Thank you for the "Thank you"!

Kearson's Crocodiles got some awesome thank you cards from Mr. Beckstrom's Brainiacs for being such a great FCAT Buddy class! YAY US! :)

Today's Top Story

KEARSON'S CROCODILES ARE MAKING HEADLINES!

My most amazing first grade class is making headlines in the Mandarin Newsline May 2014 issue!! Crown Point Elementary did an article on reducing FCAT stress and anxiety . . . 

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. . . featuring our class's FCAT Buddy support for Mr. Beckstrom's fifth grade class! WAY TO GO MS. KEARSON'S CLASS!!

If you do not receive the Mandarin Newline paper at your home, don't worry... you can download a digital copy of the article from the Mandarin Newsline website (I provided a link under the article picture).

Congratulations again to Mr. Beckstrom's class for all their hard work on the FCAT tests... and kudos to my AWESOME first graders for showing their Panther Pride and support for their FCAT Buddies!!

Click here to download a digital copy of the article in the Mandarin Newsline

FCAT Buddy... Testing Day 4

TESTING DAY 4

On Thursday, for Mr. Beckstrom's fifth grade class's fourth day of testing, we gave our FCAT Buddies some Smartie Pants. My amazing first graders had so much fun decorating their Smartie Pants... we really enjoyed making treats each day this past week for our FCAT Buddies!!

I took the template that I made and uploaded it to my TpT store as a FREE download for you all to make your own Smartie Pants.

Click here to download this FREE Smartie Pants activity from my Tpt store

FCAT Buddy... Testing Day 3

TESTING DAY 3

Today, for Mr. Beckstrom's fifth grade class's third day of testing, we decided to brighten up their testing time by giving them 48 way cool and awesomely fun pencils (already sharpened, of course) *with* florescent erasers!! No more boring yellow no.2 pencils... we made sure our #1 FCAT buddies had the best no. 2 pencils for their FCAT tests!! :)

GOOD LUCK BECKSTROM'S BRAINIACS!!

FCAT Buddy... Testing Day 2

TESTING DAY 2

Today, for Mr. Beckstrom's fifth grade class's second day of testing, we made cards for each of the students that said, "We Believe In You... You Got This". The students did an absolutely amazing job coloring each of the cards... SO PROUD!!

GOOD LUCK BECKSTROM'S BRAINIACS!!

FCAT Buddy... Testing Day 1

TESTING DAY 1

Today, for Mr. Beckstrom's fifth grade class's first day of testing, we took Blow Pops and put tags on them that said, "You can blow the FCAT away!!". We also wrote encouraging notes on the back of the tags for our FCAT buddies like...

"You got this!"

"You rock!"

"We believe in you!"

"You are awesome!"

"You will do great!"

GOOD LUCK BECKSTROM'S BRANIACS!!

FCAT Buddy... FCAT Parade

FCAT Buddy Parade

On Friday, Crown Point Elementary had their FCAT Parade so that all the K-2 classes could show their support for the third, fourth, & fifth graders that will be FCAT testing for the next several days. Each of the K-2 classes lined up in the halls and held up posters they made for their FCAT Buddy classroom. We clapped, gave high fives, and yelled *Good Luck* to every class in the parade... IT WAS A BLAST!!

This year, Kearson's Classroom has buddied up with Mr. Beckstrom's fifth graders. We made our GOOD LUCK poster for Beckstrom's Braniacs, and each of the students signed it. My first graders did such an amazing job creating this awesome poster to show their support!!

GOOD LUCK BECKSTROM'S BRAINIACS!!