Thursday, March 7, 2013

Activity Day


ACTIVITY DAY (Tentative run down)
March 8


Kindergarten activities: 8:00 – 10:00 am

-They will combine their five groups into four and then rotate to the four different stations:

1. Board Games
2. Sensory Activities – playdough, shaving cream, sand table, painting (2 teachers)
3. Gym activity (cafeteria side –Dale will have ready) – balls in the parachute
4. Computer Lab

-Teachers will have students go to lunch and resume day.

First and Second Grade activities:  8:30-10:30 am

-We will have a quick meeting on Tuesday, March 5 right after school to rehearse and go over any other details.

-They will choose four stations out of the ten stations; they will rotate every 25 minutes allowing time to change. 
-Teachers will have signs by their rooms that designate their particular activities.
- Students will rotate choosing their activity (carnival style); once the class reaches its maximum number students (25) they will need to choose another station. 
-PE and art will also bring students to the pod and be waiting to fill their next time slot of students.

1.   Brewster – board games
2.   Scanlon (substitute)  – puzzles
3.   Bachand – nail painting
4.   Blum – play doh
5.   Widman – coloring
6.   Jensen – water colors or art project
7.   Kirkeby – bracelets
8.   Krueger – math manipulative games
9.   Robinet (student teacher with another teacher) – PE games
10. Wolf – art/craft

-Teachers will have students go to lunch and resume day.








Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade activities:


1. St. Cloud Airport     8:30 – 10:30 am
    Olson, Krupa, Heitkamp, Bradley Wolfe (pictures for yearbook), paras TBD

         
-Load buses at 8:20 and leave by 8:30.  Arrive at St. Cloud Airport approximately 8:45.
          -There will be three officers touring three groups at the airport.  They will tour for approximately
            1:20-1:30 period.  Buses will reload at 10:10 and return to school at 10:30. 
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Students will tour the military side of the airport and will get to go into Black
            Hawk helicopters, cargo planes, etc, and will even get to go up in the control tower
          -This date has been confirmed with Guy.
2. Ice Skating at SCSU     8:30 – 10:30 am
     Martin, Pakkala, Hopper, Laakso,   paras TBD
          -Load buses at 8:20 and leave by 8:30.  Arrive at St. Cloud State National Hockey Center
            approximately 8:50.
          -Students will take time to either put own skates on or rent from the center.
          -There will be SCSU Recreation Center supervisors monitoring ice activity.  They will skate for
            approximately one hour.  Buses will reload at 10:10 and return to school at 10:30. 
          -students should bring their own skates if possible; The National Hockey
            Center does have a limited number of skates to rent for $2.00. 
3. Swimming at Sauk Rapids – Rice High School     8:10-10:55 am
    Lund, Hiedeman, Norsten, Robinet, Venna Tschida, Megan VanVleet(except for Pete they will
    travel with their grade level), paras TBD

       -Group 1 load busses 8:10
       -Leave PV 8:15
       -Arrive HS door 7 at 8:25
       -Enter pool 8:30 - test out if they want to swim in the deep end
       -Bus returns to PV to load another group at 8:55
       -Bus leaves PV at 9:00
       -Arrives HS at 9:10 kids enter pool at 9:15
       - First group leaves pool at 9:15 showers and bus brings them back to PV at 9:25
       -Third group loads busses at 9:40
       -Bus leaves PV for HS at 9:45
       -Group 3 arrives HS at 9:55
       -Group 3 enter pool at 10:00
       -Group 2 leaves pool at 10:00
       - Bus leaves HS at 10:10 for PV
       -Bus returns to PV unloads and goes back to HS to pick up third group
       -Third group leaves pool at 10:45
       -Bus leaves for PV at 10:55

          -students will swim for approximately 45 minutes and they will spend part of activity time doing
            board games, computers, etc.
          -Lifeguards will be provided and they will do a quick swim test to determine where students can
           swim/dive
          -Pete Robinet is also a lifeguard and will be the pool supervisor.
          -A grade level teacher will bring students to pool and help supervise at pool and locker rooms.
          -There will also be two female adults at pool to help supervise with the locker room.
4. Board Games/Computer Games (educational)/Reading

    Mondloch, Bakke, (need one more grade levels), Euteneuer in computer lab

          -students that do not want to choose the above, do not have signature, forget swim suits, or money
           for ice skate rental
          -Deanna will be supervising the computer room.  The grade level students that are not doing one of
           the three above will have use of the computer room.  Those that will be swimming and
           returning/waiting will just use classroom time to do games, etc.
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