St. Patrick's Day Festivities!

We had a great time last week getting into the "Irish Spirit"! First off, we were visited by "Lucky the Leprechaun"! He magically changed cups that we had decorated into Small Leprechaun hats! He also left us an activity to do, and a few pieces of "gold" [candy that is!] We read about Leprechauns, and wrote about how to catch one, and what we would do with one if we DID catch one...............wonderful ideas were hatched by my smarties! We did measuring activities using shamrocks, and also graphed our Lucky Charms. Our data told us that the 'shooting stars' were the shape most used in the cereal! All in all, a very busy, fun, day integrating learning into our celebration! Look for pictures to be posted soon............


Next week we will begin having our official Spelling Tests. These will be every Friday, unless notified. We will work with these words all week in class, but your child will also be expected to practice them at home. I will be sending home a "Tic-Tac-Toe" for Spelling words that has some great practice ideas!
Hopefully everyone has been practicing their math facts at home as well. We practice them daily during our Math Workshop time, but practice at home is also essential.


Thanks so much for all that you do at home with your child........it helps SO much!


Please check back soon for more updates and photos!!

Fun with Dr. Suess !!

We had a great time celebrating......here are just a few of the activities we did!!

We've Been Suess-i-fied!!!!

We've had a great time this week celebrating Dr. Suess' Birthday! We've read many of his books, written rhyming words, created our own "Suess Creatures", drawn Cat in the Hat self portraits, tasted Green Eggs and Ham [and graphed how we felt about them], graphed colored Gold Fish crackers [after reading 'One Fish, Two Fish']. We also made Lorax moustaches and took a class photo. What a fun week....combining Literacy, Math, and Art!


Next week we will move on to learn everything the St. Patrick's Day way.............check back next week for an update!!