Can you believe this week is over already?  It has been a very bus week for us.  Our trip to the Zoo was so much fun.  Thank you to all of the parents who came and helped us out!  Luckily, the rain waited until lunch time.  If you have any pictures from the zoo, please e-mail them to me so that I can put it on the web. 

SHARED JOURNAL

This week, we really worked on the way that we told our stories.  We worked to tell only important details sot that our stories don’t drag on.  This even became a point brought up in our negotiations!  We are also beginning to self-evaluate our journal entries.  This will really help the children do their best work and grow as writers. 

THEME

With the few days that we had this week, we began making the covers for our Circus Fact Books.  We also started talking about the Publicity Department and about ways to advertise our circus.  We looked at some real circus posters and decided that we would need to make posters to let AEEC know that our circus is coming in 2007! 

SHARED READING

We began the week by reading several books about the zoo.  We made a web of animals we thought we might see at the Montgomery Zoo.  After our trip, we also made a graph of our favorite animal that we saw.

The elephants won.  We finished the week with some very funny Halloween stories.   

Center Time

We worked on our Circus Fact Book covers, our calendar pattern pages and our hamster Power Point presentation! 

IMPORTANT DATES AND NOTES

We need some more classroom snacks.  Please send some in if you can!

November 6 – PTA Meeting 6:00

November 6-9  - Book Fair

November 10 – Veterans Day Holiday (no school)

November 14 – Sonic Restaurant Night (Dean Road)

November 16 – Tailgate Day

November 22-24 – Thanksgiving Holidays (no school)

I think I brought some monkeys home!