Here are photos of our Christmas Party. Waiting until the new year didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits. It was a fun time. Thanks Mrs. Burgess for all of your work to organize the games, craft and snack. Parents, we couldn’t have pulled it off without you. Thanks for being there to help. If you notice any photos of your child and would like a copy, let me know and I will email the photo to you.
Well, I finally went to see the movie yesterday. Have any of you seen it yet? If so, I’d love to have you leave a comment to tell me what you think. I’ll talk to all of you about it on Monday of course, but just let me say that I am very glad we read the book before the movie came out. I like the movie that I created in my head while reading it much better than the one I saw at the theater. If you saw it, were you wondering, “What’s up with that vegetable man?” They added scenes, left some out, and even changed some of the details. Did you notice the changes? Can’t wait to talk to you about it. See you soon.
Are you happy or sad about not having school today? Some of you may be sad because you were looking forward to our Christmas party. Don’t worry. Mrs. Burgess and I will put our heads together and figure out when to have a New Year’s party. We’ll still have lunch together too. I’ll be in touch with details at the end of the month. In the meantime, enjoy your time off and get out there and play in the snow.
Mrs. Rich
Here is an internet site to check out at home. We visited a few of the links today. Check it out. It does a very good job of explaining food chains and food webs, our current focus in science.
Parents, How many of you had a lesson in our new method of subtraction this week? Hopefully most of you. I know it looks different, and takes a couple of tries to catch on to, but the kids are handling it beautifully. I am hoping that all of the students will be able to show their ungrouping work in the problem by the end of next week. We’re getting close to that goal.
We made our monthly observation just before we left for Thanksgiving break. There is no doubt that winter is here. The only sign of life we saw was one stink bug, barely moving, on the side of the school. Check out our tree this month. Our tulip bed is safely nestled under a blanket of snow, being protected by a nearby snowman.
I have added a new page to the blog. You’ll find it by clicking RECOMMENDED INTERNET SITES at the top of the blog. It contains links to internet sites that we have visited in class. Check it out for math fact or typing practice. I’ll let you know as I add new sites. If you know of any sites that you think we would enjoy, please leave a comment and I’ll add them to the list.
We were treated to an assembly on Friday starring Mr. Molecule. Mr. Molecule taught us about the human body, ecology, and animals. The kids had a great time and learned a thing or two as well. Thanks to Parents’ Club for supporting us with fun, educational assemblies.
We took part in a simulation to learn about differnt bird beaks. Each style beak is designed for eating a certain food. It was our first whole class simulation and it took us a long time. The excitement level made it a bit noisy, but the kids followed directions pretty well. Check out the photos below. If you click on the tabblo, you will be directed to my page at tabblo.com where you will be able to see larger versions of the photos. Enjoy.
I know the Halloween wishes are belated, but conferences and the preparation took up most of my time last week. Here are the pictures of our Halloween Party. Mrs. Burgess, thank you for planning such a well organized affair. The kids had a great time. Thanks too, to Mrs. Fine, Mrs. Nibblelink, Mrs. Piper and Mrs. Sorrell for helping out. It was good to have so many other parents drop in to help too.
