Surprise Party

We planned a surprise party for our second grade buddies here at McKay.

We created their invitation using the interactive board. We made math problems for them to solve and then they matched the letter to the number to be able to read the invitation. It was fun.
We have had a few really nice days outside.
Here are JC and CC playing tether ball.
TD and KB are my basketball partners.

GC and AW like to throw the football around.

These girls were playing dragons. They are sitting on their eggs.

Back to the surprise party. We decided to have brownies and Dr. Pepper.

Finally it was time for our guests to arrive and let the fun continue.

The tall fancy glasses were fun to toast with.

After eating, we had a few activities planned. One was to share a math site where we can set up to race against each other doing math flashcards.

Another activity was to play on our "math mat".

The third activity was an arts and crafts area.

The final activity was to play a card game.

This is what the room looks like with 50 students all engaged and having fun.

Today was our snack food sale. Some of us forgot our money but luckily our friends were prepared to help us out. A few students like to bring extra money to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to get a treat.

We ended the day with new letters from our pen pals.

Each letter was very special and we can't wait for spring to come so we can meet our pen pals in the park for a picnic. We are becoming very good friends. Thank you pen pals for making us feel so special. We love your letters.