- Enjoy the sunshine coming back outside? Check!
- Finish up our unit on Space? Check!
- Have a Book Buddies Party? Wait, two of them? Check, check!
- Set traps for leprechauns? Check!
- Write thank you notes to donors who gave us new headphones? Check!!!
We had to postpone our Book Buddies sledding party until Friday, but we still had an impromptu St. Patty's day Book Buddies day on Wednesday! We read stories and learned about the legend of leprechauns and their gold. We went on a hunt in the fourth grade room for clues to where they had stashed their gold and lucky charms!
The kids wrote stories about what makes them feel lucky. They had some awesome ideas, like, "When I go fast in a dogsled race I feel lucky," "When I get to play hockey with my friend I feel lucky," and "When I am with my family I feel lucky."
And on Friday, we set traps for the leprechauns that just might come sneaking about in our room on St. Patrick's Day! Some weren't so much traps as nice little houses for them to live in. :)
There just so happens to be a musher in the Iditarod named Quince Mountain. There just so happens to be thousands of his fans that call themselves #uglydogs. It just so happens that these #uglydogs decided last year, when his wife was a rookie musher, that it would be pretty neat to donate to rural Alaskan schools in her honor during the Iditarod. And they are doing the same thing this year in honor of Quince. Our project on Donorschoose.org for new headphones and science equipment was funded by #igivearod and #uglydogs last week! So we spent some time learning about how and why we write thank you notes, and writing letters to the donors that helped us. We also had fun following Quince and the other mushers on the Iditarod trail!
When I asked the kids what they wanted to say to the #uglydogs one of them said, "Thank you for caring about us." I think it is pretty awesome that people from all over the country care about little old us way up here, and just the fact that the kids know that someone cares about them enough to buy them headphones made them feel pretty great and motivated!
Also in writing we started the District's writing assessment. It is not required in Kindergarten, but I always like to see what my Kinders can do in the Spring. The prompt was, "Where is your favorite place to visit, and why?" We talked about the importance of adding a "because" to your writing to give more information. The kids had fun brainstorming their ideas...
We are also wrapping up our unit on Space with a creative painting project. Each student created a mobile of the Solar System that will be coming home next week!
Friday was warm enough to get in some sledding with our Book Buddies! We drove to Airport Hill and had a bonfire, hot cocoa, and a great time sledding with our buddies! Thank you to parents who came to share the fun with us, and helped start the fire, bring wood, serve cocoa, and keep everyone safe!
*** After the break I will be in touch with you about how to pick up packets of school work for your child, and what we are doing to keep learning going as much as possible during the school closure. As always there are links on the side of our blog to online learning programs that your child is enrolled in and can do at home. School lunches and breakfasts will also be available beginning the middle of next week, so stay tuned for more information! And give your kids a hug from me! 💕
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