It was a super busy week at Freeman. The excitement of the snow from last week settled down, but the temperatures have been so cold that we haven't been able to be outside much. Finally, we got some relief and have been able to be outside more. Thanks to the PTO, we have a few new items that we added to our recess equipment. Jump ropes have been the most popular. The students are being introduced to double dutch and learning new jump rope games and rhymes. I remember spending hours jump roping at recess and shouting, "Cinderella, dressed in yellow, went upstairs to kiss a fella, make a mistake and kissed a snake...." Other items that we have added are a large checker board, ring toss, bean bag toss, and two new carts to hold all the goodies. One for indoors and one for outdoors.
The week started with Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday and Tuesday evenings. There was good attendance in the elementary and I thank all the parents that took time to visit with teachers about their student's progress. During conferences, the PTO sponsored the Scholastic Book Fair. It was a little bit smaller fair this spring, but students enjoyed having new books and posters to sift through.
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| 4th grade pioneer children |
Fourth grade celebrated Pioneer Day on Wednesday. If you walked into their room, it was a step back in time. They spent the entire day playing games that the pioneer children would have played, participated in good old fashioned spelling bee and geography bee to name a few activities. It was fun to see the children dressed similar to students their age of years long ago. Some even had a piece of straw to chew on.
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Old fashioned spelling bee
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Our busy week continued Thursday with the celebration of Valentine's Day. There were many excited children and the school was filled with lots of energy all day in anticipation of exchanging Valentines and having parties. It was fun to walk around and see some of the very creative Valentine boxes.
The week ended Friday with a no school day. After such a long and jammed packed week, it was nice to have some time to relax and recoup.
Coming up next week the 5th and 6th grade band students will be headed to the Lied Center for a special symphony performance. The elementary quiz bowl team will be going head to head in a parent verses students practice competition on Thursday. The students will be competing at Thayer Central on February 24th.
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| Lego Valentine Box in 4th grade |
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| Creative Valentine boxes in Mr. Floth's room |
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| LJ showing off his tank Valentine box |
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