Thursday, October 18 (Mini Friday!)

Hello all! Apparently, turning my computer off once in a while is good for the operating system!!
We have been having a pretty good week. Learning more sounds and doing a lot of writing. This morning, almost the entire class was in their desk at the bell and ready to go!!! It was splendid. Thank you so much.
Thank you, also, for the pumpkins. There is still time! We will be using them next week. We will be defacing them on Tuesday of next week. If there are volunteers who'd like to help out, the more the merrier! Tuesday after 9 AM is when we'll start. If you have pumpkin carving equipment, please feel free to send it in a labelled bag or bring it on your person if you are joining.
I think the recycling is going great! The kids are cleaning out their recyclables and bringing them home in their lunch kit and I think that is super.

As you can see, I have been teaching your kids how to gamble, I mean play cards. They are using proper language relative to the situation they're in. On this morning, they spoke almost entirely in French!!! "Non! Va pécher!" and "As-tu un deux?" Pretty cool!

We also put our math patterning knowledge to application:

On Halloween, we are going to do a rotation through the 4 grade classrooms. The students will be doing different activities at each centre. In the afternoon, there will be a costume parade and then we will party 2P style! I was hoping to have potluck. Maybe the kids could have a small snack for lunch and then eat from a choice of healthy/sugary Halloween themed dishes? If you are up to this, please email me indicating what you'd like to supply.

I must go home and cook and clean and do laundry and read with my kids and make them write words and sentences and do all the things you are probably doing as you read this.

Cheerio