Sanders’ Scribbles  

Well, what can I say except that it was Halloween week!!  Please remember that Halloween candy is not an appropriate snack for fruit break.

 

Centers

We continued working on Samford Hall.  We are now working on the roof.  This presented a real challenge as the roof’s shape is a triangle and the boxes we were using were squares.  The children did an excellent job solving this problem.  They built a small model using pieces of cardboard and once the details had been worked out, they used the full size boxes to build the first roof! 

 

Shared Reading

Our focus book was Pumpkin, Pumpkin.  We used this story because one of our Halloween rotations gave the children a chance to taste foods made from pumpkins.  With this story, we worked on counting syllables, initial sounds, separating the sounds in words and counting the number of words in sentences.

 

Theme

With our research on Samford Hall, we learned that bats live in the two towers of this building.  This really interested the children.  So, we have now begun to research bats.  So far, we have learned that they are nocturnal and that they help us by eating the bugs and insects that bother us.

 

Shared Journals

We are still working hard on the negotiation process.  The children are doing such a good job of persuading their friends.  They are able to state reasons for choosing a particular story.  We are still working on the discussion forum so that they can state their ideas without my interference.

 

Important Dates and Notes:

·        We need individual animal cracker boxes to make cameras. 

·        Book Fair – Oct. 31 – Nov 4

·        PTA – Nov 7 6:00 p.m.

·        Chick-Fil-A Night – Nov 10

·        No School – Nov 11

·        Tailgate Day – Nov 17

·        Thanksgiving Holidays – Nov 23

Preston, Truett, Kyle and Graylin worked on the model roof.