Pennies for Patients

We reached ANOTHER goal for Pennies for Patients, so one student from each grade who brought in $1, had their name put into a bucket with the chance to be picked and throw a pie at our spanish teacher, Guierllmo. Frank was picked from 1st grade, with a perfect aim! We reached ANOTHER goal as well, so each child who brought in $1 got to take part in duct taping Mrs. Marvin to the wall in the music and art room.

As many of you know and have heard from the newsletter or your child, the middle school is leading the Pennies for Patients fundraiser until February 29th; all donations go to lymphoma research/patient needs. The 1st graders have been doing a great job at bringing in their coins.

The theme for Friday was, "Delay the Day." We couldn't start working until all of our coins were counted and totals were documented, and the 1st graders brought A LOT this day, so they got busy after morning meeting and worked together to count all the coins. I'm going by what they counted :) which turned out to be: $23.95. Our total so far since the kick-off is $99.07 - we're neck and neck with 5th grade!

Mystery Readers

Mystery Reader #1
Mrs. Koopmann
(picture to come!)

Mystery Reader #2
Sister Bernelle
Clue 1. I like Jesus a lot and I pray prayers out of a big prayerbook every morning before school starts.
Clue 2. I make book reports for the puppy.
Clue 3. I correct math papers and put them in each folder.

Mystery Reader #3
Mrs. Bartho
Clue 1. I come to school more than each of you.
Clue 2. My kids all play hockey.
Clue 3. I answer the phone and say, "Good morning, St. Dominic School - this is...."

Mystery Reader #4
Mrs. Marvin

Mystery Reader #5
Mrs. Balvin

Mystery Reader #6
Mr. Beaham

Mystery ReaderS #7
Isaac's Grandparents

Mystery Reader #8
Mrs. Beaham

Dental Health Month

If there isn't enough going on in February already, it is also dental health month. Dr. Noack offered to visit our classroom on Wednesday afternoon to teach us about keeping our teeth clean and healthy. He had some great demonstrations and sent each child home with a goody bag of floss, a toothbrush, stickers, and more. Thanks Dr. Noack, we enjoyed your visit!

Happy Valentine's Day!

On Valentine's Day the kindergarteners joined us in our classroom to watch a Peanuts and Snoopy Valentine movie. Then the 1st graders spent some time handing out their special cards and treats.

100th Day of School

Can you believe it? On Friday we celebrated the 100th day of school! Everyone brought 100 pieces of a dry snack food and we made a snack called "derdnuh" which is hundred spelled backward. The kids thought it was pretty delicious and we discovered that by adding everything together, there were 1500 pieces of food! We also spent the afternoon bowling at Jesse James Lanes! I was very impressed with the 1st graders bowling skills - they rocked!

SMARTBOARD!

We've had some great people helping out with the installation of our smartboard and as of Thursday, everything is in place and working for the most part! I'm excited, the kids are excited and we're ready to do some interactive learning!