Mr. K arrived once again to present the awards for April. Good job, everyone!
See the clock? It's 6:45 - only 15 minutes until showtime!
We had to wait until 6:55 for everyone to get there. The teachers had lots of last minute things to figure out, too.
We all wore our class t-shirts. Riley even had her hair curled!
At 6:55, Miss Barthman warmed us up by having us do a few exercises. It felt good to stand up! Then we lined up by classes and walked to the stage. 
We tried to be really quiet while Mr. Koven talked. Our class made the black butterflies on the backdrop. Some of us felt like those butterflies were in our tummies!
Don't we look great in our bright t-shirts? It's time to begin!
Olivia introduced one of the first songs.
Nathan looks like quite a pro with the microphone. Riley had to talk, too.
Catie spoke up nice and loudly.
Molly played a tea kettle and Dylan played the tin can when we sang "Aiken Drum."
Here's Isaac all dressed up as "Aiken Drum." These are the parts to his costume that went with each verse of the song: His hat was made of cheddar cheese, his shirt was made of gingerbread, his tie was made of tuna fish, his coat was made of pizza, his pants were made of raisin toast, his belt was made of string beans, and his shoes were made of tacos.
There were 8 verses to this song, and we had to remember them all, and in the right order, too! That took lots of practice!
Whew! It's all over! We waved and bowed at the very end when the audience clapped for us. The whole show was very fun, and we did an awesome job! Our teachers were sooooo proud of us!If you would like to purchase a DVD of the whole concert, you can order one for $7.00. Get your orders in as soon as possible. Forms were sent home today with your child's Peek at the Week, or contact me at school.
Thanks, everyone, for coming to our concert!
It's tough to stand still on the risers, but we can do it!
It's also hard to remember all those words without a little help from the signs! Some of us have words to say and instruments to play, too.
Isaac has a lot to do during "Aiken Drum." You won't believe his costume!
Here he is! You'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out why he is wearing all this goofy stuff. That's pizza on his vest and tacos on his feet - crazy!Thanks, Kathy, for all your help with his get-up!
See you all at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29th, in the elementary school gym!
We arrived at the Sheldon in plenty of time for the 10:00 am performance, and after finding our seats in the balcony, we had to wait about 10 minutes until showtime. It was hard to wait!
The stage seemed really far away, but we could tell the setting was the kitchen of the boy's house. I couldn't take pictures during the performance, so since we had a few minutes before showtiome, I went backstage and.....
I got my picture taken with the Mouse, Dean Holt, former 1st grade student of mine (again, see the next post)!!
The show was awesome, and the kids laughed through the whole thing. Ask your child if he/she can tell you at least five funny details from the play, and chances are, you'll hear a lot more than that!
Hint: ask for details about the hair, the bubbles, the hammer and "snails," the refrigerator, the vacuum cleaner, the bucket, the sponges, and changing clothes for naptime, if your child is having a hard time remembering.
Dean was in my class as a first grader 30 years ago! He was a lot shorter then, and he had a lot more hair!
I dug through my old pictures when I got home, and here he is as a first grader. 
The kids had a great time listening and watching as Dean talked and answered their questions. Look at all those smiles!
He told them all about how they took a five-minute story and stretched it into an hour-long play. The Mouse and the Boy spent many hours practicing, coming up with funny situations, and experimenting with silly "stuff" before they had the final presentation.
Here he's talking about how he cuts his hair as the Mouse, and how the stage crew blows lots of hair onto the stage for the Mouse to clean up. It will be so much fun for the kids to see the actual scene during the play, especially when the piles of hair chase the Mouse all around the stage!
Here he's showing how his tail gets caught in the vacuum cleaner. It was fun to see how he uses facial expressions and physical actions during the play. He wears lots of padding under his costume so he doesn't get too many bumps and bruises. The kids are soooooo excited for Friday, and they can hardly wait to see what the Mouse looks like in his costume and make-up. Hopefully, I can get a few pictures to post. Thanks, Dean, for spending your lunch hour sharing with us!
Here are our March Students of the Month. We read a story last week that had lots of photographs of children, and in an interview with the photographer, he said he always has his subjects say "snakes" instead of "cheese." We tried that with this picture, and I think it worked pretty well! Look at those great smiles.
Congratulations, kids! Keep up the good work.