Thanksgiving Feast Photos!

Here are some photos of your lovelies enjoying their special Thanksgiving Feast for lunch before the break!  We had some Pilgrims and some Wampanoags and a LOT of fun!

Fun at Flandrau

Here are some pictures from our field trip yesterday!  We had a great time (even though it wasn't quite what we expected it to be!)  I also just wanted to give a very big THANK YOU to Linda, Shelly, Tomas, Brittney, Heidi, and Liz for all of their help on the field trip!  I couldn't do fun things like this without you!

I am thankful for wonderful parents who help give me wonderful students!  Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your break!

**Also in the next few days there will be pictures up from Mr. Bill the librarian who visited, our Muse 2 You presentations, and our Thanksgiving Feast today at lunch (we dressed up a bit and were really cute!)

"It is Kyrptonite, Mrs. Thies."  I loved it!  He was serious!

Fun with the Scavenger Hunt

They really enjoyed this activity.

"There are a lot of rocks here!"

"Is this one on my paper?"

Finding rocks is fun!

Lots of pretty rocks everywhere

Our presentation on the use of minerals in everyday life.

You know it is good when they are this tired afterwards!

Raz Kids Info

Below is a link (meant for teachers, but I thought it was relevant for parents as well), about the Parent Reports on Raz Kids.  It explains more about what they are used for and how you can help your child become a better reader with the Raz Kids program.  Please check it out!  If you haven't signed up for Raz Kids yet, please do and if you have lost your log-in info just let me know!  I would be happy to help in any way I can.  This is a great tool that is free to you and can be used at home!

http://www.learninga-z.com/special/10-Year-Anniversary/november.html?videoid=296&title=10%20Year%20Video%20November

Superstorm Sandy: How You Can Help

Below are a couple of links with ideas on how to help out our friends on the east coast after the devastation left by Superstorm Sandy.  Check it out and see if there's anything you can do!

From Great Schools:
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/teaching-values/7100-superstorm-sandy-ways-to-help.gs?cpn=20121111weeklysend

From World Care (local):
http://worldcare.org/collection-for-hurricane-sandy/

In the Garden...

Last week we were checking out how things were growing in LPA's garden.  We had a great time checking out the plants, making observations in our journals, picking up trash, weeding, and watering!

Progress Reports

Progress reports are headed your way Friday, November 9th.  Along with progress reports comes conferences!  I will let you know if I need to conference with you, otherwise if you would like to speak with me, please email me or send a note with a day and time you would like to meet.  While I do help out in the before school and after school programs, if I have enough advanced notice, I can usually find someone to cover for me.  I am more than happy to speak with everyone, so please let me know what works for you and I will do my best to be accommodating!

Budding Scientists

Here are some pictures (hopefully...) from our science centers we did recently.  The materials were from a donor's choose project of mine from last year which didn't get funded until the beginning of this year so your children got to benefit!  The kids had a good time with them and are looking forward to using them again in the future!  Thanks Donors Choose and everyone who donates to our classroom!