It's beginning to look...

Thought you'd like to see some of our decorations of the season.

Our musical Santas call us to Calendar Time.

I read a book called Snowflake Bentley to the students today about a man who figured out how to photograph magnified snowflakes.  We were amazed at the complexity of these tiny specks that we take for granted.  Mr. Bentley wanted to capture these small works of art that are here but for an instant and then gone forever.

My son and my grandson- it's never too early to start reading. :-)  We had a great week.  We have started working with TRIPLE digit numbers in Math-Wow! We will continue to practice regrouping and borrowing so we don't lose the skills we've worked so hard on.  We took a break from writing about traditions to draw a picture with a caption describing our favorite part of The Nutcracker.  These went home today.  Please ask your child about the ballet.  The class was very well behaved.  We will finish up the tradition writing next week.    Next week the program "Rachael's Challenge" is coming to DeSales on Dec. 6th.   It tells the inspiring story of the first student killed in the Columbine shootings.  Before her death she worked to bring people together with kindness and compassion.  She wrote, "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go."  Through this program we try to teach our students to reach out to others and show compassion wherever they go.  For adults who would like to hear about Rachael and the program there will be an event at the Palace at 7PM the same night.