November Reminders

• Field trip forms for "A Christmas Carol" at the Hippodrome and the $4 are due this week. The field trip is December 7.
• The Scholastic Book Fair will be set up all week in the auditorium. Come check it out before or after school for great deals! Proceeds benefit our school.
• There will be no school on November 24, 25, and 26 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Enjoy the time with your family!

Call, email, comment below, or stop by the room with any questions! Thank you!

Ms. Lipsky

Flat Joe in New York City

Hi class!

Flat Joe and I just got back from New York City! It’s a very cool city, and we made the best of the little time we had.

Because the weather was bad, our flight got cancelled, so Flat Joe and I hopped on the train. The train goes slower than the airplane, but rain doesn’t slow it down. Plus, Flat Joe got to look out the window and see things as we passed by them!

Did you know New York City has more people living in it than any other city in the United States? It is a very big and very busy city, and what makes it so much fun is that all sorts of different people live there. And those people come from different countries, speak different languages, and make different food. Flat Joe and I ate at a Thai restaurant, which makes Asian food. And guess who we ran into? My friend Eric, who is a kindergarten teacher in New York City, and a big Gator fan!

We only had a little bit of time, but Flat Joe and I managed to get to see Times Square, the busiest part of the city. It has buildings that are 100 stories tall, like the Empire State Building, bright signs, and so many people! We got back to our hotel on the subway, which is an underground train that goes all over the city. Grand Central Station is one of the busiest, most crowded places in the world, and we were there!

The weather was not very good, but we had a fun time in New York City. Hopefully it will be sunny at the next place we go!

--Joe and Flat Joe

What are you thankful for?

Thanksgiving is in 2 weeks. We should thank the people who help us everyday, but now is the time of year where we think about what we are most thankful for. You should think about who you want to thank for helping you in the past year and caring about you. You might even want to write them a thank you card or poem!

I am very thankful for my family, my friends, my co-workers, my students, my rights as an American and the soldiers that protect those rights, and the wonderful experiences I have been able to have over the past year.

What and who are you thankful for?

Flat Joe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Hi Ms. Lipsky’s class! Today Flat Joe and I went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for another adventure! The weather wasn’t great, but we still made sure to get out and around town. While I was working, Flat Joe checked out our hotel. When I finished I met him in the lobby and we went out exploring.

Neither of us knew much about Milwaukee, so we just walked around looking for cool things. We saw a big, funny looking building so we went to check it out. It’s the Milwaukee Museum of Art, where they put all the paintings and sculptures. Who in the class is good at art? If they get REALLY good, they might put their stuff up at the museum so everyone can see it!

When we flew in, I noticed that we were close to a big lake, but I didn’t know what it was called or how big it was. I found out it’s called Lake Michigan, and it is one of the Great Lakes! There are five of them total, can you name the rest of them? So we walked around until we found the lake, it didn’t take long. And guess what we found? An old sailing ship! I hope there are not any pirates around!

Flat Joe sure knows how to find cool places! He found a place called Discovery World, another museum where students just like you go and play with science experiments and stuff like that! We didn’t have time to go inside, but Flat Joe wanted me to get a picture of him with the cool spinning tops outside. Then he found the Milwaukee County Court House, which is very old and, as you can see, very big. Do you know who works at a court house and what they do there?

After a little while it was getting late and we had to come back to Washington, DC, but we had a really fun time in Milwaukee. Both Flat Joe and I hope we get to go back there someday! Take care and be good, class!

--Joe and Flat Joe

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