Halloween Week

We made it through Halloween week!  We had a fantastic week that was really way too much fun.

Right now, we are still focusing on words with the short vowel sound for our reading skills.  Practicing the sight words that go home in their agenda will benefit your child greatly. The books the students are reading at home and school are mostly words that they can sound out but they are starting to get more and more sight words in them. If your child cannot recognize sight words, they will have a more difficult time getting to the next level of reading because even though they have the skills to sound out words, sight words are mostly words that they cannot sound out. I am really impressed by the dedication of students and parents this year with home reading! Every week, most of the students get their bead for their chain because they read every day. If there is one thing you do with your child that is school-related, please make it home reading!

On Halloween, I was so excited to see the kiddos all dressed up! They were so adorable. One of my favorite things about the day was how Grady didn’t break character for almost the entire day dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow, haha. Addie got best dressed for the ENTIRE SCHOOL! She was the best peacock I have ever seen.

We started Halloween day off with a bang. We had a fashion show and students had to come down the “runway” acting like their character. I then showed the class my special treat for the day, a fancy container of candy corn. I made a huge fuss over this candy corn and then we went on a walk around the school. When we got back THE CANDY CORN WAS GONE.  The “Candy Corn Bandit” left us a note and some clues. We did a lesson on predicting as we guessed what the Candy Corn Bandit would look like and where our candy might be. The students were so funny as we went around the school looking for clues-EVERYONE was suspicious to them. By the time we got back to the classroom, our candy corn was back but there was no sign of the bandit! We then made “Wanted” posters and they put them up around the school. 

We then of course had to eat some of the candy corn. We played a game called “Don’t Eat Pete” and these are some of my favorite pictures so far this year. Oh the joy!

Our Halloween party was a huge success thanks to the amazing snacks brought in! Thank you to the Bakers, Ackroyds, Bissetts, Boogemans, and Coppieters for supplying us with healthy snacks! I love it how the kids were so excited when I told them they could have as many veggies as they could eat!

On Friday, we started the day with Remembrance Day art and then finished off the day by making “Gak” with our reading buddies. It was like the grand finale to a fun-packed week! I have certainly slept well this weekend :)

Upcoming this week:

There will be no school on Friday because of a P.D. Day.

There will be no school the following Monday for Remembrance Day.

We will be talking a lot about Remembrance Day this week. If you have a story of an ancestor or someone in your family that has served or is serving in a war, can you please talk about it with your child and send a note about it to school. I will be reading picture books about Remembrance Day but I feel like it makes it so much more meaningful if students are hearing from one another.

There will be a Remembrance Day Assembly on Thursday. Parents are welcome to come. 

Here's a peek from our fashion show:

 The spook alley was a little terrifying.

 Don't Eat Pete!!