Our Thanksgiving

Tayler's cousins came over. Bailey went to her grandma's on Saturday. Crystal went out of town for Thanksgiving. Harley had turkey that had bacon on it. Mikayla had a big piece of the wishbone. Lucas went to his grandma's house. Dalton thinks that Thanksgiving is the best holiday. Katie went to her cousin's house for Thanksgiving. R. J. and his family ate pumpkin pie. Anna went to Portsmith. Evan had two Thanksgivings. Aleigh went to her aunt's house. Camryn had good meals. Jacob said it was a fun Thanksgiving over the weekend. Julianna went to her Grandma Terrie. Max went to his dad's house. Cale went to two houses for Thanksgiving. Corbin had turkey that day.

Basic Skills Test

We had to fill in the circles. We had to stay in the circles. There were 65 pages. We did our best. Some were hard and some were easy. One was timed. We take them until the 8th grade. We did some 8th grade things. We had some extra paper for the math problems. At the very end, we did an extra 5 pages. We took breaks during the tests. Some times we did exercises. It took a week for us to get it done. We had snacks during the tests and restroom breaks. We had a lot of snacks.

Art

We are going to do clay. We will make things with it. We can make insects from it. We can make bowls or cups. The clay can be red, white, and blue. You can paint in art. We can do free painting. You can draw a house and then paint the picture. You can paint on paper. There are all sorts of color of paint. You can free color. We made haunted houses. You can color your haunted houses. We made butterflies. Then we cut out the butterflies. We decorated our butterflies. We cut out colorful pieces of paper and put it on our butterflies. We will make scratch art later on. We have made lots of sorts of things in art and we will make more things in art.

Staying Healthy

Our class has been having many absences this week. Lots of people have had the flu. These are some ways to stay healthy. Always wash your hands. Wash your hands for 20 seconds. Don't put your hands on other people's lockers. Stay clean. Take a shower. Keep your hands to yourself. Don't share your things. Blow your nose and then throw it away immediately! When you cough, cough into your elbow. If you're sick, don't come to school. If you are sick, take your medicine. Make sure an adult is around. Don't take your mom and dad's medicine. Use hand sanitizer. Drink lots of water. Don't share medicine. If you are allergic to something stay away.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week begins Monday, October 26, 2009. This is where we talk about drugs and staying away from them! On Monday, try to wear silly socks for Silly Sock Day. On Tuesday, we will sign a pledge against drugs. On Wednesday, doors should be decorated for drug safety. On Thursday, we should try to wear RED. On Friday, it will be our Halloween party and we will have a Halloween safety assembly. We will have a good week!!!

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus didn't know how to read or write when he was young. He asked the queen for help to sail. He fought in a battle. Christopher Columbus sailed in 1492. He sailed for many days and nights. Lots of people thought he was crazy because they thought he would fall off the world. He wanted to reach the Indies. One of the boats was long. Lots of people wanted him to turn back. Mr. Columbus sailed to the island. He sailed 3 ships to find the new land. The three ships were called the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He wanted to find gold and show the king and queen. Christopher Columbus's day is October 12th. We made Columbus hats on Columbus Day. We tried to make them look like his. We're working on a Christopher Columbus paper to color. We read books about Christopher Columbus.

Healthy Monday

We could walk, jog, or run on the track for 30 minutes. (Cale) (Tayler) We ran on the track. (Max) We walked with the third graders. (Bailey) You could walk with friends. We saw lots of friends and relatives. (Dalton) (Shelby) (R. J. ) We had a paper foot to punch for each lap we walked. (Juliana) We could try to guess how many laps we could run. (Mikayla) We all had a goal to meet. (Zach) Some people went over their goals. (Aleigh) Some people ran 7 or 8 laps. The most was 10 or 11 laps. (Max) (Lucas) We tried to win $1000. (Katie) When we were done running we had an apple or banana. (Cameryn) The snack was good. (Evan) We had lots of people say good try. (Jacob) We had fun. (Ana) Our class did 153 laps. (Katie)