Halloween Party

After returning to the classroom from the Halloween Parade, we started our party. I had stations set up around the room. Students rotated around the stations to do different Halloween activities.

The students made SCARY witch's hands with gloves, candy corn and popcorn.They decorated cupcakes to look like spiders.

The students made cute Halloween magnets! They played Halloween Bingo and won a new book,

and made caramel apples!

A BIG thank you to all of the parents that helped out! I couldn't have done it without you!

Halloween Parade

The Halloween Parade started around 2:00 on Thursday. The entire school met on the playground to parade around the field area and check out each others' costumes. We saw princesses, vampires, goblins, and ghosts! Look at those scary creatures!

Bilbray's Annual Fall Festival

On Friday, October 24, Bilbray held its annual FALL FESTIVAL in the evening. Many students attended the event with their families and enjoyed the fun, food and games!

October Character Traits Assembly

Congratulations to the students who earned awards at the Character Traits Assembly on Friday. Baili earned the award for Creativity because of the exceptional word choice that she uses when she is writing and speaking. Her stories are very creative! James earned the award for Self Control because of the change I have seen in him since the beginning of the year and how he is improving his self control in the classroom. Alexis earned the award for Respect because she always shows the utmost respect for everyone she sees - adults AND students! Abigail earned the award for Positive Attitude because she always has a positive outlook on any task that is put ahead of her. Abigail misses class each week to attend GATE, and she is always happy to finish the work she misses with a smile and is genuinely a happy person! In November I will be looking for students who can show good character, gratitude, and loyalty!

Halloween is quickly approaching. We will be having a Halloween party on Thursday, October 30. We will start by having a school-wide Halloween Parade and then return to our classroom for our party. Students will rotate between center activities to play a Halloween card game, make caramel apples, decorate cupcake spiders, and other fun activities. Rather than shopping for treats for the party, please send in $2 and our room parent will take care of everything! Thank you!

Incorporating TECHNOLOGY into our Day

Students were introduced to using the LAPTOPS on Friday. WOW, were they excited! I introduced them to the website "Ticket to Read". Students are able to read passages at their reading level and answer comprehension questions to earn tickets. The tickets can be used to 'buy' items to decorate their clubhouse. The students loved using the laptops. We will be working on incorporating them more into our days. There is a technology link included in the weekly newsletter to offer suggestion for students to practice skills on the computer at home.

Jeffersonville, Nevada

We have been learning about Geography in Social Studies for the past few weeks. All students should be able to name the seven continents and four oceans. We learned about using coordinates on a map to find specific locations as well as using the compass rose to move around the map. We use "Never East Soggy Waffles" and "Never Eat Shredded Wheat" to help us remember the directions in the correct order as you go around the compass rose. Everyone made a map of an imaginary city (Jeffersonville, Nevada) and used a map key to add symbols on their map to show schools, rivers, forests, buildings, and parks.