San Diego Zoo

While we were in San Diego for my brother's wedding, we were able to go to the San Diego zoo. Here are some fun videos to learn about the animals there!

TIGERS

DIKERS

HIPPOS

PANDA

ELEPHANTS

CONDORS

GIRAFFES

POLAR BEARS

Applesauce Day

We made applesauce! Well, actually it was more like warm chunky apples but the kids loved it! We made invitations and sent them out to our specials teachers, administrators, and office staff. Ms. Chapman, Mrs. Zinck, and Mr. DeGonzague all came down and tried some with us. We chopped apples, put them in a crock pot, added cinnamon and let them cook. While we were waiting, we illustrated a book then read it to our group. Eating was the fun part though and come kids had 4 helpings! We then snuck down to our third grade buddies' room and delivered some to them (along with an embossed apple) while they were out! We made applesauce to finish our learning about Johnny Appleseed who would give apple seeds away to people as they moved west in order to have a nation full of apple orchards. He lived in the wilderness and ate "mush" that he would cook from whatever he could find. Sometimes the "mush" was cooked apples...we now call it applesauce!

Videos from the SAINTS game

Last weekend I was able to go to New Orleans to see my SAINTS play. I made some videos for the kids so that they could see where the real Tracy Porter plays.

Flower Power Teacher

One recess the kids decided to give me a crown of flowers! One child called me a "flower power teacher!"

"Bring something from another country" show and tell

We had a viking and an Indian princess show up for our show and tell!

South America

We made a rain forest for South America then we got to make a food from South America...guacamole! The kids poured, mashed, stirred, and ate and it was so good. I tried to negotiate eating all of it but they weren't having it. Even some kids who though they did not like guacamole enjoyed it!

North America and an African Safari

To finish up Africa, we got to go on a safari in our hallways. We sprayed ourselves with bug spray so we would not get malaria and we went out to see the animals. We saw a zebra grazing but were worried when a buffalo was nearby because we did not want it to eat the zebra. We saw a hippo out of water and had to run so it would not charge us. We also saw a crocodile while we were wading in some water. Yikes! Most of the animals we saw though were at a safe distance and since we gave them space they did not try to harm us. When we flew back to North America, we had a snack that is native to our country/continent...peanut butter! We had a sweet peanut butter snack and a savory peanut butter snack!