50th Day of School

This year seems to be flying by!!  Friday was our 50th day of school and this is the third year that our first grade has celebrated by having a 50's day.  We encourage the students to dress in 50's fashions and we have lots of fun related to the number 50.  This year we used the 50th Day of School book by Latoya Reed  It's a freebie and it was great!!  We also had our students bring in collections of 50 items to count and sort.  Prior to the 50th day we had hula hoop contests in our classrooms to get a girl and boy champion from each class.  On the afternoon of the 50th day we had our "sock hop" complete with ice cream sodas and dancing plus the finale of the hula hoop championship.  The champions from each class face each other for a hula hoop showdown.  Just imagine six girls or boys hula hooping while surrounded by 100 screaming first graders cheering them on.  It is a hoot!  We have excellent hula hoopers every year and we end up having to make them start walking around while continuing to hula hoop in order to speed up the contest.  Here are just a few pictures of our 50's day fun!

Counting and sorting our collections.  I have mats for them to use that have 10 circles drawn on and the number 5 is in the middle of each circle to remind them to put 5 items in each circle.

Sock Hop Fun!

Hula Hoop Practice Time and Contest

Some of my fabulous teammates!!

Jessica and Brooke (Teaching with a Tiara)

Mandy and her intern Cari

Tina

Somehow I didn't get a picture of Starla!!

This is a picture of our team from last  year.
 Unfortunately we never got a picture of everyone together this year.
(I'm the one in the red skirt, Starla is in the argyle vest)