What a fun fall celebration we had today!
The students loved making and eating the snack mix...thank you to all families for sending in something for us to mix in. Once combined, we had so much snack mix, that we will get to have a little snack each morning for the next couple of days!
Thank you to our two mom's who volunteered this morning--Ella's mom helped the kids with a painting project and Blake's mom helped with a voice recording project. We really appreciate your time!
Mrs. Abbey read a few Thanksgiving themed books today: Thanks for Thanksgiving, This Is the Turkey, and Over the River: A Turkey's Tale.
The students rotated through 5 fun stations:
(1) write-around-the-room using clipboards
(2) listening to a book-on-tape (Franklin's Thanksgiving)
(3) drawing a picture of something they are especially thankful for
(4) making a small Thanksgiving book
(5) playing Roll-A-Turkey (a dice rolling math game)
In handwriting, the students practiced writing the lowercase "a". They learned that in this handwriting curriculum, writing the "a" may be different than they had learned. When writing lowercase "a", they keep their pencil on the paper the entire time, without lifting it up. ("Circle back all the way around; push up straight. Pull down straight.")
We read a Time Magazine article about Edel Rodriguez, an artist. The students attempted a dot-to-dot on the back of the article, but it was pretty challenging for many of the students who have difficulty identifying numbers up to 30.
Eating lunch in the lunchroom was definitely the highlight of the day!
Regarding conferences for next week: It is encouraged (for this first conference) that parents attend without their children. It is easier to talk candidly about student behavior and concerns when it is just the parents and teacher. That being said, if you are unable to find childcare for your child, you may bring them along. At the 2nd conference (in February), we encourage the student to come and help "lead" the conference.
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