Dr. Seuss and 100 Days of School!

We have enjoyed rhyming with some Dr. Seuss books and activities this week. Monday is Dr. Seuss' birthday, and students at Loon Lake are encouraged to wear red, black and/or white clothing, just like the Cat in the Hat. March is Reading Month, and there will be some special days for students at Loon Lake. Each Friday will be flashlight reading - I will have some flashlights on hand for reading with and students are also welcome to bring a flashlight from home.

We also talked about March weather - will it come in like a lion or a lamb? We are all anxious for spring weather so we can get back outside to play!

Here is our number line - we were excited to see it grow to the number 100 this week. We feel 100 days smarter too!

This shirt has 100 eyes on it!!!

We will have a new student start in our classroom on Monday, so we will become a class of 10!
I want to remind you that there is no school next Tuesday, March 3.
We are excited to let you know that our 3 special education classrooms received a generous grant from the WL Foundation for Excellence to help us fund some classroom field trips. We are looking forward to a field trip on March 24 to Wonderland Lanes for bowling and an outing in the spring to the WL Outdoor Center.  Thank you to Dr. Cohen for writing the grant for us! More info and permission slips will come for the bowling field trip.

We will have our Parent Support Group Meeting the following Tuesday, March 10 at 6:00. Our topic will be the Zones of Regulation. We use this new program with our students and have experienced a lot of success with it.

Learning about the United States

We have been practicing the Pledge of Allegiance and learning about our flag and other symbols for our country, including the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell. We learned about President Washington and President Lincoln and also about the White House.

In our social skills lessons we talked about the feeling of disappointment and things we could do or say when we feel disappointed. We have also been talking about kindness - this is a very kind group of children, and I see daily acts of kindness right in our classroom. Developing empathy at such a young age is a wonderful thing, and they frequently attempt to look at things from another classmate's perspective. 

Miss Marlowe did some fun music with us on Thursday. We used instruments for some songs and followed her under a parachute rainbow for another. 

We loved everything about Valentine's Day - from making our mailboxes, delivering our valentines cards, and finally, opening them up during our party! What a great day it was!