Here are some more pictures of our time with Jerry. Jerry working with students on letter sounds: Jerry saying the Pledge of Allegiance to our country’s flag (for students reading this outside of the USA, we say the Pledge of Allegiance each morning as part of the start to our…
Jerry arrived safely in Fort Wayne, Indiana last week. We are so excited that he is here! He will be spending time with three 1st grade classes during November. Below are some pictures of things he has done so far. Because absolutely everyone wants a turn to hold Jerry and…
We are getting Buddy Bear ready to move on to his next destination – Canada – this week. Here are some pictures of Buddy with our last 1st grade class – Mrs. Gruwell’s class. We know Buddy loves music from his reading about him on this blog, so 1st graders…
Buddy Bear has been having fun attending some of our specials classes (art, PE, music, etc…) with 1st graders. Here he is jumping rope in PE and doing artwork with the students:
Here are some pictures of Buddy Bear in Miss Bragalone’s 1st grade class. Buddy and the students are doing different kinds of word work – spelling words with letter tiles, ipad work, reading books, and writing.
Buddy has been taking turns visiting the three 1st grade classes we have at our school. Here are some pictures of how he spent his time with Mrs. Smith’s class. He helped the students with their math work, and got to play on the playground on a beautiful Spring day.
Buddy Bear went home with Mrs. Norwood this weekend and spent some time with her family. Here he is at the local library, at swimming lessons (don’t worry, he didn’t get wet!), and helping to bake an American favorite – chocolate chip cookies. In the second library picture, Buddy is sitting…
Buddy Bear arrived in Indiana this week. We are so excited to have him spend some time with us in 1st grade. Our school has a book fair going on this week, so Buddy visited the book fair this morning. He found some furry friends to visit with, and then…
Although it won’t be our turn to get Buddy until March, 1st grade students in Indiana are learning about the project this week. We hope to check in with other schools throughout the year to see what Buddy is up to. Buddy will spend time in 3 different 1st grade…
