March Is Reading Month!

       Hello Parents! The students and myself have had a wonderful first week together.  With our celebration of Leap Year as well as Dr. Seuss' birthday, it was a fun and exciting week!  It has been a pleasure meeting a few parents throughout the week.  I look forward to meeting you all in two weeks at Parent-Teacher Conferences. I will be continuing the classroom blog posts while Mrs. Latarte is away, keeping you updated with the experiences happening inside the classroom.

     The month of March brings our many wonderful reading celebrations during March is Reading Month!  Our school-wide theme at Bemis is "Reading Can Take You Anywhere!"  You will notice a few new bulletin boards in our Kindergarten Hallway that showcase student work about reading and favorite books; if you have not had the chance to see them, please stop by for a look! Today, on Dr. Seuss' Birthday, we kicked off the month by reading several books by this silly, but well-loved, author.  Students were suprised with another Mystery Reader this morning, Mr. Cueny, who brought in And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street... by Dr. Seuss.  This book fit in perfectly today as this was Dr. Seuss' first book! Our class also read Hop on Pop, as review for our rhyming activity, as well as One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish! and ate blue jello with red fish in it's honor!  We made Cat in the Hat Masks in the afternoon and, of course, took time to snuggle up and read our own books too!  Below are some pictures from our day.  As we begin our celebration of Reading, students were reminded today  that it is OK to be silly and to let their imaginations soar, visiting both near and far off places. Encourage your child to keep reading this month!  As Dr. Seuss would say,

        "And now, Good night.It is time to sleep
          So we will sleep with our pet Zeep.
          Today is gone. Today was fun.
          Tomorrow is another one.
          Every day, from here to there.
          funny things are everywhere!"