Emerson comes to visit Room 5

 Emerson is one of my 4 year old grandsons.  He lives about 4 hours south of here, but came to visit last Thursday afternoon.  Friday, he came to be part of Room 5! 

 He came about 11:30 ... and after a short shy spell, he told some Room 5ers about his monster truck.  At that point, the shyness was gone! 

 He went to lunch with us, and after lunch, he went to the kindergarten playground to play with his little buddy, James.  Their dads have been friends since they were in elementary school!  I, of course, went with him. 

 When our lunch recess was over, it was time for Silent Reading.  Remember on Fridays, Room 5ers can sit with a partner and read a non-chapter book.  Emerson read a bit to some of our students, but then told Kate and Makenzie he wanted to play a game. 

They played checkers!  I was a bit lax on the rules since he was here.  Emerson definitely was loving these 'students' and they were definitely enjoying him! 

 A little crowd gathered to play checkers...

 Some continued to silent read...as did Elias!  He asked me if he could read a book on his iPad.  Times are definitely changing in the teaching world! 

 Kai had made himself comfortable.  He asked me if I wanted to take a picture of him and his "couch."  I did!

 Writing up our plant experiment was what followed Silent Reading.  Emerson got his paper and followed right along.  When I told Room 5 to write their name on their paper, he wrote his.  When they copied the 'Purpose' and wrote their 'hypothesis,' Emerson decided he wanted to draw a monster truck.

 When it was time for him to leave, (his dad came at 2:20 to pick him up with James), he turned in his paper. 

 He had written part of what we wrote ... he wrote SEEDS,  dirt,  POT, and DEEP.  Not bad for a 4 year old.  He had also written GRVEDIGGR for his monster truck.  (The truck's name is Gravedigger.)

It was definitely fun for me, for Emerson, and for Room 5 to have this little guy come visit for part of the day!