Hot Air Balloon

Today, as a special treat, a hot air balloon came up to school in celebration of the Hot Air Balloon Races.  We got to go outside and watch it inflate and even got an up close look at the inside!

Great times!

We had a lot of fun this week at school!  Thursday afternoon was our holiday party and the kids "bought" their candy to decorate their gingerbread houses.  I think some of them may have eaten more than they decorated with, but they had fun!  At the end of the party they all opened up a pair of pajamas that Mrs. Lorenz, Mrs. Dyches, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Keane, and Mrs. Bland purchased for the class.

On Friday, it was Pajama Day.  All the kids wore the pj's they were given at the party.  We opened the gifts from the gift exchange.  They were so excited to see what they got and who it was from.  It was so fun to hear their excitement and all the "thank you's" that morning.  

Gift Exchange & Candy

Just a reminder that all gifts for the gift exchange and candy for the gingerbread houses are due tomorrow.  The gifts should be wrapped and labeled with who they are from.  Please let me know as soon as possible if you're unable to bring in any of these items or if you have questions regarding what I'm talking about :)

From Mrs. Lorenz...

Just a reminder that the class party is next Thursday, December 16th from
1:45-3:00 pm. The kids will decorate a gingerbread house, snack on some
goodies, and participate in a gift exchange.


Please remember to bring in your "candy assignment" and your wrapped
hat/glove/scarf set by Tuesday, December 14th! Please let Mrs. Fredrickson
know as soon as possible if you will not be able to bring in either of the
items.


Also, on Friday, December 17th, the whole school participates in a Polar
Express Assembly! To help celebrate this, that Friday is also Pajama Day -
the kids are encouraged to wear their PJs to school! Just so you know, a
few of the families in Mrs. Fredrickson's class have purchased matching
pajama sets for the girls and matching pajama sets for the boys to wear on
this "special spirit day." These pajamas will be handed out as gifts during
the Holiday Party next Thursday - please be on the "lookout" for them and
don't forget to dress your child in them Friday, December 17th (we would
hate for anyone to feel left out...).


Thank you Jill, for all of your help!!

Quite the week

We had quite week this past week.  Our story this past week in our reading program was Owl Moon so we spent a lot of time learning all about owls, doing owl art, and last but not least, dissecting owl pellets.  Some of the kids were a little hesitant about this project, but after digging in and finding lots of skulls and other little bones they were very excited!  We had our own little group of scientists classifying bones on our hands.

We also helped finish up the coat drive by making special tags to attach to the coats that were collected over the past couple months at our school.  The coats were delivered to Sierra Vista Elementary school along with some hot chocolate.  Below are some pictures of the tag making process and getting ready to attach.  The plan was to also take some pictures of them in action along with Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Rippingham's class attaching the tags and sorting the coats by size; however, it got a little hectic and I didn't have a spare second to snap a photo.

Busy, Busy, Busy

This week has been crazy and it's only Monday, not a good sign. :)  We have half days everyday (except Wednesday is the normal 2:15 release and there's no school Thursday), we are taking the district-wide Math Benchmark tests (you will get the results on Friday) and we are going to decorate the t-shirts you all sent in to get ready for our first field trip in December.

Next week will be the only full week of school for the entire month of November.  We will doing a big unit on Owls to go along with our Owl Moon story for the week.  As a tie to Science we will be dissecting sterilized owl pellets in partners on Wednesday afternoon.  Make sure to let me know if you'd prefer your child not to participate in this activity.

On another note, today was the first day that Miss Loux was not in our class but we did have some sightings of her in building.  It's like a celebrity spotting or our own personal version of Where's Waldo? on a daily basis...fun! :)

Halloween Hullabaloo

Halloween is right around the corner and there are many fun events at school this coming week.  The pumpkin decorating contest, the school-wide costume parade around the neighborhood and our class party to name a few.  The parade will take place Thursday morning the 28th at 10 o'clock.  Our class party will start that day as well at 1:30.  We are all excited to see everyone in their fun and creative costumes but we ask that students leave any masks and distracting accessories like wands and swords at home.  Also on Wednesday this week we will celebrating our class's October birthdays!  Happy birthday Jenna, Tristan, and Delaney!  And Happy Halloween!