Pennies for Peace!

Our class had fun counting our pennies that we collected for the "Pennies for Peace" fundraiser! We made piles of tens then put them in groups of tens...we finally estimated cups of pennies by the dollar! We raised approximately 36 dollars for the cause! Good job room 116!

Native American pictographs...fun!

This past week we spent time learning about how Native Americans told stories using pictures. See if your child can retell you the story about the Little Brown Duck Shinnabis? See if your child can retell the Thanksgiving story by using their re-telling beaded bracelet?

We enjoyed using a punch set and some leather to make name plates with pictures...check them out!

We are THANKFUL!

We had a wonderful time at the Thanksgiving Feast! The food was fabulous and the company even better!

Thank you to all those who helped make it possible...parents, cafeteria, janitorial, friends, volunteers and administration!

THANK YOU!

No Bones about it...we loved learning about animal skulls!

We had a great visit from Mr. Benenati. He is a science teacher at another school (and Cascade's dad!) but he came to school to teach us about animal skulls. He has a collection and brought a few to our class to share with us. We became very interested in parts of skeletons a few weeks ago when we explored owl pellets(regurgitated matter) and found the actual bones from mice and other small rodents! It was very cool! Ask us about the skulls that we saw...the picture about shows me holding a (stuffed!) owl and the skull of a Great Horned Owl! Thank you Mr. Benenati!

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun day on Halloween. We paraded around the bus circle and enjoyed a little party before heading out for our own celebrations!

(Yes, we adults were a few of the letter people!) If you are interested and would like a closer look at the costumes... we have a book in class that we made from the day called "Boo, Boo, Guess Who?" Check it out!

What was for snack? "Mice Crispie Treats" of course!

Last week we were learning about the color "brown" and Tyler's snack day fell on brown day. As a special treat we made "mice crispie treats" using chocolate rice crispies..they were measy but GOOD! Thank you.

Who, who is crazy about owls? We are!

We learned all about owls last week...and once again borrowed a stuffed REAL owl from the old science class's collection for a hands on chance to see owls up close and personal. This is a Great Horned Owl. Ask your child about owls!