April Fool's!

On Thursday, April 1st the kindergartners played an April Fool's joke on their families. Everyone took home a "red day" or "yellow day". We wrote April Fool's on them so that parents would know it was a joke and not a real bad day. The children practiced looking down so they wouldn't laugh and ruin the joke. It was so funny to see them had the notes to the adults picking them up! The children all would burst out laughing. Thanks to all of you for being good sports and pretending to be shocked then happy. The next day children wrote in their journals about who they tricked. Most said it was great fun.

Second Trimester Award Ceremony

The children have really grown so much! This trimester 27 more children were honored for reading 100+ sight words. It was so exciting to see them wearing their Super Scotty t-shirts. Shirts are awarded as soon as the children master 100 words. The certificates are presented at the trimester award ceremonies. One more trimester to go! Keep studying those sight words.

St. Patrick's Day

Every year the first grade classrooms make Leprechaun Traps as a home project. They set them up the day before St. Patrick's Day in the hope of catching a leprechaun. The next day kindergarten comes through to see the traps and hear their stories. It is always a great time to see former students and admire the families' creativity. But the best part is also the sense of wonder in the children's eyes and voices as we look at the traps. The magic of childhood!

This year we also had some leprechauns visit our rooms! From small messes to green glitter and footprints, the nighttime visitors let us know they enjoyed our rooms. One class was even left a magically powder that turned into green pudding! We enjoyed an Irish snack of corned beef and potatoes. The best part was dessert, rainbow cupcakes! Even if we didn't catch a leprechaun, it was a fun day.