Week 12 Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving break is right around the corner and I think that we're all looking forward to it. The students have worked hard over this past trimester and have compiled much new knowledge. It's always a good practice to reflect on accomplishments so here are just a few...

• Developed discipline while enjoying XC practices and meets.
• Learned or reviewed the parts of speech with a catchy song. (See if they remember it now and then.)
• Became familiar with several Native American tribes and realized that they are truly the first Americans.
• Read Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", learned about Ponce de Leon, and the Fountain of Youth.
• Got creeped out by Edgar Allan Poe's the Raven and created original blackout poetry.
• Spent a copious amount of time reading and writing about the Monarch butterfly's journey.
• Held snakes!
• Discussed the contradictions of Thomas Jefferson's life.
• Explored plant and animal cells by comparing them to everyday life.

... and I could go on but it's time to move on.

We will be wrapping things up this week and also enjoying some special events.

Monday - Friday: Usborne Book Fair in the Commons.

Monday, 11/12: Luke Bair will visit the class at 1:00 and talk about Armistice Day. Parents are invited to join us. 

Wednesday, 11/14: We will travel to the American Shakespeare Theater in Staunton, VA and view "As You Like It". The day's schedule is-

• Be at school by 8:00 am so that we can leave at 8:15. The drivers are Troyer, Wood, Lumsden, and Johnson. We need to arrive before 10:00 am.
• The play starts at 10:30 am with an actor talk back at 12:45 pm. The snack bar is open at intermission. Students are responsible for buying their own snack if wanted.
• Lunch will be at a local pizza place. Please send $10 with your student for lunch. I will order pizzas to be ready ahead of time.
• We go back to the theater at 2:00 pm for a behind the scenes tour.
• We'll depart at 3:15 with an ETA at GES of 4:45 pm.

Friday, 11/16: Grandparents/Special friend day. Please join us for a morning of fellowship school wide and in our classroom. Let the office know if you are coming and if you will be staying for lunch. Early dismissal is at 1:00 pm.

Monday, 11/19 - Friday 11/23: Thanksgiving Break. Relax... Refresh... Refuel!

Mrs. J