Happy Birthday, Dr, Seuss! We enjoyed several of his books last week and even learned some fun facts about Dr. Seuss. Ask your kindergartner to share his REAL name! We graphed our favorite Dr.Seuss book and made Cat in the Hat hats. 

Did you know we won third place in the "Coins for Kindergarten" contest? $93! Thanks to the Bendix Student Council, we received a popcorn party! A big thanks to YOU, kindergarten families, for helping us fill our coin bucket! We know the money is appreciated to help fund kindergarten scholarships next year. 

 

"I Love to Read" week brought lots of excitement! Between Hat Day, 80's Day, Wacky Hair Day, and PJ Day, there were many photo opts! It was a fun way to celebrate all the reading done during the month of February and all year! 

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Our classroom just wasn't quite the same today...we were missing Miss Burbach! We are so very thankful for all she shared with us in the 8 weeks she was in our classroom. She brought more joy and learning to our 100th Day, Valentine's Day, Family Reading Night and taught us about penguins, mental images, ellipses, bucket filling, estimating, measuring, and much, much more! We wish Miss Burbach lots of luck in her next adventures! 

We went on a pattern search around the school way back in November. I was playing around on a website called Prezi.com and added our pattern pictures and comments. It turned out too neat not to post here. Once you press play, the word "more" should appear. Then choose "auto play" to enjoy the show. 

Last Friday, author Julia Cook visited Bendix. We learned about the many steps Julia takes to get her books published. Just like us, she revises her writing and works on one story for many days, weeks, or months. Her books helped us learned about  important school behaviors such as personal space, respecting others' words by not interrupting (controlling our "volcanoes"), and even reminders about not picking our nose! :) We are posing with Julia and her dogs below. 

Miss Burbach has been helping us research penguins. We asked questions, read many nonfiction penguin books, and made a chart of our new thinking. Then we each chose a fact, illustrated it, and read it for the slide show below. Maybe you will learn something new about penguins too! Waddle, waddle, waddle!