Flat Stanley is also "making the rounds" in Colorado!

Thank you to our Mystery Reader who donated a brand new book for each child!

The kids were so excited to each receive a chapter book today from Scholastic! Thank you to our Mystery Reader parent who donated the books!

Flat Stanley is traveling around the world! Look at the postcards that came in the mail today from Reagan's uncle!

Flat Stanley visited the birthplace of William Shakespeare in Statford-upon-Avon in England!



Flat Stanley also went to the Matterhorn in Switzerland!


And Flat Stanley got pretty close to a Brown Bear overseas!

Place Value Pumpkins!

Our class has spent the last few weeks working hard on place value. We have learned how to break apart numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones. In addition, we have practiced writing numbers in expanded form. For example, 523 = 500 + 20 + 3. If there is a zero in the tens place, such as in 608, you would write it like this: 600 + 8. We will be practicing place value throughout the year and this week we are learning how to add two digit numbers WITH regrouping!

Helping Out kids at UMASS - Thiago's mom came in with toys and bags to bundle up for the kids at UMASS in Worcester. In all, we put together 75 bags so the kids could have a happy Halloween next week!

Just a reminder that you can renew your magazine subscriptions online at www.gaschoolstore.com School ID: 259077. Though we are not doing a full magazine drive this year, the school will still get a percentage of all renewals or new orders placed online. If you were going to renew anyway, please consider doing it through this website.

Spelling List Change

Tomorrow I am going to try an "old trick" to help students improve their spelling test scores in class. Students will take a pre-test on their new spelling words for the week. The pre-test will come home on Monday and students will need to write all misspelled words three times each and return to school the next day. Students who receive 100 percent on the pre-test will receive five extra words to study (so they will have 17 words on the test on Friday rather than 12). I have used this procedure in the past and found it very effective in helping raise students' test grades in spelling. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Thank you for all of your help at home!