Daily Update:
We began the day by reviewing yesterday's work and brainstorming ways to improve. Today's spelling word was Halloween, and our "Show, Not Tell" sentence was: "He was tall." After wrapping up our Heggerty games, we quickly doodled a fall scene (at 1.5 speed!) before practicing today's exercise: butt kickers. In literacy, we reflected on our "Work on Writing" results and rotated through Work on Writing (with the prompt "At Halloween I will..."), Read to Self, and UFLI segmenting and blending sounds. Everyone’s working very well!

Math:
In Math we only had half a class as it was our Roots of Empathy day with baby Kade. Grade 3 students represented numbers to 100 pictorially, symbollically, and concretely.  The Grade 1's and 2's worked on using the 100's chart to count and skip count forward and backward while starting and stoping on different numbers. (Examples: Start at 8, count backwards by 1's, and stop at 3. Start at 26, count forward by tens, stop at 76)

After Lunch:
We caught up with The One and Only Ivan, and Ruby had us all thinking with a riddle: “What do elephants have that nothing else has?” Do you remember the answer? After that, we experimented with our 3D resin printer. What do you think happens when a very thin layer of resin meets ultraviolet light?

In PE:
Mr. Ross took us out to the freshly mowed baseball field, which is prepped for tomorrow night's soccer game. We played three new games with hula hoops and balls. The kids tried explaining the rules to me, but I think I’ll need to join in next time to fully understand how they work!

Day End:
At the end of the day, we reflected in our Book of Gratitude, using the prompt: "I was thankful I was able to help someone by...". After signing our Home to School Books, we had a little free time before heading to the buses. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Picture of the Day:
Our Roots baby Kade with mom Laurin.