Daily Update:
We began our day gathered on the mat, watching the morning announcements. We did a brief review of yesterday's work and continued rehearsing our Halloween song. As we discussed, the way we practice reflects the way we’ll perform, so we’re aiming for a strong rehearsal. Today’s spelling word was “whispering.” Our "Show, Not Tell" sentence was “He was a good skater.” After completing our Heggerty listening games, we doodled another fun ghost holding a hot chocolate. For our Work on Writing, we focused on the prompt “If I could have 3 wishes, I…” We also worked on decodable texts and practiced letter formation during UFLI.

Math:
The Grade 1 and 2 students tackled fact families, ordering numbers, and subtraction within 0-10. The Grade 3 group explored the meaning of digits in numbers with three identical digits, representing numbers with base ten blocks and organizing them in different forms.

After Lunch:
We continued our read-aloud of The One and Only Ivan. Mack tried training Ruby, but things didn’t go as planned. When he brought out the metal stick from his office, it only made the situation worse for Mack! Miss Brown visited us and reminded students that while watching floor hockey, they shouldn’t stick their hands through the screens for high fives or heckle the players. We also spent some more time practicing our Halloween song—it's really starting to come together!

PE:
We headed outside to work on our basketball drills. We focused on dribbling around pylons, as well as passing and shooting practice.

Day End:
To finish the day, we contributed to our Book of Gratitude with the prompt “I was proud of my effort today when…” Then, we checked our morning books to ensure all our tasks were completed. We signed our Home to School books, and I updated the pizza and milk count.

Picture of the Day:
It's tough always having to dodge the paparazzi!