Polar Express Day

Today in First Grade: 

We read the book "The Polar Express"

We wore pajamas. 

We followed train tracks in the hallway (duct tape tracks with masking tape cross bars connecting all the first grade classrooms, the bathrooms, and outside for recess. Straightest lines we've had all year!).

We marched around the playground in a train during recess along with many kids from other grades. 

We built train tracks with our groups. (yay for cooperative learning!)

We found magically appearing tickets for the Polar Express with our names on them!

We sequenced story events. 

We added and subtracted presents, bells, and train cars. 

We wrote our own Polar Express stories. 

We read and stamped our favorite lines from the story. 

We made a graph of our favorite parts of the story. 

We had a geography lesson about Grand Rapids and the North Pole. 

We watched the Polar Express movie. 

We ate popcorn. 

We drank hot chocolate. 

We ate cookies. 

We each took home a jingle bell to remember our day. 

We had a blast!

Those kids thought today was a fun day and didn't think they did any learning. I'm a sneaky teacher!

(This is from Friday, December 12. It got lost in my drafts).