October 8, 2010

Good Afternoon!  Let me tell you about our day.  Around 9:30 we headed outside to hang the tree signs on each tree.  So, I had the pleasure of taking 16 wonderful children to the orchard.  Once there, we spent an hour enjoying a beautiful fall day enjoying the breeze, colors, and sunshine.  Could it get any better?  In all seriousness, the students did a wonderful job of creating signs for each tree.   If you drive by the orchard, you will see our wonderful work.  The next phase of the project will be creating a larger scaled version of our original map sketches, creating a digital image, and creating an interactive digital version.

Over the past two days we have continued working with geo-blocks and discovering the many attributes of each block.  This is a continuation of our geometry study.  The students have had a variety of ways to discover and explore the 2 and 3 dimensional shapes we are working with.

FYI:
*There is no school on Monday (Teacher Inservice).
*Next week we will be collecting food as we gear up for our Hike For Hunger.  Please have your child bring in food donations before next Friday.  For more information (there is a cool video for kids) about the Hike For Hunger Campaign, please check out this link:  http://www.vtnohunger.org/info/hikeforhunger.php

That is all for now.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  I will post again next Wednesday.
Peace,
Tom