Tried it Tuesday...Save Fred

Today I'm linkin' up with Holly @ Fourth Grade Flipper for Tried it Tuesday.  I was almost too tired to write this...almost.  I enjoy linkin' up with Holly way too much to pass up this post!

Today was the first day back with students and it went very smoothly since I'm in a loopin' year with my 5th graders.  My bestie, next door, also looped with her kids to 3rd.  My two other pod besties did a flip-flop of classes.  One is teachin' 2nd and one is teachin' 4th, so we pretty much have all of the same kids in our pod again this year. It was great to see all of the smilin' faces.    My pod besties are AC, JR, and MJ.
Today my kids got to do an activity with their 3rd grade buddies that Jivey shared recently.  It is called: Save Fred (read #3 in Jivey's post).  Our kids asked a ton of questions before we got started.  Does anyone else's class come up with a billion scenarios before startin' an activity?  We went over the 3 rules of the activity several times and kept emphasisin' that they could only follow the 3 rules.  I'm not sure what was funnier, the scenarios or actually savin' Fred.  Either way...I LAUGHED uncontrollably the whole time.  We made the kids "whisper collaborate" to keep from disturbin' our pod besties, but it didn't last long.  The table that saved FRED first got to stand in their chairs so we knew who made it happen (the kids always love breakin' a rule with our permission).  I highly suggest tryin' this with your kiddos; it's a MUST!

I took more pictures, but I don't want to add more of the kids until 

I get back all of my photo permission forms.

I also tried a nap for the first day.  It's pretty much a tradition...an every day tradition that doesn't just happen on the first day.  Hope you're havin' a great week!