This may have been the very busiest week so far this year! On Monday we celebrated Chinese New Year. Each child made a red envelope in the Chinese tradition. Children are given red envelopes with money in them. However, the odd numbers and the number 4 are considered bad luck. When the children made money to go in their envelopes, they tried to make an even amount of money not equaling 4 or 14 or 24! On the front, with gold glitter, is the Chinese symbol for luck!
On Tuesday, we celebrated the 100th day of school! What a fun day! I sent pictures Tuesday night of the really cool projects and their self-portraits! They'll be on the wall in the hallway for a while for you to see, but they will come home in a few weeks for you to frame and hang!
Wednesday was fairly calm, but then on Thursday we had a day of friendship and love! My favorite time of the day is when they're opening their Valentine cards and there's a chorus of "Thank you, ___" as they open and read each Valentine! Robert brought ring pops which were a huge hit, but they look like pacifiers in the pics! Actually, they looked like pacifiers in real life, too!
Finally, on Friday we kicked off "I Love To Read" week! February is "I Love to Read" month and each year HCS has a week-long celebration of books and reading. In tonight's Home/School bag you'll find a reading log. If you help your child fill in the form and then return it, we'll have a school-wide drawing on Friday, February 22nd! During our kick-off today, the entire school read for 10 minutes in the gym! Here are some pics from before the quiet reading time and during the quiet reading time! Very powerful to have an entire school quiet reading in the gym!
I hope you'll find time to read and fill out the forms! Happy reading!
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