Harvest Festival

We had so much fun at our Harvest pajama party!  Unfortunately, I couldn't locate my camera, so you will have to bear with my cell phone photos : )

We did a "Mummy Wrap" to kick things off!

Thank you to Brock's mom and Cameron's mom for organizing this event.  Kudos to you both!!  Thank you also to our parent volunteers: Ellie's Dad, Elizabeth Lu's Mom, and Niara's Mom!  You were fantastic!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins

We did a lot of Science and Math with our Pumpkin study this month.  In addition to estimating the weight, circumference, and number of lines on the pumpkins, we predicted whether or not they would sink or float.

We had a small scale work to demonstrate the difference between sinking and floating.

Then we filled our lunch bin with water, and guess what??? Pumpkins float!

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We also dissected our two pumpkins and labeled the parts (ectocarp, mesocarp, endocarp, and seeds...) Then we needed to separate the seeds so that we could

verify our estimates.

Then two of our friends put 10 seeds into each cup, so that we could quickly count the total amount of seeds.

Scholastic Book Clubs

Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: H46M6

Dear Parent,

There’s no time to lose! In order to make our deadline and have all our books arrive on time, your order to Scholastic Book Clubs is due by this Wednesday

Use the order form in the flyer your child recently brought home and return it to me with your payment right away!

Or, make it easy and send me your order online!

Go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and log in using your user name and password.

If it’s your first time ordering online, use the Class Activation Code shown above to get started

• SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the “Don’thave a user name or password?“ link, then register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This code ensures that your order is sent to me.
  
• SELECT the books you’d like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in our monthly flyers.
  
• SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom.

Ordering online is fast and easy!

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.


Thank you!

At Work...

Terrific Kids for October

Our Terrific Kids Assembly is this week and the theme for the month of October is THOUGHTFUL.

The two students from our room that will be acknowledged are Emory & Karina....

Harvest Party

Salmon Harvest Celebration

Happy Monday Salmon Families –

Our classroom will be celebrating the beginning of fall with a Harvest Celebration this coming Friday October 29^th.  Students will be attending an in-classroom carnival from 1pm

to 3pm where the children will get to do various fall activities. 

To celebrate this special day we are encouraging all students to wear their favorite pajama’s to school on the 29^th.

There are a few items that we would love to have families volunteer to bring if they are able.  We have included the total number needed.  Please do not feel like you need to supply all the quantity listed.  Please sign the bottom slip with what you are able to send to school by Thursday.  Any of the items on the attached list would be greatly appreciated.

We look forward to an exciting celebration!

Harvest Celebration Items Needed:

All supplies will be needed by Thursday.

Thank you in advance!!

24 rolls of Toilet Paper

30 empty water bottles

3 Small decorative type pumpkins (gourds…they are about the size of a baseball)

2 Large pumpkins with long stems (used for ring toss)

12 florescent glow stick necklaces

4 bags of candy / snacks

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical

A hardcopy of this page will be sent home with your student in the Monday Folder:

All Children’s House Field Trip 

to see Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical

What: Stage Performance

When: Tuesday, November 2nd from 9:15am - 12 noon

Where:  The Pantages Theater

901 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402

Cost: $5 per student / $6.25 per chaperone

We will have 2 busses to transport all Children’s House Students on this field trip.  Chaperones are asked to carpool. Each class only has available tickets for 5 chaperones.  These will be based on a first come, first serve basis.  Volunteer forms need to be approved through the office BEFORE the day of the performance.

Please make checks payable to: Geiger Montessori School

If you need a scholarship for your student’s ticket, contact your teacher. 

No siblings, please!

We will be eating lunches on that day in the classroom upon our return.  If your student normally eats hot lunch, please reserve a “sack lunch” for them which will be prepared in our kitchen and delivered to our class. 

Welcome To Our Blog

Greetings families!  We finally have a blog going for our classroom at Geiger Montessori!  I will post pictures and keep you updated with our class "happenings."

We are practicing yoga poses and one of our students suggested we try the "snake pose" that she found in our book.  It was very cool.

Today we began our computer lab time with Mr. Pelz.  The students really enjoyed getting to work on their own computer for about an hour.  They explored the Starfall reading program and learned how to power on and off our Mac computers.  We are looking forward to more awesome computer time with our terrific parent volunteers!