So we did THIS last weekend...
a beautiful wedding at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis! Lee, our 3rd kid, stood up for his friend Sam's wedding! It was a fantastic venue!
Plus they served BATTERFRIED CHEESE CURDS!
We also cohosted a baby shower for my beautiful daughter-in-law, Melissa! She and Graham flew in from Georgia for the wedding and shower! So nice to see them!
Before we begin,
The school is doing our biannual BOX TOPS for EDUCATION
label drive and MILK MOOLA:
Back to work Monday brought many lovely learning opportunities!
It was Kk day so we had Kix and Kisses from this nice kid!
We wrapped up Pete the Cat with a labeling activity.
Ms. Karen calls the kids over for small group work.
Here they are playing a dice game with Pete the Cat reviewing bdpq...tricky!
The kiddos painted fall LEAVES for Ll day...
Yes, with balloons! The effect is lovely!
We started the day with LOLLIPOPS!
Our new morning challenges were:
Matching Pete's buttons to numerals and sign language...
Mrs. Sauers is helping the kids with matching uppercase to lowercase letters with ladybugs...
and (my fav!) abc order with LAKE SUPERIOR skipping stones!
This lovely gentleman brought Lollipops and Life Savers for letter Ll snack!
Tuesday's centers included:
Pete the Cat tens frames...
Pete the Cat beginning sounds...
Brain break! Dot pictures!
and my painting leaves table!
Wednesday was Mm day!
We began with some independent data collection and graphing...M&Ms!!!
This Marvelous K Kid brought Marshmallow Mateys to share for letter Mm snack...
and of course there were mustaches!
oh, and MOOSE HATS!
Thank you, my son Leland and The Moose Jaw restaurant in Wisconsin Dells where he works as the kitchen manager!
Our morning message on Wednesday was fun! 
For Math we sorted M&Ms by numeral!
more moose shots...
We did not have centers on Thursday due to mid-quarter assessments which your child will bring home on Monday.
Thanks for reviewing all areas that are not S or E.
For Nn snack Noah brought
Noah's favorite cookies!
Our apple learning station is beginning to take shape!
So is our Autumn discovery table!
Hey, that's my favorite at home...pumpkin everything!
Friday's new morning challenges were:
Apple abc match...
Apple Numeric Order...
Apple One-to-One Correspondence...
This cutie brought a big bag of Oatie Cereal for us to eat!
Good Reads...
One last image to make you smile...our hallway!
Homecoming parade pics will be included in next week's exciting adventure!
And now for next week's fun and learning:
Reading: Letters Pp, Qq, Rr, and Ss
Star Word 'I'
Beginning Sounds, Rhyming
Math: Position Words
Theme: Apples
BIG NEWS:
We are going to the apple orchard on Friday!
