Highlights 10/21/16

This week students were excited to finish the writing and editing processes for their "All About Me ABC" books. On Friday we shared our writing with our third/fourth grade buddies.

We continued our year-long science investigation about the sun and daylight. We collected data about two fall days this week. We were amazed by how much later the sun is coming up and how much soon it's setting than just a month ago during the summer season!

During our read aloud time we continue to read short stories from Rhinos and Raspberries and talk about social lessons we can learn from these folk tales. On Friday our nurse, Ms. Israel, also came in to share a book about diabetes, Taking Diabetes to School by Kim Gosselin. We learned a lot about how someone who has diabetes is very much the same as everyone else but has to do some different things to stay healthy.

Thanks to everyone who has already sent in cardboard tubes for our upcoming science unit. We are still in need of: small shoe-box size boxes, tin foil, waxed paper cups (small), plastic cups (medium and large). Please send some in if you have any!

Fox Kits Corner
Here's what's important to us this week:

• We finished our ABC books and read them to our buddies today. They really liked them!
• We liked going outside for recess every day and having fun with our friends.
• Every day we had a great day and we want to keep doing it!!!!
• We have important jobs in our classroom that we all need and love to do!
• In writer's workshop we did some more sentence fill-ins where we got to do fun and creative writing.
• We got to do a graph about daylight and dark hours on this Friday.
• We had a garden snack today. It was garlic bread and most people thought it was awesome!
• We got to learn about what an omnipod is. Ask me about it at home!
• We are excited about the "Hotel Transylvania" movie tonight (Friday) here in the Library at 6:30 (but you can come at 6:00 to get a good seat and popcorn). Wear a costume if you want to!
• We like being in this classroom because we get to learn fun stuff and it's fun!
• We are glad to write this Fox Kits Corner!
• We liked getting some math to do at home.

Dates to Remember
Friday October 28 - Halloween Dress Rehearsal. (Students may wear one part of their costumes to school but no masks, things covering faces, make-up, or scary/gross things) 
Monday October 31 - Low Key Halloween Party 2:50-3:25 - wear orange and black!
Wednesday November 9 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (After School)
Friday November 11 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (No School for Kids)
**Sign up for conferences on-line, http://grades.wcsuonline.org/rumney/conference/