We have been talking a lot about traditions people celebrate as well as how people celebrate them. We are really enjoying hearing each other's stories and learning about each other's families.

The full moon that appeared last Sunday led to much talk about the sky. We explored and learned a little more about the daytime sky. In Math, we explored shapes and their attributes while working in groups.

The Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive
Count: 188 pairs of pajamas

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!

At our All School Monday Morning Meeting, the Dance Team was announced and they did a quick performance! Students names were chosen for the Random Acts of Attitudes tickets. Gus from Mrs. Hubney's class was picked! Mrs. Turos also introduced the Holiday Shop!

Thank you to everyone who attended Student-Led Conferences! I hope you were able to get a glimpse of what your child does on a daily basis. I also hope you were able to see how much growth they have made in just 3 months!

We have been sharing about ourselves and learning new things about each other. We interviewed a friend and asked them about some of their favorite things. We took notes and then presented our findings to the class! We also starting sharing our Me Museum items! We talked about our family, things that our special to us and things that make us unique!

Our Pumpkin Jack has not sprouted yet, but we are still observing and taking notes!

We wore orange to help support anti-bullying!

The Fab Lab came on Friday! We had so much fun watching lasers cut wood and even a pumpkin! We also got to decorate our own wood pumpkin!