You would not believe how clean our room is! Your children are the best cleaners ever. I get so many comments from other teachers about how clean my room is at the end of the day, and it is the students doing all of the work. NO ONE PULLED A CARD TODAY!!!!

Anna brought some awesome birthday treats to share with the class for her VIP week. We read the book, My Red Bike. Students circled the word "red" on each page and then colored their book. Some were even able to read the book to me! We added a label to the plastic skeleton on the wall. Now we know where his head and shoulders are. (I think I know where they're going with this--head, shoulders, knees and toes!)

We read two more Eric Carle books and continued to work on our Eric Carle-inspired art project. Rather than painting a whole lot of papers, we used printed scrap booking paper to cut out animal shapes. We'll use the scraps to fill in other details.

Did anyone order from our last book order and not get your books? I talked to the mother of a student who said she did not place an order, yet her child came home with 3 books. I think what happened is that someone handed me their order form during the morning rush. The form probably had no name on top and they probably handed me cash, so as I was trying to remember who handed me items, I wrote this child's name on the form. Please contact me if you are missing some books.