Thanksgiving Feast

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast today. I had so much fun talking to everyone that I forgot to take pictures. Before the feast, we made table decorations with apples and gumdrops. The kids will be bringing them home today to decorate your Thanksgiving table, if they don't get eaten first.

I want to say"thank you" to everyone who helped today. The room was beautiful and the food was delicious. One of the kids told me it looked like a resort and I had to agree. It was very special.

I hope everyone of you has a special and restful holiday.

When we come back next week, we will start getting ready for Christmas. Don't forget that we have a field trip to the Christmas Tree Farm on December 7.

Kid Writing

I am so excited about the progress the kids are making with their writing. I want to share a few pieces with you. Emma wrote, "I like to go to the pizza place." She used a combination of sight words and kid spelling on her paper. They are working on using a capital at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between words, and punctuation at the end.

Kase wrote, "I like to eat turkey on Thanksgiving". Illustrations are important, also. On this paper, Kase knew it wasn't enough to just draw a turkey. He needed to add details to help the reader. You can see many details in his drawing that supports his sentence.

Thomas wrote, "I like chicken". He did a good job of listening to the sounds in the word "chicken" and he wrote what he heard.

This one cracks me up. Luke wrote, "I do not like to change my color to yellow". He's never had to change his color, but it must be on his mind. I don't think he was trying to be funny, but humor in writing is great.

Olivia wrote about something sad. She wrote, "We don't like when our fish dies". Somtimes the kids like to write about something that has happened to them.

Every student has a writing notebook and we use it for writing down ideas. Then on a day when we write, the kids take their notebooks and look for an idea. I never tell them what to write about. They have many of their own ideas and sometimes the problem is deciding which ideas to use.

They are doing so well with one sentence that I told them today that soon I would start requiring 2 sentences. They think they are up to the challenge.

Rock Stars

I've got a class full of rock stars. Since I posted the kids singing the ABC song a few weeks ago, they've been asking me to post another song.

Today they are singing "Little Bo Peep". We hope you enjoy the show. -

Communitiy Helper Parade and Fall Party

Monday, we held our Community Helper Parade. The kids came dressed as what they want to be when they grow up. Last week we had several community helpers come to talk to the kids about their jobs.

The kids looked great. We walked through the school so everyone could see us and then we went to the Intermediate School also.

In the afternoon we had a Fall Celebration Party. This was our first class party and the kids were very excited. They ate popcorn hands.

Then they played Halloween Bingo.

Thanks to all the parents who planned and organized the party. The kids had a great time and now they want to know when the next party will be.