Teamwork in Gold Flats and Exploring with Raisins?

I'm so happy to have a team that actually displays teamwork with everyone! A few months ago, we took a "trip" to Gold Flats where we had to establish rules for the town. I'm proud to say that everyone worked hard to decide on fair rules for everyone to follow.

Some of the citizens of Gold Flats had a dispute over some gold.

They had to present their cases to the jury.

The jury was very fair and listened very intently to all cases.

 With all the work that these smart thinkers do all the time, they need some time to just explore with food. But, of course, I had to throw in a math lesson with it by practicing dividing with raisins. It's so fun to see how everyone has a different process of thinking just to get to the same answer, even when just dividing out food!

ViPS Reading Day

Today was ViPS Reading Day at school. Ms. Pat Kumpuris came to read a classic - The Velveteen Rabbit to our class. Most of them said that they had never read the story, so it was extra special to them. After Ms. Pat read the book, she donated it along with a stuffed bunny to our "Stuff the Sleigh" drive.

A few helpful tidbits

I just added a few helpful LEARNING websites to the side of my blog. The kids (as are some parents)are always asking me for some fun game websites. Please take a look at them and let your kids have fun while playing on the computer. :)

• http://mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html (This provides great reading practice and use of sight words)
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ (This has fun games for both Language Arts and Math)
• www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html   (Interactive Vertebrate and invertebrate game)
• http://www.vtaide.com/png/animalsGrpF.htm    (sorting activity)

Also, Team Dees is in 3rd place with recycling ink cartridges, cell phones, and digital cameras. I have an "inside source" that told me that we are very close to 2nd place! We have a few more weeks, so I know we can do it! If you have any of these items that you're about to discard at your office or have stuck in your drawers at home, please put my name on them and send them with your child.

Red Ribbon Week/Dr. Roberts's Birthday Bash

We had fun this week by celebrating Red Ribbon Week and ending it with a birthday bash for Dr. Roberts. I wish I had taken more pictures of these little cuties, though! We booted out drugs on Monday by wearing boots, shaded out drugs on Tuesday with our cool sunglasses, teamed up against drugs on Wednesday by wearing our favorite team shirts, put a cap on drugs on Thursday with hats, and wore red to fight against drug abuse on Friday.

I thought a sports door would be perfect for our team. Thanks, Mrs. Dunkum, for your help!!!

My team has BEGGED me to wear my Hog hat all year, so I thought Hat Day was fitting for that!

The kids had fun performing "Thriller" for Dr. Roberts along with a special birthday song for him.





Fall weather fun this week

Don't forget that the Fall Carnival is this Thursday! The best part about it is that it's FREE!!! We'll have lots of fun and games all throughout the building, so please plan on coming.

Also, fundraiser orders are due this Wednesday, October 13th! Please make sure that your child gets credit for the items they sold so they can have a chance to go to the Mega Party. I know they won't want to miss it.

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to email or call me.

What a GRAND day!

We had such a fun morning with Grandparents Day!



We enjoyed some delicious muffins and hanging out in the Dining Room.



I loved getting to meet all of the grandparents!

It was so fun to see all of the love!

Then we headed to our Flex Space to take pictures and show off the "stadium".

Thank you to everyone that came.

Books, grandparents, oh my!

Don't forget that the Book Fair and Grandparent's Day is this week!

The Book Fair is in the Pre-K wing and is filled with tons of FABULOUS new books (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Ramona and Beezus, and many more)!

Also, third grade will be hosting Grandparent's Day on Thursday from 9-10:45. Please make plans to send your child's grandparent or "special someone" to join us that day!