Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and was able to spend it with family. I'm sure we are all enjoying a much needed break right now. It's a great opportunity to catch up on sleep, work around the house, and maybe even go shopping. You will all be relieved to know that I did not enter the fray on Black Friday. I waited until 11:00, when I was sure the crowd had thinned out, to just go to Lowe's.

When we go back to school, we will be starting the novel Stone Fox. We will be continuing to focus on academic work until just a few days before Christmas Break.

Our Christmas party is scheduled for Thursday Dec. 17, as is the play. We will be having a Christmas brunch and exchanging gifts. Girls need to bring a book for a girl and boys bring one for a boy. This will be a pajama party for our class. Pajamas need to be appropriate for school, and proper footwear is still necessary. In the room students may wear slippers, though. A note will go home very soon with more details.

Mocha

As you have probably heard from your child by now, Mocha will most likely no longer be a part of the upper primary classroom. Three items (a crayon, an eraser, and a plastic cube) appeared in her cage on Friday. Had she eaten any of these items, there could have been serious results. After the first two items were found during the day, the students were told that anything else going in the cage that should not be there would result in Mocha leaving our room. Mr. Jones gave the entire class time to confess to placing those items in the cage; however, no one spoke up. Unfortunately, this means the entire class is going to have to face the consequence of losing our class pet. The family that donated her has expressed interest in taking her back to their home, so she will not be going to the animal shelter. If we receive a confession by 8:00am on Monday, Mocha will stay in the classroom. I apologize to the seven students who have not done anything wrong. I am saddened and disappointed by this situation.

Thank you all for a great party!

I know the kids had at least as much fun as I did on Friday! Congratulations to Kendra for winning the teachers' choice costume award for upper primary. Here is a picture of the whole class in their costumes.









We played lots of games, watched a couple movies, and had wonderful treats. Thank you to everyone who provided snacks for our class!! Here is a video of the three-legged race. It was a close one!