March Madness!

Can you believe it?! March is already coming to a close. We have been very busy with NWEA testing, our Spring Concert, St. Patrick's Day, and Conferences. I realized that I haven't had as much time to blog as I would like, so we wanted to give you a glimpse into all our March mayhem:

1. We recieved our NWEA scores back and almost everyone met, or exceeded their goal! Miss Parr was SO excited that she did a flip for us that she promised. Then we all kissed our brain for working so hard! 

2. A lucky leprechaun came into our classroom and left us wonderful gifts for our kindness and for being such a great class! He also left us a Magic Tree House book, "Leprechaun in Late Winter," that we read and loved! We all felt very special!

3. We started podcasting our knowledge! We have shared a lot of giggles listening to our voices. We are all destined to be future news anchors and/or radio broadcasters. Podcasts to be posted soon :)

4. We have had Mrs. Nykanen come in to help with our Math Stations. We learned about objects that will/will not float. We also used our muscles to learn about levers and their fulcrums. Yup, we are definitely getting smarter everyday!

5. Mrs. Ceminsky came in several times to help us get organized and to test our knowledge through reading and math assessments. 

6. We sang at our first music concert! We were great gallopers and sweet sounding singers! The audience seemed very impressed with our skills.

7. Throughout the month Miss Parr accidentally called us 1st graders several times! We are growing and learning so much lately that we've have been acting, writing, reading, and behaving like first graders!

8. We have been partner reading a lot more lately! We are becoming fluent readers and Miss Parr loves to sit and listen to us as we work together to sound out words, read with expression, and make predictions.

9. It has finally gotten nice out! We have spent more time outside getting our wiggles out and soaking up the sun! We are enjoying it very much! 

10. We have had the BIG kids (4th-5th graders) come into OUR classroom to read with us, help us with homework, and assist with our projects. We love having them with us because they are teaching us responsibilities that we will have as we get older!

As you can tell we've been very busy learning, growing and playing. We hope you enjoyed hearing about our adventures and we will talk to you again soon!