Olympic Readers

In celebration of the XXII Winter Olympics, we sponsored a winter reading event.  Below are pictures from the medal ceremony for the gold and bronze medal winners.  Congratulations medal winning students!

A big THANK YOU to Mrs. Taylor for hosting the ceremony and taking the pictures.  She's the best!

Super Bowl--Super Predictions

Sorry this is coming in a little late.  Computers at school went down!

Here is your chance to make your big pick for the big game!   

Who is going to win Super Bowl XLVIII? 

 Seattle and the amazing Russell Wilson or Denver and Tennessee's favorite Peyton Manning?  Who is going to make the big plays?  What will be the final score?

Click on the comments link below to make your predictions.  Anyone who leaves a comment before kickoff on Sunday will be in the class competition to see who was right! You never know what the winner might receive.

Have a great weekend!  Don't forget Punxsutawney Phil makes his appearance Sunday morning.  The way things have been going lately, I don't think there is any doubt as to what his weather prediction will be. 

Happy Holidays

     Our first semester has come and gone, and the crew is now halfway to fourth grade!  Hard to believe!  I hope each and everyone of you have a great Winter Break and come back in 2014 ready to make the final push. A BIG thank you goes out to all of the parents who helped with our party Thursday.  Special thanks to Mrs. R, Mrs. P, Mrs. J, and Mrs. N for all of the help setting up, cooking, and cleaning up.  Thanks also to Mrs. A and Mr. L for coming by to help.

From our whole gang to all of yours, have a wonderful Holiday season!

Trick or Treat

Check out our friends and their amazing Halloween costumes!

Can you figure out which of your friends are pictured?

Iron Patriot

Zombie

Wesley and the gang from The Princess Bride

 

Lily Munster and Werewolf

 

Finding One Half

Since the Internet is down, I haven't been able to share this activity with the class.  

Enjoy:

Click HERE to access the learning activity!

Fun Run

Because of the construction a Oliver Middle, Shayne is without Internet access so I am not able to easily check or respond to email during the day as I have to rely on my phone. Anyway, I thought this might be the easiest way to share some info about next week.

Next Thursday, October 31, our school will participate in the annual Fun Run fundraiser. Donation envelopes went home before break if you plan to collect donations.

Lunch for the students that day will be cheese and pepperoni pizza. If your child cannot or does not eat pizza, you will need to send in a lunch for that day.  Each student will need to bring a drink for their lunch. If you want to send a snack or dessert for your child, please feel free. Also, if you will be here helping with Fun Run, you are invited to come and have some pizza with us!  All of this will be in next week's newsletter, but I thought a heads up might help.

Thanks so much.

Help From Your Pantry?

       I hope you all had a great break!  Tomorrow morning will be here all too soon. 

       I was wondering if you might be able to help the class out this week by donating items you may already have at home. As you read in the e-mail, we will use the story of Stone Soup to introduce a unit on culture and community. I would like to mix up a batch of soup in the class. We will need small quantities of items to mix up the "recipe." I will be making the soup in a large crock pot, so we don't need much of each item--only 1-2 cups of the vegetables. If you are able and willing to send in some items, please respond in the comments section of this post. Thank you so much for being willing to help out with such late notice!
       What we could use:

• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 2-3 medium potatoes, skinned and diced
• 1 cup corn kernels
• Favorite seasonings
• Anything else you thing would work!

Please send the items in by Wednesday.  Thank you so much!
     Please know that conference day is coming up soon--November 1.  Look for a note to come home tomorrow about signing up for your time.