We came back from Mid-Winter break all rested and ready to get back into our routine. 

We finished up our letter writing unit and did a little dental health mini-unit! We read some tooth fairy books and made some tooth fairies. We wrote about our smiles and how we take care of our teeth. We conducted a science experiment to see what sugary drinks do to our teeth when we don't brush them. This white egg sat in a bowl of pop - it is very stained and the shell is soft. 

We also began our Dr. Seuss author study and read our first Seuss book, "If I Ran the Zoo". We created our own Seuss inspired zoo animals for our hallway bulletin board. 

We have a Parent Support Group Meeting planned for Wednesday, March 16 at 6:00 in our classroom. I hope many of you will be able to join us. 
We have a field trip planned to the Walled Lake Outdoor Center on May 19. This trip will be funded in part with our mini-grant from the WL Foundation for Excellence. 

Valentine's Week

We worked on a new coping skill this week - Bump in Your Happy Thought. 
Sometimes we can change our grumpy mood by thinking about something that makes us feel happy. Students were able to easily name things that make them smile...we wrote about those happy thoughts in our journal. 

We continued to work on letter writing, and read a funny book called "I Wanna Iguana". In this story, a boy writes his mother persuasive letters to see if she will let him get an iguana. His mother writes him back with the reasons she might say "no". In the end, the boy did get his iguana! We wrote about pets we wish we could get too. 

We were surprised on Wednesday with exciting news! Our 3 EI programs received a mini-grant from the WL Foundation for Excellence! This mini grant will help offset future field trips to the bowling alley and the Outdoor Center. We are so lucky to have the generous support of our district Foundation for Excellence! 

Valentine's Day was really special. We loved opening up all of our valentine cards and we enjoyed eating some healthy and yummy snacks with our friends. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Mid-Winter Break! We return to school on the 100th day of school! We will finish up our letter writing unit that week, and get ready for March, a Dr. Seuss author study, and March is Reading Month! 

Global Play Day was Fun!

On Wednesday we joined other classes at Loon Lake to participate in Global Play Day. We enjoyed having extra center time breaks to use our toys from home and the toys in the classroom. We shared, complimented each other and wrote about this special day in our journals. I loved that the children who forgot a toy were resilient and happily used classroom toys!

We continued working on our mail/letter writing unit and we love to get mail in our classroom mailbox. Please feel free to send a letter in for your child or the class anytime!! 
We had our LL Leader of the Month Assembly on Thursday to recognize students who have been responsible. Here is our classroom leader:

This month we are working on the character trait of integrity. 

We made our Valentine Mailboxes on Friday. Your child may bring in valentines for 12 classmates any day next week. They should sign their cards, but do not need to write classmate's names on the outside - they will just put one card in each mailbox. We are all set for snacks for our party - thank you everyone!!