Happy March!

We are so happy to have Miss. Kelley back with us! She is such a trooper, and all the students have been very helpful with her.

The first Monday of March we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday with some fun activities. We also read a few of his famous books, including Horton Hears a Who, and Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! The Kindergarten students are doing a great job at 'reading' the story with me, by listening for the rhyming word.

With the first graders with us, we were able to read The Cat in the Hat, and made up our own lists of (some silly) rules that we had in our house when our parents were not there. The bottom half was to list ideas of what to do on a rainy day. Another part of this activity was to follow the directions, writing three rules in complete sentences at the top, and listing things to do on a rainy day. I am pleased to say that with a few reminders, students followed the directions well! :)

As you have my noticed, a lot of the (Basic Skills) students are finishing up their handwriting A-Z packets, which are split up in half. The students are NOT forced to complete the whole packet in one sitting, and are encouraged to do this more as an 'after worksheet' activity. Usually students fill out 2-3, but sometimes more, letters at a time. We are still practicing starting our letters and numbers at the top.

Tuesday in Math we learned about sequencing and ordering. After doing an example with numbers (lower to higher), we did sequencing events in a day and made sequencing pictures with captions written by a teacher/volunteer. Although many of them did not have time to color, all of them turned out REALLY well! The paper was sectioned off into three, and the students wrote #1, #2, #3 on the sections, and they were to think of their own morning, afternoon and night time (or after school) activities. A lot of details in these pictures, and students were not prompted on what to draw. Though most students wrote about a daily school day, a couple students wrote about what happens on a weekend day. This will be bound into a book that the students and parents can look at in the front of the room!

On Tuesday we also began an awesome art project with Gabby, where students painted wooden slates and will be continuing this next week to make 'Scratch Art.' It was a lot of fun being able to use paints in the classroom, and the students did an excellent job on following directions and working hard on their project! Many of the students wanted to take it home that day. :) On Thursday we will be working on another silhouette project with Missy. This was re-scheduled due to the unexpected snow day last week. Hopefully there will be no more of those, we are all ready for Spring!