Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We had a great time on St. Patrick's Day!  That tricky leprechaun came to our classroom and made a huge mess!  He wrote us some notes (and scribbled all over mine!)...

*Be sure to click on the pictures to see them bigger!

                                      

He messed up our chairs, left us gold coins, and even left his hat behind!

He also left little footprints everywhere, moved all our clips to RED (he even made a clip for me and moved it to RED... how rude!!).  We assume that he used the bathroom.  There were foot prints in there and the toilet water was GREEN!  Yuck!!

We had lots of fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day as we ate our green snacks and wore our hats that made us look like Irish men and women.  Take a look at the hats... they even have our "Irish last names on them (adding "Mc" or "O" at the beginning of any last name can make it sound Irish!).  

And finally... I'd like to leave you with some words of wisdom brought to you by my first graders.  We "rewrote" Irish sayings.  Afterwards, we talked about the meaning of the real sayings.  Here are a few of them (I listed them all below the pictures.  The real saying is in parenthesis underneath)... 

"A penny saved is not a lot of money" -Natasha

(A penny saved is a penny earned)

"If you don't know the way ask someone" - Ella

(If you don't know the way walk slowly)

"A heavy purse makes someone fall down" -Aidan

(A heavy purse makes a light heart)

"Better late than not going" -Riley

(Better late than never)

"Better to be safe than in danger" - Arabella

(Better to be safe than sorry)

"Never ask a fox to talk" -Liam

(Never ask a fox to mind the hens)

"A loud voice can make an echo" -Briggs

(A loud voice can make even the truth sound foolish)

"Half a loaf is better than ice cream sundaes" -Mia (She LOVES bread!)

(Half a loaf is better than no bread)

"What's good for the goose is water" -David

(What's good for the goose is good for the gander)

"You never miss the water till the sun dries it up" -Wesley

(You never miss the water till the well has run dry)

"No news is more Disney" -Ceres (referring to the news/ Disney channel on TV)

(No news is good news)

"You can't teach an old dog awesome tricks" -Natasha

(You can't teach an old dog new tricks)

"Don't count your chickens before you take them out of the cage" -Amora

(Don't count your chickens before they are hatched)

"The pen is mightier than the pencil" -Anthony

(The pen is mightier than the sword)

"A story without an author is just silly" -Caitlin

(A story without an author is not worth listening to)

"All happy endings are cute" -Jolie

(All happy endings are beginnings as well)