October Schoolwork

We had our first Elementary parent/teacher conferences this month.  Sarah's teacher had lots of great things to say about Sarah.  It is nice to hear these things about Sarah being polite, working hard, and being a good friend.  Her teacher also told us Sarah is doing well learning in the classroom, participating and right where she should be academically.
 

Me: "Tell me about this picture below that you drew..."

Sarah: "It is daddy, mommy, Miranda, Emily, Maria, and Sarah and Phoebe.  We are, um, hiding from the rain.  Those are thunderclouds.  Somebody colored on my paper... See that line on the clouds?  B_ T_ did it."

Me: What is your favorite thing that you are learning at school?
Sarah: "How to listen.  I don't know what else."

Her class started to learn some sight words.  Below is the pumpkin slider that helps with recognizing the sight words.  They also learned about dental health this month and about emergencies and how to call 911.

Me: You had school pictures taken this month.  What did you wear?
Sarah: "I don't know which shirt and I don't know which pants."

On Halloween day Sarah got to wear her bee costume to school.  She took little candy bags and bags filled with grapes to share with each kid in her class.

Me: Did you have a party at school on Halloween?  What did you and your classmates do?

Sarah: "Yes. We got to march around and go into different classrooms and we got to eat lots of snacks."

Me: What kind of snacks did you get to eat?  

Sarah: "Grapes, and cupcakes, but we didn't get to eat the cupcakes.  We are going to have them tomorrow.... Candy, and cheese, and more fruit, and a juice bag" (sounds like "duce" bag when Sarah says it).

Me: What other costumes did kids in your class wear?  What did they dress-up as?

Sarah: "Two bees, me and Maria... somebody was Pocahontas, and a turtle, and the pirates and Jaden was Captain Hook! Brody was a Prince. Kara was Cinderella.  We both rhyme... Kara - Sarah.  Braden T was an army guy.  Miranda was a witch."  

Me: Did any of the teachers dress up?

Sarah: "A teacher dressed up like a spider.  And one was Boo on Monsters Inc.  And the three pigs!"