The One With a lot of Parties

Thursday was our big day of celebrations! The second half of our school day was spent with our kinder reading buddies, our multiplication celebration, and of course our Valentine’s Day party! It was quite the day and sprinkles will be found throughout the room for the next month.

Here’s a look at our fun-filled day!

First our multiplication celebration was to reward our third grade for their hard work memorizing their facts. For each set of facts they learned they earned another topping on their ice cream sundae! They’ve been working on their facts every Friday for quite a while so everyone was excited to see the hard work pay off!

How we track our multiplication progress

3/5 of our lovely third grade operation

Scooping is actually a very tiring job

After we came down from our sundae sugar high, room 21 turned up the 

crazy again and played Minute to Win It games. We played four games for about 20 minutes. The best part was that they could take them home and play with their siblings. (Some did choose to eat their game pieces)

 

After we played our games the students passed out their Valentine’s. I’ve yet to figure out an efficient and controlled way to do this so for about 15 minutes they are all up wandering around, looking for desks, shouting people’s names, and squealing about candy. I figure if there’s 15 utterly chaotic minutes of our year, this can be it. 

gifts for the kiddos

food for the next four days, spoiled!

 

Very funny note from a student before lunch. Somehow she forgot about our winter Polar Express Party. 

It was a successful and crazy day – students were sent home with a lot of sugar and because of teacher meetings and President’s Day they will have 4 days to burn off the energy!

The One with Just a Minute

Yesterday I started brainstorming my kiddos Valentine’s Day party. Valentine’s Day is a major holiday at our school so I probably should have thought it out further than four days ahead.  We are celebrating on Thursday because we have a lovely data day Friday. (The day off is not in observance of Valentine’s Day like some of my students think) 

Last year I made these adorable little robots – they were a hit! Mostly because the amount of candy involved.

This year I was on the Pinterest search for both homemade Valentines and an activity. After putting together some different ideas I came up with *drum roll please*

Minute to Win It,Valentines Edition!

The Minute to Win It activities aren’t revolutionary, all are taken from their website and the YouTube example videos. I did turn them into a Valentines goodie bag which will double as my gift to them. They can also take home their baggie and play over and over at home – sorry parents!

Here is a look at the activities we will play – I also turned the labels into a freebie. Check it out if you’re a last minute Valentine planner like myself!The titles link to the YouTube example of the game...it's an easy way to explain how each is done! 

Separation Anxiety

In this game students have 1 minute to separate the colors of M&Ms into the mini cups! 

Suck it Up

Students will have one minute to take the tart hearts from one mini cup, across their table to the other mini cup using a straw.

Candy Pick Up

Using two straws like chop sticks students will have to move the candy hearts from one mini cup to another mini cup across the room. 

This Blows

Students will stack their cups across the table, blow up their balloon, and knock the cups over with the air in the balloon in one minute.

My students LOVED Minute to Win It last year for our end of the year party – I’m hoping this will be another fun-filled day! Updates will come Thursday with student participation!