♥ Valentine Sing-along ♥

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Mrs. Yollis and her class collaborated with a teacher friend Mr. de Haan in Seattle, Washington, to record a song just for you. Together, yet miles apart, they created a heart-felt Valentine song! 

The lyrics are below, so sing-along with us! 

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you! 

Thank you Mr. de Haan for being our accompanist!

Los Angeles to Seattle is approximately 960 miles.

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              What did you think of our collaborative song?

                                    
                           Did you sing along with us?

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we recorded a special Valentine's Day song! We hope you enjoy our singing!

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
 E is even more than anyone that you adore

Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you!

Thank you Mrs. Boyd for being our accompanist!


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We celebrated throughout the day. First, Royce's mom put a fruit medley together using red fruit donated by class members. 

Students passed out their valentines. Many students wrote the valentine names in cursive! Ooh la la!






At the end of the day, Mrs. Yollis said that students could open their valentines or have free-time. 









Many students opted to build tessellations. A tessellation is flat design that tessellates. That means that the shapes fit together with NO GAPS and NO OVERLAPS!

This beauty has been growing for two days! 



Some students added dots to this growing equilateral triangle pattern. 

 As we started to get Valentine's Day comments about our L-O-V-E song, students started commenting back!



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What did you give for Valentine's Day?

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King!

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Last year, Mr. B. accompanied the class as they honored Dr. King with a song.
Listen and enjoy! 

Below are the words to sing along!
 

Once there was a man named King, Alleluia.

They called him Martin Luther King,  Alleluia

 King was wise and he was good, Alleluia.

He believed in brotherhood, Alleluia.

CHORUS:

Martin Luther King,

Freedom was his dream.

Martin Luther King,

Freedom was his dream.

Martin’s eyes were colorblind, Alleluia.

For he loved people of every kind, Alleluia.

 He had a dream for you and me, Alleluia.

He knew that all men must be free, Alleluia.

CHORUS

Fun Facts:

• American's celebrate his birth on the third Monday in January. MLK Day is a national holiday. 

• Martin was first named Michael, but his name was later changed to Martin, after  his father. His father's name was Martin Luther King, Sr.

• 1948 was the year he graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
 

• In 1955, Mr. King received his doctorate degree from Boston University. His new title was Dr. King.
  

• Dr. King used nonviolent acts to change the unfair laws of the U.S.
  

• On August 28, 1963, Dr. King gave his "I have a Dream" speech in Washington, D. C. to over 200, 000 people. This important speech was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. 

• In 1963, MLK was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the civil rights movement.

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Do you know any other interesting facts about Dr. King?

How did you like the song?

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Thank You 2KM, 2KJ, and B4!

We got some fabulous Christmas presents from our blogging buddies! First, 2KM and 2KJ sent us this clever story called 

Santa's Blogging Adventure.

Not only was the story well-written, but the hand drawn illustrations were incredible. The story includes Santa stops to the classrooms of  Mr. Salsich, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. McKenzie, and Mr. Avery's. So entertaining! To hear the story, head on over to Mr. Avery's class. They did a great reading of the story!

Just as we were about to leave on vacation, we received another surprise parcel from Down Under! A holiday card and some Pineapple Lumps from Mrs. McKenzie and B4. No one had ever heard of Pineapple Lumps, but Mrs. McKenzie said they are very popular in New Zealand! They were delicious!

We want to thank our blogging buddies and wish them a very Merry Christmas! Here is a song we recorded for you!

What was your favorite part of Santa's Blogging Adventure?

Did you enjoy your Pineapple Lump? 

 

Video Valentine: Let Me Call You Sweetheart!

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Sing-a-long With Us!

Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you.
Let me hear you whisper that you love me too.
Keep the love-light glowing in your eyes so true.
Let me call you "Sweetheart," I'm in love with you.

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Hope you enjoyed our Valentine to you!



♥  Here are some fun interactive ♥ activities from Mrs. Ogen.


♥  Here is a Valentine's Day joke from Tucker: 

Knock! Knock
Who's there?
Olive.
Olive who?
Olive you!


♥  Do you know any good Valentine's Day jokes?

Song: Leaving on a Jet Plane

Today was the big Concert on the Green with Mr. B., our wonderful music teacher.

All grades performed a song.

When we came back to our class, we recorded the song for our blog.

Here is a presentation of our song, "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver.

What was your favorite part of the Concert on the Green?

How did like our song?

The Hello Song!

Today we had music with the the wonderful Mr. B and Mrs. Ranney's class.

We recorded a special song for our new 2KM blogging friends in Australia.

The Hello Song! from mrsyollis on Vimeo.

Sing-a-long!

Hello, bon jour, buenos dias!

G'day, guten-tag, konichiwa.....

Ciao, shalom, do-brey dien,

Hello to all the children of the world!

We live in different places From all around the world.

We speak in many different ways!

Though some things may be different,

We're children just the same-

And we all like to sing and play!

Special thanks to Mr. B.! We hope you liked our singing!

Be Our Valentine!

"Fancy Nancy" Party Pictures!

Students created music on the Internet...

...and a conga line formed!

Happy Valentine's Day!