February's Character Education trait was Kindness, and each class was assigned a secret 'buddy' class to surprise with three separate acts of kindness. Our first act was to scrub down desks and chairs, while grade 2 and 5 were away from their room. We almost got caught, but that just made it more exciting.
Our second act was a cookie and candy flower bouquet, which we left to be enjoyed, as well as dozens of paper hearts all over the other classrooms.
Finally we gave the teachers a much deserved break - by spending time reading with their students. We learned that not only is it easy, but it's also a lot of fun to treat others with kindness.
Following St. Patrick's Day tradition, we left a shoe in our cubbies, hoping to find some leprechaun treasure. When we arrived at school today, sure enough, there was a quarter in each of our shoes!
....but this is what our room looked like! Those crazy little leprechauns were up to mischief again! And though we tried our best, we were not successful at catching one. Maybe next year!
The first was a leprechaun playground. It came complete with a swing set, slide and jungle gym. Only problem was that the gravely bottom possessed a sneaky surprise - beneath the gravel is no floor. All the leprechaun has to do is come down the slide and down deep inside a hole, where he will be caught and held fast by a sticky amount of duct tape, till we return in the morning for our pot o' gold.
The next trap was based on the same principle, only, instead of constructing a playground, we designed a leprechaun swimming pool. Now just to wait and see what happens....
Steven Wright said that dinosaurs are alive and well in the imaginations of children - and he couldn't be more right! We kicked off February with the all time favorite Dinosaur unit, and what a learning experience it was! 
