November flew by in our class. We learned more about the historically accurate first Thanksgiving. The students enjoyed making puppets to make and act out a play about the first Thanksgiving. We also learned about the annual Presidential turkey pardon. Students participated in The Great American Smoke Out by making posters to illustrate the dangers of smoking and what people can do instead of smoking. In math class, we worked on patterning and graphing. We used holiday themes to add to the fun of our learning. We made our second annual Thanksgiving dinner in out classroom. Thank you to all of the parents who generously send in food items so each child could cook a part of the meal. Next week is the annual OCS Holiday Concert. There may be some disruptions to the schedule. We will try to make it go as smooth as possible. We learned about Hanakuh this week. The students enjoyed playing Dreidle and waching some interesting movies about this Jewish holiday. We will be making a holiday cookbook in class during the last week before theholiday break. Please send in two or more recipes by December 13. We may be able to prepare some of the treats in class before the break. We are working on adding money in math class. Some students will be adding with paper and pencil. Others may use a calculator to add the amounts. We will be adding up the cost of all the things they want for Christmas. They are also typing and mailing" their Christmas list to Santa. They really love finding the things they hope to get. ;)