St. Patrick's Day in the Classroom

 This week was library week! Since the local public schools had no school today it was packed. Our usual spot was taken so we found a cozy table with giant chairs to sit at.
This week the students were required to select one chapter book and one non-fiction book.

A sneaky Leprechaun visted our classroom this afternoon. We attempted to set up a shoebox trap over our treasure chest. Our leprechaun left sunglasses on President Obama's picture up on our wall. He also left sunglasses on Mr. Octopus and the frog cd tower. He also made a mess on the ground when he managed to sneak past our trap to open up our treasure chest. He didn't find any gold but he sure left a trail across the classroom before leaving gold coins for the students. One thing I found interesting was that the students believed whole-heartedly that a leprechaun came to visit but none of them questioned why he would leave some gold behind.

We had chess club today to make up for our missed day on Thursday. The students were all sugared up from St. Patrick's Day cupcakes and the gold coins. Not really a good combination for listening. Sorry Mr. Greg! I hear leprechauns will be visiting some of their houses.