Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.  I am really appreciating all of the new snow!  We have read several non-fiction books about snow and learned how it is helpful for plants and animals.  We also did an experiment that involved putting one thermometer under the snow and leaving another one hanging out in the air.  Ask you child which place was warmer.

In our first few days back we have also been learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and his message of peace.  We have spent a lot of time talking about how what it means to be a peace maker and how we can be peace makers throughout our days at school.  We have generated an ever expanding list of things peace makers do:  listen, use words to solve problems, make people feel good, use teamwork, work well with any partner, use good manners, think about the feelings of others, clean up, help others, use self-control, clean up after themselves, respect materials, use good sportsmanship, and follow directions.  We will continue our discussions of peace and what it means to be a peace maker in the coming weeks.