Mystery Reader

Special thanks to today's Mystery Guest Reader, 

Jen Rodier, who read the book 

The Pout Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark to the children.

We Are Thankful!

Wishing you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Kathleen Gouzie

Halloween Fun!

Special thanks to our room parent, Kat Larson, for organizing our Halloween Party and to all the parents who sent in items for our party! We had a great audience and wonderful weather for our Halloween Parade! The kids had so much fun, and they looked so cute in their Halloween costumes!

Storyteller Diane Edgecomb

Today the children listened to stories of Superheroes told by storyteller Diane Edgecomb.  Long before the Superheroes of today, people all over the world used their super imaginations to create folktales about creatures and people with extraordinary powers.  Diane told the story of Anansi the entertaining Spider God from Africa who had web-spinning adventures.

Thanks to TESPTO for funding this program
 for the children to enjoy!

Halloween Word Problems

Spooky Halloween Word Problems have been suddenly appearing all over our classroom! 

During our Writer's Workshop times we have been focusing on Word Choice. Word Choice is about painting a picture with your words. It's about trying a variety of words to connect with your reader.  It's about using verbs to create an active, energetic voice and trying new ways of saying things.  Word Choice is about using the perfect word in the perfect place. 

 After learning about nouns, verbs and adjectives the children are focusing on the power of word choice while creating their own Halloween Word Problems for their classmates to solve!

Fun with Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives!

During our Writer's Workshop times we have been learning about Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives! 
The children have learned that if you were a noun, you would be easy to spot.  You would be a person, a place or a thing.  If you were a noun, you could be a star, a cloud, an astronaut, or the moon.

If you were a verb, you could tell what someone or something is doing.  If you were a verb, you could show action!  If you were a verb, you could swim, tiptoe, dance, leap, paddle or plunge.

They have also learned that if you were an adjective, you would work side by side with nouns.  A noun names a person, place, or thing.  As an adjective, you would be busy describing nouns. 
 If you were an adjective, you would be colorful, brilliant, dazzling, feathery, many-legged or slimy!

The children had lots of fun writing their own Halloween nouns, verbs and adjectives!

Halloween Parade and Party Reminder

Halloween Parade & Party!

Who: Kindergarten & First Graders

When: October 31

What Time: 2:00PM (changed from the originally planned 2:10 start time)

Where: Front parking lot across from the school entrance & gym

This parade will be followed by our individual classroom Halloween parties!

All family members are welcome!

On October 31st (or beforehand) please remember to send your child to school with his/her Halloween costume! Any accessories/makeup that may get lost might be better off staying at home. Please, no scary horror masks or toy weapons. Thank you so much for understanding!

We hope to see you there!

The Kindergarten & First Grade Teachers