November+7,+2008

We are wondering about spiders and have learned many things about them. Our work began about 2 weeks ago and currently each child is investigating one kind of spider. We will share our work and new learning with you as soon as the work is complete. Perhaps your child has shared some information with you already. On Wednesday, we went on a “spider hunt” and found 4 spiders to examine back in the room.

In your child’s folder is a drawing of a turkey. You can help save a turkey this Thanksgiving season! Use the pattern your child brings home and have fun! As a family, disguise your turkey so that he won't be eaten for Thanksgiving! You may choose to dress your turkey as a doctor, an astronaut, a farmer, a cheerleader, a ballerina, a clown, etc... Be creative and use any materials you have at home. Everyone gets to help. Make it very original and have fun! We will display the turkeys in the room and will share pictures of the turkeys on our blog. Please send your turkey to school when you have completed the disguise. I’d like to have them all for a classroom display by Monday, November 17. I will return them on Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Our blogging work continues. My weekends and evenings have been very busy and I have yet to post the many things your child has made. We have frequent visitors to our blog. I read all the comments before approving them. We have college students from Regina, Saskatchewan who comment on our blog as part of their education course. We have students from Australia and Canada as well as places in the US who make comments. On Fridays, we look at our blog to read comments and to use Google Earth to locate the places where the comments come from.

Thank you for your donations of napkins and other supplies for snack time. We are all set for now. I have another request. Please do not send foods made with peanut products for snack. Mrs. Duhamel has a nut allergy and when we have snack with peanut products she has a reaction. This was not a problem earlier because we had open windows. This is not a problem at lunchtime because the room is larger. Mrs. Duhamel is unsure of the extent of her allergy and will be looking into this with her physician.