October Students of the Month

Congratulations to Nathan, Rachael, and Jonathan for being selected as our October Students of the Month!

Mrs. Fick came in last week to present the awards. Keep up the good work, kids!

Where has November gone? I'm afraid I haven't been taking many pictures lately, and as a result, I also haven't done any blog updates. However, that doesn't mean we haven't been working hard. We've been very busy focusing on learning to read, and the kids are making amazing progress! We've only been in school about 50 days, and wow - the change in these kids since the first few days of school is unbelieveable!

Please mark your calendars for several important upcoming events:

Tuesday, Dec. 6th, 7:00 p.m. - First Grade Concert at the HS Auditorium
Friday, Dec. 16th, 8:30 a.m. - Gingerbread House project (all supplies are due by Dec. 9th) - each child needs one adult helper

Halloween

We had a great day on Halloween! We started the day by getting into costumes and showing off for everyone in the class. Then, we began our 1/2 hour pumpkin activity sessions by working on pumpkin math and reading with Mrs. Bracken. We estimated the circumference of a giant pumpkin, and then read a mini-book about costumes and added a picture of ourselves on the last page. Then, we headed to Mrs. Hjellming's class where we made skeletons from q-tips. After that, we went to Mrs. Winchell's room to hear a pumpkin story and play pumpkin bingo. Our next session was with Mrs. LaPan, who taught us some scary Halloween poems. It was really fun to go to all of the classrooms for a special activity!

We also carved a pumpkin. Here's this year's winning jack-o-lantern: triangle eyes, upside down triangle nose, and vampire smile. We came up with four different designs as a class, and then voted on the most popular.
Here are all the kids in their costumes on Halloween morning.

Rachael, Nathan, and William

Quinn, Ben, and Ryanna

Jonathan, Sophia, and Abby

Tessa, Jack, and Mia

Beth, Cooper, and Gideon

Jadan, Richie, and Tatum
Don't they look great??
We returned to our regular routine in the afternoon, but the kids were so good all day that we got to play a few games at the very end of the day.

First, we played witch-hat ring toss.

It's a lot harder than it looks, but some of the kids actually did it!

Next, we played pumpkin bean bag toss.

That was a little easier.
Wow, what a busy day!

Every year, I invite the kids to come to my house for Trick-or-Treats, and then I take their picture by the pumpkin that we carved at school. Quite a few kids came by, plus a few from the last several years. It's so much fun to see the kids all dressed up!

I hope no one got too scared from my "Spooky Sounds" CD!
Thanks for coming!!