Happy Halloween!

It's my hope in writing for this blog that it can both stand alone and provide a visual for some of the things I write about in the weekly newsletter.  This posting offers a glimpse into a daily routine of ours: the greeting during morning meeting.  Some days we stay seated and send a greeting around the circle and other days we use cards (names, photos, math equations, uppercase/lower case) to determine who greets who with a handshake, eye contact and the words "good morning _____".  

This week we talked about how writers can show what they know by including lots of details.  Labeled pictures, which children are used to seeing in books, are a super way for beginning writers to communicate with an audience.  Before asking the children to create a labeled picture on a topic of their choice, we warmed up by creating labeled pictures about Halloween using a word list.

I'm happy that many of you were able to join us for Friday's festivities.  The children had a great time making hanging bats, spooky spiders and knuckle printed pumpkins.  They enjoyed delicious, healthy foods and loved Halloween Bingo with Miss Jess!  A very heartfelt thank you to everyone who contributed.