**Tomorrow is the last day to turn in t-shirt packets. If you have not returned them please do so ASAP.

** Book-It calendars are due by Friday. I have the November calendars ready to go home but forgot to hand them out after Library today. We will do that first thing in the morning!

Last week was an eventful week with Halloween. The kids were so excited about their costumes and trick or treating. On Friday we spent the day learning about bats. We read several bat books and had bat activities in reading and math. We were also able to use our Learning Kitchen to make Rice Krispie Treats and used a cookie cutter to make them into bats. We had a blast doing this.

In Math we have finished Unit 2 and have moved onto Unit 3 this week. We took our test on Thursday and had great results. I will go over these tests with you at conferences. (If you have not returned your lime green conference paper please do so ASAP. I have sent home conference reminders to those of you who have given a date and time preference.)

I have posted the new spelling words for the week. Last weeks spelling tests were great! I could tell that they had practiced at home throughout the week! We did not have time for a pre-test yesterday. We were able to take 30 minutes to enjoy a snippet of the High School play. We will be doing spelling activities throughout the week so I have not doubt that this weeks tests will go just as wonderfully! :)

Today in Science we conducted an experiment to find out which fabric would be best to wear out in the rain. We brainstormed what type of clothes we thought would be best to wear, looked and felt the 4 different types of fabric and then began our experiment. We dumped water over 4 types of fabric to see which ones soaked in the water and which ones were water resistant. The kids did a great job of taking turns and drawing conclusions based on their experiments.