Day 100!

Well, we are officially 100 days smarter in first grade!  We had a blast celebrating this day with everything the 100 way on Wednesday!  It was awesome to see the 'young spirit' of the age 100 shine through in the awesome costumes.  We made sure we were fashionably dressed on this day, constructing headbands and glasses to wear.  Putting our counting skills to the test, we worked in small groups to count to 100 by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's and created some colorful posters!  A highlight of the day was putting together a necklace of 100 Froot Loops.  We also took some time this week to enjoy the classic commercial of 'How Many Licks to the Center of the Tootsie Pop?'  Since we are an inquisitive bunch, we thought we would give it a try with at least 100 licks!  Ask your child how many licks it took for him/her!  We also enjoyed a 100 snack and received our certificates of achievement for our hard work in first grade so far to date!

First graders make very stylish 100 year olds;)

 Creating our 100 piece Froot Loop Necklace!

How Many Licks to the Center?

Our 100 Posters on Display!

Still teaching at 100 years??

Pick a Better Snack

Wellman Elementary first and second graders are very excited to take part in a healthy living curriculum, Pick a Better Snack. This initiative is organized by the Washington County Extension Office and funded by the local Wellman ALC club. The purpose of this program is to motivate students to eat more fruits and vegetables and to be more physically active. This will pair very nicely with the Live Healthy Iowa initiative the Mid-Prairie district will once again be participating in. A huge thank you to Laura Huber for her time and energy as a Wellman Elementary parent and volunteer to bring this awesome program to us for 9 weeks! Following are the "rules" of the Pick a Better snack program. They may come in handy at the dinner table as well;)

1. Be Brave

2. It's ok if you don't like it, but try it

3. Never say yuck

4.Use your manners 

  Laura introducing the new program to the students.

 1st graders will keep track of the new foods they try each week in their Pick a Better Snack Books!

 Laura visiting with the students about the 'rules' of trying new snacks!

Winter is 'Snow' Much Fun!

We have been so excited to enjoy the snowy hills of our playground this past week!  Students love 'sledding' down these hills with one another and just burning off energy.  We are so thankful for the warmer temperatures that are allowing us to enjoy this fun winter activity!