Happy Halloween

First, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween and thank those of you who came by to visit the Wells Cemetery.  My husband and I had a great night and were happy to see so many familiar faces.  In case you missed it, here's what I looked like.

A special thanks to the parents who came in for the Halloween party.  I really appreciate your help in making the party a fun time for the class!!  Thanks to the parents who came out to the parade as well.  The students love seeing people as they are parading their great costumes. 

This week we began to discuss the genre: fables.  We read several stories with a lesson at the end.  One of the stories we read was called "The Fox and the Crane."  In this story, the fox invites the crane over for dinner but does not want to share any of his food with her.  He serves the food in a bowl that Crane cannot eat from.

Crane knowing that she had been tricked invites Fox over for dinner and serves the food in a jar that Fox cannot eat from.

The moral or lesson of the story was:  Do not try to trick others because they may turn around and trick you back.

Our spelling words this week had long u and short u.  We also practiced using commas in a series and recognizing nouns, both singular and plural.  

In writing, we wrote the steps of How To Paint a Pumpkin.  Then using the steps the students got to paint their pumpkins.  

We wrapped up our Balance and Motion Unit in science.  Our final lesson was the runway challenge.  As a class, we designed runways that had loops, curves and hills.  The students discovered ways to make the challenges work.  Great Job, students!!

Also, this week we met with our 6th Grade book buddies again to design a costume for Humphrey the Hamster.  We had some creative costume winners.  

Have a great weekend!!