Currently April and April Fool's Day

A new month is starting and holy moly, just 2 months left of school!  We just got back from Spring Break so I was revitalized and ready after a weekend in San Diego.

I'm linking up with Farley again for this month's Currently.

I've never really "celebrated" April Fool's Day like I did today.  Can I just say, I have some stinkers and it was so much fun to see how excited they were.  They were shocked that I could pull one over on them.  I promised them yesterday that I was going to bring in Brownies {huge annunciation on the "e" part}.  I used the dye-cut machine and cut out several "E"s.  I saved the E that was cut and the outline.  I forgot a pan so I threw them in a plastic container and covered them with a paper towel.  When the kiddos came in this morning, I made sure to let them know that the browneeeeees were waiting for them if they were acting scholarly.

I was dying with excitement awaiting the grand reveal!  The moment came and I had one of my sweeties come and smell them {while they were covered}.  The cutie patootie told everyone how good they smelled.  I had her group line up to grab their brownies.  The looks on their faces when they took off the paper towel was absolutely priceless!

I couldn't be that mean so I picked up brownies at the store and surprised them...again.  They quickly forgave me.

Next up...a free word search from Second Grade Math Maniac.  I really hyped this one up.  I only made 5 copies and put it in a "May Do" center.  I made sure to let my kiddos know that it was a challenging word search that none of my former students were ever able to complete.  I let them know that if they could complete the entire thing, they could pick 5 things from our treasure box.  Hook, line, and sinker!  I loved how excited they were to take on the challenge.

I noticed some kiddos were stuck so I had them work in a small group to complete the task.  It was great to watch them strategize and work cooperatively with each other.  I was super proud of my little ones.

My last trick of the day is courtesy of Denise at Sunny Days in Second.  We were in search of the elusive 

I loved that it included a rigorous reading passage

Running with their carrots to the sky!

Bless their sweet little voices.  When we couldn't find it, we walked back to class and saved our carrots "just in case" while I researched the bird and they read the name of the bird again...backwards.  Lirpaloof is fool april!!! Oh my word when they read that, they were cracking up and super excited!  All in all, it was a fun day with lots of learning opportunities!