Meow, Meow, Meow!!!!
We are so excited to announce that Pete the Cat author, Eric Litwin, will be at Murdock on Wednesday, January 18th! I can't wait to get his autograph in our Pete the Cat books!!!! We can't wait to meet Mr. Litwin and learn how he came to write about Pete the Cat!! Meow!!! Be sure to click on his link below to see his website!! Meow for now!!!
Meow, Y'all!
We're so glad y'all could all come to our Thanksgiving program and Family Feast yesterday! It was certainly one of the most memorable events I've hosted in quite a while!!! Hmmm.....I wonder if I made Emily Post proud with all of the unexpected events during our party? Anyway, I wanted to share something special with our Classy Cat Family. Today for Writer's Workshop, Nathaniel wrote about yesterday's tornado warning and read it to Mrs. Custance. She gave him a special ribbon for his great work, and we are so proud of him! Great job, Nathaniel!!! (Let's cross our paws that our Holiday party will be a little bit calmer!!!)
Michele and I hope that y'all have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Holiday with your sweet families. If you're traveling, please be careful. We are so thankful for each one of our Classy Cats and their families!!! Happy Thanksgiving and ......MEOW-GOBBLE!!!!!
Meow for now!
Susan & Michele
We are such lucky classy Cats! On October 31st, Mr. Danny Schnitzlein came to visit our classroom to share three of his wonderful books!!!! He shared The Monster Who ate My Peas, Trick or Treat on Monster Street, and The Monster Who did my Math!!! Wow! We had so much fun listening to his books!!! He even surprised us with two autographed copies!!!! We are so excited and so appreciative to Mr. Schnitzlein for his time and generosity!! We also thank him and Mrs. Schnitzlein for sharing their preicous daughter, Sydney, with us this year. Thank you, Mr. Schnitzlein!!!!! Please come back soon!
Meow - gobble, Y'all!
It's almost unbelievable that Thanksgiving is just around the corner!! Gracious, where has the time gone? Please don't forget our upcoming Thanksgiving Program and Dessert Feast next Wednesday, November 16th, from 12:30-1:00. Please join us for a "purrrrfectly" wonderful way of ushering in our Thanksgiving holiday!!! Please remember to bring a dessert to share. Just drop your dessert off in our classroom, and then meet us in the Music Room in the Fine Arts Wing by 12:30. We will entertain you with "purrrrfectly" precious Thanksgiving songs that will get you in the holiday spirit for sure! As soon as we finish singing, we will return to our classroom and enjoy our desserts together as a Classy Cat Family! Yum! Yum!!!
Guided Reading is off to a "purrrrfectly" wonderful beginning!!! We are meeting twice a week with each group and learning different strategies (tips/tricks) to help us become better readers. Some of our groups are working on being an "eagle eye." That means we are practicing using pictures to help us figure our unfamiliar words. They are so excited when they come to a word they don't know, and then realize they do know the word because they can use their picture clues!!!! It's so much fun to learn to read together!
In Writer's Workshop, we are learning about writing stories with a beginning, middle and end. This week, we read the story Arthur's Thanksgiving, and we are making a special 'stage" for our writing. These will come home on Friday of this week. Be sure to ask your favorite Classy Cat to tell you about the beginning, middle and ending of the story. Next week, we will begin a new type of narrative writing. We will be learning the difference between an "event" and a "feeling." Then, we will learn how to write stories about events in our lives with a beginning, middle and end. We will be working on this type of skill for the next few weeks.
In math, we are working on comparing numbers 1-10 through various center rotations. Next week, we will be learning how to create/interpret graphs! We are such smart Classy Cats!!! Meow!
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us this year with cutting & copying, being mystery readers, helping with our special centers for Johnny Appleseed Day and Halloween, and for being our new literacy center helpers. Oh, my gracious! We could never have made it this far without y'all! Three meows for y'all!! Oh! We also want to thank Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Geller, Mrs. Castro and Mrs. Rogers for helping us with our Native American costumes for our program! Thank you sooooooooooo much, ladies!!!! Y'all are Top Cats for life!!!
Y'all have a "purrrrfectly" wonderful week!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your little ones with us! they are so precious and such a blessing to us every single day!
Meow for now!
Susan & Michele
Join us for an OUT OF THIS WORLD Book Fair!
Meow-moooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
Please remember that this Thursday is our annual Chick-fil-A Cowloween at the East Lake Chick-fil-A!!! I will be there from 5:30 -6:00, so please stop by and have a "purrrrfectly" wonderful supper and help support our school. We'll be looking for you!!! We hope to see you there!!! Be sure to wear your costume and be ready to play games to win free food and prizes!!!
Meow for now!
Susan Kantis
Meow, Y'all!
I just wanted to remind everyone that next week is our annual Conference Week, and your little one will be dismissed every day next week at 12:25. We will have ASP. I also want to attach the schedule for the enrichment clubs. That information will appear at the bottom of this page. I've also attached our class newsletter. Please click on the link below to download that information. Have a "purrrrfectly" wonderful and restful weekend!!!
Download Classy Cat News for October 24th
Here is the information for enrichment clubs:
M - Chorus @ 12:30
Meow, Everyone!!!
We just wanted to let y'all know that we had a famous mystery reader today!!! Mr. and Mrs. Long, Nathaniel's parents, came to read to us today, and it was a "purrrrrfectly" wonderful surprise!!! Mr. Long is a famous narrator!!!!! He read the book When Rebecca Woogie Came to Town and brought along the CD from when he narrated the story for the Cobb Symphony Orchestra!!!! Wow!!!!! We were a bunch of lucky cats today!!!! We loved it, and we couldn't wait to share the pictures with you!!! Oh, the best part was that he gave our class a copy of the book and the CD!!!! We can hardly wait to listen to it again!!!! Three meows for Mr. and Mrs. Long, and many many thanks and even more meows for the book and cd!!!
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