Dear Parents,

On Friday, October 29^th, we will be exploring pumpkins through hands-on activities.  I will need 4-6 volunteers. A sign-up sheet will be outside my door for both volunteers and supplies. If you can bring anything or join us on Friday, please sign up ASAP!

Parents will work with groups of students using pumpkins and exploring math, science, art, and more!

Materials Requested

4 sharp knives (for cutting open the pumpkins)

5 large pumpkins

3 medium pumpkins

3 small (hand-size pumpkin) they will be for floating

Wet naps for cleaning up

5 Plastic table cloths for covering the tables

5 cookie sheets covered with foil to collect seeds

Our Pumpkin Festivities will begin in the morning, and volunteers are requested to be here at 12:50 for set-up.

1:20-2:45 Pumpkin Activities!!

Pumpkin Day Schedule

8:30-9:30- Friday Tests

9:30-11:00- PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES

11:05-11:35- Recess

11:40-12:25- Ancillary

12:42-1:12- Lunch

1:20-2:45- PUMPKIN ACTIVITIES (Volunteers)

We also request a few pumpkin treats to eat during the activities. Some suggestions may be (but are not limited to) pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread/pie, etc.

If you feel like bringing extra pumpkins of varying sizes/ colors, that would be wonderful for observations.

Thank you in advance for all the help and participation!

-Mrs. Mackey

Technology...

I wanted to appologize about the lack of communication we have had this week. Since the HISD system was down, everything has seemed difficult. It shows we really depend on technology in this day and age.

Spelling Words

This week you are NOT required to turn in Spelling Homework. We have been doing an AWESOME job and the class deserves a break this week. If all goes well, we will shift to online Spelling Homework. You can try it out this week if you would like.

Go to the link http://www.spellingcity.com/ and either type in your Spelling words or search for your teacher.

(This week look up Mrs. Muster's Class)

Story Telling Dolls

News and Updates

Classroom News

October 4
2nd Week in LDC
October 8
Ribbon Cutting for Garden 9:00AM
October 19
Water Experiment Day
October 21
Water Lady Visit 1:45
October 23
Spooky Spaghetti
October 28
Main Street Field Trip
October 29
Pumpkin Math

Update!

What is going on in Ms. McDonald’s Class

We have just finished up our Communities Planner and are moving into Water.

The Communities Unit was a great learning experience. We did things like create our own city named Twainsville, write stories about it, create Story-telling Cultural Dolls, and learned about natural resources in the environment that allow communities to grow. We also talked about Houston and the History being the wonderful community we are all a part of. We discussed how communities change and why location plays a part in where people begin settling a community. Thus, the REGIONS test. And now we are on the last Region, the Midwest Region.

The Regions will continue into the Water Planner (not the tests though J) and we will learn about water supply not only in the regions of the Unites States, but all around the world. The Water planner is an action packed unit and we will be having a Water Day, learning from the WaterWise Lady, and doing many fun and exciting experiments. As with all the planners, at the end of the Unit, we will have a Summative Assessment that ties everything together and we see what we have learned as a class. This summative will most likely be on November  12^th.

As for what is going on in class on a daily basis, make sure you are checking your students planner as they should be writing a lot of information.

Remember:

Planners are to be signed every Tuesday Night.

Reading Logs are to be signed.

Homework is still our Reading Log and Spelling Work.

*We are going to hold off on Renzulli for a while as I am looking into some other online Homework options!

If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

-Ms. McDonald