Since Monday was President's day and we started learning about Presidents, the children of room 9 had a chance to vote for their very own class President.  The polling took place during free choice in which everyone had a chance to vote in our private polling station.  We ended up having a second vote since [...]

After weeks of practice, room 9 traveling storytellers "hit the road" and went to 6 different classrooms.  We shared the classic fairy tale of "The Three Little Pigs".  This story not only had morals embedded in it, it also ties into the school-wide focus on construction.  Children in room 9 had a chance to take [...]

Love was surely in the air this Valentine's Day in room 9.  We started our day making a "love note" card for our loved one (mostly to their mommy and daddy).  After theme centers, we got into a circle and did our card swap.  The children loved passing out AND receiving cards from their classmates!!! [...]

Today we had a special guest visit room 9.  He is an alumni of room 9.  He chose to read the children a story on rainforest (our topic of study) that also happened to be a book that he donated to room 9 on his 5th birthday.

Today was our 100th day of school and we had FUN!  Here are some pictures from the celebration.