This is how HAPPY you all make me feel...

Miss Lou is ready to return to school after many days of good rest. I did not eat mashed potatoes, or cranberry sauce. I did not stuff myself silly with turkey and gravy, but I did have the best squash soup ever.

What did you eat on Thanksgiving night?

Parent-Teacher Conferences Oh MY!

No worries my dear students. I had many wonderful things to share with your parents yesterday.

Did you know Miss Lou loves to meet parents? Yes, I do. Do you know why? I like to meet your parents because I get to learn more about you and how you became such a beautiful and sweet little person. OH! Now I know...you are wonderful because you have fabulously wonderful parents.

Yes, yes. That makes perfect sense.

Thank your parents for making time to come meet me. We laughed and shared and giggled together.

What did your parents tell you about our conference?

Hope you have a great official 2nd day of vacation! What will you do today?

Bye kids!
Miss Lou

Beware of Marvin Eyes

Don't forget to get lots of rest and have fun with your holiday homework!

Bwock! Bwock!
Happy Thanksgiving to you...

Laughter is the Best Medicine

We have been in school for about
55 days.








We have laughed and shared so much and I am looking forward to more adventures and discoveries after Thanksgiving break.

Eat lots and be kind to one another and keep writing!

Rainbows Everywhere

Who took a bite out of this cupcake?

Party Time!

Here are some of the silly cupcake pictures of our beautiful class.
We love to eat yummy birthday treats. On the right, Felicis is picking at the rainbow sprinkles. Below Felicia, Nathan swallowed the whole cupcake like magic. On the left, Sara is licking her fingers. Yum! We love cupcakes.



Do you like cupcakes too?










Miss Lou let us out 5 minutes early, so we sat outside and looked at all the cool things Arvind and his mom filled inside the goodie bags. Lollipops, a globe, pencils and .... Thanks for a great birthday party!

More on Party and Cupcakes

Be careful not too eat too much SUGAR,








and brush your teeth!

Sticker Boys

You boys are so silly.

Where do the commas go? Click the comment icon below and rewrite the sentence with the correct answer. First student gets a prize! Good luck...

You can put stickers on your forehead your chin your nose your lips and many other crazy places.

Happy 7th Birthday, Arvind!

Hope all your birthday wishes come true.

Love from Miss Lou

Reminder: Early Release

Hi my funny friends! Don't forget that today is an early release day. I think we get out early because Forest Park knows how hard everyone has been working. (Hee, hee.) I know that all of you have been working very hard on writing stories, studying your Spelling words, counting money and being KIND to each other.

The Butterfly House

Unit 2: Kindess
Lesson 4: The Butterfly House
Written By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated By: Greg Shed

Here are some questions from our reading this week:


1. Who are the main characters of this week's story?

2. What Point of View is the story written? (Hint: First Person, Second Person or Third Person?)

3. How do you know what point of view?

4. How did the little girl show her kindness to the larva and butterfly?

5. What is a chrysalis? What would you it look like if you had to draw one?

6. Why did she have to let go of something she loved?

7. How did she feel and what did Grandpa help her with her feelings?

8. Have you ever had to let go of something or someone you loved because it was the kind thing to do?

Where did Miss Lou forget a comma?

EEEEE!!!!
We love figs. Figs are fun. Figs are strange. Figs are squishy sweet, juicy, and fuzzy.






Suchi and Arvind are having fun by opening their figs up. They are purple on the outside and red inside. The inside is filled with hundreds and hundreds of SEEDS!

Can we plant the seeds to grow more FIGS?

Goggle Girl

Can you guess who this little delight is? She loves to swim and read. We must invent some waterproof books so she can do both at the same time. What do you think? Do you have any ideas how we can do that?

Let me know soon!

Missing Sticker

Dear Andrew,

Where is your sticker? Your forehead looks so empty!

Hee, hee!

Thank you for always making me laugh.

Always,
Miss Lou

This is Nathan

Nathan likes to eat figs. When he writes, he is creative and funny. I am proud of him for doing great work, but most of all, I like that Nathan is kind and very thoughtful of others.

Thank you Nathan!

To a Sweet Girl

My Sweet Annika,

How are you, my dear? Thank you for writing to me. Hooray! You learned how to write a tag for me. Did your mom teach you?

Do you know that I love when you read to me? You make stories come alive!

Love,
Miss Lou

Love from Miss Lou

Hi Claudia! Do you know when I took this picture? I love your smile.

Thank you for your note on the our Orange and Blue Tagboard. You are so bright!

Keep writing...
Miss Lou

Peek-A-Boo!

Hi! Keep reading below. I have put in some new pictures and activities for you to check out. Do you like what you see? Have a safe and fun weekend!

Hello Again!

Hi Visitors!
Welcome back to our Room 401 blog! Did you know how I came up with our school website address? I remember when someone (special and creative) from our class screamed it out one day during our Self-Discovery Journal writing.

He shouted, "My school rocks!" out of the blue. Many of us act silly, but Miss Lou likes it because it means you are using your creative brain juices. Let's keep putting all of it to good use, shall we?

Thank you for all your inspiration and making me laugh everyday.
Keep smiling....

No School Tomorrow!

Can anyone tell me why we don't have to come to school tomorrow? (November 11th) What day are we celebrating and why? Is it Miss Lou's birthday? Is it because we have worked really, really, really hard? Is it because we never have to come to school on Friday EVER again? No....!