Fun in Occupational Therapy!

We had a great time in Occupational Therapy today thanks to Mrs. LaVerne! We learned about body parts and their position in space. We had the task of working together to create Mat Man! Below are some pictures of us working on our task! We sang the "Mat Man" song as we put him together!

And...the finished product!! Way to go! Who knew learning could be so much fun!?

Top Toucan for the Week of August 31st-September 4th!

The Top Toucan is a student that has demonstrated excellent behavior and hard work in class! This student is chosen by his/her teachers and serves as the Teacher's Helper for the week.

The Top Toucan for the week of August 31st-September 4th is.....

La'Shawn Sterling!!!

Way to Go La'Shawn!! We are so proud of you!

I feel so bad because I forgot to take a picture and post about our first two Top Toucans!

Enoch Edwards was our first Top Toucan! Lucy McDonald was our second Top Toucan! We are very proud of you as well!! Way to Go!

We're Still Growing!

It's hard to believe, but we have grown, EVEN MORE, this week! We have a new student, Jonathan, and a new paraprofessional, Mrs. Holland! Jonathan is in Kindergarten! He is a very sweet boy and loves playing on the playground. Mrs. Holland came to us from Ficquett Elementary where she has worked for two years! We welcome both of them to our class!

Below is our new class picture! Everyone was present today, so we took advantage of the opportunity!

That's one busy classroom! :-)

Fun in Adaptive PE!

Every Tuesday and Wednesday we have Adaptive PE with Coach Wildman and Mrs. Bell! Not only do we work on improving our gross motor skills, but we also have a GREAT time!

On Wednesdays we are very lucky to have two very special helpers join us in Adaptive PE. Laney and Hunter are in Mrs. Frix's 3rd grade class! We enjoy spending time with them and appreciate all of their help!

DeAsia LOVES Adaptive PE! You can just see the excitement on her face!

In Adaptive PE we run!

We turn the jump rope!

We go under the jump rope!

We jump over the jump rope!

Thanks Coach Wildman and Mrs. Bell for making Adaptive PE so fun! We love you both!

Happy Birthday La'Shawn!

Today was La'Shawn's birthday! Usually we are the ones that serenade the birthday boy! However, today he used the guitar to serenade us! We hope you had a wonderful birthday La'Shawn! We enjoyed celebrating it with you!

Pictures from Picture Day!

Friday, August 14th was Picture Day at South Salem Elementary! Below, Ms. Malcom practices her smile!

Alex also practices his Picture Day smile!

Everyone in line and ready to go to get their pictures made!

Everyone waiting patiently to get their pictures made!

Joyria discussing her picture pose with the photographer!

Beautiful Joyria!

Santoes posing for his picture!

Eliana getting her picture made!

La'Shawn sat in the rocking chair for his picture! He took a great picture!

Everyone was beautiful and the pictures looked very good! Can't wait to see them when they come back!

Two Peas in a Pod!

Santoes and Tyler have become GREAT friends. They sit at the same table, laugh together, and play together! I love this picture and had to share it with you! There's nothing better than finding a great friend to share your day with!

Back by Popular Demand!

So... our last "Music Video" was VERY popular with our students! Therefore, we decided to write another song and record another video (after the students left for the day)! As you can see below, we had to call "Cut" several times before the video was finally recorded! Pause the playlist on the right! Enjoy!

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

Finally... the Video!

Pictures from the Second Week of School!

Below are a few pictures from our second week of school!

Tyler and Enoch LOVE the rice table!

Alex playing with cars!

I told Santoes to say "Cheese" and this is what I got! :-)

Such a cute picture of such as cute girl! Eliana smiles for the camera!

Meet Tyler! Tyler is our new student. He started on Monday! Welcome to our class Tyler! We look forward to getting to know you!

A big smile from Tanayry!

All of this work can really make you tired! Aaron sleeps like an angel at rest time!

Enoch and Eliana share a brother/sister picture! Too cute!

The second week of school has been a great one!

Three Little Pigs Book Reports!

It is only the second week of school, but we have been working hard already! Yesterday and today, we read "The Three Little Pigs". Today, we made our own book reports and had to present them to the class!

Mrs. Higdon's group did a great job on their book reports!

Ms. Smith (below) comes into our classroom to assist 1 1/2 hours each day. She helped Enoch present his book report that he worked so hard on!

Santoes tells the class about the characters from the story!

Tyler shows the class the title page of his book!

Ms. Malcom's group also did a fabulous job with their book reports!

Don't they just look studious? Ha! Ha!

We are learning so much already! Great job on your book reports everyone!

London Bridge is Falling Down!

Thanks to Mrs. Stowe, we all learned how to play "London Bridge is Falling Down". The kids LOVED it. Below are some pictures from our first time playing it together!

Fun! Fun! Fun!