Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today! Lots of pictures of all the fun on Class Dojo!

We had a lot of guest readers. My mom came to read! (George)

We wore our costumes. (Logan)

We had a pizza party! (Lux)

Sarah’s mom helped us do a craft. It was an Oreo cookie craft that looked like a spider. (Leo and Presley)

My mom came over for lunch and helped passed out things! (Jesse)

Today we had an assembly. I got Cougar or the Month! (Caleb)

We went to our 3rd grade buddies classroom and made spider webs and spiders. (Jackson)

My mom did a ghost craft with us. (Avie)

Caleb’s mom read to us. (Lux)

We ate snack. (Phoebe)

We had our first ticket winners! (Sarah)

We had library. (Presley)

Jesse’s birthday is tomorrow! (Ellen)

We watched a video about the biggest spider in the world! (Jesse)

A November calendar and PTC schedule are attached. Paper copies are in the folders.

The ghost craft your child is coming home with has a glow stick on the inside! Slide the glow stick to the side of the balloon and lean it against a table to snap the glow stick and release the glow! This will make the ghost light up!

In your child’s bag you will find a free book provided by our wonderful PTA!

Have a wonderful weekend! No school tomorrow or Friday!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today at school!

Today we got 100 Cougar Tickets! (Presley) We will vote on how to celebrate tomorrow!

We did art. We made money. (Phoebe)

We did Daily 5 choices. (Avie)

In math we guessed how many were in our bag. We sorted candy corn. (Zellie and Caleb)

We did math workstations. (Sophie)

We did closing meeting. (Lux)

We did morning meeting. (Evie)

We did writing. We wrote “I like” sentences about Halloween. We wrote some sentences on the chart paper. (Cora and George)

We did Fundations. We did magnet boards. (Logan and Ellen)

Today the temperature was in the blue. It was closing to the freezing point. (Sarah)

We did the Zero the Hero Stomp because it was the 50th day of school. (Presley)

We did word games. (Logan)

We did the calendar. (Sarah)

We read Skeleton Meets Mummy. (George)

Tomorrow is our Fall Celebration with Books and our pizza party! Your student does not need to bring a lunch unless you would like them to eat something other than pizza!

If a parent would like to come and help with the pizza party tomorrow (10:30 am) please reply to this email!

For tomorrow, your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged). No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction. The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged. Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Have a great night!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We read the book Big Pumpkin. (Cora)

We did closing meeting. (George)

Today was my birthday! (Presley)

We did math. We put the candy in the bags. We colored the bags. We did number stories. (Leo, Sophie, and Jesse)

We did Fundations. We wrote on our white boards. (Logan)

We did the schedule. (Avie)

We got to see the Daily 5 choice chart. (Lux)

We did Monday News. (Jackson)

We went out to recess. (Ellen)

We did morning meeting. (Phoebe)

Tomorrow will be the 50th day of school! (Sarah)

Attached is my Parent Teacher Conference schedule! Please let me know if you cannot make your day or time work so I can get it changed.

On Wednesday we will be having a pizza party! Liam McCarthy won one for our class at Fun Fest! If you would like to donate a healthy side (fruit, carrots/ranch, etc.) please let me know by replying to this email!

**Our Fall Celebration With Books will be Wednesday, October 30th!**

Your child may wear a costume to school (book characters encouraged). No masks, scary make-up, wigs, weapons or props--anything that could be a distraction. The costume must be something that can be worn all day.  Tennis shoes are encouraged. Since the focus is on reading your child can bring a favorite book or two from home as well as a small stuffed animal (it needs to be able to fit in the backpack).

Have a wonderful night!!

Hi parents!

Here is what we did today!

We got to see all the animals. We saw a big catfish and the bunny town. We fed the animals. (Sarah and Leo)

We went on a field trip. (Lux)

Some of our parents came. We did a hayride. (George)

We rode on a bus. (Presley)

Today was my birthday! (Caleb)

We did closing meeting and pack up for home. (Sophie and Cora)

We had P.E. (Logan)

We got pumpkins! (Jackson)

We had a fire drill. (Ellen)

We had lunch at the field trip. (Presley)

We got to go through the hay maze. Everyone was screaming in there! (Sarah)

We did the weather. (Phoebe)

We did the corn pit! (Zellie)

We had snack. It was Caleb’s birthday snack. (Logan)

We had library checkout. (Presley)

Thank you to all the parents who volunteered! You helped make it a fun and stress free field trip!! The kids had a great time!!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did closing meeting. (Leo)

We did math workstations. (Olivia)

We did math. We did number stories. We used whiteboards. (Avie) We practiced drawing pictures to figure out the answer to some number stories!

We did our letters l, h, and k. We did our magnet boards. (Logan and George)

We did our project. We glued on the parts of the scarecrow. We had to put them in the right numbers. (Leo) We practiced retelling The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.

We went outside. (Sophie)

We did word games. We did a new word game. We have magnets and we write on top of them so we can make a word. The first one has a big rectangle at the top because there has be a capital letter at the beginning of the word. (Jesse) We did sentence frames. We practiced building a sentence with a capital at the beginning, spaces, punctuation, and the right number of words.

In writing we wrote in our writing journals. We did “I like” sentences. (Jackson)

We did the calendar. Tomorrow is our field trip! (Sarah)

Today Mrs. Baker came. We taught us about bullying. (Presley)

We did play time. (Caleb)

We did library. (George)

Field Trip Tomorrow!!

If your child is bringing a lunch from home, please make sure everything can be thrown away. We will not be taking lunch boxes to the farm. I will grab sack lunches from the cafeteria in the morning for those who ordered.

In preparation for our field trip, please make sure your child has warm layering clothing. The wind cuts across the pumpkin patch and there is no wind breaks. It tends to feel colder out there. Coats, jackets, hats, gloves/mittens, shoes that can get dirty are wise to have on hand. Now is also a GREAT time to start practicing self-help skills such as fixing sleeves that are turned inside out, zipping coats, buttoning coats independently, fixing upside coats that are turned upside down, etc. It really helps at this time of year when kids can master these skills independently. Thanks for your help!

Parent Volunteers

I just wanted to remind you of all the details for our field trip tomorrow! We have 9 volunteers joining us so those coming will be with your own child and one other student. You are more than welcome to pair up and we will be doing several activities as a whole group.

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

The bus leaves at 9:00 and will arrive at Peach tree Farms around 9:30. Parents may meet us out at the farm or follow the bus.

We have a rotation schedule to follow. I will supply you with a copy of this schedule at the farm.

We will have a picnic lunch on the grass so please consider bringing a blanket to share if you are able.

Parents may take their child home if you wish. Please make sure you let me know and “sign out” your child before leaving.

Per District policy: Only parents who have completed a background check and has been cleared through the school may escort students to the bathroom. Please DO NOT assist students in the bathroom. You can wait outside the door for them. If the need arises for assistance, please let a teacher know.

Please do not let kids climb on trees or pick any produce. Please make sure kids are being kind to the animals; no kicking the animal houses or throwing items at animals.

Don’t forget to pack a lunch or snack for yourself and dress in layers….. it’s going to be chilly!

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!!

We read the book The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. (Avie)

We did our bat page in our scrambled book. (Caleb)

Today Cora was the teacher assistant. (Presley)

We had guest readers. (Logan)

We did closing meeting. (George)

We went to music. (Sophie)

We had recess. (Jackson)

We had math workstations. (Jesse)

We made scarecrow masks! (Ellen)

We did sorting. (Cora)

We did Daily 5. (Sarah)

We did the rules. (Presley)

We did Fundations. We pretended we were writing on the Smartboard. We wrote on whiteboards. We did the letters l, h, and k. (Avie, George, and Sophie)

We had word games. We had some new games. (Logan)

Parent Volunteer information for our Field Trip this Friday!!

If you signed up to be a parent volunteer and paid $5 to join in on the field trip, then this information is for you!

Peach Tree Farms

660-882-8009

24863 Highway 98

Boonville, Missouri 65233

Parent Volunteers may meet us at Peach Tree Farms or follow the busses there. We do not have room on the busses for parent volunteers to ride with us.

9:00 – Busses leave Mill Creek (arrive at Peach Tree @ 9:30)

1:00 – Return to Mill Creek (busses leave Peach Tree @ 12:30)

**Please bring a blanket for our lunch picnic**

**I need one parent who is willing to transport sack lunches to the farm in the lunch tub and bring the lunch tub back to school when it is filled with pumpkins!! Please reply to this email if you are interested in helping! It will be heavy! We need a big trunk and someone strong!**

Parents may take their child home with them from Peach Tree Farms. You must check your child out with me and call the office. This will count against their attendance. Parents may not take any other child with them from Peach Tree Farms.

How parent helpers can help this be a successful and fun field trip:

Going on a field trip is an exciting experience for the kids but we still expect ALL students to behave like a learner. Please make sure your child and the children you are supervising are following all adult directions. If a child is having problems with this, feel free to bring them to me. 😊

-Children are asked to use walking feet (when in line).

-Children are expected to stay with their group.

-Children may not climb or pick anything off the fruit trees on site.

-Please make sure the kids are being kind to animals and farm materials.

-Hands, feet, and body ALWAYS need to be kept to self.

-Please do not purchase any additional items for children during the trip. It is unfair to all students when this is done.

Let me know if you have any questions!!

Thank you!!

Hi Parents!

Here is what we did today!

We did library checkout. (Logan)

We did closing meeting. (Sophie)

We sorted in math! (Caleb)

We went to library and played on computers. (George)

Today is the Cougar Fun Fest! (Sarah)

We are able to go outside. (Presley)

We went to recess. (Leo)

We made the fall hats. (Avie)

We did math workstations. (Jackson)

We read Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. (Cora)

We did our letters p and j in pencil. (Liam)

For writing we did our spider page. (Presley)

We did Echo the Owl. (Cora)

We did word games. (Logan)

We sang the Friday song. (Olivia)

We are packing up for home. (Cora)

Behavior reports are coming home today! Please initial and return on Monday.

I have to leave early Monday for a doctors appointment so closing meeting notes will not be sent home that day. Call the office with any transportation changes after 1 pm. Thanks!

Have a wonderful weekend! I hope to see you all tonight at the Fun Fest!