Welcome to Room 213!

It has been a busy September and October.

Some things we did in September include the “Star of the Day” books. Each child had the opportunity to be the star and to tell the class about themselves. The whole class contributed to a book that the star was able to take home and share with their family.

We also participated in the Terry Fox Run in which each child ran or walked around the track ten times. Thank you to all those who donated money!

In September your children studied the life cycle of a butterfly and had the opportunity to watch caterpillars grow, become chrysalises, and change into butterflies. Both the morning and afternoon children helped release our butterflies and wished them well on their migration to Mexico.

We learned to sing “The Fuzzy Little Caterpillar”:

The Fuzzy little caterpillar lay upon a leaf,

Soon she made a chrysalis and then fell fast asleep,

While she was sleeping she dreamed that she could fly,

Later when she woke up she was a butterfly!

The seniors made a caterpillar book based on the following poem:

I started as a tiny egg,

Upon a leaf of green.

And now I stay upon the leaf,

So I will not be seen.

Soon I’ll build a chrysalis,

Upon a limb up high.

I’ll stay awhile and then come out,

And be a butterfly!

With the help of Mrs. Barbuto and our student teacher Michelle, the students created beautiful caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies that are displayed outside our classroom.

October brought Thansgiving and the students wrote about something they were thankful for.

Last week we started our poem of the week activity. We read a poem, look for patterns or rhyming words, discuss meaning or feelings and then at the end of the week glue it into our language book and draw a picture of it.

Our poem last week was called:

“Mashed Potatoes”

by Eve Meriam.

Mashed potatoes, Mashed potatoes,

Piled up high.

Mashed potatoes, Mashed potatoes,

Up to the sky.

Mashed potato clouds,

Mashed potato Moon.

Scoop it all up with a giant spoon!

This week it is called “Pumpkin Pie”

We will soon start our alphabet books. The letter “B” is the first letter we will be studying.

This week we were lucky enough to have a volunteer named Dale come in and help us bake pumpkin tarts. The recipe will follow! They were delicious. Next week she is going to help us make “alphabet cookies” using sugar cookie dough.

Sadly this Friday October 23rd will be our student teacher Michelle’s last day with us. We are truly going to miss her. She has added so much to our class!

Next Friday Oct. 30th we are going to have our annual Clinton Halloween parade! It takes place in the afternoon at around 1:00 pm. If your child is in the morning class please feel free to join us if you can. Your child can come to school in their costumes (no masks or weapons please). We will have a little Halloween party as well (AM and PM). More information on this will follow.