Wow! We learned a lot about how challenging it is to be a firefighter!

Thank you so much to Ella and her mom for taking our pictures and bringing in the frames to decorate! Everyone also loved the donuts and juice!

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School meets Scratch in this school test of awesomeness. Answer 3 in a row correct,to win! Answer ANY wrong; you’ll taste defeat!!!

We really enjoyed learning all about flying, planes and being a pilot from Stella’s dad!

This request may find you busy preparing for the upcoming holidays and sharing special celebrations with family and friends. It is our hope, however, that your family will reserve some time to help with our community service project.

For the fifteenth year, William O. Schaefer’s community service activity will be donating BLIZZARD BOXES, formerly known as Covered Cupboards, for the Meals on Wheels Program.

A BLIZZARD BOX is an assortment of donated non-perishable food items packed into shoeboxes. Refer to BLIZZARD BOX FOOD LIST to find out all the details, including the suggested foods. Please be sure to check product expiration date.

Please wrap the lids separately from the boxes – wrap the top of the shoe box separately from the bottom of the shoe box (no boot boxes please) in grocery bag paper in order to make sure contents are easily accessible. Do not put any decorations on the box. Children can use their imagination to draw pictures on the paper that seniors would enjoy receiving! The BLIZZARD BOXES will be delivered to the recipients of the Home Delivered Meals Program if regular food deliveries are halted due to weather related or other emergencies.

Consider creating a BLIZZARD BOX with your family. Drop off your BLIZZARD BOX at William O. Schaefer (WOS), 140 Lester Drive, Tappan, New York between December 5th and December 16th.

Thank you in advance for giving so generously to the seniors in our community during this winter season.

Questions can be forwarded to hhill@socsd.org, ebarsanti@socsd.org, ccosgrove@socsd.org.

A big thank you to Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Reitsema for coming to visit us and teach us how to treat each other.

We went and studied BJ and noticed many changes. Please study these photos and then answer the questions. How has BJ changed? Please use descriptive language. Also, what has caused these changes? How do you think the changes happened? Think of yourself as a nonfiction writer and teach our blog readers!

We are sure you are asking, “Who is BJ?” Well, BJ is the name we gave to our class pumpkin! We carved our pumpkin, placed it outside at the edge of the woods and then named it. We figured since we will be observing the changes that the pumpkin goes through, it may as well have a name. First we need to carefully observe the two photos of BJ and list all the properties of this solid object. Properties are the size, color, texture, shape and weight of the object you are describing. Please write 2 properties to describe the outside and then 2 properties to describe the inside of BJ.

Read the Halloween story below. Use the clues and deductive reasoning to solve the Halloween Logic game.

Aaron, Johnny and Matt were planning their outing for Halloween night and it was decided that each boy would dress in a different costume. After they had made their choices about what to wear, they thought it might be a good idea to figure out which Halloween candy each of them liked best so they could compare their goodies and make some trades after trick’or’treating was over for the evening. As it turned out, each boy’s favorite was different from the others. “Wow! This is going to be great!” exclaimed Johnny, “This is going to be the best Halloween ever!” Can you figure out, from the clues below, which costume each boy dressed in for Halloween? Can you also figure out each boy’s favorite candy?

Click HERE to read the additional clues and solve the game. Try talking it out with a partner.

How did you do? Interested in playing another game that makes you use physics and your logic? Check out the “Pumpkin Remover” game below!

How did you do with the Halloween logic games? Are you ready for additional logic games? Try to solve this tricking word logic problem:

At the pet center, 3 girls chose a pet to adopt and their parents filled out adoption papers for each pet. When they were finished, the attendant said that the pets would be delivered to their home the next day after the paper work had been processed. Minutes after they left the pet center, a mischievous parrot flew over to the stack of adoption papers and started shredding the papers with his sharp claws. The attendant gasped and ran over to rescue the papers, but found them in pieces.

Click HERE to read the additional clues and solve the game. Did you use a partner again? Were you able to solve the logic puzzle? What makes solving logic puzzles easy or hard for you? Can you write your own tricky logic puzzle? If you can, share it with Ms Eyer!