We have been learning about our skeleton this week. Ask your child if they can show you where the largest bone (the femur) is. We have also discussed how our skeleton gives us a shape and we would be like a lump of clay without it. Our skeleton is many different bones so that we can move.

Our Halloween party will be on Friday. No costumes please.

We hope to see you at open house next Thursday. This is a time for your child to show you the activities he likes to do at school.

We had a great trip to the pumpkin farm last Friday. The weather was perfect and the children enjoyed the wagon ride to the field to pick pumpkins. They spent a lot of time in the play area and had fun feeding the goats. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us.

This week we have learned about bats. We found that the smallest bats are the size of a bee and the biggest, the flying fox, is the size of a cat. Bats are nocturnal and are mammals. Yesterday, Bob the bat visited (Mrs. Sheldon's puppet) and told the children that he eats lots of mosquitoes in Mrs. Sheldon's back yard.

We will learn about spiders and skeletons also. Our Halloween party will be Friday, October 29th.

We finished our apple unit last week. On Friday, we made our own crockpot applesauce. Most of the children thought it was delicious.

This week we are learning about trees and leaves. The children may bring leaves and seeds in from home. We learned that deciduous trees loose their leaves and coniferous trees do not. We talked about the parts of a tree snf how a tree grows. We will find out why leaves change color.

Next week will be busy. There is no school on Monday. Wednesday is picture day. Friday is our field trip to Howell's pumpkin farm. Permission slips will go out at the end of the week.

A reminder: Book orders are due on Friday. You can choose to order online or by sending a check made out to Scholastic with the order form.