Hi! I have news from this week and the week before Thanksgiving. We've been busy! The last two school days in November were total STEM days. We had a great time with lots of hands on learning! One day Maine Department of Education came in and did four different activities with us. We learned a lot of different ways to code. The second day each K-3 teacher led a different Thanksgiving STEM activity. The kids worked designing and building turkey hideouts and tables to fit Thanksgiving dinner, using symmetry to give the turkeys new feather patterns and more.
This week we started our tradition shares. They have been great! The kids are doing such a good job standing in front of their peers and telling about a family tradition! We can't wait to hear the rest over the next two weeks. We did lots of top secret work this week that you will get to see soon because they can't wait to take it all home!
Our field trip to The Grand to see The Grinch Musical was great!! We loved it! The Grand does a wonderful job with its productions. I'm sure your kids told you all about it! Thank you PTO for sponsoring our trip!!
Another huge thank you to the PTO for purchasing some Dragon Magnatile Sets to add to our Magnatiles. They also purchased a dragon/castle train set to add to our train collection. These kids are quite the engineers. They amaze me daily with their creations. They were so excited to get some new building materials!
We are doing something different in UFLI to practice writing our words. We're using Holiday Themed Faces and writing on their teeth. We then use a toothbrush to erase our words. Anything to make word work exciting :)!
We said Good-bye to Arya and her family on Friday. We are going to miss them so much! They will keep in touch though as they travel to their new home in Alaska. We are going to learn about different places as they check in. They are also going to teach us about Alaska once they get there! We can't wait to Zoom with Arya and learn about her new state!
Report cards came home Friday. If your child's didn't make it, please let me know.
Upcoming Dates
* Wednesday, Dec. 10th - Holiday Concert 6:00 pm. Students will meet in the cafeteria at 5:50.
* Friday, Dec. 19th - Flex Friday. Pajama Day. Last school day of 2025!
