WRITING WORKSHOP

TAOS MOUNTAIN IN WINTER (Watercolor Expressions)

HOOT#15

Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year in kinder!

Also, please say "hi" to Miguel, our new student, and Laurie, our third assistant in class. We are a great bunch!

HOMEWORK:

SING EVERY DAY!

Have fun singing Christmas songs with friends and family!

Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): 

Bring in an item for the Christmas table. This week we are honoring plants, so you could bring in anything that comes from a plant.

Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday):
Draw an illustration of one of your favorite Christmas carols. Can you add words to your picture? If there are any R words, please make them feel special by drawing a Christmas ornament around them.

Do on Wednesday (due on Thursday):
Can you create a gift coupon for someone in your family? (It could say or picture something that you could do for that person. 
E.g. serve them cookies and milk in bed, take them for a walk, find their mittens, tell them a bedtime story, let them listen to their favorite music, bubble bath, etc.)

Also, you are welcome to pick up your December letter recognition sheet in class. Practice away!

LETTER OF THE WEEK: Rr

writing how-to:
R: slide down -- frog jump up -- swing to the middle -- kick (diagonal) -- bump (stop when "kick" line hits bottom line)

r: (tunnel letter): slide, climb, little curve

UPCOMING EVENTS:
TISA FEEDS TAOS -- ending THURSDAY: LET'S SHOW OUR COMMUNITY HOW MUCH TISA CARES!
Our annual canned food drive is on!  Please drop off non-perishables in your classroom TFT (Taos Feeds Taos) box.  The class that gathers the most donations will win an ice cream - movie party, courtesy of TISA PTA!  Drive ends this Thursday.

PIZZA DAY - next week:
Our December pizza day will be on Thursday, December 17th which is our last day of school before winter break. Orders and money will need to be turned in to your teacher by Tuesday, December 15th.  

Next Thursday (Dec 17), 1-4pm: Christmas Festivities
Prepare for a fun holiday kick-off from 1-4 on the Salazar Campus. Families are welcome to attend. There will be caroling, ornament making, tin can retablos, candle decorating, a spa treat to make, and a visit from Santa himself. At 4 pm as a grand finale, you are invited to walk the Solstice Spiral and light your candle in the center as we approach this contemplative time of the year.

Santa will have his golden book with a personal message for each child. If you are interested in learning more about that, please ask me.

Requests for this merry week:
Your child's towel for rest time, if it went home before Thanksgiving.
placemat for meal times
clear glass jars with labels on or off (to be used at the Solstice Spiral)
poinsettia (I'd like to borrow one this week : )
pinecones

HOOT#14

Homework:
Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): bring in an item that begins with "h"
Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday): ask your child to help sort the laundry, the dishes/silverware or her/his toys. Talk about why items belong in the same group (same color, same size, same function, etc.) Challenge your child to count the number of items in each group.
Do on Wendesday (due on Thursday): draw a Thanksgiving meal fit for a kindergartner! Make sure to include your favorite dessert. Yummm!

This week:
Tuesday morning: pizza money is due ($2 per slice)
Thursday: 3:00-3:30 pm -- Thanksgiving Tea in kinder -- We will entertain you with a recorder concert. Munchies are welcome!

Letter "h" road map:
H: slide, frog jump, slide, small jump, whoops/cross
h: slide, small jump, hump, bump

There is no school next week!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

SHADOW PUPPETRY WITH STEAM (STEAM=Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math)

THANK YOU!

This is the project you supported for our diffendoofer kinder on donorschoose.com

IT IS NOW FULLY FUNDED! 

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/shadow-puppetry-with-steam/1765312/?timestamp=1446685570192&challengeid=20671137&pma=true&pmaId=3224238&pmaHash=IzOrFh8VZYGMlmNiuEP07g%253D%253D&utm_swu=2879&rf=page-siteshare-2015-11-proposal-teacher_3224238#pm14410285

Shadow Puppetry With STEAM

My students need art materials (posterboard, feathers, sequins) and resource books to support their creative explorations of the ancient art of shadow puppetry

My Students

My students need art materials to blend literature, music, science and art. The mission of our small charter school is to teach core subjects via arts integration. This multifaceted unit uses native stories of the southwest as a diving board to explore actual local ecology.

In this STEAM project my students will get to be story tellers, performers, and shadow puppet designers.

They will be exploring engineering to create their puppets. They will use cooperative learning and problem solving to act out their stories. They will be exploring digital technology to film their performances. Their animal characters will be supported by scientific observation. They will have a chance to visit with puppet artists. They will be inviting our school community to view their productions.

My Project

First students will be sketching their characters and setting and then transferring the images to posterboard, using prediction, measurement and calculation skills. Creating each movable shadow puppet will require the use of fine motor skills with scissors, metal fasteners, and rods/straws. Embellishing the puppets with layered color cellophane will lead to exploration of color theory. Using the puppets in a shadow play will inform them about physical science. Their story will come alive through their own telling, adding sound effects/live music, and making their characters perform the actions. They will get to observe local animals and plants that they could incorporate into their productions.

When students get to construct meaning and explore the "ways of the world" through creative dramatization, it powerfully impacts their motivation, their self-esteem, their engagement and their retaining content.

They make valuable connections between the visual/performing arts and the core disciplines. I find that this type of project sets each of my students up for success. They can each reach their full potential and be joyful, proud participants in their own learning.

HOOT#13

A gigantic "THANK YOU"
to all of you for helping to fund the Shadow Puppet Project for kindergarten on donorschoose.com! Thanks to your support, we will be receiving art materials and resource books to create shadow puppets for staging traditional and original stories of the Southwest in the new year.

BRRR! Winter layers!

Please send your child with warm socks, hat, coat, mittens/gloves and make sure that there is a complete set of extra clothes at school. I recommend that you label label label all clothing items.

SNOW DAYS

TISA follows the Taos Municipal schools for emergencies and weather delays.
Please watch for messages from the office and also tune into KTAOS 101.9FM to listen to announcements in the mornings.

HOMEWORK
Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): bring in a small item that starts with the sound "j" (path of movement for j: dive, hook, dot  J: slide, hook, top/whoops)
Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday): What's your favorite Thanksgiving dish? Can you (and family) write down 3 ingredients that are used to make that special dish. If you happen to have the complete recipe, please bring it in!
Do on Wednesday (due on Thursday): practice naming letters on the NOVEMBER sheet (DIBELS letter naming packet -- please ask for it if it's not in pouch on the classroom door)
Do all week: read 20 minutes each day -- Math: have your child enter numbers on the phone, remote, microwave, calculator, etc. Read the numbers aloud together.


Jasper and Neenah turned 6! Happy birthdays!

HOOT#12

Have you all recovered from a spook-filled Halloween weekend? Thank you for helping to make our school party delicious and fun.

Since I dressed up as a hockey player (and I happen to be a licensed hockey coach), the children got to suit me up and try it out. If your child is interested in ice hockey, there is a free session at Taos Youth and Family Center (407 Paseo del Canon E.) on Saturday, November 7 from 8:00 to 10:15.

Homework:
Do Monday (Due Tuesday):  draw and label/write about your Halloween weekend. What was the most exciting part of your weekend?
Can you count all your candy/treats? Please write the number on your drawing, OR, if you have an ambitious helper, sort your treats and create a bar graph.

Do Tuesday (Due Wednesday):  draw a picture of a friend/pet/family member that you lost in your life (either because they passed over or because they are no longer living where you do).

Do Wednesday (Due Thursday):  we are creating an alphabet pouch. Each letter will have sensory items engage and inspire readers and writers. Please bring in a small object starting with P or F that can be kept at school.

Letter of the week: we will continue with Pp and introduce Ff.
(Writing sheet with arrows for guidance is in student mailboxes.)

Pp: uppercase movement: slide, frog jump, swing; lowercase movement: dive, climb, swing
Ff: uppercase movement: Start: upper LEFT, slide, frog jump, go across/side kick, small jump, go across/side kick
lowercase movement: start: in MIDDLE, swing, slide, frog jump, cross

The students' e-portfolios were recently updated (please click on the refresh button if you don't see any new work, or email me).

We will be having a Thanksgiving Tea on November 19 (Thursday) at 3:00 pm with a short recorder performance in class. Everyone is invited!

Finally, a tremendous "thank you" goes out to all of you  for supporting our class on donorschoose.com.
If you haven't seen the project that I posted, here is the link:
http://www.donorschoose.org/project/shadow-puppetry-with-steam/1765312/?rf=link-siteshare-2015-11-teacher-teacher_3224238&challengeid=20671137

HOOT#11

Thank you for being such devoted parents! More than ever, I appreciated your support at our parent-teacher conferences this week!
As you gathered, we are going to be working on reading and writing skills in earnest, and will need your reinforcement at home.

Please consider these questions after the conference and feel free to email me with your thoughts.
What was most meaningful to you/your child during the conference?
What more could I do? 
What more could you do?
How will you use the resource folder you got at the conference?
Are there any additional resources you could use at home?

Volunteers, you are superheroes!
grant writing: Megan
bonnets (for Thanksgiving -- got pattern and fabric): Sirri
Tickles: Don/Erica
reading with small group (early reader books): Megan (?)
Anyone else interested? Please let me know!

Weekly DO's for parents:

Pizza money due tomorrow (Wednesday at 8:30am)
Photo orders are due on Thursday (if you are not doing yours online)
Halloween details for Thursday:
the children will have a party at the end of the day (3:00-3:30) if they earn it working hard tomorrow.
What to bring in the morning:
your child's costume (no weapons, no fangs, no blood, no scary anything)
extra dress-up items to share for the day (this is the day! anything goes!)
finger food (as healthy as you can get away with!)

Behavior guide:
As discussed during the conferences, this is the system that will be in place for behavior needs.
STAY GREEN: children all start each day being "green." First infraction: child goes to "yellow." Second infraction: child goes to "red." Children who get a "red card" will receive an email from me that day.
If a child acquires 3 red cards in a week, there will be a loss of a major class/home privilege (to be discussed with parents) and a conference with Mr Greywolf to follow.
Verbal or physical violence (talking about badly hurting someone, or being physical): immediate phone call home --  parents will be requested to pick up the child within an hour and a home consequence will be discussed.
Positive behavior will be acknowledged using "Star Cards." Children who earn stars will be earning privileges and items from our treasure box.
I will also grant awards for exemplary behavior and academic success.

Homework:
Do Wednesday (Due Thursday): Alphabet practice sheet: PLEASE PICK UP FROM YOUR CHILD'S MAILBOX -- how about starting with 5 minutes?
Hints for letter naming practice:
I suggest that you go first. It is always great for your child to see you modeling the same activity you are asking him/her to do. As you show how him/her how to do this, please use the following tips:
* track with one finger
* say: "SKIP" for the letters that you are not naming (pretending not to know)
* Do not give up!
It's OK if your child is NOT naming all the letters yet (just use the word "skip"). Encourage him/her to stick with the practice and praise her AFTER she/he is done.

Letter pP is the letter of this week. We will continue practicing with it next week as well!
Letter P hints/tips:
How to write it:
Uppercase P starts in upper left corner = It's a cherry letter!
uppercase moves: slide, frog jump, swing to middle=bubble;
lowercase moves: dive, climb, swing, bump
Lowercase rule: keep your pencil/pen on the paper -- do not lift up

Have a fun Halloween!

HOOT#10

MAGICAL LANTERN WALK
Thank you for bringing your joyful little light of yours last Thursday to celebrate the changing of the seasons, welcoming a quieter, darker time of year! 

Let us shine through the winter!

GREAT PERFORMANCE!

It was so much fun to be part of the National Dance Institute's fabulous program last Friday! 

Thank you all for participating! 

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK:
Do on Monday (due Tuesday): practice your lines for the Tuesday show (see further information in this newsletter below)
Do on Tuesday (due Wednesday): bring in an item that starts with "S"
Do on Wednesday (due Thursday): create a pattern using 3 or more different letters

THIS WEEK'S EVENTS:

Monday, October 19: Harwood
TISA is so fortunate to be part of the Harwood Museum's educational outreach for children. We are going for our first gallery/studio visit tomorrow (Monday).
We will leave from TISA at 12:40.
If you'd like to join us for the trip, please meet us at TISA (12:40) or at the Harwood entrance (1:00) and shoot me an email to expect you.
Please note that your child will need to be picked up from the MANZANARES campus at 3:30 ON MONDAY.

Tuesday, October 20, 4pm -- Aftercare room (Salazar campus): K-2 performance (dance, theater, music - specialty classes)
Please practice with your child. Email me if you need their lines.

Cast:
Angelina: jackrabbit, kangaroo
Angelique: tiger, lion
Archer: gecko, sloth, horse
Asher: panda, swan
Aurora: alligator, ladybug, lion
Azalea: cat, zebra, swan
Bernice: bunny, x-ray fish, swan
Demitri: dog, elephant
Ethan: swan
Jasper: iguana, viper, lion
Kara: unicorn, horse
Kaylyn: horse, queen bee, kangaroo
Keenoh: owl, elephant
Neenah: koala, yo-yo, horse
Quintin: nightmare, elephant
Rio: moose, rhino, kangaroo
Shea: frog, wolf, kangaroo
Vincent: elk, lion

Costuming:
Amber requests the following color coding. If you have any tops or pants/leggings/skirts that fits the description, please bring them on TUESDAY to share.
Lions - yellow
Horses - black
Kangaroos - brown
elephants - gray
swans - white

THURSDAY, October 22: Zombie Math Night -- details to be announced

Oct 26-27 (next Monday and Tuesday): Kinder parent-teacher conferences! Please sign up here http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449ada623a1fe3-tisa and make a note of your time.

HOOT#9

This week's homework:
Do Monday (due Tuesday): bring in an item that starts with the letter "A" that says (apple/Annie)
Do Tuesday (due Wednesday):  Go spying for different shapes around the house/yard. Draw or cut and paste shapes onto paper, or create shapes your own way. Ask a grownup to help you label each shape with its name or first letter. (E.g. c for circle, d for diamond)
Do Wednesday (due Thursday): Practice your lantern songs with your family. Show them what movements/dances go with each song.
FRIDAY -- NDI rehearsal and shows 

This week's events:

THURSDAY: 

School picture RETAKES! 

School photos have been uploaded to the Southern Exposure website. Please click the link below and under school portraits, click TISA. Our password to view proofs is 15TisA

http://www.southernexposurephoto.com/mp_client/pictures.asp?eventid=0&categories=no&keywords2=no&groupid=9206

Author's visit (9:00-10:00am)  Angie Spadie (a local author) will be coming to TISA for readings and book signings  Check out her sites! 

www.desperatedivadiaries.com

www.channingobanning.com

LANTERN WALK (6:15-7:00pm) -- please dress warm (pack gloves/mittens to keep your child's hands toasty)
THERE WILL BE NO ART CLUB this Thursday because of the lantern walk

NDI (National Dance Institute) this week
The children will be rehearsing every day (2:45-3:30).  Please excuse our delayed pick-up this week (this was the only time that worked out for the NDI dance teacher). If you need to pick up your child by 3:30 sharp, please come and get them in the aftercare room.
Also, please remember to support your child as a dancer by sending her/him in/with TENNIS SHOES.

Friday schedule for NDI
9:00 - 11:30 Rehearsal at ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARY 
    9:00: drop off in Enos GYM -- please park and walk your child to the Enos gym
    11:30: pick up from Enos Gym -- please park and pick up your child at the gym
1:00-2:30 SHOW #1 (this show is run for Enos students)
    1:00: drop off and help with costuming at Enos gym (please help with dressing if you can)
     2:15 pick up at Enos Gym
5:30-6:45 SHOW #2 (THIS IS THE COMMUNITYSHOW YOU ARE INVITED TO WATCH!)
    5:30 drop off and help with costuming at Enos gym
    ENJOY THE SHOW!
    6:45  pick up at Enos Gym
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE IF YOUR CHILD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

OCTOBER 22 (next THURSDAY) 6:00-8:00pm: Zombie Game Night
Come out for Zombie Game Night Madness, hosted by the Middle School, come out and play games with Zombie Math themes, all created by our own students. Join us for the Zombie Math Melee  on October 22nd at the Salazar Campus in the Aftercare Room.  Dress up as the undead or zombie hunter.LOCATION: Salazar campus aftercare building

OCTOBER 26-27 (Monday-Tuesday): Parent-teacher conferences -- sign-up
You will be receiving an email inviting you to sign up from Sign Up Genius.
Or, please go to TISA KINDER OCTOBER parent-student-teacher conference Sign-up 
on Sign-up Genius.
Here is the link as well: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449ada623a1fe3-tisa
THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL DURING PARENT CONFERENCES (Oct. 26-27). 

OCTOBER 28, Shakespeare Land of the Dead Opening Opening of Teatro Sepriente's, Land of the Dead, open to TISA staff, parents, and students only (the show is not suggested for kindergarten age audience)
How now, Taos!  Special invite for TISA families and staff for Teatro Serpiente's fall production, William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead. There's gonna be a whole lotta zombie shaking goin' on! Interspersed with witty erudite Shakespearean comedy of course.
LOCATION: Old Courthouse on the Plaza.

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BERNICE!
It was fun to celebrate together!

FIELD TRIP TO THE FARM

TIME TO CELEBRATE THIS LAND and the AMAZING FOLKS THAT FARM IT
Thanks for hosting us, Orion and Megan!

HOOT#8

UPCOMING EVENTS GALORE! Read carefully so you don't miss any!

October 5 (Monday), FARM FIELD TRIP -- please join us! We'll leave from class at 1:30pm and will be back by 3:30 pm. IF YOU'D PREFER TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD AT THE FARM, please be there by 3:00pm and please let me know in the morning.
 Our host will be Orion Cervio and Megan Bradley, both seasoned teachers and parents.
Please make sure your child has a sun hat, a water bottle and comfortable walking shoes.
We could use the following food items at the farm for a cooking project (SALSA!):
a few green peppers (mild)
1-2 bags of chips
(I will have blender, knives -- and band aids.)
Here is the route to the farm. We will leave from TISA, walk south on Salazar, cross Canon, take Bendix Drive towards Wolfgang's Spa Works, and then take a right onto the private drive (Roy's) of the farm. I figure it is less than half a mile.

October 7^th- Picture Day 

Kindergarten- 4^th Grade

*Forms will be going home - money is due after you view your proof. Sibling and family pictures are welcomed- please send me an email if you would like either of these.

*All students will take a picture for TISA’s first Year Book!

October 7-October 16 -- NDI (National Dance Institute) in kinder! Workshops every day from 2:45-3:30. Very exciting! Please send your permission slip back by October 7 (Wednesday) for your child to be able to participate.

October 15 -- LANTERN WALK (on Manzanares campus) -- clubs are canceled that day

Wednesday, October 21^st - Lions Club Vision Screening 

Kindergarten-3^rd Grade Salazar Campus

*Forms were in the registration packet and completed by parents.

Thursday, October 22^nd- Familia Dental Screening 

Routine Screening and fluoride treatment- please include insurance information on the form

Kindergarten-8^th Grade (will start with the Elementary campus and end with the Middle School campus)

*Forms will be going home- you are not obligated to participate

October 22 (Thursday), 6-8pm -- Zombie Game night -- Salazar Campus

Monday and Tuesday, October 26^th-27^th- Student/ Parent/ Teacher Conferences (schedule will be posted)

students need to be present

Homework:

Do on Monday (Due on Tuesday): draw and label with words/first letters what you saw/did at the farm today (or imagine what you'd see/do if you were not on the field trip)

Do on Tuesday (Due on Wednesday): BRING BACK YOUR PERMISSION SLIP FOR NDI (National Dance Institute) -- draw a picture of a dancer (yourself or someone else) and label/circle body parts that a dancer might use. Can you count how many body parts you found and add the number to your work.

Do on Wednesday (Due on Thursday): write and draw as many words as you can that start with the letter M. Bring in color candles (small Lauralight candles sold in Cid's -- on the household/cleaning supplies isle) for the lantern project. (Each child will need 3-4.)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

LANTERN SONGS

See you at our magical lantern walk!

1   THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

//:This little light of mine
-- I am gonna let it shine :// 3x 
 Let it shine 3x

//: I’ll take my light around the world
-- I am gonna let it shine:// 3x 
Let it shine 3x

2  JACK-O-LANTERN 

Jack-o’-lantern, Jack-o’-lantern,

you are such a funny sight

As you sit there in the window

looking out at the night

You were once a yellow pumpkin

growing on a sturdy vine

Now you are a jack-o’-lantern

see the candle light shine

3   I WALK WITH MY LITTLE LANTERN

I walk with my little lantern

my lantern myself and I

Up yonder bright little stars shine

down here, we are stars to the sky

//: The new moon shines, the cat meows,

La bummel-a bummel-a bum bum bum :// 2x

We walk with our little lanterns --
our lanterns so shiny bright

We wander through the darkness –
with winking, twinkling light

//: Like stars that swing,

our lanterns we bring

La bummel-a bummel-a bum bum bum : //  2x

4  OCTOBER

Many days are bright in October

There is happiness in the air

Red and yellow leaves
from the autumn trees

Are drifting everywhere

When the frost is white on the meadows

When the winds of November blow

Then the wild geese fly
towards the southern sky

And soon we shall have snow

5  THE COOL OF AUTUMN

Come with me and dance with me
In the cool of autumn

All the trees are golden now

All the bells are ringing

Ring-ring-ring-a-ding dong
Dance and sing together
Ring ring ring-a-ding-dong
In your shoes of leather

6  MOTHER EARTH
Mother Earth to you we’re singing

Listen to our song

Thanks for golden harvest bringing

Listen as we sing to you,
sing to you, sing to you

Songs of rain and sunshine

On the trail where we are going

Ever will we sing

When the winter storms are blowing

Still our hearts will sing to you,
sing to you, sing to you

Songs of rain and sunshine

7 CANOE SONG
My paddle is keen and bright

Flashing with silver
Follow the wild goose flight
/: Dip dip and swing :/ 2x

Dip dip and swing her back
Flashing with silver
Swift as the wild goose flight

/ : Dip dip and swing : / 2x

8 LAND OF THE SILVER BIRCH

Land of the silver birch,
home of the beaver
Where still the mighty moose
wanders at will

CHORUS: Blue lake and rocky shore,
I will return once more
Hey-ya-na  hey-ya  2x  Hey-ya-na  hey-ya  naa…

Down in the forest
deep in the lowlands
My heart cries out for you
hills of the north 
CHORUS

Swift as a silver fish
Canoe of the birch bark
Thy mighty waterways carry me forth CHORUS

There were the blue lake lies
I’ll set my wigwam
Close by the water’s edge
Silent and still
CHORUS

9  THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE (song #1)

HOOT#7

Homework:
Do on Monday (due on Tuesday): Look at a calendar or the phone book at home. Practice "reading" and writing numbers. 
Do on Tuesday (due on Wednesday): Make up a riddle with the answer being an “l” letter word. (For example, “I am a big cat. I rule the savannas. I eat gazelles. == Lion) Please illustrate your riddle and have someone write it down for you. 

Do on Wednesday (due on Thursday): Illustrate one of the lantern songs that you like to sing. (lantern songs we sing: Jack-o-lantern, This little light of mine, Many days are bright in October, Mother earth to you we're singing, I walk with my little lantern)

WEDNESDAY -- Sept 30 -- TISA is in session! We'll be celebrating San Geronimo's in class

MONDAY (Sept 28) -- Walking field trip to Filemon Sanchez Park. Please join us from 10:00 to 12:00.

OUR CLASS' AMAZING COLLABORATIVE ART ON DISPLAY!

at the Taos Fall Arts Open Show 

Stables Gallery (across from the TCA)

Hope you get to check it out to celebrate your artist!

TISA at the PASEO

TISA's 8th graders and their coach Megan Avina (our first grade teacher) co-created an amazing installation, lead by artist CHiKA lijima, at site #10 at the end of Civic Plaza Drive: 

​"...hooking up TISA with PASEO is one of my proudest teacher moments - our kids rock." (Megan Avina -- avid teaching artist)

http://livetaos.com/paseo-map/ 

http://www.paseotaos.org/

TISA Talks -- in this week's paper!
Check out TISA Talks in today's Taos News, written by our students here at TISA. Find their articles on B7 in the Taos News. Be sure not to miss an issue.

National Dance Institute (NDI) coming to TISA kindergarten in October! This year's program will be focused on the RIVERS OF THE WORLD. I am psyched!
Check out their home page here: http://www.ndi-nm.org/

October 5 (next Monday) from 1 to 3pm: walking field trip to farm off of Canon Road (goats, pigs, green house, horses) -- please let me know if you'd like to join us.

October 15 (evening): Lantern Walk (please bring small stick candles -- available at Cid's in many colors) -- songs will be sent home for sing-along.

Pizza was a huge success! Thank you for your sponsorship. Every single child in kinder was able to have pizza. In the future, if you'd like to sponsor a few slices for children in our class, please mark ALL the slices by your child's name, stating that the extra slices will go to kindergarten (otherwise they will be routed to other grades).
Also, the pizza money will be accepted through TUESDAY MORNING and be placed in the envelope on the classroom door. Bringing money later than that creates miscommunication and extra stress for the teacher (Miss Patsy) collecting the money from the whole campus. Let's all support each other the best we can! Thank you for your understanding.

Requests:
crickets or meal worms (please sign up for helping with our class pet)
tennis balls (for chair legs) -- need to replace a few (5-10)
extra snack stash (to be shared on field trips and outings, or when someone is in a pinch)
(snack ideas: nuts, crackers, granola bars, juice boxes, water (in small bottles), dried fruit (the only allergy I am aware of is melon)
Spread the word! There are 3 more openings in kindergarten. 

Calling for a carpool!
In the Blueberry Hill area
Our friend, Shea needs help with transportation to / from school.
Please email Michelle (mwcdoula@gmail.com) or Sandy (sandy.campbell@gmail.com) if you are available to help.