Highlights From a Short Week!

Hello families,

It's been an exciting, even if short, week! Here are just a couple of quick updates.

Last Friday afternoon we filled our class HEART Jar and voted on another Bonus Recess Class Celebration that we had that afternoon while the weather was still nice and warm.

On Tuesday we dumped our hearts into the school heart monitor and then it was full! So on Wednesday we had an All School Celebration. Each grade level made a banner. First graders made the H banner and we made hearts to carry that show ways we are Honest. As a whole school we had a parade from JFK down to the lobby doors. Our parade led into the cafeteria where we saw a science/magic show! It was a fantastic and heartful day!

In Social Studies we continue to talk about big feelings and how they affect our bodies. This connects well with our work in guidance and mindfulness where we are learning strategies for how to handle big feelings and calm our bodies and minds. We read the book Visiting Feelings and discussed how we notice and explore our own feelings. We also took this theme into our writing. First we read the classic book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. We loved the pattern in this book so decided to make one of our own. Instead of colors and animals we're using feelings and our names! We made our pages on Tuesday and were excited to have the book put together to add to our book boxes for reading today!

We've had many kids with colds, coughs and runny noses this week. I hope this long weekend you have plenty of time to rest and get better. Drink lots of water!

Have a great long weekend! See you Monday!

Dates to Remember:
Thursday October 19 - No School
Friday October 20 - No School
Monday October 23 - Library 11-11:30
Friday October 27 - Picture Retakes
Tuesday October 31 - Halloween - No Costumes at School
Monday November 20 - Family Conferences - No School for Kids
Tuesday November 21 - Friday November 24 - Thanksgiving Break - No School


Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox