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

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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