The students were very surprised to see that I had rearranged the classroom. My projector is now mounted to the ceiling so I no longer need to keep the table centered in front of the large white board. The classroom seems larger and more open. The students did a great job at writing today. I let them choose a coloring page of a girl or boy snowman. They colored the picture and then wrote about it. For example, Alexander wrote, "My snowman has a black hat." I think it helped that they had a subject to write about. Coming up with original ideas is difficult for most kindergartners. Their writing and pictures were so cute that I hung them in the hall.

I placed the Scholastic book order this afternoon. It will be at least a week before the books arrive. Report cards go home tomorrow. Please keep everything that's inside the report card envelope, sign the back of the envelope, and return it on Friday. Don't forget to eat at Fuddrucker's tomorrow night!