Swinging Through 3rd Grade

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Willow Canyon's Fun Run

We had a great time at our Fun Run this week!  Our PTA did an amazing job organizing it and we want to give them a big THANK YOU!  Also, I would like to THANK all the parents who helped encourage their child to raise money for our school (and donated themselves).  I haven't heard the total amount raised yet but was told that it was a success.

We started our Fun Run out by doing some ZUMBA with the whole school.  Then we were off to run/walk through the neighborhood.  When they returned to the school there were games on the field, music playing and treats.  We were lucky to have many food donations.  The kids enjoyed pies, chocolate milk and juice boxes from Burger King, bagels from Riche's Bagels, oranges and Vitamin Water.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

Happy Birthday Johnny Appleseed

Today we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's Birthday!  We had a few mom's come in and play some games with us and make apple treats with us.  We had apples with some yummy caramel dip.  We were lucky to try some apples that grow on one of our student's apple trees.  We also did some apple art.  The last couple weeks, in our Reading Street, we've been talking about tall tales and what it means to exaggerate so Johnny Appleseed fit right in. :)  We've learned about John Chapman, A.K.A. Johnny Appleseed and some of his many exaggerated adventures.  We did some comparing and contrasting with the animated cartoon of Johnny Appleseed and the book written by Steven Kellogg. Overall, it's been a great day!