This week we got a sensory corner for when we are stressed out and need to calm down. We have to do ten ball tosses, ten desk jumps, and a gentle smell of peppermint. It's actually really fun and it helps us a lot. Each week the sensory choices will change.

We learned how to do Reading Responses and we got a little booklet to write our responses in. In math, we learned the count back strategy and the count on strategy to find differences between two numbers. In writing, we learn new stuff every day like how to edit our true stories. In Daily 5 reading, we did a vocabulary list packet. At the end of the week we did a Weekly Reflection.

On Friday, we had a special visitor and her name was Sarah L. Thomson. She is an author. She has written many books. She wrote Dragon's Egg. Dragon's Egg is cool. She has great ideas for writing stories. We wrote about mystical creatures with her.

We want our families to know that we are going on two field trips next week. On Tuesday, October 13th, we are hiking Beehive via the Bowl Trail. On Friday, October 16th, we are going to Thompson Island to become Junior Rangers.

We are looking forward to having our Author Celebration on Friday, October 23rd. We are excited to do more IXL and Lexia Core 5 on the iPads. We are looking forward to our 3rd grade hike.

**This weeks blog was written by: Daley, Adam, Chase, James, Makenna, Mariana, Calie, Fiona, Kaylee, Chiara, Raymond, and Zoey**