Safety Posters

During our last rotation unit with Mrs. Peterson, she taught our class about Safety. One of the things they did was make safety posters to hang in the school.

Nov. and Dec. Book Orders

Book Orders will be due on Friday, November 12th!!!!!

It's time again for Book Orders! I will be doing one order for both November and December. I have sent home 3 catalogs with the students.

Lucky November -- Books geared for our grade level
Lucky December -- Books geared for our grade level
Click October -- This has interactive games, read aloud books, and nintendo type games.

If you login to scholastic you will be able to view a few other catalogs.

Firefly -- Geared toward k-1st
Arrow -- Geared toward 4th-6th

If you know of another catalog that you would like to order from, please let me know and I will add it.

You can send a check to school with the order form, or you can order online with your card through our class website.

Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GLPX2

Battle of the Books

In the TABS section at the top of the blog, there is a new tab. Battle/Books has all of the information about Battle of the Books. The list of books is included. If you have any questions about it, please email me and I'd be glad to answer them.

I'm really excited about this program and hope that everyone will participate!

November Book Project

Don't forget to look under the Book Project Tab (At the top of the blog) to see examples of this months project!

Due: Tuesday, November 30th!

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party was a huge success! I would like to thank all of our parent helpers who came to put on our party.

We were able to make spiders out of cookies, twizlers, and m&m's.

The class played a fun game together.Mummies were created and wrapped using fabric.A Halloween story and a little Karate were also taught!

A Halloween Suprise

On Halloween I decided to play a small trick on the class. Before recess I had them decorate a tree with crayons. I told them that after recess we would paint the paper black, so it would be a tree at night.

During recess I took a white crayon and drew a ghost on all of the papers and wrote boo! When the class came back they had no idea and when they painted, they were very surprised to see a ghost on their page.

Bone Concentration

Before we took our bone test, we practiced recognizing different bones with a game. We played bone concentration. The kids loved looking for matches and did a great job.

Dividing by Sharing

Last week we read the book, The Doorbell Rang. This book is about a family who share cookies with each other. Each time the doorbell rings, the kids have to share with more people. We introduced division by sharing cookies.

Each child was given a few paper plates and a some cookies to divide. We had a fun time using real cookies and sharing them on the plates.

This is a great way to practice sharing at home, using cereal or small candy.

When the students finished their assignment, they were allowed to enjoy their cookies while reading.

Bone Unit

For rotations, in our class we learned about Bones. We memorized 18 bones in our bodies. We cut out a skeleton and labeled it as a class. We read books about skeletons and practiced memorizing the bones by playing a version of simon says.

School Art Display Case

Previously I mentioned our art display case in the hall. Our class had a chance to display our art for the past two weeks. We were given many compliments about our art work and we were happy to show it off!

Here is what it looked like: