Pumpkins

I'm sure you all have heard about all the cute pumpkins we have in our "Pumpkin Patch"! I have below pictures of our class pumpkin, Wilbur from Charlotte's Web, and all of the other WONDERFUL characters that will be auctioned off on Friday. Bidding started at $10.00 on all pumpkins. You can come in at any time and bid on your favorite one. Winners will be announced at the Fall Festival on Friday.

Reminder - All students MUST purchase a $10 wristband to attend the Fall Festival. This money must be turned in by Friday morning. All students who do not attend will be dismissed at the annex Friday afternoon.

There will be NO gym on Friday!!! Please make other arrangements.

80's Fun Day

Author SKYPE

Today our class had the opportunity to Skype with an author, Terry Pierce. During the call she read her most recent book, "Blueberry Banquet" to the class, and also gave students time to ask her questions about being an author. This was a very fun activity for the class and I really appreciate Ms. Pierce taking time to speak to us. I have posted some pictures, and will try to post a video of the call on here very soon.

I will post some pictures of pajama day over the weekend!

Technology

What a great day we had today!!! I added some FUN technology to one of our reading stations, and we even had time for all students to go to at least one math station today! Our school was able to purchase a set (around 12) of iPod touches, and I checked some out to use with my class. Hopefully we will be able to use these on a regular basis. If you have an iPod touch or iPhone, there are TONS of free apps that are GREAT resources for children. Students used the voice recorder today at a reading station to record themselves reading a passage, and then listened to the recording. Some were very surprised at how they sounded. This is a great way for them to hear how fluent they are reading, and work on improving fluency. We also used the iPods to play math facts games and used dice to make our own math sentences. Here are some pictures from today!

I have a few important reminders -
Next Friday is 80s dress up day (We are celebrating Mitchell's 60th B'day). This will be a lot of fun!
This Friday is the end of the 1st Nine Weeks, and Report Cards go home the following Thursday.
Coupon Books were due today, Tuesday, October 5. You MUST either return the coupon book, or send $20 to pay for that book. All other orders are due at this time as well.