Thanksgiving is Almost Here!

Hi Everyone!

I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is almost here! We will be doing some fun reading, writing, and math activities that are turkey related these next couple of weeks. Speaking, of Thanksgiving, I am thankful that I finally had some time to get a decent blog post up for all of you. In this post, you will find many pictures of the kids from our Fall party, our visit from Critters and Company, Veterans Day, and 50s Day. We have had so much fun these past couple of weeks, and I am glad that I captured some of the moments on my camera. 

We had an awesome time at our fall party. We are really lucky to have some amazing room moms that helped organize and make it a fun afternoon for us! We got to create candy corn wreaths, decorate cookies to look like witches hats, and do some pumpkin bowling. Check out the pictures below. 

Critters and Company came to teach us about character skills through animals. The main message of this year's program was using "gentle words" with others. We refer to that in our classroom as "filling buckets." I'm sure you have heard the kids use that phrase at home. 

We had a great Veterans Day program this year with many special visitors that included actual veterans and Dr. Funk. This year, we put pictures of family members that were veterans for the entire school to see. It was great seeing how the kids responded to seeing people that they knew. 

We had so much fun on 50s Day! We did "50s" things all day as we danced, sang, practiced our letter names and sounds, and even math. The kids especially loved the dance routines and brain breaks to the 50s music. Check out the kids doing the twist! 

Also, it is nearing the end of the first trimester of school.  So it is time to think about ordering snack cart and/or milk for the second trimester of school.  If you are interested in participating in the program, the new trimester will start on December 2nd.  If your child currently gets milk or snack cart and you do not renew for the second trimester, they will stop receiving them on December 2nd.  The food service department is asking that you send in payment by November 21st so that they have time to get them processed and added to the lists.  If you send it in late, you can still sign up, but they may not have it processed and they might not be added to the lists until after the start date.  
If you choose not to participate in milk or snack cart, you are still welcome to send snacks daily or to send a supply for them to keep in their lockers.

Fun Days Ahead

Hi Everyone! I have some information on some upcoming events in this post. Stay tuned for another post with pictures from our Fall party and when Critters and Company came. I hope you all have a great weekend and make sure you check out your child's progress report. Please celebrate your son/daughter's success!

Monday is Veterans Day.  To honor our veterans, we are asking students to dress in red, white and blue.

50’s Day on the 50^th Day!
Thursday, November 14^th is the 50^th Day of School

We invite students to join us in celebrating
by dressing in 50s fashions.

Some ideas are: bobby socks, long skirts and pony tails tied with ribbons for the girls.  For the boys: white t-shirts, jeans rolled up, slicked hair, etc.  Have fun being creative with this, but please don’t feel like you need to go buy anything new!  We are really looking forward to celebrating everything we have learned so far in the first 50 days of the school year!