Visitors and new students!

Last Friday we had a lovely visit from Mrs. Bianco.  She is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Excellence. This wonderful group has awarded our programs several mini-grants that supported our field trips to the Outdoor Center and the bowling alley. Mrs. Bianco brought a fun book to read us all about a crocodile named Lyle. We sent thank you letters to the Foundation after our field trip in November and they loved them. Mrs. Bianco wanted to come and meet our class! 

We have continued to work on our science unit about animals in winter. We have learned that some animals hibernate, some animals migrate and some animals get ready for winter by storing food to eat. We have worked on pages for a book about animals. Some of our pages have been really tricky and we need to watch the directions carefully and tackle the task one step at a time. We will complete our science books next week and send them home. 

This week we also welcomed a new student to our classroom, making us a group of 11! 

We had a lot of fun acting out our famous "Soup Opera" today! Ask your child to tell you all about it! 

 Here is a picture from a previous "Soup Opera" day. 

We reviewed all of our coping skills this week - these would be great to practice over the winter break. Remember, problems are wonderful opportunities for practicing coping skills. You can front load your child with coping skill options prior to a participating in an activity or event that might be challenging. The more your child practices, the better they will become at problem solving. The coping skills we reviewed  included  breathing, counting, taking a break, yoga, ignoring, moving on, expressing our feelings, stop/think/choose, how big is the problem, get adult help, squeeze/rub/rub and using the coping skill tool box.  

Our Holiday Breakfast is next Tuesday morning. You may send your children to school hungry that day! We will have pancakes, sausage, juice and fruit. This is our treat to our students. It is also PAJAMA DAY - so your child is welcome to wear their pajamas that day too! 

I will take plenty of photos to post on the blog!