March Madness!

This has been a fun yet tiring week of school... and it was only 4 days! Tuesday was Dr. Seuss Day (March 2nd is his birthday) so we did all Dr. Seuss stuff all day long. I was actually dreading it before hand, but after I got everything prepped for it the day before I was really looking forward to it. We started off our day by reading the story "Horton Hatches an Egg". At the end of the story the egg hatches and it is an "elephant bird". So, I had the kids create their own two animal animals. They had to think of two animals and put them together and then write what it was called. The kids had a lot of fun with it. For reading time I let the kids read the Dr. Seuss books that they brought or they could borrow mine if they didn't have.
The day before I had read the story of the Butter Battle Book so before they went out for recess they got to have bread and butter for snack, and choose where they wanted their bread. Most picked to eat it with the butter on top but some at it (or at least atttempted to) on the bottom. And other just folded their bread in half and ate it in the middle!
When they came back from recess we made Cat in the Hat hats and then they got to wear them to lunch. And at the end of the day they got to read Dr. Seuss books to the Kindergarteners next door to us and then we all watched the Cat and the Hat movie. It was a super fun day, but once I got home I realized how tired I was, and then I had to go to youth group!
The following day was Girls' Day, which was super fun too, though the kids were a bit crazy! For writing time they had to write about a girl that they know (7 of them picked me!) And later we made fans. They colored flowers on them first with crayon and then watercolored over it. They girls got to eat lunch with me in the classroom and then decided they wanted to make up a fan dance! So I helped them come up with something and they practiced it a few times and when the boys came back form lunch they performed it for them. A couple of days before I made mochi (for the first time!) which is this Japanese snack/dessert that is made with sugar and rice flour and has this kind of sticky, solid yet mushy texture, and I gave it to the kids when they left for the day.
So that was what a lot of my energy was spent on this week, and now I hav them weekend to recoup!