Wow, I feel so lucky! My secret santa really went above and beyond (and they were a re-matcher)! They picked out so many special things that will be perfect for my third and fourth graders. We got three packages all together - so exciting!!

Our fantastic gifts: Planet Earth DVD set Microscope slides and covers A big bag of pipettes Colored copy paper Colored pencils and glue sticks Arctic animal toys Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Williams Art2-D2 Guide to Folding and Doodling: An Origami Yoda Activity Book (Star Wars)

I explained the gift exchange to my students and they were so curious to learn more and send something back to our Santa (I asked my Santa first if this would be OK). They are working on a surprise now, but below is the message they wanted me to post from them:

Dear Anonymous Secret Santa,

Thank you for buying so many things for our classroom. Thank you for picking out neat stuff that we will use! We appreciate your kindness and we hope you like our surprise that we will send to you soon. We are excited for the pipettes and microscope slides. There are many puddles in Oregon; we want to use the pipettes to suck some of them up and look at the muddy water under a microscope. Maybe we will see paramecium, bacteria, crustaceans, amoebas, tiny worms, other organisms, plants, bugs, garbage or eggs!

Our classroom tries to make a difference in our community and take care of the environment. We call this stewardship and citizenship. We think it is important to make the world a better place and to help make people happier! You did that for us and our community! Thank you for making a big difference in our classroom.

Have a good day and thank you :)

From, Your New 3rd and 4th Grade Friends

PS Thank you for signing up to give to more than one classroom. We think you are awesome and a really good person!