Central idea : People express their cultures and values through celebrations.

An Inquiry into...
Traditions people celebrate
Different ways people express themselves

We have been talking a lot about Thanksgiving and how we celebrate the holiday. We have also been talking about what it means to express ourselves. We made a connection to this when we saw that our graham cracker snacks had emojis on them and emojis show different emotions!

Gia was earned the Learner Profile Award this month for "reflective." She is always reflective about her learning and working hard to continue to grow!

We had a lot of fun on our first field trip to Shaker Lakes Nature Center! We learned about living vs. non-living things and what living things need to survive. We got to go on a nature walk and collect things we found. When we got back inside we were able to take a closer look at our findings!

Our K-2 classes have donated 48 pairs of pajamas so far!

Noa kicked off our new planner by sharing with us a little about her heritage and traditions. She explained a little bit about Hanukkah and the Menorah! This new planner is all about how heritage is reflected through expression (arts, customs, traditions, family celebrations, and and language). We will have so much fun learning about different holidays/celebrations/traditions and learn so much about each other!  We would love to have family members come in and share too! Let me know if you are interested and we can setup a schedule!
We will be working on this planner through December.

We love Center time! So much fun and so much practice, learning, teamwork, creativity, and cooperation all while doing it!

Even though it was a really short week, we made time for our 4th Grade Read Buddies! They even made us books!

Central idea
Children learn about themselves and others by sharing with friends and trying new things.
Lines of inquiry
1. Personal histories
2. Our similarities and differences
3. Being open-minded
Key Concepts
Reflection, Connection, Perspective
Learner Profile 
Attributes
Risk-takers, Open-minded, Reflective
Attitudes
Confidence, Curiosity

Book Character Day was so much fun! We had so many creative costumes and loved sharing about them!

We are learning vocabulary for animals in Mandarin. We are having fun acting out the animals!

We had fun in our Centers this week working together. Our CLE Police Officer friends came and helped out in our Centers one day too! We were excited to show them that our pumpkin has a sprout!