Hoot 9

Oct 28-Nov 8: parent conferences. You received an email notification from Sign Up Genius mid-October to reserve your conference spot.
If you have yet to sign up, please click on the link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0449ada623a1fe3-tisa7

PLEASE NOTE THAT DURING THE PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE PERIOD (Oct 28-Nov 7) THERE WILL BE NO CLUBS AND TUTORING. Aftercare will still be available.  

Oct 31: Halloween 
A couple rules of thumb: we stay away from sugary treats and gory costumes. You are welcome to send a candy-free treat (see a few here ).

Halloween schedule:

12:45-1:45 pm: class party (Students will be changing into their costumes and will be celebrating with a dance party and yogurt parfait.)
2:00: Halloween parade on basketball court

2:30: Students of the Month celebration. This month we are honoring two outstanding students: Ariana Romero and Zoe Bromley.

Nov. 7, 6pm: Lantern Walk (rescheduled) The festivities start in the multi-purpose room with a frito pie fundraiser. We will gather on the basketball court at 6pm for the walk.

This month we are working on exploring the Solar System and maps. Please text/email/send your child's street address in for our studies. 

"We love snow!" exclaimed the first graders on Thursday. Please make sure your child has layers, gloves/mittens, hats, and appropriate shoes to enjoy the approaching cooler weather. According to the weather report, it's going to be another deep chill week in Taos.

Halloween!

Lots of excitement in the air! The children have been asking about our Halloween costumes.
This year we will have a story theme. Children can be story characters (humans, superheroes, or animals) from books or family movies. Please do NOT send your child in his/her costume. Have him/her bring the costume in a bag. We will change into our costumes at school around 1:00 and will be participating in the Halloween parade.

Also, please take heart: ABSOLUTELY NO scary, gory, or violent items such as any weapon, blood, fake wounds, or masks please.

We will uphold our NO CANDY policy for Halloween. Please do not send any candy to share on Halloween or the day after. Please monitor your child’s lunch box for those days. That is where lots of candy sneaks into the class! And what to do with the candy loot? Here is a post about the Sugar Sprite .

Oct 31: Halloween schedule

Halloween schedule:

12:45-1:45 pm: class party (Students will be changing into their costumes and will be celebrating with a dance party and yogurt parfait.)
2:00: School Halloween parade on basketball court

2:30: Students of the Month celebration. This month we are honoring two outstanding students: Ariana Romero and Zoe Bromley.

Here is the sign-up sheet for for the day. Please send your child with the item Thursday morning. Thank you!:

Vampire bite mix (aka yogurt parfait) cups: Aliyah, Ariana
spoons: Charlytte, Claire
berries (fresh or frozen): Eli, Erica, Brayden, Kellen
jam (red color would be perfect): Jeremy, Michael
whipping cream (in a can): Malcolm, Oliver
vanilla or plain yogurt (medium size): Quinn, Skylar, Skyler
juice: Sonny, Zia, Zoe

Thank you for your support!

Halloween Candy Dilemma Solved: Sugar Sprite to the Rescue!

"Halloween is just around the corner and it’s best to avoid the sugary sweets which are always a part of “modernized Halloween”. At our house, we tell this story and exchange our sweets for much better and nicer gifts:

As the weather becomes colder, and Halloween draws near, the Sugar Sprite Fairy requires more sugar to keep warm than she needs in the summer months. She knows that on Halloween, thousands of children will participate in an old custom we know as trick-or-treating, going door to door to collect sugary sweets. Because of this special ritual, there will be mountains of sweet and sugary candy in abundance. This is great news for the Sugar Sprite, and exactly what she needs to feed herself and her sweet family.

On All Hallows Eve, or Halloween as most of us now call it, the children are so excited that often they get careless – as they run door to door, they drop many pieces of candy – and The Sugar Sprite and all of her helpers are there to collect there. Yes, some children do sample some candy along the way while walking around in the cold night air, and it does tend to keep them warmer and more excited to keep on going door to door!

Some lucky children, those who know of The Sugar Sprite’s existence, they place their candy at the foot of their beds (or outside the front door, etc.) before going to sleep.

During the night, the friendly Sugar Sprite comes and takes the candy – and more often than not, she leaves a wonderful gift of thanks. This is almost always a wonderful new toy, some beautiful silks and playclips or that special something the child has been wishing for (after all, a Sugar Sprite is a Fairy, which means she knows exactly what it is you have been wishing!)

Yes, the Sugar Sprite knows what all children like, but sometimes the children write letters or make pictures for the sprite about a week before Halloween so she doesn’t get confused (she has to visit a lot of children to collect enough sugar for the coming winter!)

Enjoy your Halloween and Thank You for remembering and taking care of The Sugar Sprite!"

source: http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/the-sugar-sprite

Colcha Embroidery at the Harwood Museum

Jog-a-thon, Miles of Healthy Fun!

Hoot 8 -- Welcome Back to School!

Hope you all had a fun fall break, and welcome back to school!
As cold weather approaches, please make sure to check that your child has a full set of extra clothing at school. It won't hurt to keep a pair of mittens, a hat, and slippers in their cubby as well.

Oct 7: Read to stuffy fun!
Oct 7: Scholastic book box has arrived! Orders will be going home on Tuesday.
Oct 17 afternoon: Harp concert



Oct 24, 6pm: Lantern Walk (more information to follow)
Oct 28-Nov 8: parent conferences. You will be receiving an email notification from Sign Up Genius to  reserve your conference spot.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DURING THE PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE PERIOD (Oct 28-Nov 7) THERE WILL BE NO CLUBS AND TUTORING. Aftercare will still be available.
Oct 27: October Scholastic order due -- class code: PQNHX
To order, go to https://clubs.scholastic.com/home  and click "Parents Get Started" (yellowish section on the right) It will ask for our class code: PQNHX. Enter the code to access book orders and to make purchases. Last day to place an order is Thursday, Oct. 27.   For more info on how to order, please see earlier post, Scholastic Book Club.
Oct 31, 2:30pm: Student of the Month Celebration. This month we are honoring two outstanding students: Ariana Romero and Zoe Bromley. 
Oct 31: Halloween (There will be more info to follow. A couple rules of thumb: we stay away from sugary treats and gory costumes.)

Requests:
pumpkins and gourds of any size and shape
maps of any kind
prizes for treasure chest (small items, for example, used toys from your child's play bin, or stuff made by your child, nature finds)
leaves, fruit, seeds

FYI, if you are in the process of ordering back-to-school photos from Southern Exposure, the code is tisa19

Hoot 7

Yesterday's Harwood trip was amazing! Thank you for your participation and support!

Now it's fall break!

There is no homework packet in your child's folder for fall break. You are welcome to continue with the daily reading log, as well as the following online programs:

• Lexia
• Istation
• Keyboarding Without Tears
• Epic

For pointers on how to access the online learning, please go to these blog posts:

HOOT 3 with Computer Login Info

We All Get Epic! Thank You, Donors Choose

Enjoy your week off!