Reading and Writing Chris Van Allsburg Stories

We have been reading all of the books written by Mrs. Crippen's favorite children's author, Chris Van Allsburg!  We are even writting our own "Allsburg" story based on the story, The Mystery of Harris Burdick.  We plan to send our stories to Chris Van Allsburg as part of his on-going writing contest.  Who knows?  Maybe one of our stories will end up on his website!

Click here to read the book: The Mystery of Harris Burdick

Class Trip to the Farm

A beautiful day to be at the farm!  We attended AgVenture Day at the MUSD farm for an afternoon of discovery.  A big THANK YOU to the parents who came and spent the day with us!

Amazing to see how much sugar is in a soda!

Red Ribbon Week

Crazy Hair Day

Our class won the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest for our "Say Boo to Drugs" Poster!  We were awarded a HUGE tub of red licorice! Yum!

We've Got Spirit!

Our class has won the Spirit Trophy 4 weeks in a row!  We have been showing our school spirit by wearing spirit wear and school colors every Friday!  Go Mustangs!

November Calendar

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Decoding, Fluency, and Comprehension

Here we are hard at work using our reading strategies!  Our Decoding/Fluency Glasses remind us to read accurately, fluently and with expression.  Our partners are helping us decide on the key points to include in our summaries.