Meet Sparky...Our Class Pet!

I announced early in the week that a surprise package would be arriving on Friday afternoon. I told the first graders that what would be arriving goes along with our monthly character trait: responsibility. When it finally "arrived" Friday around 2:00 I had 20 VERY excited students. The excitement did not die down once they opened up the package to find our very own (stuffed) class pet inside with a note that we could adopt the little puppy and give it a name. The firsties voted and Sparky was the winner! We discussed how it will take a lot of responsibility to take care of Sparky and even more to get to bring him home on the weekends. On Monday, the responsible first grader should return Sparky to school with a journal page completed explaining what they did with Sparky all weekend. During the week students will get the opportunity to read with and take care of Sparky in our classroom! This is the first time I have done a "class pet" and I am so excited to see the fun the kids will have with Sparky!

Opening the package! Such anticipation! :)

Meet Sparky!