HOOT 6

In the autumn garden rosy light's aglow

Congratulations to Destiny Martinez and Wolfgang Bonner, our students of the month! Their TISA spirits soar!

September 30: San Geronimo Day at Taos Pueblo. 

October 2: PHOTO DAY!

October 4: spelling quiz with a few changes.
Words (will be mixed up): kid, cab, kid, kin, cap, cat, cad, can (Pattern: c+a, k+i)
Sentence: The cat ran to the kid.
Practice: see my notes under "practice" at the end of your child's spelling quiz

Oct 3: Jog-a-thon money is due

October 4, 5, 6: Night Sky Fiesta at Bandelier
"Come celebrate Bandelier Night Skies at our Night Sky Fiesta. Special programs, guest speakers, solar viewing, kids activities, and giant telescopes! 3 days of celebrating Bandelier's beautiful night skies." More info: https://www.nps.gov/band/planyourvisit/night-sky-fiesta.htm 

Oct 5-6: Taos Wool Festival
Oct 5-6: Rancho de Las Golondrinas Harvest Festival

October 8-12: School will be closed during fall break. We will be back in session on Monday, October 15th. 

October 12-13: Taos Storytelling Festival. The theme this year is migration. 
Check it out here: http://www.taosstorytellingfestival.com/ 
The free storytelling workshop below is offered at SOMOS. It happens to fit right in with our storytelling unit. Please take advantage of it if you can!

Saturday, Oct 13: 10:00-12:00 AM
Youth Storytelling Workshop facilitated by James Navé

For kids of all ages, this storytelling workshop will introduce young people to the basics of storytelling. In this workshop, our young folks will be working with the playful idea that everyone, no matter what age, has an endless galley of compelling stories to tell. They’ll work with how to tell their stories in meaning ways which will showcase the best of what they have to offer.  Each participant will have a safe opportunity to develop a meaningful story that will hopefully be the beginning of many stories they will tell to their family, friends, and community. SOMOS Salon Space ~108-B Civic Plaza Drive, Taos ~ Admission is free.

October 17: Field trip to Harwood Museum
Our first exciting trip to the Harwood will focus on landscape art and watercolor painting. My experience has been that parents (and teachers) find the art program at the Harwood as enticing as children. You are welcome to join us on any and all of these field trips. That's the good news! Now, for the sad news....

Unfortunately TISA is not able to provide transportation for Harwood visits this year. We will have to rely on our own "tribe" to make those amazing artsy trips happen! The solution: carpool!  

Getting TO THE MUSEUM: carpooling.
Please let me know if you are able to help with carpooling for any of our four Harwood trips listed here:
October 17 (Wed.) leaving from TISA at 1:10pm
December 12 (Wed.) leaving from TISA at 1:10pm
February 20 (Wed.) leaving from TISA at 1:10pm
April 24 (Wed.) leaving from TISA at 1:10pm

LEAVING the museum: 3:30pm You pick up or carpool.
There are two options at the end of the field trip.
Either you can pick up on those days at the museum at 3:30 (regular time)
OR carpool back to TISA to be in aftercare.
I will definitely need to know if your child is in aftercare or not on those days first thing in the morning, so I can make appropriate arrangements.
Please let me know if you can help carpool back to school at 3:30pm on any of the above dates.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 

October 25, after school: Annual TISA Lantern Walk (details to follow)

October 29: Zombie Math After-School Fun! (details to follow)

October 31: Halloween is coming up fast! I will be sending home information as it approaches.

Tutoring is on Tuesdays (3:30-4:15) and Wednesdays (3:30-4:00)

Club update: Finger-knitting club will be in on WEDNESDAYS (3:30-4:15) and NOT on Thursdays!
Sorry for the confusion.

Scholastic book orders Thank you all for placing an order. I will keep the site active till October 4th
for those of you who wish to acquire a few delicious brand new children's
books. You can anticipate your child's books to be shipped after fall break. Again, thank
you for supporting our class library this way!

When a book order form goes home with your child, and you wish to purchase a book,
this is what you will need to do.

Go online here:  https://clubs.scholastic.com/tdshow

Click on PARENTS -- GET STARTED

Enter our 5-letter class code: PQNHX         OR Type in your child's teacher's name: Jutka Furesz

Orders usually get delivered within 10 business days.

November sneak peek: parent conferences are are scheduled for the first half of November. You will be asked to sign up online at SignUpGenius.com.

Have a beautiful week!