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The Sloan-Hendrix Elementary / Middle School Newsletter No. 104 March, 2009 The Cat in the Hat, What Do You Think of That? By Becky Foreman I sat there with Sally. We sat there, we two. And I said, “How I wish We had something to do!” ~Dr. Seuss On Thursday, March 5 th there was plenty to do at Sloan-Hendrix Elementary School. The teachers and children celebrated Literacy Day in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. The day was filled with activities and events for the children. Teachers and children wore costumes of their favorite storybook characters that day. Some of the teacher’s characters consisted of Jonna Kincade as Laura Ingalls Wilder, Becky Foreman as Hepsy Holler, a Northwest Cow- girl, Deanna Adams as The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly, Kay Wells and Stephanie Lewis as Little Red Riding Hood, and Carolyn Smith as Cindy Ellen the Cowgirl. Beth Gosha was a pirate from the books, “How I Became a Pirate” and “Pirates Don’t Change Diapers.” Terri Smith was Thing 1; her son, Alex, was Thing 2. Other characters were Jennifer Grisham as The Cat in the Hat, Sharon Freeman as Ira Sleeps Over, Chris Murphy as Junie B. Jones with a Peep in her Pocket, Retha Taffer as Camille in a “Bad Case of Stripes,” and Bobbi Duncan as Mr. Dirkson of the series “Help! I’m Trapped in my Teacher’s Body.” Andrea Roark and Stacey Wilson did wonder- ful portraying Ruby the Copycat and Angela, whom Ruby copies from the story “Ruby, the Copycat.” Pam Spence, school secretary, and Susan Malone, school nurse, were a great pair to be Thing 1 and Thing 2. Mr. Tate, school principal, portrayed “Mr. Grump” in his costume. Danny Brown, school custodian, was Farmer Brown from “Click, Clack, Moo.” Several of the children came to school in storybook character attire ranging from a super cute Molly Lou Melon, Fancy Nancy, The Cat in the Hat, Skippyjon Jones, Thing 1 and Thing 2, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Scooby Doo’s Wilma, cowboys, Indians, prin- cesses and more. The lunchroom got in on the fun by serving green eggs and ham for breakfast and Dr. Seuss birthday cake with our lunch. Also, Mrs. Margaret portrayed a super Raggedy Ann. One of our events consisted of invit- ing guests to read to the classes. Mr. and Mrs. Allen, members of the Sloan-Hendrix GUARD program, read the story “Motorcycle Photo” to a few of the classes. They wore their riding gear and brought in pictures from some of their motorcycle trips. Dana Wells, superintendent’s secretary, portrayed a magical “Alice the Fairy.” Dana’s attire reflected Alice in her sto- ry and she explained to the children how to use their imagination to pretend and make magic happen. Shara Phares, school counselor, along with her daughter, Lakyn, shared the story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Mrs. Phares was Mother Bear while Lakyn portrayed Gol- dilocks. Mrs. Phares questioned the children about if it was right or wrong for Goldilocks to help herself into the bear’s house since the door was left open. Goldilocks claimed that she was just curious about what was in the bear’s house. They also disguised what you should do if you break something that belongs to someone else. Jonna Kincade shared her background knowledge of Laura Ingalls Wilder by reading some of her stories and sharing her experience of going to the Laura Ingalls Wilder home and museum in Mansfield, Missouri. We also en- Kindergarten student, McKenzie Smith, as Molly Lou Melon, and her mom, first grade teacher, Carolyn Smith as Cindy Ellen A Wild Western Cinderella.
