Habitat Dioramas

Diorama Day was a huge success! The kids (and their families) did a great job designing and sharing dioramas of the forest, wetlands, ocean, and desert. The ocean seemed to be the favorite habitat. The dioramas will be on display in the 1-3 Commons area through the end of November, so stop by and see them! Thanks for all of your help!

Students of the Month

Each month, 3 students are selected as Students of the Month and awarded with a special certificate by Mr. K. The selection could be based on good reading, great at Math facts, neat printing, good attitude, sharing with others, good friend, great listening, etc. Congratulations to the September and October winners! Keep up the good work!

September Students of the Month

October Students of the Month

4th Grade Buddies

We are very lucky to have a class of 4th graders for our buddies. We get together with them several times a month to read, write, and chat. It's lots of fun to show off our new reading skills with our buddies!

They are good listeners while we read.

They help us if we get stuck on a word.

Sometimes they read to us.

We are thankful for our buddies!

Halloween

Halloween is a very exciting day for first graders! We had a Pumpkin Party in the morning where the kids rotated through activity centers in each first grade classroom, taught by the four teachers. The four Centers were: Reading and Math, Sight-word Bingo, Art, and Pumpkin Games. It was really fun for the kids to go to the other classrooms, and it was fun for me to work with all of the first graders! We ended the morning with a parade and some pumpkin songs with all of our friends.

Here we are in our costumes:

On Halloween night, some of the kids came to my house for trick-or-treats. They all posed by the pumpkin we carved in our classroom. Can you recognize some of these little creatures???

Coming soon: Reading with our 4th grade buddies.

Fun at the Farm

We had the chance to go to a local dairy farm in October. Before our trip, we learned about the different kinds of cows we would be seeing, and how the cows are cared for, fed, and milked. Carrie came to our class to show us a Power Point presentation about the farm, and also to answer our questions ahead of time. We were very excited on Farm Day!

Here we are on the bus before we left - it was hard to sit still!

Are we there yet??

First, we went to the huge barn and listened to Josh as he told us all about the cows.

Then, we got to feed the cows.

There were lots of Holstiens

This one was really hungry! We had to wear plastic boots on our feet so our shoes didn't get all yucky. The bus driver was really happy about that!

Next, Mark showed us the milking machines in the parlor.

We even got to put put our thumbs in the machine. It felt really funny!

Carrie showed us the new-born calves in the nursery. We got to pet them and let them suck on our fingers. That felt funny, too!

We even got to pet the kittens! We had a really great trip!

Coming up next - Halloween pictures!