Our Field Trip to Tempe Center for the Arts

Narrative:
       Our field trip to Tempe Center for the Arts to see Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! was a blast. Before leaving for our field trip we discussed the play. We predicted what the play was going to be about. Our predictions were that the main character was going to be Junie B. and that is going to be about Christmas. The students predicted this because of the title and the picture on the sheet the play company sent to me. Next, we got into our four groups with  parent helpers. The children put their lunches in the basket before going outside to get on the bus. After each child was on the bus and lunches were in the basket we were on our way to Tempe Center for the Arts. The children were so excited. They were riding a bus as a class, which we have never done and we were leaving the school to go to a new place.
       On the way, we played a literacy game. I started the game by saying, “What do you see that begins with ‘b’ (the sound of B)? We then went around the bus listen to everyone’s response to what they see. The class came up with answers such as, “the bus”, “Bobby”, “bush”, “blue car”, and “balloon”. We got through fifteen letters. We arrived!! Each group left the bus together and walked into the lobby of the center. The children were well behaved and waited quietly until we were directed into the auditorium. We were thinking, right before we sat down for the show we went to the restroom. We entered the auditorium as a whole class and found our seats. Now it was time to sit back and enjoy the show.
      After the show was over we stayed in our seats and had a question and answer with the cast of the play. After the question and answer we went on a tour back stage. We learned a lot today and it was fun. We head back to the bathrooms before eating lunch to wash our hands. After everyone was done in the restroom, we went outside and ate lunch in the grass. The teachers passed out the lunches to each child. We enjoyed our lunch outside, something different! We cleaned up our lunch, throwing away our trash and put lunch bags back into the basket. Getting on the bus to head back to school was not as fun as getting on the bus to go to Tempe Center for the Arts, but we had to come back.
      In class, we filled out our journal page of our favorite part of the field trip. You will be able to find out everyone’s favorite part next Wednesday night during our December Celebration night.