Holiday Party

Please email me and let me know as soon as possible if you are able to or willing to help with the holiday party.  The party will be Thursday, December 20th from about 1:00-3:00.  Set up will begin at about 12:30.  Helping could include sending or bringing in a food item or coming and helping run the party. Just let me know if you're up for it! :)

Holiday Gift Exchange
Below is a notice that will be going home in the Friday Folders this Friday.  Please read it carefully and let me know if you have any questions.  If you will be unable to purchase 2 winter accessories for the gift exchange please let me know as soon as possible so everyone can be included.  Thanks so much!

Mitten Exchange

Thank you
Thank you so much for the nice birthday wishes! :)

Just a reminder...
Field trip money ($8) is due by this Friday.  I hope you had a great long weekend!

December Calendar
Wow! I can't believe it's December already and I can't believe how quickly December has already filled up.  Below is our very busy December calendar.  The time for the holiday party has not yet been determined; however, it will be some time in the afternoon of Thursday the 20th.  More information will be coming home soon.

December Calendar

Games Games Games

Here are some more fun online games to check out.

Turkey Pardon Word Game

Color the Turkey Addition

Verb Viper

Noun Dunk

Time to send in those used books 

for the Animal Ark Used Book Sale

The holidays are just around the corner, so it's time to start cleaning out those bookcases and closets for those books that your child has read, and read, and read to help out a worthy cause. Our Animal Ark used book sale will be in February and we need to start collecting books to make sure we have enough for the sale.  The proceeds from the book sale will be used to adopt an animal from Animal Ark when we go in May.

If you have any children's books to donate, please send them in ASAP.  The more books we have, the more we can help the animals!        

An animal at Animal Ark will thank you!

Field Trip Time

Our first field trip will be on Thursday, December 6th.  We will be going to a play put on by the students at TMCC.  The play will be at the Nell Redfield Theater on Keystone Ave.  We will be leaving shortly after 9:00 am and will be returning to school some time around noon.

A note will be going home shortly; however, the cost for the field trip is $8 per student.  Please send cash or a check made out to CRES in as soon as possible.  Chaperone tickets will be $6; however, please do not pay for a chaperone ticket without speaking to me first.  The seating is very limited, therefore we may not be able to accommodate all of the parents that want to chaperone.

The students will need to bring a cold lunch on this day.  We will most likely miss our scheduled lunch time at school and will need to eat in the classroom when we return. The second grade teachers are also asking that students dress nicely on this day since we are going to a "theater" and practicing our audience manners. :)

Owl Pellets
Last week we learned all about owls.  On Thursday we dissected owl pellets to see exactly what owls eat.  We carefully pulled apart the sterilized pellets that had been regurgitated from owls and matched bones that we found to see what types of animals they may have eaten.  Some students found bones from mice, rats, moles, and shrews.

Spectra Art
We had our first Spectra Art lesson on Friday from Maddie's mom.  The kiddos learned about Henri Matisse and then did a self portrait using oil pastels and watercolors.  It was so much fun!

Holiday Food Drive
Each class is holding their own Holiday Food Drive for the next two weeks until Thanksgiving. For each item of non-perishable food that is brought in I give will a coupon*.

*There is a 10 coupon limit :)

Halloween Party
Our Halloween party last week was a blast.  The kids had so much fun at our "Mad Scientist Lab Party".  Thank you so much to everyone that helped make it awesome!

You may click on any picture below to enlarge it. :)

Making Slime

Checking to see if it glows

Dissecting Diapers