November snow

We are finally back in school after having 3 days off for freezing rain and power outages.  The students had a lot of fun stories to tell after being away for such a long time.  They enjoyed having all of this new snow on our playground to play with.  We recently purchased some kid shovels for them to use during recess, they had a lot of fun and put them to good use. 

Students enjoying the new snow with the new shovels!!!

Today was one of our colder days it was -12, but the kids still had to bundle up and go outside for recess.  Here is one of my students all ready for recess. 

Since we had 3 days off, I worked on a sight word caterpillar that I put up around the door, so my students could read it as they waited in line. 

Snow (Rain) Day in Fairbanks!!

Here in Fairbanks school gets cancelled because of rain!  School was closed today because we woke up to freezing rain which makes the roads very dangerous to drive on.  The continued forecast is for 5-10 inches of snow with more freezing rain.  The big question is:  Will we have school tomorrow!

Our kindergarden children go out in this weather every day!  We have outside recess down to
-20 F (minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit) 

The falling snow is so peaceful and quiet.  

Our 2nd snowfall. 

Aurora Borealis - a frequent sight in our part of Alaska in the winter time

Another Aurora image.  

First Snow

October's weather has been very unusual. We normally have lots of snow on the ground and cooler temperatures. Kids are usually trick or treating in snow pants and the cold. Some years it has been -20. This year it has been warmer temperatures and a lack of snow. A few days almost set temperature highs.

To answer the question from our previous post. It made a light dusting of snow on Halloween.  Nothing to get excited about. But later that night it snowed more. So November 1st brought snow. Here is a picture looking out on the playground from my room.