Full Moon!

Phases of the Moon

Farmer's Almanac

Moon Calendar

Last night was an amazing full moon! I was out walking Cooper along Old Stage Road when the moon rose up from behind Mt. Mansfield like a giant ball--it was amazing! Look through the links that are above and answer the following questions:

1. What was last night's full moon called? Why is it called this?
2. Which full moon is in your birthday month?
3. What is the phase of the moon on your next birthday?

Here are pictures of the giant pumpkin from our garden. What do you think will happen to to this pumpkin in the spring?

Pumpkin Jack

Today we read "Pumpkin Jack." For your comment today, explain the following:

1. Describe the life cycle that is in this story.
2. Tell about a tradition that you and your family have at this time of year.
3. Explain what Tim did that was generous.
4. If you have time, draw your favorite pumpkin face in Paint and save it in our file.
   

CARES

We have completed our CARES project and your wonderful drawings are going up on our board to show how you demonstrate each of the different letters in school and at home. Remembering that the CARES acronym stands for

• Cooperation
• Assertion
• Responsibility
• Empathy
• Self-Control

Today in your post, write an example of one of the traits that either you have demonstrated yourself, or seen someone else do. For example, Yesterday Reilly shows that he was RESPONSIBLE when he talked with Seth about how to get ready to go to lunch safely and calmly. Your post should give at least one example of something you or your friend did to demonstrate that our clas CARES!

CAR...

So far we have completed CAR of our

• Cooperation
• Assertion
• Responsibility
• Empathy
• Self-Control

CARES community-building work. The books on Shelfari are some of the stories that we have read to give us examples of characters being cooperative, assertive, and responsible. Which is your favorite book so far? Which of the letters do you think is the most important so far? Which trait is easiest for you? Which is one that you need to work on more? Write back!

Spiders, Spiders, Spiders, Oh My!

We had such a great 4 Winds lesson on Wednesday. I learned so much about spiders that I didn't know before. I didn't know about the different types of webs, or that spiders are always letting out silk so that they are ready to start a new web if they fall. I think that most of the spiders that I have been seeing make orb webs. But I know there are lots of cobwebs in my basement. Did you know that spiders aren't insects? Since our 4 Winds lessons I have been seeing spiders everywhere! When you post to our blog, insert a picture with a caption and write about something that you learned about spiders!

Roman Clans

On Friday the students worked in table groups and received Roman names and designed a clan flag. Students first drew their clan name out of a jar, which became their middle name. Male names, and the name used to address the entire clan, ends in ius. Female clan names end in ia. Students also drew individual praenomen, or first names and cognomen, or last names. After the students had their new Roman names they worked as as clan and designed a clan flag. The slide show below shows the clans with their flags and Roman names.