Go Sox

     Today was a very exciting day.  First off, it was Red Sox/hat day.  I love seeing everyone wearing their red, white and blue and of course I was excited to wear my Ted Williams shirt.  Second, the weather is beautiful.  It's hard not to feel great on a day like today.  Third, we had a special presentation on pedestrian safety.  Thank you to the parents who volunteered to teach us how to be safe.  Head over to Edline for some pictures

     Last week we started poetry.  The students did an excellent job sharing poems.  We will continue with that this week.  Be sure your child has a poem to share by Friday.  We have plenty in class that the children know they can use.  We have been writing poems too.  Last week we wrote an acrostic poem of our names.  Today we wrote a poem about our emotions.  They came out GREAT.  I feel like I really got a chance to learn some things that I didn't know about my little lovebugs. 

     We have finished reading Anansi stories.  In some of them, he really was a mean trickster.  I'm glad I don't have any friends like him.  This week we will be reading a few different versions of Stone Soup. 

     On Saturday, I ran a 5k as preparation for the Boys and Girls Club race on May 3rd.  I did great.  I ran the WHOLE thing without stopping.  Whoo hooo. 

     This Friday is hat day again.  The $ collected will go toward fighting MS.  It's also our last day of school before VACATION.  I hope you all enjoy it.  I'm sure I will, especially if the weather is like today. 

 

They Got Me

     I swore they wouldn't trick me.  I thought I had brought my A game to school but I was tricked.  More than once, if you can believe that.  First, I was told by a student that she made me brownies.  Brownies are my very most favorite snack in the world so I was ecstatic!  My mouth instantly started to water.  Guess what?  Much to my dismay, the pan was filled with brown E's.  This was not the delicious baked good I was hoping for.  It was pretty funny though.  We spent the rest of the day tricking anyone and everyone we could with those brown E's.  I wasn't going to be the only one falling for that one.

      After that, there was a very creepy and large spider spotted in class.  To end the day, my sunglasses were held for ransom.  When I got back from lunch there was a note saying that they would not be returned unless there was "NO WORK".  This put me in a tough spot.  Mrs. Maloney would never allow "NO WORK" so I had to compromise.  I gave five minutes of quiet free time, we had to listen for Mrs. Maloney's heels coming down the hall, in return for my sunglasses.  It worked.  Everyone got what they wanted.  Except maybe Mrs. Maloney, so don't squeal on us.

     Great news!  The Walking Wednesday trophy is staying right where it belongs.  In OUR classroom.  We won yet again.  Whoop whoop!!!