Spring Break for 6D

Last week's sharing was to bring in something from your spring break.

This friend brought in shells from her vacation on Water Island in the Carribbean.

Here are some additional photos of her having fun in the sun!


This friend made a Star Wars book over the break. Lots of writing and colorful pictures were inside! Nice cover!

This girl played lacrosse (a spring sport) over break.

This friend brought in a cool Hawaiian box. Inside was a homemade beaded necklace and bracelet.
This girl visited Epcot in Disneyland! She brought back a mask and sweet chocolate from Italy!

This boy went to the Baltimore zoo! What a cool stuffed animal!

This boy brought in lots of shells from his trip to the beach in Jamaica!

This friend built a model airplane which was purchased from the National Air and Space Museum!

This friend brought in photos of herself on the beach in the Dominican Republic! And yes, that is a real monkey!

This friend brought back shells from the beach in Florida!

Star of the Week!

Last week's Star of the Week likes to play with his brothers (he has four); watch his older brother's football games; and play t-ball, soccer, and lacrosse. He brought in chocolate chip muffins- one of his favorite morning treats! We had fun learning about you!

I can tie my shoes!

A 6th Age friend has been practicing tying her shoes (on her own) all year. Her persistence has paid off! Slowly but surely her skills are improving. Click on the video to watch her in action!

Word Family Relay!

Today we reviewed our knowledge of word families with a word family relay! The students were split into two teams- Team 1 and Team A. Each was given a word family, /ad/ or /ap/ for example. When I said, "Ready, set, go!" the teams raced up to the chalkboard, one at a time, to fill in a word family word inside of the box on the chalkboard. Repeated words or words outside of the word family did not count as a point. At the end of two rounds, both teams tied with a total of 10. Nice job, readers!

Piggybanks

We finished our piggybanks! Yesterday we added the ears, eyes, and glued on any missing feet. Today Mrs. DeLorbe read us the story ALEXANDER WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST SUNDAY, by Judith Viorst. Judith Viorst may be a familiar name to you, as she also wrote ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY. In this story, Alexander receives a dollar from his grandmother. He does not save the money and spends it on many different things such as bubblegum, a deck of cards, a waxy candle, and a teddybear with one eye. His purchases are very impulsive! After reading the story we talked about how important it is to save your money. What would you save for? Each student received one penny, one nickel, one dime, and one quarter as a gift. The money was placed inside of their piggybanks. How much money does this equal? We used mental math to add 25 + 10 + 5 + 1. Each piggybank has 41 cents inside! Take a peak at the video (sorry for the sideways view) to find out what we are saving for!

Mrs. DeLorbe reading ALEXANDAR WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST SUNDAY

Napa Valley and Las Vegas

My vacation in Napa continued with a public tour of two vineyards on Monday: Domain Chandon and Francis Ford Coppola's Rubicon estate.
Domain Chandon is known for their sparking wine named E'toile (French for "star").

Rubicon is a large vineyard- the grounds are gorgeous! I could definitely imagine myself living here, what do you think?

The girls and I in Napa!

We left Napa on Tuesday and headed for Las Vegas! The first night my husband and I ate dinner at The Paris hotel. We had a sweet view of the city.

On Wednesday we woke up bright and early to go...SKYDIVING!

It is something I have wanted to try for awhile. What a nervous wreck we all were traveling to the tiny airport and getting suited up. Here we are on the couch, desperately waiting...

It was well worth it though, and an experience I will never forget. We all called our parents after we landed safely- they were relieved! This is a photo of my friend arching her back- a technique we were told we needed to use during the freefall segment of the skydive.

This is a photo of me with my skydive intructor, Scott. He is suiting me up before we head to the plane.

Here is the group after we safely landed! We were very excited!!

After our skydiving adventure, we were able to chill out and relax during the rest of our stay. My favorite casino in Vegas was definitely The Bellagio- the handblown flowers lining the ceiling definitely did it for me.

Tomorrow I head back to school to see all of my students. I am so excited to hear about their travels and time at home. See you all soon!

Napa Valley

My husband and I have the travel bug! We saved and planned for a spring break trip to Napa Valley with two other couples who are also good friends. Yesterday we booked a private tour of three vineyards and had a wonderful time! The weather here is absolutely gorgeous and was well needed after our rough Maryland winter. I am looking forward to the next few days in Napa before we head to Las Vegas.