Wildcat Welcome - August 13, 2013

Wildcat Welcome is for any student new to Walt Disney Elementary. It is a fun way to meet some of our fabulous 3rd grade teachers & to tour the school. Parents & students were greeted by Mrs. Tribble and Mr. Monaghan in the cafeteria then the students went to the library to begin a scavenger hunt. This year we incorporated technology by having a QR code scavenger hunt. Students were divided into groups and each group was led by a teacher who had a smartphone with a free QR reader app. Groups had 19 questions and hunted all over the school for the answers. The QR codes were scanned to check their answers. Groups could also stop and play a Minute to Win It game which were set up in each pod. Parents were also given a tour of the school by Mrs. T and Mr. M. 

Hopefully, the students left feeling very excited about their new school! 

July 25 - 10 Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus

This story by John Grandits is so cute! A boy is getting ready for his first bus ride to school and receives lots of advice from his older brother. But, is his older brother wiser? 

We also finished up the paper mâché balloons since it was the last day for our summer reading program. 

Come by the library to see one of the balloons and see if you can tell what Bluebonnet book it represents!

July 23 - Looking at Lincoln

Today we read Looking at Lincoln by Maira Kalman. It is a fun story teaching about Abraham Lincoln. We had a lot of fun building log cabins with pretzel sticks, frosting, and graham crackers.