Friday, February 20, 2015

#PuppetShowFriday


 
Valentine's Day came with a special surprise for some of the awesome teachers of Castleberry ISD!  A few handsome puppets from AV Cato, Joy James, and Castleberry Elementary made a special appearance to win the teachers hearts for Valentine's Day!  
Milli Vanilli

Lionel Richie, Millie Vanilli, & Harry Styles each arrived with clips of some of their sweet songs.  Lionel sang Hello, Millie Vanillie sang Girl You Know It's True, and Harry Styles sang One Directions What Makes You Beautiful.

Lionel sings "Hello" to Ms. Hazard
And Ms. Wilson
Harry sings to Ms. Gadberry
 to let her know that she is beautiful!
Students voted on which puppet should be their teacher's Valentine!
I think Harry Styles won every time!

Following the puppet's Valentine serenade, Lego Man visited our students. Check out his video appearance below.


Students learned about Mat and Asad's mission to get lego man into space.  What makes this story really neat, is that Mat and Asad are not adults, not doctors, not grad students, but kids. It's an inspiring story for all kids to know that they can do incredible things!

Mat & Asad's Selfie



Many grade levles are beginning to study space, planets, and stars.  This puppet show was a great introduction into a space unit.  Research and collaboration lessons regarding space will be a great follow up to this puppet show.  

Check out more puppet show fun on our new hastag! #puppetshowfriday


Wednesday, February 4, 2015

February CE Library News

That is Not a Good Idea

  

Have you had a chance to read one of Mo Willems newest books, That is Not a Good Idea?
Check out the book trailer below. 



This book begins as an adorable classic tale of fox and goose.  Inferring from our previous knowledge, we all predict that the fox will eat mama goose.  Mo introduces a few new characters to this book, the baby geese, which we all hope to see again.  The baby geese frequently warn the characters by saying "That is not a good idea".  

Check out Ms. Helgen's class reading That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems.