In Living Color

As October is wrapping up we've been feeling grateful for the lovely weather and beautiful fall colors around our campus, and what a perfect day for Harvest Fest on Saturday. It was good seeing so many of you there and all the happy children and creative costumes. 

Throughout last week students were engaged in focused work continuing with language and math lessons and materials from the previous week, as well as research projects, Spanish, and finishing up this round of Literature Circles. Students worked with materials focused on grammar and parts of speech (nouns, suffixes) and another round of letters to kindergarten buddies went out. A number of students opted to make dioramas for their literature circle projects and will present them to their classmates in the upcoming week, while other groups have performed or will be performing skits. 

This was the second week in which some Morado students signed up to visit Early Childhood classrooms to read to them in small groups. The feedback from students and EC teachers has all been positive, and it is a valuable opportunity for Morado students to practice reading aloud and bond with younger members of our community. During the afternoons last week students also had the opportunity to spend time outside with Turquesa students and kindergarten buddies making the many scarecrows that were on display at Harvest Fest. We were grateful for all there help preparing for the event. 

Looking to the week and month ahead, we'd like to highlight a few upcoming dates to remember. Please remember picture day is this Monday 10/30. 

Monday, 10/30 - Picture Day for Morado and Turquesa students
Wednesday 11/1 - Elementary Coffee Talk with Ms. Nicole 9:30-10:30am at La Casa
Friday,  11/3 - Aegis visit 
Monday, 11/6 - visit from author and storyteller Margaret Mead MacDonald 

Wednesday 11/15 and Thursday 11/16 - Speech and Language Screening (please send in      your authorization form and check if this something you'd like your child to participate in)

Friday, 11/17 - K/El Family Night at the Happy Valley Grange 
Weds, 11/22-11/24 - Thanksgiving Break

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