Like I said in my last update, time is flying; I felt like I blinked my eyes and we were finishing our fourth week of school! I think Boosterthon was a big contributing factor to this; it really brought our beginning-of-the-year excitement to a whole new level! Thanks to all of your amazing support, families, Doby's Bridge reached its fundraising goals! Also, thanks to our class's incredible efforts, we had a lot of fun this week, celebrating with fun class incentives, like pajama day! However, I won't get too ahead of myself, talking about this week... Let's go back to our third week- the week of our actual Dragon Dash!
This week was certainly a hectic one, with Boosterthon grade-level meetings each morning, prize deliveries in the afternoon, and lots of learning jam-packed in between! Besides Boosterthon, we began exploring the concepts of addition and subtraction, became scientists and conducted an experiment, and said goodbye to Dr. Frattaroli. Whew! Now that I reflect on all that we did, it's no wonder that week is a blur! :)
Here are some pictures to commemorate everything:
Creigh, Kenneth, and Moriah try their hand at Subtraction Bowling! We watched subtraction happen as we knocked down pins in the empty room next door!
Saylor and Dawson showed fabulous sportsmanship, clapping for their teammate, Amber!
Ray and his teammates watch anxiously to see how many pins he'll subtract from his total!
Patrick, Ava, Lucy, and Tanner record their subtraction sentence.
The sporty theme continued as we moved throughout the week, leading up to our Dragon Dash on Thursday morning! Again, we Doby's Bridge Dragons send you a hearty thank you for supporting our school fundraiser and cheering on our Dragons as they ran! Here are some pictures of the Dragon Dash fun:
Our class anxiously awaits our turn to be announced and run through the giant tunnel!
Can you feel the excitment?! The kids do a bit of dancing to get out those pre-race jitters!
And they're off!
On Friday, we were all worn out from all that running, and the kids happily took a break after our writer's workshop to watch a special video of Dr. Frattaroli being turned into a human-ice-cream-sundae, our school-wide incentive for reaching our "50 State Challenge!"
The kids were cracking up! They especially loved watching one of their classmates pour ice cream and cherries on our principal- Saylor was one of the school's top fund raisers and, as a result, got to partake in the sundae-making! During writer's workshop, she wrote a small moment story about her experience, and read it to all of us before we watched the video!
After turning into a human-ice-cream-sundae, Dr. Frattaroli went home to clean up, and it's a good thing he did, because we had a surprise up our sleeves for his final day at Doby's Bridge! At the end of the day, we lined the halls and did a clap-out in his honor. He walked down all of the halls, giving lots of high-fives and hugs along the way!
Waiting for our turn!
High fives all around!
I'll admit: it was an emotional end to a busy week! Even though I only worked for him for a few months (technically, only one month!), I've known Dr. Frattaroli since I was in grade school; he was the principal at Sugar Creek, where I was a teacher cadet in high school! Like anyone who knows him, I admire him for his character; thankfully, it is already evident Mrs. Black possesses the same strong leadership qualities Dr. Frattaroli contributed to Doby's Bridge! It was a bittersweet day, and as cheesy as it sounds, I think it's just the end of the bright beginning at our school!
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