Dear Families,

Today was our 30th day of school!  It is hard to believe that so many days have slipped by already.  We had a wonderful lunch bunch on Tuesday thanks to Dawson and Wasserman families.  Our adventure to the Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington was a real treat.  We hope your children shared with you the puppet interpretations of Margaret Wise Brown’s The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon.  In the classroom the children have begun working on personal narratives, capturing a moment in their lives and creating stories.  We launched this study with a reading of Vera B. Williams’ A Chair for My Mother.  Our tree unit is wrapping up, you will have a chance to see your child’s science notebook from our tree study during your parent conferences.  An email will be sent to all of you providing an online link for conference sign-ups.  The grand finale to our tree unit will be watching the animated version of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.

Next week will be a busy one for us.  We head to Kimball Farms in Lenox on Thursday to meet our new community friends.  This will be the first of many visits and interactions we will have with the residents there throughout the year.  Friday is our day to celebrate Halloween!  The children will bring their costumes to school.  Weapons are not allowed, nor are masks.  If your child wants to bring his/her mask that is okay, but we do not allow the wearing of masks as it can frighten some of the younger children when we venture forth for the parade.  1:30 is when we will traverse the campus in costume finishing up in the music room for some Halloween stories, chants, and songs.  Our day will wrap up with a small party in the classroom.  You are more than welcome to join us for the parade, but parents do not typically stay for the party.

Below is a slide show that includes Grandparents Day activities, our adventures at Kennedy Park on Mountain Day, revisiting our BCD trees, making self-portraits, counting out the estimation jar items, sorting and classifying objects in math, and working on our personal time lines.

All our best,

Katharine and Kay

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