in no time! Here are some sweet examples:
I love my little brother because he’s funny. We play ninjas. Ethan, I love you.
I love my dad because he is a good person. My dad has always been athletic. He was a QB at DP. His dad coached my dad at DP.
We also read some Valentine’s Day books, including A Crankenstein Valentine and Love, Ruby Valentine.
Later, we had a wonderful Valentine’s Day party, put on by our AMAZING room parents! First, students were treated to a fun scavenger hunt in which they had to pop balloons to find clues. It was fun to watch the class decode the clues together and race around the campus in search of the next one. I was really proud of the way the class stuck together and worked as a team.
Next, they split into two groups in a race to see which group could get their hula hoop to travel around the circle first without letting go of anyone’s hand. (One group had an extra tall “first-grader,” which was even more of a challenge!)
After enjoying some beautiful Valentine-themed snacks, we went back to the classroom to pass out cards and see everyone’s creative mailboxes.
We are all feeling the love, and we hope you are, too!
