November 28-December 1

In Music the children will practice making rhythms with their own Egyptian Sistra that as been displayed in the hallway.
In Social Studies we will be learning about Pyramids this week. The children will be narrating the Pyramid by David Macaulay. They will be coloring and creating their own 3-D pyramids with a camel and trees in the background.
The children will be narrating the story "The Bite Before Christmas" from Winnie the Pooh Christmas.
In Bible we will be reading and narrating "Rebekah Says She Will Be Issac's Wife" from The Bible in Picture for Little Eyes.
Proofs for pictures have been sent home. The orders are due back by this Thursday, December 1st to allow printing in time Christmas. Please turn in the order forms to Tara Garr or Mrs. Hague.

November 14-17

The children will be making pine cone turkeys and painting turkeys to put on their placemats that they will be using at our Feast on Thursday.
In Science we will be reading about Pluto this week. This is our last week to finish learning about the planets. We will begin learning about stars and constellations after our holiday break.
We will be working on our own owl picture frames to give to their grandparents at our Thanksgiving Feast.
On Thursday our Thanksgiving Feast will begin at 11:15. The children will recite a poem and sing some songs. Dr. Flint will speak at 12:00.
Be sure to bring the items that you signed up for in the hallway for our Thanksgiving Feast this Thursday, November 17 at 11:15. Bring enough for 14 kids as well as grandparents/parents.

November 7-10

In Science we will be learning about Neptune this week. The children have been doing really well practicing the names of the planets in order during circle time.
In Bible we will read "Three Men from Heaven" and "God Tests Abraham's Love" from The Bible in Pictures.
We will begin making our cat mummies for Social Studies this week. We will be reading how the Egyptians mummified their cats. The children will narrate the "Cat's Journey" from Spend the Day in Ancient Egypt.
We will be practicing our Thanksgiving songs in music this week. We will be presenting these songs next week at our Thanksgiving Feast.
The children enjoyed observing and narrating about the "Woman with Chrysanthemums". We will continue to work on this painting using watercolors.
Our field trip to see Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer at the Artisan Theatre is on November 29th. Admission is $5 per person. Please turn your money in to Mrs. Hague by this Wednesday. We have to pay the theatre by this Thursday.

October 31-November 3

Our Fall Party was a blast. The children played candy corn bowling, pin the nose on the pumpkin, pumpkin toss, and drop the rat. They all enjoyed their prizes they won for playing each game. Thanks to all the parents who helped with prizes and treats for the party.
We will be reading and narrating from Rumpelstiltskin. We will learn about how to use an apostrophe as we do an activity sheet about the Miller's daughter.
We will begin observing and narrating about "A Woman with Chrysanthemums" by Edgar Degas. The children will be painting their own to display in the hallway.
The children will be planting Swiss Chard into the garden. Everyone enjoyed planting carrot seeds into the garden last week. In Bible we will be reading "God gives Abraham the Best", and "God Promises Abraham a Son" from The Bible in Pictures.

October 24-27

The children will be planting carrot seeds into our vegetable garden. We will also be picking flowers from the garden and pressing them to put in our Nature Journals.
The children will be decorating their pumpkins that they picked out from the field trip to Greeen's Produce. We will also be sequencing and coloring the Life Cycle of the Pumpkin for our Nature Journal.
Our Fall Festival will be this Saturday, October 29 from 11:00 to 2:00. Our class will help sponsor the Bounce House/Slide and Grab Bag booth. (We hope to see everyone on Saturday).
Our Fall Party is scheduled for Monday, October 31st. The children may dress up in Nursery Rhyme costumes. Please be sure to send a change of clothes for afternoon recess. We will be playing lots of fun games and activities. Please remember to bring the items that you signed up for in the hallway. We will be having our Fall Party with Mrs. Camp's class.
Please be sure to turn in $16 for the Bounce House/Slide and Grab Bag booth items by this Wednesday, October 26th (House/Slide and Grab Bag Booth. We hope to see everyone on Saturday.

October 17-20

In Nature Study/Science we will be observing and sketching different kinds of gourds. We will also talk about the shapes and colors of the gourds. The children will sketch and color the gourds and pumpkins with colored pencils for their Nature Journals.
We will begin reading and narrating about mummies in The Story of the World. The children will paint a drawing of King Tutankhamun's body being mummified.
Our Fall Party is Monday, October 31st. The children may dress up as their favorite Nursery Rhyme/storybook character. Please send a change of clothes. There will be a sign up sheet in the hall for our party.
If you were not able to go to the Barnes and Noble you can still purchase a child's matted artwork for $5.00.

October 11-13

This Thursday, October 13th we will be visiting the Pumpkin Maze next door at Green's Plants and Produce. Please bring $2.00 by Wednesday to purchase a pumpkin to decorate. We will also observe all of the different kinds of pumpkins and gourds that they are selling.
In Bible we will read what Noah's Ark was really like. The children will learn that the Ark was six times longer than it was wide. We will read how the Ark was the most stable floating platform ever built. We will finish reading and narrating The Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley. This week we will read about how Noah sent a raven and a dove out and the dove was the only bird that came back. We will learn that the dove came back with an olive leaf the second time and how that was a good sign.
We will be talking about how every sentence should begin with a capital letter and that a period should be placed after every complete statement. Some of the children will be writing statements telling where the sun rises and sets.

The Flint Academy

Arlington, Tx
No education seems to be worth the name which has not made children at home in the world of books, and so related them, mind to mind, with thinkers who have dealt with knowledge. — Charlotte Mason