Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Those naughty leprechauns came to our room on Friday. Earlier in the week we read about them in the book Clever Tom and the Leprechaun. We were stunned when we saw how they wrecked our room!
They threw books on the floor, hung our Pete the Cat doll on the lights, put a chair and the American flag in the bathroom, hung some of the letter people upside down, put the time out chair in the trash and gave everyone a rule breaking ticket! We couldn't believe it! Well, of course, we couldn't wait to clean up and put everything back in order. Fortunately, they left us a note and some cookies to make up for their tricks. I hope none of them sneaked home with your child! :)

Teacher of the World

Queen Griffin and her entourage, the other K teachers of Beauclerc

Queen Griffin and the Royal family, the King, Prince Will and his wife, Princess Liz

Queen Griffin and our principal, Mrs. Kornblum

I loved celebrating with my Queen sister, Queen Griffin, at the EDDY awards last Thursday for being Beauclerc's Teacher of the Year. However, in kindergarten we think she is really Teacher of the World! (TOW!)

Building Respect with Donovan Darius

Former Jaguar safety, Donovan Darius, came to our monthly flag raising to discuss respect and attitude. He was an awesome speaker and reinforced behaviors that help us learn and succeed in life. He reminded us that simple things like looking at those who are talking and listening when others are talking (not talking amongst ourselves) are cornerstones to respect and attitude. Great lessons from a nice guy and good role model.

Pinata, Pinata!

Here is our pinata before we smacked it. Lots of starch, paper, tissue and love made it a sight to behold!

An awesome time was had by all at our fabulous holiday party today! 

The children were thrilled with breaking the pinata. A huge shout out to the super generous parents of our class -- you out did yourselves with the goodies you sent in for this occasion. Thanks for making this a memorable experience not only for your child, but the entire class.

Kristian and Mom

Grayson and Mom

Macy, Mom and sister, Molly

Jack and his entourage, Tata, Mom and Violet

Yummy in our tummy snacks - Thanks to our Homeroom moms, Miss Sandra and Miss Marry for providing tasty and wholesome treats!

Sad pinata, happy us!

Nutcracker Play

Jesse, one of the former Royal subjects, played the lead.

Our fourth and fifth graders put on the Nutcracker play today. They did a fabulous job with their songs, lines and dances. Ashlyn's brother, Tyler, did a great job singing so well, that Ashlyn knew all the words too! Bravo to our upper grades for being such great role models!

Grayson's cousin, Dawn was one of the Sugar Plum Fairies!

Ole! Christmas in Mexico

 Today we read the Caldecott award winning book, Nine Days til Christmas. It was about a little girl named Cici who celebrates her first posada (party) with her first pinata. It fit right in with our party and pinata making. We also made sombreros and shawls and wore them while we danced the Mexican Hat Dance. We are in a festive mood these days! Bravo!!