Monday, February 28, 2011

March Madness in K/1

Whats happening in K1?

-Ahoy Mateys! K1 Will be kicking off March with Treasure Hunt Week. During the first week of march we will acting as pirates creating eye patches, treasure maps and treasure chests. On Thursday we will have our school-wide treasure hunt! All pirates be ready heave ho in search for the treasure!

-March 2nd we will be celebrating the Doctors birthday! That is Dr.Seuss of course!Theodor Seuss Geisel better known as Dr.Seuss was born in 1904 and would be 107 years old today! We will be reading many books by Dr.Seuss on this day as well as creating fun hats in his recognition!

-This month and for the remainder of the year we will have two new HEDP members, please welcome Flat Stanley and Flat Sally! Please let us know if you and your family would like to include them in your travels!

-St.Patricks Day is on Thursday March 17th, we will be celebrating all week through lessons about Ireland and the origin of this day! On this day 5th and 6th grade students will be creating crafts and activities that they will be doing with the k1 students.
-The first day of Spring will spring upon us on March 20th. We will be welcoming the spring season by doing some planting in our classroom! Keep your eyes open for our spring blossoms on our window ledge.

New Additions to our Class!

Everyday of the week we are lucky enough to have student interns from Wheelock College join us for a couple hours! These students are studying early childhood, elementary education, and criminal justice. Please give them a warm welcome to the Heath Community!

As well, we have two high school volunteers Connie Schmidt, the sister to Nicki and Vicki, and Megan.

We want to thank all the heath older students who volunteer as well, the kids love your company and we appreciate all your help. Thanks to Evan Owens, Josh Justice-Pope, Aidan Perry and Tomas Munarriz.

A Brief look into our calendar- A detailed calendar can be found on our welcome board behind the sign-out station.

March Madness Events:
Dr. Suess
Treasure Hunt Day
Mardi Gras
St. Patricks Day
Magic Trick Day
The Pancakes Birthday







K-1 Wish List
-Cleaning luxuries (Lysol wipes and paper towels)
-Wipe Board Markers
-Cookie Cutters (shapes, letters, holiday themed)
-Clean socks (for puppets)
-Shoe Boxes
-Magazines
-Lego People
*All donations accepted and greatly appreciated*

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