We have a new access code for the students to view our Scholastic News.  These issues supplement our Social Studies and Science curriculum and the website offers videos and games to go along with the issues.  We usually visit the site in school but the students really enjoy the activities that the site offers so you may want to view it again at home.  Go to:
www.scholastic.com/sn2 and click on "Student Access".  Our password is: crofts1


We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving feast in lunch on Friday.  We decided to eat in the room so that we could really enjoy the food and each other.  Mr. Will, our cafeteria manager, really outdid himself!

 We have been practicing our Thanksgiving plays this week which we are putting on for some of the other classes.  It is a great way to practice reading fluency and public speaking.  One of our plays, The Meal Must Go On, is a lesson of cooperation and the other, The Ugly Turkey, is based on The Ugly Duckling.  These performances are just for the students but I promise, we have plays at the end of the year that the parents will be invited to.

There will be NO spelling, vocabulary, or reading test this week!  The week is too short and we have more fun things to do.  On Monday we make the Friendship Snack for the Outreach Center, on Tuesday we are experimenting with magnets, and on Wednesday we make corn muffins and butter.  We are looking forward to a low stress week- no studying allowed (except maybe those math facts)!