HAPPY GRINCH DAY!  Do you recognize these grinning Grinches??

Surprise!!

Today was the BEST DAY EVER in kindergarten :) because we finally got to decorate our gingerbread houses!!  Thanks again to everyone who sent in goodies...MOST of them went on our houses.  (Of course, some might have gone in our tummies, too :)
Here are some pictures....

We have been enjoying LOTS of gingerbread stories the past few days.  We read about the gingerbread man, the gingerbread girl, the gingerbread cowboy, gingerbread Fred, gingerbread baby,  and the stinky cheese man. Which was your child's favorite?? (Most LOVED the stinky cheese man...ha!)  Today we decorated cookies, and graphed which part we bit first.

Tomorrow we'll make our gingerbread houses...we can't wait!!  (A BIG  thank you for sending in all the goodies :)

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our 2nd grade buddies today!  We read stories about the first Thanksgiving, and learned that the Pilgrims and Indians had a feast to celebrate their friendship.  We met in our room, watched A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING, then had our own feast. We made butter and corn bread muffins; our buddies cooked cranberries.  It was super yummy!

We had SO MUCH FUN at the Hartje Center today with Mr. Williams!  He told the kids to be "nature detectives" and they spotted all kinds of interesting things....deer tracks, milkweed pods, pine cones, acorns, mushrooms, and moss.  We even found a stick house, rumored to belong to the first little pig!
Another highlight?  Jumping in leaves!

Last week, we had an author celebration!  We have been busy writing "personal narratives",  and on Friday we shared the "big idea" of our story.  During our writing mini-lessons, we have been learning how to include characters, setting, details, and feelings in our book.  We've also been practicing putting spaces between our words and ending sentences with a period.  I'm soooo proud of our writers!!

During our math lessons, we've been learning about MORE and FEWER.  Today we played a game to reinforce these concepts, and to help us answer the question "How do you know?"

We've also been learning about BATS!  We've been making pages for our own nonfiction story, and today we added one that says "Bats use echolocation."  

Here's a link to a great song we've been singing at school (warning...this will stick in your head :).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-Y2Tt8gFE

So this was my plan for the day....quiet, happy, and restful.

This was how our day turned out....SILLY!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We had SO MUCH FUN at Country Bumpkin.  We visited the pumpkin patch, corn field,  a hay bale maze, and the play village.  I think we will ALL sleep good tonight!!

(If your child brought home popcorn it needs to dry...it may be ready around Christmas.  Once the kernels are ready to come of the cob, you can pop them your favorite way.)

We even saw a baby lamb...born this morning!