First Grade Rodeo     RODEO DAY Events: Grand Entry Potato Racing Flag Racing Ring Racing Calf Roping Sack Racing Hay Bale Jumping Bull Riding Pig Chasing Barrel Racing Stick Horse Race Chuck Wagon Race   A ROUND UP of Rodeo Fun These horses look ready to ride! Boxes, bags and mop handles make great horses! We're ready for rodeo fun! Happy Trails! Cowgirls ready for rodeo action!   Literacy Stations Reading Math Browsing Box - familiar books Add Texas/Rodeo/Farm books Add flannel story for Mrs. Wishy Washy. Grocery Coupons Children clip grocery coupon, glue it on manilla paper. Use coin stamps to stamp coin value of coupon under the coupon. ASSESS: counting money Phonics Social Studies er/or/ir Rodeo Round up Read words with er/ir/or Sort word cards into 3 groups. Write words on recording sheet, circling ir/or/er   Teacher Quick Check City Life/Country Life Read: City Mouse and Country Mouse To prepare: discuss things you would see in the city and in the country. Write each of these on an index card. Children fold 12x18 white construction paper in half. Label one side "city" and the other "country." Select a card. Read the word. Decide if it is something from the city or the country. Draw it under the appropriate heading. BONUS: After picture is complete, add details. Write about each setting. Assess: Social Studies City/Country Sort Writing Computers Postcards from Texas Write a postcard to someone telling them about Texas on postcard writing template. This will be glued to the back of the computer generated picture from brown station   ASSESS: Social Studies Share with class when complete Postcards from Texas Use Kid Pix draw tools to create a drawing that will be the front of a postcard from Texas. (line drawings - without fill colors) These will be printed in black ink and colored in with colored pencils. Use as front of postcard to be written in yellow station Science Creative Arts Signs of Spring Spring Lift the Flap In spring . . . complete the sentence on the front of the flap and lift to illustrate. Provide books about seasons/spring ASSESS: Science Mix and Match Farm Sentences The child will mix and match color coded word cards to create silly sentences. Select one to copy and illustrate on picture story tablet. The brown cow jumped over the fence. A lazy pig fell in the mud. ASSESS: Reading Comprehension Listening Literacy City Mouse and Country Mouse Response: Are you a "City Mouse" or a "Country Mouse?" Why? What do you like about the city/country? ASSESS: Language Arts - Listening You Can Quote Me On That Child uses macaroni to show where quotation marks go in sentences written on sentence strips. Choose one sentence to copy and illustrate - sentences related to farm/rodeo ASSESS: Language Arts - punctuation work sample by Jamie   Home ~ Skills ~ Spelling ~ Special Events ~ Toybox ~ Sneak A Peek ~ Teacher Talk Pecan Creek Elementary School ~ Denton ISD   YA'LL click here to say HOWDY!   page created by Lin Attaya on 04-17-01  updated 04-26-01

Families (and their cameras) are welcome to come and watch!

First graders are asked to make a stick horse at home to use in the rodeo events. Broom sticks, mop handles, fabric, socks, paper bags paper, boxes, etc . . . can be used to create a stick horse. Make sure the head and features are securely fastened to the stick. Horses will be used to practice rodeo events and for events on Friday. Please send stick horses with your child by Monday, April 16, 2001.

On RODEO DAY:

Your child should dress in comfortable play clothes, suitable for racing. Long pants and tennis shoes are suggested. Children should not wear sandals, flip flops, dress shoes or boots (What's a rodeo without boots? A safer one!)

Children will need to bring a sack lunch and a drink on Friday, the day of the rodeo. We will enjoy a picnic lunch outside after the rodeo. You might consider sending a water bottle with your child, especially if it is a hot day.