Happy Halloween!

There's a chill in the air. The ground is littered in leaves. Excited children dressed in strange and unusual ways are parading through the neighborhood. It must be Halloween!

If you participate in Halloween, do you have a favorite costume or a funny or scary story to tell?

If you are overseas, do children there participate in a special day or event during this time of year?

Photos from Adam in Spain & Joshua in Italy!

Adam is a student in our class who is fortunate to be living and learning in Spain this year. He is visiting many historic sights and has forwarded the following photos taken at the Bode and Altes Museums to share with us.

The following photo shows the Bacharach fortress located on the Rhine. It is now called Burg Stahleckhostel and, as the name suggests, is used as a hostel for tourists.

Joshua is a student in our class who is currently in Italy having a fabulous time. He has sent three photos taken in Venice, Italy and has this to say about them.

1. This is Piazza San Marco where they have Carnivale and lots of pigeons.


2. This is a flying lion, a symbol of Venice.

3. This is the Rialto Bridge with a gondola going under it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving! What does Thanksgiving mean to us? A long weekend... A time to get together with friends and family...A time to eat turkey...A time to stop and give thanks for all the good things we have...

Thanksgiving probably means a little of all of these.

What do you know about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada? How did Thanksgiving start in Canada? Why do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October while Americans celebrate it in November?

I would like you to take some time to learn about the history of Canadian Thanksgiving. You can go to the website http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/thanksgiving/canada/

for information. Then I would like you to post one new fact that you learned that you found most interesting about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Italian Lizard

Joshua is in Italy and has submitted this photo and comment for the class blog.

This is a lizard. It is in Bolzano, just north of Trento. The lizard was up a mountain sunning itself on a fence it had crawled up on padded feet. We had to get close up to the lizard to take the picture and it just stayed there. This type of lizard is all over the place.