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! 

Mystery, Mystery

We had a pop up Mystery Reader today (and will enjoy a few more of these in the coming days).  Let's see if you can figure out this mystery:
1.  I am a mom with two sons.
2.  I love birds.
3.  My favorite birds are ravens and orioles.
4.  My favorite president is Teddy Roosevelt.
5.  My hair is spiked up!

The students in 1A were a bit perplexed by these clues......... I reminded them that Mystery Readers aren't always family members and could be other community members...... like former teachers!!

This sealed it for many and they knew one of their Pre Primary teachers, Mrs. Fluery, was coming to read to us.

Mrs. Fluery shared the story Kali's Song by Jeanette Winter.  She told us it was one of her favorites!

Thank you, Mrs. Fluery for being our pop up Mystery Reader today! It was great to have you in our classroom and we really enjoyed the book you brought to share.

First grade friends, we just might have a few more of these pop up Mystery Readers scheduled for the days ahead (or final days..... booooo!).  Who would you like to have come and read to us?  Post a comment to share with all of us!

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!