UNICEF Benefit at Jones Pumpkin Patch

Jones Pumpkin Patch is having a Children's UNICEF Benefit this weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 10-4pm.  Fawn Hollow's Art Teacher, Mrs. Scarpati, will also be there to carve pumpkins as part of a demonstration they have planned for visitors.

This is a children's event to benefit UNICEF with face-painting stations, tattoos, a pumpkin sculptor and Mrs. Scarpati! 

Sounds like a fun time....  Mark your calendars!

 

Laps for Learning

Reminder: Our Laps for Learning Walk-A-Thon kicks off on Monday! Students will be participating during their physical education class time over the course of the week. Students are invited to wear their team color on the day they walk (Farias = GREEN). Pledge sheets can be returned on the day that your student is scheduled to walk. Please use the following link to access information regarding walk times and team colors. http://www.fawnhollowpto.org/laps-for-learning-walk-a-thon.html.

We are also still accepting volunteers to help us count the laps as the students walk and cheer them on in their efforts. Volunteers are welcome for any of the classes, but we have a particular need in the following classes:

Farias, Room 10 - Monday, 10/21, 9:45-10:15

Carter, Room 4 - Monday, 10/21, 10:15-10:45

Haughton, Room 34 - Monday, 10/21, 12:30-1:00

Fracassini, Room 35 - Monday, 10/21, 1:15-1:45

Mysogland, Room 31 - Tuesday, 10/22, 2:45-3:15

If you are interested in volunteering for these or any of the classes, please contact Tanya Lennon (TanyaLennon@aol.com) or Kelly Tsichlas (KellyTsichlas@gmail.com) to be added to the volunteer schedule.

Writing Realistic Fiction

Students have been busy working on their first piece of writing for publication - Realistic Fiction.  Each morning, students write in their Writer's Notebook.  These short pieces become seeds - ideas for a formal and complete published piece of writing.  Students were taught to take those seeds and turn them into fiction.  Even if they wrote about themselves doing something over the weekend, the idea can be similar but the characters and/or the setting can change.  Students learned that authors often write about their personal experiences and what they know but change the characters and setting t
o make it a "new" story rather than a piece of writing on an "old" event.

Students have chosen which seed they would like to continue to work on and develop.  We've talked about the importance of setting and describing it for the reader.  We also have been working on creating believable characters who might have struggles and motivations.

The hardest part for students is the idea that writing can change - writing can have multiple drafts.  Students are learning and practicing what good authors do every day and for many of them it has been an eye-opening experience.  Ask your child about their characters and the story they are developing around them.  It will be wonderful seeing all their hard work in their final completed piece of writing.