Thanksgiving Lunch

McRae brought two big chocolate chip cookies today to celebrate my birthday. What a thoughtful treat! I can't believe how sweet everyone is being! Laura even made a sign that I would see as soon as I pulled up at school. This is such a precious class. We had Thanksgiving lunch today and it was huge success. We had a really big crowd and I think it was very meaningful for the kids. We worked on a graphic organizer called "SPACES" in reading class as we learned about story elements. The kids are really enjoying the book Holes. We read chapters 13-15 today. Ask your child to explain onomatopoeia to you and you can see if he or she has been listening in class! I think our biggest newsflash this week is Matthew's broken ankle. Matthew fell at recess and didn't mention it to a soul. He came inside, sat through an extra long read aloud (by me) and then walked through the dismissal line before mentioning to his mom that his ankle "kind of hurt". It was broken in two places!!!! Are fifth graders tough or what?

Science Day

We had a blast this past Friday at Science Day. Dr. Hunt from Mississippi College came and set up around 60 science experiments. He trained the parents and the kids rotated through each center. What an awesome day of learning and discovery! There were rockets and races...every type of science gadget imaginable! I cannot believe how blessed I am to teach at a school like this where the kids have experiences that they will always remember like this one. I also feel blessed to have such great classes and such supportive parents. I had a wonderful birthday and I cannot express how appreciative I am for all the wonderful cards and gifts. You all made me feel so loved! We have been reading Holes by Louis Sachar this week, learning about predicate adjectives and making an "Alliteration Alphabet". Whew! That makes me tired just thinking about it! We also created abstract cactus masterpieces and continued to work on our reading fair projects. We have started planning the New Orleans field trip and everyone needs to send a $30.00 deposit before December 4th if you are planning on riding the bus. We will be visiting the zoo, IMAX theater and the aquarium. The students are bringing home their home journals this week and this time the prompt asks you to write about what you are most thankful for. I am thankful for my wonderful students and their parents. I am also thankful for my fun co-workers who make coming to work fun each day! Happy Thanksgiving!

A Fun Week

This week we are going to have guest readers each morning. We are finishing reading The Sign of the Beaver so we get to watch the movie! We have been working on our reading fair projects in class and creating some Native American masterpieces. Ask your child about the fun symbolism project we made out of model magic! Check out our class webpage at Teacherweb.com to find out vocabulary words and homework assignments! Weasel will be back from Disneyworld Tuesday so maybe Laura will bring us some pictures of his trip to post on our blog!

I can no longer access our blog from school! They periodically block sites that aren't educational. So I will try to load the recent slideshows that I have e-mailed this weekend and post them on our page. We had such a fun week. We created Native American molas, learned about irregular and regular verbs and played "Who Wants to Sit in the Teacher's Chair?". We have famous author, Bobby Norfolk, visiting MSE this Monday. He is always entertaining and the kids will love hearing his stories. Have a great weekend and check out my other webpage at Teacherweb.com to see next week's spelling and vocabulary words.