Dreidel Game

Today we learned about Hanukkah. We played the dreidel game and enjoyed some potato latkes!

Hanukkah

Bess Beetles and Pill Bugs

Good news! The bugs for our science unit came today. The kids set up their homes and the bugs started burrowing. We will have two more days to observe them.

Loving Eyes!

Today we learned how to look at others with loving eyes. When we found something loving in others we wrote it down on paper and gave it to them!

I smell something fishy!

Yesterday we got to observe a real fish from the the market. We learned about all the parts of the fish inside and out! Check it out!

More video book reports!

Table Time

We turned our tables into clocks! Today we practiced telling quarter past and quarter to the hour. It was fun because we had to work together in our teams and we got to move around our table!

Fish Detectives

Fish detectives hard at work!

Star of the Week!

Henry's dad wrote a book about him for his Star of the Week!

Scrolling

Aidan and Connor made it to the 500 club on their scrolls!

Looking for Chunks!

Looking for Chunks!

More Video Book Reports

Our first Video Book Report by Brady

O Ambassadors

Our school was chosen to be O Ambassdors for Oprah's Free the Children. This program encourages students to become active global citizens. This means that our school will find creative ways to raise money to help purchase school supplies, books, and even money to help build a school in Latin America. The first graders are helping out by collecting spare change to make a change. Please look for the purple note in your child's homework folder explaining the project. Please click on the link in the blue bar to learn more!

Mystery Reader

Today Keller's Aunt came in and read to us "Today I feel Silly." She was so nice and even treated us to cookies with pink frosting!

Fish Detectives

As part of our study of organisms, we have created a new job called Fish Detectives. One student from our class and one student from Mrs. Wanicke's class will go down and observe the fish tank outside of the media center. Joe got picked to be our first Fish Detective today. He took notes about what he observed!

More Measuring Fun!

Math

We have been learning about inches in math. Today we used tape measures to measure our wrists, ankles, elbows, head, and hand span.

FYI

November Reading Logs were due today. Please make sure your child turns this in tomorrow if he/she hasn't done so already.

November Work Packets: Today your child is bringing home their November Work Packets. Please don't be alarmed if the activities in the back of their packet are incomplete. These activities are intended for the kids to do once they have completed their calendar, weather, address, words, and daily pages. If your child would like to work on these pages at home and return them to school for a sticker that would be just great!

Math: We have been working our way through Unit 4 in math. This unit focuses on measurement and strategies in learning the basic facts.

Science: Our study of organisms continues throughout this month. The kids have planted pea, pumpkin, sunflower, and kidney seeds. Their plants have grown quite tall over the Thanksgiving Break. We also received a shipment of snails and guppies which we have been observing in our homemade aquariums. Soon, we will receive pill bugs and millipedes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Check out some pictures from our feast today!

Mystery Reader

Becca's grandpa was our mystery reader today! He read a book called "Just John." He has climbed Mt Acongagua and before that he climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro

Thanksgiving Feast

Parents, please refer to list below to see what you signed up to bring for our Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday, November 25th from 11:30 to 12:10. Is there anyone who can make mashed potatoes? Also, please be sure that all ingredients are PEANUT AND TREE NUT FREE! Any ingredient labels need to be cut out and sent in with the dish to pass. Thanks for your understanding!

Fun in the Snow!

Yesterday we had fun at recess in the snow! Check it out!

Buddies

Today we made Thanksgiving placemats for Meals on Wheels with our third grade buddies.

FYI

Math: Tonight your child is bringing home their Unit 3 review sheet. Please go over this review with them. Tomorrow we will take the test.

Science: Last week we began our next science unit on Organisms. We have learned about living things. Today we planted seeds to help further our study on living things.

Report Card Envelopes: Please make sure to sign the front of your child's report card envelope and return it to school as soon as possible.

Reading: Thank you for continuing to read with your child each night. Please look for their bag-o-books at least once a week for books we have read in class. Your child should read this book to you, a sibling, or a friend for their homework that night.

Have a great week!

Dime, Penny, Nickel, Grab!

Today we played a game in math. We had to count pennies, nickels, and dimes. Parents....we are reading to go shopping!