Arthur's Thanksgiving

Reporting Absences!

On the website, there is now a link for parents to click on to let Mrs. Charles, our data clerk, know that your child will be absent.

Thanksgiving Is...

"...a tim where you can be thankfol for your friend's and famly. The indians went hunting for a turkey, we go to Walmart. Then there is a big feast. After we eat we listen to music and dance. Thanksgiving makes me feel happy." ~S.C.

"...for giving to othors. On September 1620 a small ship called the Mayflower saild to america. Thakgiving is a time for a big fest. I love Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving I am going to siver doler city. This is all abote Thanksgiving and what I am doing for Thanksgiving." ~K.A.

"...grate bey cuz you can salubrat yor fran and food. You can have a fest. You can Have trke and pukin piys and gren pees and gren bez and mash buttol. Thanksgiving is grat" ~Z.G.


"...is a time for thanks. Pilgrims and indians selebrat havest. I like Thanksgiving." ~N.T.

"...when we gather around and have a big feast. Thanksgiving is when we gather around and have a big feast." E.T.

"On Thanksgiving we can have turkeys. Frends play with thr frends. And have a feast with the pilgrims and ebybde hav fun at teh feast. have a gret feast ebybude!" ~D.D.

"In 1620 the Pilgrims needed shelter. Winter was soon. Then they relised it was spring. And the Pilgrims adn Indins celiberated theyre freindship. 100 years later Abraham linkun called it the frist thanks giving. I like thanksgiving." ~E.W.

"...wen you clbrate. On thanksgiving we eat turkeys. We spend tim with our family and friends being thankful to everybdoy. Thakgiving is asem." ~M.R.

"In 1621 the pilgrims and indians had thar frst thanksgiving. I am so lucky that i got a lot of friends. I love to spend time with my friends and family." ~M.P.

"The indians helped the pilgrims get food. Then they eat it. Today we eat corn, ham, mashed potatoes and beans. I love Thanksgiving." ~N.A.

"...giving thanks to family and friends. It is being thankful for food and clothes. So, Thanksgiving is coming soon. Please enjoy it! It's my favorite holiday." ~J.W.

"...abowt giving thanks for are close, are shelters, are skoole and are food. We giv thanks for erthing. Thanksgiving is eportit." ~K.T.

"On Thanksgiving you hav a feast and go see turkeys! We spend time with are famly and frends. Thanksgiving is a grate holuday. We hav turkey and even get a week off school! But I'm goin to miss you." ~B.S.

"The first Thanksgiving was on October 1621. It was to give thanks to everything we have like our food and family. This is my favorite holiday. I like to eat turkey and cookies. This is all I know about Thanksgiving."
~P.H.

"On Thanksgiving we hav a fest. I love turkey Thanksgiving is fun Thanksgiving is my favit holday I love Thanksgivng" ~E.H-W.

"...a time war we giv thanks. Thankgiving is a byootuful foll day. thankgiving is a tim war we can see frends and famulei. Thanksgiving is war we can hav a feast. I love Thanksgiving." ~B.M.

"...a speil holida." ~A.W.

"...a beautiful holiday. The pilgrims and indians had their first Thanksgiving in October 1621. Thanksgiving is giving thanks. Thanksgiving is being thankful for our things (food, friends, clothes, shelter and family). I love Thanksgiving." ~L.H.

Picture retakes December 4th. The students must have the ORIGINAL package with them on this day in order to have pictures retaken!

Happy Fall Break! I know we are all looking forward to spending time with our family and friends next week! I want to thank so many of you for sharing books from the book fair with our class! They will be used extensively...not just this year but for many years to come!

WELL...Ms. Tulbert and I are getting close to posting Arthur's Thanksgiving. We just finished putting it together and tomorrow Mr. Cizdziel has said he would help me figure out how to post it here on our blog and HOPEFULLY burn each of you a disk for your own viewing pleasure!

Well, I am off to Minneapolis right after school on Friday...therefore I need to get started on laundry and packing since I will be at the Kindergarten presentation of The Three Little Pigs tomorrow night!

Have a great evening!

It's that time year! Time for giving!!! Small World is Making the difference in the lives of children (http://www.smallworldwithlove.org/). Each grade level has "adopted" an angel. If you would like to help make a difference in this child's life please think 12 year old boy! His needs are clothing and shoes his WISH is art materials. He wears: Pants: 12 reg., Shirt: L/XL,

Shoes: 5 1/2, Coat: XL and Underwear: L.

Donations need to be at school NO LATER THAN Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Please DO NOT WRAP...Send in a bag labeled with our angel's number! #277

Wow! We didn't get to enjoy that fall blog theme long did we? But like I said!!! Winter Break is FAST approaching...

I have just gotten home from a room parent meeting! Planning the Winter Party! YAY! What fun and approaching QUICKLY. Please be on the look out Thursday for a note from Mrs. Parsons our WONDERFUL room mom! Our theme will be Winter Wonderland...THINK WHITE...We will be asking each child to bring in 5.00 to cover the cost of the party! You may start sending that in ASAP. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE...put it in an envelope labeled CLASS PARTY and your child's name!!! Thank you in advance for your participation...The kids will have a fun day!!

Today was a busy one! We did get Arthur's Thanksgiving recorded and plan to take pictures tomorrow! I'm excited about the outcome of this project! Hopefully, it will all come together by the end of the week and you will be able to share with your loved ones over the break!

Don't forget...tomorrow is our day to go to the book fair. I will send kids that have money to the fair at 1:15! There are wonderful parent helpers in there!!! If you have SPECIFIC requests as to what your child can and cannot buy please write it down and put it in the envelope with your child's money!

Wednesday is Lunch with a Loved one! IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND...please RSVP so I will know to have your child ready and not send them out to recess. Book fair will be open to you and your little dragon from 10:30-11:00. Lunch begins at 11:00 and class begins at 11:30!

Round Up FUN!

Loyalty and Cooperation

Kaitlyn the dragon who is always cooperative and loyal! WAY TO GO!

Lead us in the Cha Cha Slide Miss Kaitlyn!

SONIC

I don't know about you but I love SONIC drinks...Anyway...Stafford Middle School is having a fundraiser...Selling SAVER CARDS below you will find the deals. Mrs. Boor's daughter is selling them along with every other Stafford middle schooler. If you haven't already purchased one but would like one please send in 10.00 CASH/CHECK (made out to Stafford Middle School PTA) in an envelope labeled with YOUR NAME and SAVER CARD. I will make sure she gets it! I bought one last year and made up the 10.00 buying Sonic drinks ONLY! I buy them for all of my family (stocking stuffers)

Here are the deals:
Sonic- Route 44 drink for 99 cents (can get up to 2 each time you go)--The Sonic deal comes on a key chain so you can always have it ready.
Burger King-BOGOF whopper
Chili's-Free chips and salsa when buy 2 adult entrees (only good at Dallas Pkwy one)
Quiznos Sub-Free chips and regular size drink with purchase of regular or large sub
Pizza Hut-Free Med. 1 topping pizza with purchase of Lg. specialty pizza at regular price
Mooyah Burgers-Free small fries with purchase of burger and drink (Frisco and Little Elm locations only)
Arby's-BOGOF reg. roast beef sandwich
Palio's Pizza-Free med. 1 topping pizza with purchase of lg. gourmet pizza
Popeye's-Free 2 piece dinner with purchase of 3 piece combo meal and drink
TGI Friday's-$5 off purchase of $25 or more
Sport Clips-$2 off a JV haircut/$3 off Varsity haircut
Papa Murphy's-$2 off any pizza any size
Cold Stone Creamery-$1 off a Love-It Size or greater
Cristina's-$1 off any lunch meal or $2 off any dinner meal
IHOP-10% off any purchase
Marble Slab Creamery-10% off total purchase
KFC-Leg, thigh, side item, biscuit and medium drink for $2.49
Panda Express-Buy 2 entree plates and receive 1 piece spring roll free
Strikz-BOGOF 1 hour bowling (does not include shoe rental) or BOGOF laser tag game
Domino's-Buy 1 pizza at regular price get 2nd free (of equal or lesser value) (Valid at Preston Vineyard, Frisco location)

We talked about giving thanks today...We then each wrote about one of our classroom friends. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE my little dragons. Not only is their writing improving but they have such nice things to say about one another! You all should be VERY proud. Your child will bring home a turkey with what their friend wrote about them...(probably next week)! However, I will definitely try to get them hung up in the hall...so if you happen to come for the book fair or for Thanksgiving lunch be sure to check them out!

Speaking of giving thanks...I can't believe in one short week we will be on break. My mom, the two boys and I will drive to Minnesota so that the boys can spend some time with their Minnesota Grandma. My mom and I will meet my youngest sister in Minneapolis for some "girl" time. I am so thankful for my wonderful family...Including my Robertson Family! Thank you all for making this a wonderful year!

TONS of book fair information came home in your child's Thursday folder!
If for some reason it did not get to you Mrs. Towle has supplied us with the following link. It should clear up all questions!
http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/Robertson_Lib/index.cfm?subpage=1059689
Miss Guy's Dragons will be going to the book fair to complete our wishlist tomorrow at 10:00 (note the time change). If you are available please join us in the library at 10:00 to help the children fill out their lists!
Please send in money to BUY on Tuesday, Nov. 17th.

Leap Year?

Yesterday the topic of leap year came up at calendar time. Of course one of our little dragons was very curious...SO...I started to explain what it was and how it worked. In the middle of the conversation I started to think, "what if I'm not explaining this right?"! So, I decided to turn it around and assign it for a trip to the treasure box homework!!! Ethan explained to us today that Leap Year is a day added to February and it's only once every 4 years. He also told us that when his uncle was on a mission he had a friend that turned 5!!!

Thanks to Ethan for doing that research!!

Reading Responses

Arthur's Thanksgiving:

Donte said, "The funis is The trkiy. Kums in the sow win it Cums in They scar the trkiy. sed wuw wuw wuw wuw."

Eli said, " in 1620 we seld to Amrik on the clufowr Theat wus The Funist prt uv the Book."

Morgan said, "The funniest part was win arthur cam awt of behid. the krtis grest as a thrce. That mad me laf."

Parker said, " The saddest part in Arthur's Thanksgiving is win Thay didd hav a Tarky. so Artur did it. For his Frinds"

Nikolas said, " the author wrote this book. the funniest part salbot. the Thanksgivg good. is Arthur's Happy Thanksgivg"

Zion said, " I Like the prt win the trukey gos WOBOL and He gos Krazey!"

Gabriel said, "i lik the port wer He ses colwflawr bkus is fune"

Manas said, "The funniest prat of Arthur's thanksgiving is wen Arthur's was wering trkey costcum."

Lucy said, "The best part in Arthur's Thanksgiving is when Francine took off her movie-star glasses and when Buster said his lines correctly."

Ethan said, "the funeeust part was wen Arthur walked on stage and evreyone lauphd."

No name said, "The funniest part of arthur's thanksgiving is cncncn. That was the funniests part"

Kirstin said,"The faneiist pert was on 1620 we sel to americka on the coliflower. now that is fanee."

Sofia said, "The happy part was wien They siad Happy thanksgiving."

No name, "The funniest part fo Arthur's thk'sgiving is in 1620 thay saide to amaiku on the coluflower How cold a coluflower flot acros the oshin?"

No name, "the funniest part was wene arthur cam on staj and the odeyins lafd."

Noah said, "Arthur's trcee costom was varee funee Peopl can. not be trcees bsis Arthur is a Anml."

Brista said, "The funeist prt was. wen Bustr sed in 1620 we sald to amarecu in the coluflawr."

Well...I can definitely tell we are ALL ready for the "fall" break! Our behavior has been all over the place. Everyone seems to be a bit "antsy" and "chatty"...Please remind your little dragons that it is important to listen and follow directions! (thanks)
This week in science we have been talking about parts to a whole. What will happen if there isn't a battery in the remote control? Do we need a light bulb for the lamp to work? I then gave everyone an envelope full of "parts" in private everyone had a chance to put the parts together to make a "whole"...A whole what you might ask! Well...most decided it would be a TURKEY...(that's what I had in mind as well...) I had one little one put the parts together to make a SPACESHIP!!! I love it! When we did reveal that the parts were indeed the parts to a turkey everyone quickly made turkeys. I have attached our poem of the week and some pictures of our Turkey Farm!
I'm very disappointed in my blogger abilities...We have been practicing our doubles and doubles plus one in class and today I shared a FUN song on movie maker and I HAVE been trying for over a WEEK to upload it and can NOT figure it out! Your little one will just have to sing it for you!
In class we have been practicing our reader's theater Arthur's Thanksgiving. I plan to send it home on Thursday and Friday for practice. We will not be doing a "PLAY" in class. But we will be recording and using still pictures to share. Please stay tuned!
Spelling practice: got, dot, spot, top, mop, shop, I , can, it, an, *cotton, crops
Have a wonderful evening!

The Kids Count Players!

The Kids Count Players from Collin County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc came to talk to us about the 4 kinds of abuse as well as stranger danger. Your child will come home with a flyer outlining 8 rules for safety! Please talk to your child about this program.

Kids count, Kids count
That's why we take care of you
Kids count, Kids count
Your the future of our world!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Fall Book Fair

Miss Guy's Dragons will go preview the Fall Book Fair on Friday the 13th from 1:30-2:00. The students will make a "wish list" of items they would like to purchase. You will have a chance to look over the list and discuss with your child which books, if any, they will be allowed to buy.
On Tuesday, Nov. 17th, from 1:15-1:45 anyone who has money in our classroom will be allowed to go to the book fair to purchase books. Please send your money in an envelope marked with your child's name and any special instructions...(my child may ONLY buy books...if one of my child's wish list books is not available they may substitute with another book) if there are no instructions then the book fair helpers will allow them to purchase whatever!
IF you would like to go with your child to help them pick out and purchase books Wednesday, Nov. 18th would be a great day to do this. You may take your child to the book fair during recess and then have a yummy lunch in the cafeteria!
I'm sure the library will be open after school as well most days. I will find out more and let you know!

Special Announcement from the CAFETERIA

Happy November!

Thursday, November 19th has been set aside for our Thanksgiving menu.
We welcome all guests and visitors that day! Would you let me know if you DO plan to come. We want to make sure we have plenty of food available that day!

Our menu:
Turkey and gravy with Cornbread Dressing
OR Grilled Cheese Sandwich w/chips
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Cranberry Sauce
Holiday Ice Cream Cup

This week in math we worked on our math strategies...Doubles and counting on! If we get really good at knowing our doubles (adding two of the same addends) then we can use that knowledge when adding near doubles. So...make a chart at home and practice, practice, PRACTICE

Today was an exciting day! We spent the morning in the library learning about Marc Brown, the author of Arthur books. Tomorrow we will listen to some stories and make some story maps. We will list the story elements (what thinking map should we use??? hmmm a TREE MAP...YES) and then we will break the events down into beginning, middle and end (what map would be best for that? A FLOW MAP? RIGHT AGAIN).
In math we are practicing counting on. When we add I always like to "put" or "write" the biggest number on my hand and close it up! That helps us remember to count on from that number!
We played "Walk on the Wild Side" in science today. Played much like Simon Says. If I said a statement that was true the kids had to act like the animal in the statement. If my statement was false they had to sit completely still!!! LOTS of fun.
Spelling Pre Tests came home today! Please make sure to look at the back for the challenge words. On Friday, everyone will do the regular words, the bonus words and give the challenge words a try! So...even if your little dragon got all of the words correct today...it wouldn't hurt to review them and maybe brainstorm some others that could be in that chunk family!
New guided reading books came home today! I am SOOOO happy with the progress of our reading. Everyone is sounding more confident and using strategies effectively to figure out those "tricky" words! Keep practicing at home!
I will be out on Wednesday, hopefully, that will be the last day for a while! I miss my "babies" when I have to be gone!!!

Good Morning!
I hope this finds everyone healthy and happy after a "holiday" weekend. The holiday season has officially started. We only have 3 weeks until Fall break. Then 3 weeks in December before winter holidays! Things start to move quickly!!!
This week we will be doing our Marc Brown Author Study in the library with Mrs. Towle!
On Wednesday don't forget to head out to Frutti Cup for a Robertson Fundraiser! YUMMY...
And Friday is the FISD Chili Challenge. Robertson, unfortunately, will not have a booth this year but feel free to head over and support FRISCO!!!
Have a wonderful week!