Last Friday we had our yearly Book Character Parade for all of our Kindergarten and First Grade classes and it happened to fall on my birthday! It was a lot of fun for everyone involved! Every year I try to dress up as a different character and all I wanted for this year was to be Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus. It was a funny story because I was struggling to find a fabric with planets on it. I found one with tiny planets, so my dress looked like it had polka dots from far away. I was about to give up until we had a meeting at the media center the day before and I saw a frame made out of fabric with big planets on it! I asked our media specialist if I could have it, and she was kind enough to give it to me. Now I have to make something nice for the media center to repay the favor! ;) My dream of becoming Ms. Frizzle was becoming a reality!
What can I say? I get as excited as my students! I am a kid at heart!
In order to participate in the parade, the kids have to complete a project. They have to make a puppet of their favorite character using a small paper bag, complete a story map, and an introduction page.
Here is an example of the puppet and the introduction page:
My daughter is in first grade, so we got to spend the day together. This year she was Spookley the Square Pumpkin:
I was Ms. Frizzle!
Last year we dressed up as Stellaluna and her mother:
Character day is one of my favorite days!
