Happy Thanksgiving!

At this time of year, we take a moment to reflect on all the things we have to be thankful for in our lives. We have spent time this past week learning about the history of the Thanksgiving holiday and thinking about what we are thankful for. Please enjoy this video of your children's responses to the question "what are you thankful for?" I hope you enjoy their beautiful turkeys on your Thanksgiving tables this year!



I hope you all have a restful holiday with your loved ones. I, for one, am so thankful to have a class full of cheerful, curious, wonderful children to teach each day! Thank you for sharing them with me!

Butterfly Quilt

We spent time this week creating a beautiful Butterfly Quilt during math time. This project continued our exploration of patterns and shapes. We were so excited with our final product! Enjoy the picture of our quilt and the comments and observations below.

Noah: “It’s a rectangle.”

Helen: “There’s a pattern going down, too. It’s the same pattern as across.”

Danny: “There are four corners.”

Veronica: “There’s a pattern around the edge, too. Sponge-paint, butterfly…There are 17 butterflies.”

Emily: “The small sponge-paint squares are going diagonal.”

Brady: “The butterflies are diagonal.”

Taylor: “On the other quilt, we didn’t have butterflies. This one we do.”

Evan: “There’s a lot of yellow on the sponge-painting ones.”

Grace: “There are 18 sponge-painting squares.”

Nisha: “The butterfly squares and the sponge-paint squares are not equal.”

Kate: “There are 35 quilt squares.”

Halloween Fun!

We had a wonderful time at our Halloween celebration, which started on Friday afternoon with "Fun-O-Ween" that was sponsored by the sixth grade class. We made spider cracker snacks, played Monster Mash Musical Chairs, Pin the Wart on the Witch, and a number of other fun games. On Monday, we had so much fun showing off our costumes during the costume parade and then enjoyed lots of yummy goodies at our class party! Thank you to everyone who sent in treats and helped out during these fun activities!