Wesley's End of 3rd Grade Activities

Wesley had a fun opportunity to dress up as well. The 3rd graders at his school do a "Living Museum" every year. Each student chooses a famous person from history and impersonates that person in a presentation. Each class lines up outside of their classroom and the rest of the school visits each 'museum' to learn about each historical figure. They even have a little "button" to push to get the living museum character to start telling about his/her life. I've loved listening to the kids each year, so it was so fun to have Wesley actually be in it this year. He chose to be Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I wish I could include pictures of all of his classmates, but that would be way too many pictures. They all looked so great. They were worn out after going through their little spiel at least 50 times!

Wesley getting all of his gear to school

All set up! Notice his red 'button' on the right

They practiced on their own classmates first.

Wesley with two of his best friends
(Shel Silverstein and Cleopatra)

 Wesley's team vertical party was similar to Curtis', but he ended up playing computer games for a lot of it. I got to watch Wesley in his hula hoop contest. I was impressed! They did four rounds, and he was always in the last 2 or 3 for each one! The teachers would tell them to put their hands on their heads or walk around to make it tougher and knock out more people. Wesley could hang in there pretty well. They probably went around 3 or 4 minutes on each round.

Wesley would never face me for a good picture, but here he is with hands
on his head doing just fine.

We also attended Wesley's TAG night where they presented the "lap books" they had worked on during the year. Wesley's focused on sound, frequency, how glass is made, etc. There were lots of things to unfold and little books to take out of pockets to help explain the concepts. He was very proud of his work, and he was very excited to share all that he had learned. 

Lastly, Wesley's class had an end of year party at the local recreation center. This was Curtis' first time to go down the big slide because he was tall enough (MUCH taller than last summer when we were here). 

Finishing up 3rd grade. Wow.

After going down the big red slide. I have a similar picture of Wesley from
last year.

Evie had a blast watching everyone swim.