Field Trips:
Friday, October 3                The Oakland Zoo  http://www.oaklandzoo.orgshapeimage_3_link_0
Current Themes & Supporting Websites:

Bats - Visit the Bat Conservation Trust in London, England  
Spiders  
Visit The American Humane Association and learn some “Neat Things About Spiders”
Spider Crafts - Full Size Spider Coloring Pages
Visit Kidzone Spiders - Facts, Activities, Photographs
Visit the Itsy Bitsy Spider Site - Sing along, sheet music, crafts & activities

Body Systems and Skeletons 
 Visit Kids Health -  The Big Story on Bones 
 Visit Discovery Kids - The Skeletal 

Día de las Muertos - Day of the Dead - October 31 - Nov 2
Learn How is Día de las Muertos celebrated in Mexico?
Click here to learn how to make a paper Mexican flowers
Click here to learn how to make simple Mexican paper bannershttp://www.bats.org.uk/http://www.americanhumane.org/kids/spiders.htmhttp://www.coloring.ws/spiders1.htmhttp://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/index.htmhttp://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/spider/index.htmhttp://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_SW.htmlhttp://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000124.htmlhttp://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.htmlhttp://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/YS/CRAFTS/PAPFLOWR.htmhttp://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/feature/famf118holdecorations/famf118holdecorations2.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9
Recommended Family Excursions:
Visit an Oakland library to Celebrate Fall with Day of the Dead Alters and Mask Making as well as Halloween Witches and Spooky Stories. Click for Schedule   http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/links/kids/skulls.htmlhttp://www.google.com/shapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1
Recommended Resource Sites: 
Education Place Grade 1 Math practice  - Houghton Mifflin Math Site http://www.eduplace.com/math/hmcam/g_1.htmlshapeimage_10_link_0