Happy St. Patrick's Day! Students had Lucky Charms for snack today, but first they sorted, counted, and graphed the marshmallows. We read some more David Shannon stories and used them as a model for original stories. It was amazing how a quick review of story elements and a model text helped the students write engaging stories. I was so impressed! I introduced the quarter today. We reviewed each coin, compared real coins to plastic, play money, and learned how to count change when you have more than one type of coin (start with the highest coin). Again, the students amazed me by how quickly they caught on. To reinforce coin recognition, I told students that if they wanted to play with bubbles at recess they had to pay me a nickel (a plastic one)--it was pretty motivational!

Tomorrow we will watch the school talent show. On Friday, we start a paper mache project so please don't send your child to school in their best clothes on Friday.