Watermelon Day!

Balloon #3 was Watermelon Day!  On Tuesday afternoon we enjoyed a delicious and refreshing slice of watermelon.

First graders, what other summer foods do you enjoy?  Post a comment to share with all of us!

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream.........

For another Mystery Reader with ICE CREAM!!!!

See if you know who our Mystery Reader was:
1.  I have lived in 9 different cities.
2.  I can't wait to go to the beach this summer.
3.  I love watching my children play sports.
4.  My favorite color is purple.
5.  I was born on Thanksgiving.

Do you know who this ice cream making Mystery Reader is................

It's Dylan's mom, Mrs. B!  

Mrs. B just got a new ice cream maker and wanted to make ice cream with 1A!  We all helped with the ingredients and toppings.  

After our ice cream was churning and freezing, we enjoyed an ice cream story titled The Ice Cream King.

 Then it was time to create a spectacular sundae! YUM!

It sure was delicious!

Thank you, Mrs. B! This was the perfect way to wrap up our family Mystery Readers for the year.  Thank you to all of our 1A families for their support with this activity this year.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

First graders, what is your favorite ice cream flavor?  Post a comment to share with all of us.

Snowball Toss!?!

Although my future city might have snow in May every once in awhile, friends in 1A thought it seemed just a little quirky when our balloon for today said Snowball Toss!  "Miss Muntean, how in the world are we going to have a snowball toss when we don't have any snow?"  "Are we going to make snow?"  "Maybe we're going to eat snowballs"  Oh there were so many questions and wonderings about this one that we could hardly contain ourselves!

Throughout the year, I place extra copies, copies we haven't used, etc. in a bin in our room.  The plain side of these scrap papers work great for math work, score sheets for games, and drawing paper. During our final weeks of school, some of that paper gets magically transformed into "snowballs!"

Before we got started we went over a couple rules........
1.  It's a snowball toss (not a fight- no throwing snowballs at each other)
2.  Look out for each other and be safe

And then we were ready to get started!  However what would a snowball toss be without some wintery music?  Cue Bing Crosby and "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!"  This year we most definitely had to include a few snowy favorites from Frozen as well!

Here's a few pics and videos:

 Making snowballs:

And we're all ready...... let the toss begin!

I think we're all quite happy it's finally spring, but a snowball toss at the end of May can certainly be a lot of fun too!  

1A Friends, do you have a favorite Balloon Poppin' Fun activity so far?  Post a comment to share with all of us!

Tomorrow we're headed to the beach..... Remember your beach clothes and a towel! 

We Popped Some More Balloons

Here's a few highlights from our balloons this week:

Sunglasses!

 Dance Party!!

Airplane Contest:

The owners of the planes that flew the farthest!

Picnic Lunch! We invited 1B to join us outside on this gorgeous day too!

It's been another fun week in 1A!

1A friends, what was your favorite Balloon Poppin' Fun Activity from this week?  Post a comment to share with all of us. Would you like to do something like this at home?  Take a peek at a 1A student's blog to learn how you could do this:

Balloon Poppin' Fun at Home!

I hope you have a wonderful long weekend and enjoy the holiday with friends and family!