Calling all leaf collectors!

It’s that time of year when none of us can resist picking up the beautiful rainbow of leaves on the ground. You’re in luck! We are going to be in need of dry, flat, clean leaves in our classroom. We are going to read the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. After we will be making our own leaf images by cutting/gluing/arranging all the collected leaves. If you know the names of the leaves you bring in, that is fantastic too! Please make sure to keep your special leaves at home because the ones that come to school will be shared as a class. We are going to have so much fun celebrating the fall in this unique way!

Literacy Night!

It's literacy night at SIA! Come as your favorite book character. It can be as simple as a name tag or paper mask. I happened to have this Viola Swamp outfit in my closet ("Miss Nelson goes Missing"). It's going to be quite fun!

P.S. The costumes are for fun, you don't have to if you don't want too. 

An Important Note From the Library

Dearest library patrons,

Many of our books are coming back to the library with water damage.  As the weather changes and we won't dry out for a while, it is important to realize that as backpacks get wet, so do the contents of your backpack.  If you wear a jacket that gets wet and you put it in your backpack when you arrive at your destination, the contents of your backpack will also get wet.  Please take an extra second to think about what is happening inside your backpack before you leave it on the ground, shove the coat in it, or anything else that can harm your library books or other important cargo. I would rather spend money on new books than replacing damaged books, so please do your part in being responsible library patrons. 

Thanks!

Ms. Terra

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Literacy Night

Hello All!

Have you befriended Sauvie Island Academy on Facebook? I have. Many times it is the first place I hear about snow days, school closures, and other important messages. 

Right now we are doing shelfies (a selfie in front of a bookshelf, get it?) to spread the word about literacy night! Literacy night is a chance to see some of our curriculum and have a family fun night. It's October 23rd from 6-7pm. We'd love to have your shelfie AND your sweet families on literacy night. Please join in the educational fun!

Our Pumpkin Patch Trip!

We had so much fun! We picked out pumpkins, had a tractor ride, and got to hang out with the neat-o mommies who joined us today. Thank you one and all for making today a success! If you have any pictures please email me your favorites. I got a few, but we'd love to see some more! 

It is October!

Hello!

What a wonderful week we are having. We changed our calendar and noticed that it is pumpkin season! Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! We are now studying pumpkins and will even go on a field trip next Thursday to the pumpkin patch. Want to join us? We'd love to have you! Get your background check in so you can come. 

We had a guest reader this week as well... Chef Loretta! She had a sub in the kitchen so she could read a book about a new school cook. It was spooky fun! She even brought a pumpkin to touch and wonder with.

Pumpkin month!

We have been using all sorts of mediums to learn about pumpkins. From paint mixing to reading to singing! Look how absorbed we are at work time...

The fifth grade came to read to us today!

I The fifth grade came after lunch to read to us! It was great fun, and great community building.