Mrs.O'Bryan's

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Happy Friday! It was a short week, but it was certainly not without it's struggles. We had many out (both staff and kids) with flu and various sickness this week. I hope everyone gets good rest this weekend and that we are on the other side of this run of illnesses! 

Ash Wednesday was a wonderful day (also the only day I was here this week). I was very proud of how well the kids did for the longer Mass and the receiving of Ashes. After that, we basically spent the rest of the day playing and being outside (as I knew that would likely be our best weather day this week). We were able to go for our regular walk, play on the playground and enjoy some Danny Go inside as well. We did do a few housekeeping things. I talked about Lent and introduced our Lent Calendar where we will do one Lenten challenge a day (praying, helping a friend, donating...etc) until Easter. Vincent and Patrick showed us their awesome pictures from Winter break (Vincent went to the D.R. and Patrick went to New Orleans). 

We did also manage to get a little work done this week. We did a full uppercase Alphabet review in our HWT's book. We also reviewed patterns with our unit blocks and worked more on seeing what patterns they could create (with their knowledge of patterns). We talked a lot about Arctic Animals, watching some video's and learning where they live, and how they stay warm. With so many being out and it being a short week, we focused more on review and just getting back into the routine. 

We will start Brigance's soon, likely early to mid March. Just a reminder to be practicing writing those last names, learn their address and phone number. There will be a book fair March 23-27th, more details to come on that later. 

Next week, we will continue our unit on arctic animals. When we hit March we will move into rainbows and our weather unit. We will also have Jack K and Andrew present their show and tells. I apologize for the extremem lack of pictures this week. It absolutely got lost in the shuffle of getting back into the routine and having many out (including myself) this week. We will make it a priority next week to get some good ones!

Have a great weekend, stay healthy and get good rest!