3rd Quarter in Review!

We have had an amazing time in our room since Christmas. We lost a friend to another town, which made us sad; however, we gained a new friend as well. A week after we returned from Christmas break, we welcomed a student teacher from Arkansas Tech University to our room. She is AWESOME, and we love her!!!

Amidst many days where we have not been able to be at school due to this...

(ice and snow and ice and snow x 8 days)

Yes, amidst all of that slushy, frigid fun...we have had REAL fun doing so many things! Our class has been so fortunate to have had several volunteers from the community come and do lessons and demonstrations for us. Our special guests have included a local farmer, a mom (to read with us), two college professors, and a veterinarian who brought a dog! What have we done with these guests? Well, just look!

(Dr. Itza showed us the order of the planets in the solar system)

(Gus only likes Dr. Parker and kids...not teachers!)

(Dr. Parker and Gus)

(Dr. Parker showed us how he listens to hearts!)

(Gus loved this boy! He just flopped right over for a belly rub!)

We also have had a couple of celebrations since I last posted about our days in Kindergarten. The first was Valentine's day. Originally, we weren't supposed to have had school on the actual day, BUT because of all of that white stuff falling from the sky so often, we used it as a make up day.

(yummy dairy-free chocolate cupcakes)

(a card made especially for someone special at home)

(a little something from the teacher)

(the 'owl-dorable' Valentine bags we made the day before)

(having a great time, checking out all of the goodies)

(passing out our Valentine cards)

(There is our new friend, Mrs. Donathan!)

Then there was a Seuss-tastical time as we enjoyed a day in recognition of Dr. Seuss. We even had green eggs and ham!

(Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Donathan cooking our Seuss Special!)

(Green eggs and ham)

(Listening to Dr. Parker as she eats!)

(Not so sure about these green eggs guys...)

(Heading out with our hats!)

(I think they liked them)

Needless to say, it has been a big few weeks, full of a lot of laughs and a lot of terrific, hands-on learning! On top of all of this, we are all AR testing now. Time sure is flying by!

Snow Days Again?!?!

Yep, I said it. No school on Tuesday of this week for 'anticipated inclement weather,' and early dismissal today (10:30) today because we were actually having a steady snowfall. The snow has not stopped all day, but there does not appear to be any accumulation on the roads.

Granted I was not at school anyway, because of this flu that has ravaged my system! The perk to having a snow day today? I didn't miss the literacy caravan due to sickness, because it was cancelled! I am hoping that it will be postponed to a later date, because I so want a sneak peak at the materials available!

Happy Snow Days!

Snow Day!

There are only a few days a year when I am happy to get phone calls before six in the morning. Those days would be the ones when my principal is calling to say 'go back to bed, no school today'! Today was one of those days...and the call was actually made before I got in the shower!!! Yippie! I am sure that the babies were all thrilled to have snow; they had enough to make snowmen. I live 30 minutes away from my school though, and did not have quite that much at my house this time. Still, it was lovely to have an extra day at home.