Happy Easter!!!

Due to the fact that our students are so much older this year, we decided not to have an egg hunt in celebration of the Easter holiday. Instead we had a scavenger hunt! Each student was given an index card with a riddle on it. Once the riddle was solved, they would know where to find their egg.

Izaiah's riddle led him to the sign in the front of the school. He was very happy to find his egg!

Tyrisha's riddle led her to the couch in Mr. Stegall's office (the assistant principal). She found her egg under one of the cushions on the couch.

Lucy's riddle led her to the outside plants that are located near the gym. Under one of the plants was her egg.

We always say that Ms. Ford's van has "magic doors" because they open when she pushes the button on her hand control. Lexi's riddle led her to Ms. Ford's van. Once she got there she was asked to say "Abracadabra". When she said it, the doors opened! Lexi's egg was sitting inside!

Eric's riddle led him to the microwave in Ms. Wyatt's office (the secretary). He was very happy to find his egg and giggled when he was told to open the microwave!

Tradarius' riddle led him to the room of one of our favorite Kindergarten classes! He knew exactly where his egg was located once his riddle was read to him!

This is our class picture after our Easter scavenger hunt! We had a great time!!

Happy Spring!!!

HAPPY SPRING from.......

Eric...

Tradarius...

Kayla...

Izaiah...

Lucy...

... and the rest of Ms. Malcom's class!!!

HAPPY SPRING!!!

The Emperor's New Clothes- Eastside High School!

In early March, our class visited Eastside High School to watch their drama team perform a play titled "The Emperor's New Clothes". We greatly enjoyed this play and look forward to more in the future.

Izaiah, Tradarius, and Lucy pose for a picture before the play begins.

The rest of the class also poses for a picture before the play begins.

This costume was a class favorite. It was a horse costume with two people inside. One person was the front legs and head. The other person was the back legs. It was too cute!

Izaiah and Ms. Malcom pose for a picture after the play was over. Izaiah loved the play! So did Ms. Malcom!

Thanks to the members of the Eastside High School drama team for working so hard to perform such a great play! We greatly enjoyed it!!

Trip to Stevi B's Pizza! Yum!

After leaving Eastside High School we stopped by Stevi B's Pizza for lunch! The class poses for a picture in front of the restaurant!

Eric loved the pizza at Stevi B's! He especially loved the chocolate pizza!! I did too!

Kayla, Izaiah, and Tradarius sat with Ms. Malcom. We had a great time at our table and ate sooooo much!

Lexi also loved the chocolate pizza!!

Lexi, Tyrisha, Lucy, and Eric sat with Ms. Ford. They had a great time eating and talking!

Our trip to Stevi B's was so much fun!! We love buffets but more importantly we love spending time together!

Exceptional Children's Week General Ed. Class Visits!

During Exceptional Children's Week, General Ed. classes signed up to either visit our class or have our class visit their class. Several classes signed up to visit our class. Since our classroom trailer is so small, we decided to participate in activities (such as music and hop scotch) outside of our classroom. We also provided them with a short lesson celebrating the differences in ALL of us! This was an excellent program and one that I think everyone involved will always remember.

Ms. Finch's 2nd grade class was the first class to visit our classroom. Below, Ms. Stowe and Ms. Ford lead a short lesson on how they are different. For example, Ms. Stowe is tall, Ms. Ford is short. Ms. Stowe wears glasses, Ms. Ford doesn't wear glasses. The students in Ms. Finch's class were very eager to participate and learned a lot from the lesson!

Lucy, Kayla, and Lexi turn around to pose for a picture!! They loved having all of the 2nd grade students visit and play with them.

Together, our class and Ms. Finch's class participated in a song/ dance that Ms. Stowe wrote earlier in year titled "To the Left". The song/ dance was led by Izaiah and Tyrisha (in the middle of the circle).

Ms. Frix's 3rd grade class signed up for our class to visit their classroom. In Ms. Frix's class both classes joined together to participate in a game of Friendship BINGO. The squares on the BINGO cards were labeled with the names of students in both classes. Chips were placed on the boxes when the names of the students were called. Kayla quickly made a friend in Ms. Frix's class! This sweet young lady assisted Kayla with finding the names and placing her chips as the names were called.

Lexi also made a couple of friends in Ms. Frix's class! These students also assisted Lexi with Friendship BINGO!!

In addition, we visited many more classes, including 4th grade classes, 5th grade classes, and Kindergarten classes. Our friends in Ms. Kennedy's 4th grade class and Ms. Walden's 5th grade class were so thoughtful and even made us cards thanking us visiting them and picking up their lunch counts each morning.

This program was very fun and enlightening for all involved. It was a big hit and we have had requests to visit classes on a regular basis throughout the remainder of the school year! Several students have also came to our room asking to assist our students with reading, classwork, etc.

Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this program a success!

Exceptional Children's Week Awards Ceremony!

On the final day of Exceptional Children's Week (Friday), our students were presented with awards for various reasons during an Awards Ceremony!

Lucy received a well-deserved award for Outstanding Class Participation!! Lucy always participates in class with enthusiasm. She works very hard and has come so far! Great Job Lucy!

Izaiah received the Calendar Helper award for being such a great helper at Calendar time! Izaiah does a wonderful job each day during Calendar time. He is responsible for leading our letter sound practice as well as our letter sound song! Way to go Izaiah!

Eric recieved the Handwriting Award! Eric has come so far in his handwriting skills this year! Wonderful Job Eric and Thanks so much Ms. Summers (Eric's mom) for working with him EVERY SINGLE NIGHT on his handwriting skills!

Lexi recieved an extra award for her Hard Work and Progress in Speech! Excellent Job Lexi!

Kayla received the Great Friend Award because she is such a great friend to all of the students in our class!! Thanks Kayla for being so kind!

Above are just some of the pictures from the Exceptional Children's Week Awards Ceremony! All of our students received awards! Lexi also recieved the SUPER Science Project Award. She turned in an amazing Science Project on tornados.

This was such a great day and a wonderful way to CELEBRATE our students!! Great Job to Lexi, Lucy, Tyrisha, Kayla, Tradarius, Eric, and Izaiah for all of your hard work and kindness!!!

Exceptional Children's Week (March 3rd-7th)!

Exceptional Children's Week

March 3rd-7th

The week of March 3rd-7th was Exceptional Children's week.

Our school participated in a week of events recognizing different exceptionalities. We made 400 buttons and had a school-wide contest to see how many buttons we could sell. The class who purchased the most buttons won a popcorn party. With great support from our school, we sold every button. Congratulations to Ms. Wands’ class for winning the button contest.

We also had a poster contest and trivia contest that focused on famous people with disabilities. Prizes were awarded for the winners of these contests. We had school-wide classroom activities to show how “Egg-Ceptional” we all are.

Each day, our class visited other classes throughout the school. The purpose of these visits was to discuss and show the General Education population the technology we utilize in our class to assist us in learning. We also provided them a musical presentation as well as participated in activities such as Friendship BINGO.

The general education teachers were also presented with small tokens and daily devotionals as a gift of our appreciation. The feedback we received during Exceptional Children’s Week was amazing. The students of Fairview were eager to assist us in every possible way.

Mrs. Walden’s 5th grade class and Mrs. Kennedy’s 4th grade class presented our class and Ms. Henderson's class with very creative hand-made appreciation letters.

Exceptional Children’s Week was not just about recognizing students with disabilities, but learning the differences of others and how we are all “Exceptional” people. The constant support and dedication in such programs as Exceptional Children’s Week is what makes Fairview Elementary the #1 Elementary School.

Exceptional Children's Week Ice Cream Party!

On the final day of Exceptional Children's week (Friday), right before our Award's Ceremony, all of our "EXCEPTIONAL" students were rewarded with an Ice Cream party! The Ice Cream party was a big "We Love You" from the special education department to our kids! They were given several choices of ice cream and toppings!!! Yum!!!

Of course Eric and his best friend Lucy sat together at the Ice Cream party.

Lexi smiles for the camera before taking a big bite of her ice cream.
Travarius and Jarmorcous (from Ms. Henderson's class) as well as Izaiah and Tradarius enjoyed their ice cream!! They also enjoyed sitting with one another, talking about anything and everything!
Kayla and her friends from Ms. Henderson's class also enjoyed their ice cream!

This was a very special day for our students!! We love them very much and admire them for their determination to overcome their obstacles and succeed!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ford!

Today, March 10th, was Mrs. Ford's birthday!! So, we had a party!!!

After opening and reading all of the cards that the kids made her, Mrs. Ford opened her birthday gift! It was a massage pillow!! Everyone wanted one!!

This picture was too cute!! I had to share!! Tradarius and Izaiah loved playing with the horns that we had for the party! They are such great friends!

After eating our treats and watching Mrs. Ford open her present, we played "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". The students really enjoyed this!

Lastly, Tyrisha serenaded Mrs. Ford with her favorite and most requested song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It was precious!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ford!!! We hope that it was a Great one!!!

5th Grade Field Trip

On February 11th the entire 5th grade class went on a field trip to the theater at Georgia Tech to see a play called "Ellis Island". This play referenced the experiences of the first settlers to arrive at Ellis Island.

I had the opportunity of going along with my 5th graders: Eric, Tradarius, Tyrisha, and Lexi. We had an excellent time and really enjoyed the play.

When we were getting ready to leave the theater I asked my students what they learned. Tyrisha quickly said "I learned about America". She was right!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a great time in our class this year on Valentine's Day! Ms. Stowe created a "ball-room dance" that we practiced.... and practiced... and practiced. The dance involved all of the students being split up into boy-girl partners. Ms. Stowe played the accordion (she is very good at it) as we danced. Of course, Lucy chose to be partners with Eric. They are best friends!

This is a picture of us bowing to our partners during the dance. Ms. Ford TRIED to play the accordion!! Let's just say, she needs a lot more practice :-)

Our friends in Ms. Stegall's and Ms. Hadaway's Kindergarten class came to visit so that we could perform our dance for them. They loved it and even wanted to join in!

I had to share this picture. This boy in the Kindergarten class wanted to be Tyrisha's partner. He did a great job and was so sweet to her!

At the end of the day, we had a great Valentine's Day party with lots of treats and a ton of food to eat! It was a great day!

Kite Day!

The students had been waiting on a windy day to fly the two kites that Ms. Malcom bought them!! On this particular day it was so incredibly windy so we packed up the kites and headed out to the track. We had a wonderful time! Lucy, especially, loved flying the kites!

Izaiah even got in on the action and took kite-flying instructions from Lucy.

After taking turns flying kites for a while, we all decided to lay on the ground and look up at the clouds. It was such a nice day! We left Eric and Tradarius in charge of making sure that the kites stay up as we were taking a break. Eric got a little too comfortable and "accidently" let go of his kite! The kite took off flying and it's string got hung on one of the classroom trailers. It was so windy that the kite flew itself, the trailer "holding" the string. We watched, wanting so badly to get our kite back!! Eric thought it was hilarious and couldn't stop laughing, especially when asked where his kite went! A couple of minutes later, Tradarius accidently let go of his kite (this was actually an accident). The kite took of flying and it's string go hung on a tree. We watched again, now wanting BOTH of our kites back! Since it was so windy, this kite also flew itself, the tree "holding" the string!!! Picture this.... the whole class, sitting on the ground, watching two kites that were flying independently!!! It was definately a memory that the students will not soon forget!! All we could do was laugh!