**Mystery Reader**

Our Mystery Reader this week shared great Thanksgiving stories and cute turkey cupcakes...

Thank you, Mrs. Constable!!!

Calvert's First Ever Turkey Tango!

Today we participated in Calvert's first Turkey Tango.  The 8th Graders were our buddies.  They helped us make a turkey craft using our hand prints.  Then we all played turkey kickball, which was so much fun.  The 8th Graders ate lunch with us and even stayed for recess.  We had so much fun!!

Franklin the Turkey made an appearance and had us do the turkey tango.  

 He also told us many funny Thanksgiving Day jokes!

We did it again...

We filled our stone jar to the top!!!  We celebrated with another slumber party and watched Knuffle Bunny, while enjoying delicious sugar cookies (thank you Mrs. Collins!).

 I wonder how long it will take us to fill the jar again???

**Mystery Reader**

We loved having Mrs. Johnston read to us as one of our Mystery Readers.  She left a book for us to finish reading as a class, Heidi Hecklebeck Has a Secret.  We can't wait to find out what happens at the end.  Thank you, Mrs. Johnston!!

Happy Thursday!

It was great seeing you all last Friday at our parent-teacher conference.  Your daughters are doing so well.  I'm really proud of our successes so far this school year!  Everyone has worked so hard this week getting ready for our FIRST spelling test...I know we're going to do well tomorrow!!

This week we had Dovie Thomason, a story teller and author, come to Calvert to tell stories about her native culture.  We also had a visit from Mrs. Nichols for a character lesson and a mystery reader on Monday (pictures will be posted soon).

A Look Ahead:

Next week’s spelling words are going to be: it, in, is, his, him, sit, with, will, then, & went.

We will be starting our first composition next week. The title will be The Sun. 

On Monday, we will meet up again with our 10th Age Buddies for a chance to write letters of appreciation to Calvert staff members, thanking them for all they do for us.

Friday, November 22nd, is a Purple Friday Dress Down Day.  We will also participate in a "Calvert Buddy Day" with the Middle School on this day.

Monday, November 25^th we are going to see the 10^th Age play!

Tuesday, November 26^th school closes at 12:30pm.  **** Because we are not celebrating Grandparent’s Day, we are going to make our own fun that day.  The students will rotate to different Thanksgiving themed stations.  We will finish the day by making a Thanksgiving Trail Mix and watching a movie in the auditorium.  

Upcoming Events

Toy Drive Next week:

We will be hosting a toy drive next week, November 18-22. We will be collecting new and gently used toys to deliver to Hampden Family Center, Paul’s Place, and the Mayor’s Office. The toys may be wrapped or unwrapped. If your child brings a wrapped toy, please indicate on a tag whether it is for a boy or girl, and what age range. We look forward to another successful toy drive this holiday season!

Blood Drive 

We are happy to announce that an American Red Cross Blood donation drive will be held on Friday, November 22nd. The drive will run from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. in the Calvert Middle School gym.

There are two ways that you can help:

1. Schedule an appointment to donate blood by going to the Red Cross website, www.redcrossblood.org. To schedule a donation appointment enter the school’s ZIP code 21210. Then enter the date of our drive, November 22. Follow the registration steps to be part of this great event.

2. Volunteer to help run the drive by assisting with donor registration and snacks. You can volunteer by going to http://doodle.com/ywgdq6qkccc62hvv to arrange a time to help. 

We will miss you Emma!!

Good luck at your new school!!  

Keep in touch!

Pictures from our Halloween Party

Emily's father has sent along a link to the photographs he took at our Halloween party.  Enjoy!!

https://picasaweb.google.com/103643028004431297907/2013_10_31?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLXG6PGHgtHaMQ&feat=directlink

Happy Friday and Long Weekend!!

We had a very fun and festive week!  It was wonderful seeing so many of you at our first Calvert In Action Day on Tuesday.  The girls loved having you visit their classrooms :)  Our Halloween parade and party were exciting.  Thank you to all the parents who attended and helped organize the festivities.  The girls had so much fun!

7-B in costume

Parade at the Middle School

The 7th Age

I'm sure you've heard...we have finished learning ALL letters in script and are now official Calvert script writers!!!  We will complete handwriting folder papers next week and beginning spelling NOVEMBER 11TH!!  Our first spelling test will be November 15th.  We will begin writing our first composition during the week of November 18th.  Letters will be sent home before we start each new activity.

Learning our names in script!!

A Look Ahead:

·         No School on Monday, November 4th -Teachers will be at a conference.

·         Parent / Conferences are on Friday, November 8th.

·         Thanksgiving Vacation begins on Tuesday, November 26th at 12:30 pm 

**Mystery Reader**

Yay, another great visit from a mystery reader!!  Mrs. Quinn read two wonderful books which she donated to our classroom library.  Thank you!!  The girls loved the silly witch finger lollipops too!

Mrs. Quinn!!