Welcome back, Gabriel! We had a great day. I, especially, had a great day, with some wonderful teaching moments. We read the book The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. Students were able to make a text to text connection, relating the character in this book to characters in two other books. Wow! One of the books they found to be similar was We're Going on a Bear Hunt. (You've probably listened to several verses of this tonight. :)

Reading about a character who is not afraid of things led into our writing project for the week. Today, students created a writing prompt sheet by folding a paper into fourths. In each section, they drew something that they are afraid of. Since we're focusing on scarecrows, we want to put the focus on crows or other animals being scared -- not us! We're not afraid of anything! Our story will be about how brave we are.

Hopefully, your child showed you the turtle they made for letter T day. I can tell that some of you really focus on letter recognition at home as the kids are quick to tell me that they have seen this letter in someones name. I'm glad they are noticing such things!

Please remind your child to cough or sneeze into the bend of their elbow and NOT on their hands. We don't want germs spread to everything we touch. Wash or sanitize frequently!