6th Grade Buddies!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We had a very busy day of previewing the Scholastic Book Fair and celebrating Halloween! It was good to be back today after feeling a bit under the weather a few days last week!

HALLOWEEN PARTY!!

When: Monday, October 31
Time: 12:45-2:30
Where: 1st grade classroom and 6th grade classroom
Details:

• Costumes are welcomed and encouraged - children may bring their costumes to school and we'll change after lunch.
• Children can bring a beverage and a treat to share, if they wish.
• We'll be visiting our 6th grade buddies at the end of the day to show off our costumes and trick-or-treat!

We'll play Halloween Bingo, make ourselves into toilet paper mummies and decorating Halloween cookies. Please let me know if you're interested in joining us!

THANK YOU!!

A special, special thank you to all the 1st graders and parents for planning such a surprising and fun baby shower! The baby will be so excited to read all the books!! The cupcakes were delicious and the decorations were perfect - thank you 6th graders with your help with decorating. I'm so appreciative of all your thoughts. :) It won't be long now.

ASK YOUR 1ST GRADER...

1. What a noun is
2. Why there were only 13 stars on the original American flag?
3. Who sailed across the ocean in hopes of finding new land?
4. Who their 6th grade buddy was on Monday
5. To make the short sounds of a, o, i, u

6th Grade Buddies!

We met with our 6th grade buddies for the first time this past Monday afternoon! They brought books to read to us, and some of us even had a chance to read to them. The kids were so excited. We think we'll meet with a new buddy each time we hang out which is about every two weeks! We plan to go trick or treating in their classroom on Halloween!

Websites for Kids and Parents

MATH
www.aaamath.com - Math practice and activities
www.coolmath.com - Interactive math games
www.funbrain.com - Great site for kids
www.aplusmath.com - A+Math
www.mathforum.org/dr.math/ - Ask Dr. Math
www.edhelper.com - Help for all subjects

LANGUAGE ARTS/READING
www.funbrain.com - Language arts games and more
www.merriam-webster.com - Merriam Webster word game of the day
www.vocabulary.com - Vocabulary activities
www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words - Vocabulary builders
www.lexile.com - Lexile framework for reading

Fire Safety

On Tuesday morning, three local firefighters visited St. Dominic School to talk about fire safety. We learned about make a safe plan, not to be scared when they are dressed in their gear and trying to help, and we even had a chance to peek at a real fire truck!

A VIDEO TOO!

CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU!

Charlie and Michael were two of the lucky recipients in grades K-3 to receive $25 and $50 tokens to donate to the school as they wish. Charlie is donating his to our 1st grade classroom, and Michael's will go to music and art! THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS Michael and Charlie!

Ask your 1st Grader...

1. What it means to "Take a Break" in our room. 
2. What they should do when asked to "Show 5."
3. About even and odd numbers.
4. To show you a 5 group and extra ones. 
5. What city, state, country, and content we live on. 

MARATHON!

Friday was our school Marathon! We had so much fun walking around the track at the middle school. Some of the children however, were disappointed they didn't finish the 8 laps - before we left, we had talked about that being our goal which is amazingly hard to do in just 30 minutes! :) They enjoyed the morning anyway! Thanks for all of your help in collecting pledges. Congrats to Michael Fossum for bringing in the most money in grades PreK-3rd grade, and Charlie Monaghan for winning the drawing for grades PreK-3rd grade! The most recent amount collected for the entire school is over $15,000!!