"Let's Do the Twist.... 50's day"

We just had 50's day at school and it was absolutely exhausting BUT so much fun! We of course had to use Cara Carroll's 50's day unit. The students loved it and had a blast dressing up. So did the teachers ;) Check out what we did.

 our teachers are ready to go!

 our teachers are ready to go!

 students ready to go

 working on their 50's day book

  working on their 50's day book

  working on their 50's day book

 measuring records with unifix cubes

 making records and putting numbers that were less than and greater than 50

  measuring records with unifix cubes

 matching doubles facts

 playing "Roll a Record"

  playing "Roll a Record"

  comparing and contrasting kids from the 50's and today

 Sock Hop in the gym :) We taught them the pony, the twist, etc. So much fun!