Oh Lawdy!

What a week it' s been!

Welcoming March in with a snow day was a treat so when we returned to school on Tuesday wearing our pajamas, we were ready to begin our  Read  Across America Week festivities. It was a great success. Thanks to all the Guest Readers who came to class with a variety of stories. Well done!

We had our first school-wide D.E.A.R. time and all enjoyed wearing pajamas and slippers and cuddling up with a good book in the hallway.

The children did a great job presenting their book reports. Thank you for encouraging and working together with your child. It gave us an opportunity to discuss fiction and non-fiction books as well.  Next month our reading  will focus on both fiction and non-fiction books. 

Some Centers enjoyed this week were: reading and writing rhyming words, playing rhyming bingo, practicing word families; _am, _in, _en, _op, _at, _ug. 

Have you met Little Bookworm? The children enjoyed cutting, coloring and reading a little booklet helping to re-enforce good book habits. Please continue to practice these at home. 

Playing a Green Eggs and Ham board game and Tic Tac Toe, doing a Dr. Seuss word search and reading many Dr. Seuss books were some activities enjoyed. A "Crazy Hat Fashion Show" was a big hit.

And if you haven't heard our newest song, "Pick a Bale of Cotton", the words to the song were included in your child's folder on Friday. It's a catchy tune and  both classes can't get it out of their heads. The children couldn't believe that their jeans, and coats and tee shirts came from a bush! We watched a brief video clip on where clothes come from and it included a segment on cotton bushes and how the cotton is picked. Most of the students just thought cotton was just on Q-Tips. 

We concluded RAA Week with a school-wide Assembly by gathering in the MPR to watch a Dr. Seuss DVD, the old version of The Cat in the Hat. The children loved getting together.

Mr. Gil gave the kids this challenge: How many Dr. Seuss books are there? (actually written by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel). Will you take him up on this challenge? First to bring him the correct  answer wins a prize! (Hint: it is more than 20).

Things to look forward to: 

We will begin our Social Studies Unit on transportation and Community Helpers. Do a little pre-teaching over the weekend and try to take notice of all the different types of vehicles on the road. Use tally marks to keep track of the cars, busses, trucks, construction, big cars, little cars, convertibles, (yes! I just got mine back!), SUV's, red cars, trains, planes, etc. 

Don't forget to set your clocks one hour AHEAD over this weekend, giving us more hours of daylight! Yeah!

Although Spring and warmer weather is only a few weeks away, we still have sneezes and drippy noses. Our supply of tissues is almost depleted. If you would like to donate a box of tissues it would be greatly appreciated. We could also use a few packages of colored cellulose sponges to clean up after snack.  

Have a great weekend!