My trip to Puerto Rico!

I just came back from our vacation trip to Puerto Rico, and we had two weeks full of family fun, great food and rain! Yes! It rained a lot over there, but it didn't stop us from having fun!

We had a road trip around the island, visited the rain forest and made sand castles on the beach, etc.  My son was amazed with all the beautiful mountains, the ocean and the cactus... yes cactus. You can find everything from rain forest to dry mountains over there! Here are some pics from our trip!

My son was very impressed with the mountains!

              

Salinas, Puerto Rico

I LOVE to drive on streets that are cover by trees! You can find this type of street there! It feels nice!

Rincon, Puerto Rico

Rincon, Puerto Rico

We went to the beach and my son made his sand castle!!! He was so HAPPY! Here are some pics of his castle and the beautiful beach.

Palomino Island, Fajardo

We also went to the rain forest "El Yunque". Over there we visited the waterfalls and had another view of the beautiful mountains of the island.

 We had two wonderful weeks. Now we are home and ready to enjoy the rest of the summer as a family!

I hope you are having a great summer!

Mynda

My last day!

Today was my last day of school! I made sure my students were ready for the summer, giving each of them a beach ball and a water bottle! 

But before I give you all the details about my gift for them, let me show you what we did this week.

We worked with our Memory Book and they turned out pretty cool!

Here are some of their final work:

My favorite part was my pictures! Here are some of them.

It looks like they all see me as a funny, sweet and very,very short teacher! Love it!

Here are the gifts I got for my little ones. I set them on their desk before the bell rang. They were so HAPPY this morning!!! It made my day see their faces!!! 

I got the water bottles and the beach balls at the Dollar store. I decorated the bottles with Scrap-booking stickers and made the labels for the balls. It was very simple to do and not expensive. 

And of course, I let them play with their balls to officially welcome the summer!

It was a great year and now we are all ready to have a BALL this summer! I hope you have a great summer too!

Mynda

Juan Bobo... A Puerto Rican Folktale

I already have my grades done and completed all the end-of-the-year paperwork! I just have one more week and my summer will officially begins!

This last couple of days can be hard when you have 43 students ready for the summer. I tried to keep them engage as much as possible with a Puerto Rican folktale. 

My students learned a little bit about Puerto Rico and the story of the legendary "Juan Bobo". Juan Bobo is a beloved character that through his foolishness represents the Puerto Rican culture, tradition and spirit!
I read the book "Juan Bobo busca trabajo" which by the way turned out to be a perfect review of our Social Studies unit about earning and spending.

I also showed them this video I found on YouTube, and they laughed a lot!

At the end,we created our own story about Juan Bobo!

My students learned about my beautiful culture, practiced their creative writing, and had fun. It also made me realize that soon I will be traveling to my beautiful island!

You can find these activities HERE

Have a great week!

Mynda

Life Cycle

Last week, we talked about Life Cycle and Metamorphosis. My students loved the word METAMORPHOSIS. It was fun to teach them about it. At school, I have access to Brainpop Jr. and used one of their videos to introduce the topic.

We learned about the Butterfly Life Cycle, the Frog Life Cycle and the Human Life Cycle. 

I started the week by letting the students draw their own life cycle. Here are some of their work.

For the Butterfly Life Cycle, I let my student create a flap book in which they drew and described the stages. 

They did a great job!

Later in the week, I started talking about simple metamorphosis and complete metamorphosis. To make sure they understood the concept, I let them create an unique insect. They needed to draw a picture of their insect and their life cycle. Also they needed to identify if their insect had a simple or a complete metamorphosis. I can assure you they all mastered the concept. 

simple metamorphosis

complete metamorphosis

complete metamorphosis

I ended my week talking about the Frog Life Cycle, and I found a very cute craft at Mrs. T's First Grade  Class. 

Before saying good-bye, I would love to share with you a gift from one of my students! This is the cutest and most creative pencil holder I have ever seen in my life! I love it!!!

 I have two more weeks before my summer starts! I am planning to let my students work on their memory books soon!

Memory Book in Spanish

Memory Book in English

 You can check out my store to find it!

I hope you have a great week!

Mynda

Mother's Day Card

Are you ready for Mother's Day? 

 I am going to keep it simple this year.  I am going to  read a story about how exceptional moms are and let the kids write a card to their Mom letting her know why she is so special to them.

One of my favorite books is "Lo mejor de Mama / Lo mejor de Papa" by Laura Mumeroff. 

After we read this book, I am going to give them the option to write about how their moms are so special or write an acrostic to describe mom.

And later we are making this cute craft to decorate the card.

Simple and cute! You can find it HERE!

Don't forget about TPT Teacher's Appreciation Sale! All my products will have up to a 25% discount!

I hope you have a great week!

Mynda