March 22, 2013

March Madness!

It's hard to believe that we are almost at the end of March! What a month it has been! Room 13 has been super busy with so many fun and exciting activties.



PARP WEEK
Last week, we finally celebrated Parents As Reading Partners (PARP) Week.  We has so much fun during PARB (Parents As Reading Buddies), when many parents joined our classroom for our daily reading.  All the kids were excited to read with an adult and practice important reading skills during just right reading time. After four nights of reading at home, Team Marsen read a total of 1,371 minutes! Go Marsen Readers!!!!! Last Thursday was the Jester Jim Assembly. The audience was surely engaged in his performance!  Jester Jim created many different beats and tricks that entertained us all.  The highlight was watching Sadie get picked from the audience to juggle.  Way to handle being in the spotlight Sadie!

Scientist of the Week
Maytal "brightened" our classroom last week as Scientist of the Week! She taught the class that when milk, food coloring, and dish soap are combined, at first the food coloring floats on the surface of the milk.  This is because it is less dense than milk.  Then, the dish soap breaks down the fat molecules in the milk, which causes the water that is left in the milk and the food coloring to push out and move around, creating a tie dye design.  Thank you Matal for making this a truly colorful experience!

Skylar's a Winner!

At the Board of Education Meeting last Thursday night, Skylar was honored as one of the winners for the 2013 LIPC Essay Contest. She wrote an essay on "How School Makes Her Feel", and it was truly impressive! Her essay complimented her teachers and principal. We truly had our buckets filled! Thank you Skylar! Click on the link below to hear Skylar read her essay!(Thank you Mr. Sinanis for capturing this very special moment!)
http://youtu.be/zUS5Ax7Elns

We hope everyone has a wonderful "Spring Break" next week!

Enjoy this time with family and friends!