Pond Pal of the Week

This was our Pond Pal of the week a few weeks ago. She shared with us some gloves that were red with black dots. She told us that they were her favorite gloves. They looked like ladybugs! What a cool thing to share! Thanks!

The Keeping Quilt

In October, we read the story "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Pollacco. The story describes a keeping quilt that is passed down, through the family, from generation to generation. Mrs. Blake, one of our Kindergarten teachers, has her own keeping quilt and she shared her quilt and her story with us!

Her keeping quilt dates all the way to the Civil War! During the Civil War, her family and their house was going to be attacked by the soldiers. The Mama of the family tied the family's silver into her hair and wrapped her hair. Then she grabbed the quilt, wrapped the youngest baby into the quilt and ran into a nearby cave. The soldiers were coming, and bullets were flying at Mama, but she made it safely into a cave, along with the silver, the baby, and the quilt.

Ever since then, this quilt is only passed down to girls in the family whose name is "Mary". Mrs. Blake's name is Marylee, and so she received the blanket from her grandmother! This quilt is hand stitched and is dyed from crushed up berries and leaves.

What a beautiful quilt! Thank you for sharing it with us, Mrs. Blake!

Red Ribbon Week

For Red Ribbon Week, the Marine Base came and put on an assembly for us. They showed us a cool video which explained how Red Ribbon Week got started. Then they asked us some questions about the video. Lastly, they gave us some cool souvenirs! Thanks Marine Base! :)!

Fire Prevention Week

Recently, we had Fire Prevention Week and we had an assembly about it! 2 Firefighters from our local firehouse came and showed us how to us a fire extinguisher, what to do if there's a fire, and what to do if we catch on fire. One firefighter even came out in his full uniform. He looked a little scary, but we know that he's just trying to do his job. It was an awesome assembly! Now we know how to be fire safe!

Frankensteins in Room 14!

We have way too much fun in Room 14. For Art on Friday on October 3rd we had Frankensteins. The students were given green and black paper and they were told to make their own Frankensteins. Some made theirs cute and friendly, others made theirs scary and gross! Either way, they turned out fun! Then the students wanted to make scary faces with their Frankensteins. Ooohhhh scary! Enjoy!

Pond Pal for October 3rd!

This student was our Pond Pal for this October 3rd and it was also her birthday! How cool! She showed us a toy dog that walked and barked as well as a bunny that talked! We had a fun time learning all about her and the things she brought!

Back to School Night

Here are some pictures from Back to School Night a few weeks ago. Students all made a life-sized picture of themselves from the waist up. We then taped those to their chairs and had their parents guess which one was their child. Their pictures turned out really good and they all look so happy and ready to be in the 3rd grade! :)! Can you guess who is who from their pictures?