Wednesday, October 17, 2012

SEPTEMBER END OF MONTH ACTIVITY

OUR SEPTEMBER END OF MONTH ACTIVITY WAS HELD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1.  

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE END OF MONTH ACTIVITY, A STUDENT
MUST HAVE COMPLETED 5 SRA's (READING SKILLS CARDS)
2 BOOK REPORTS
AND HAVE 25 STICKERS ON THEIR STICKER CARD.

ALL OF OUR CLASS QUALIFIED!
FOR OUR ACTIVITY,
WE WALKED TO BURGESS PARK.

OUR FIRST ACTIVITY WAS A
BUBBLE GUM BLOWING COMPETITION.







OUR FINALISTS WERE ANDREW, HAZEL, AND ABBY C.

EACH CLASS HAD 3 REPRESENTATIVES.
FIRST BUBBLE
BIGGEST BUBBLE
LONGEST BUBBLE


WE THEN PLAYED:
 VOLLEYBALL WITH A GINORMOUS BALL
PARACHUTE
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
SHAMBATTLE



























CONGRATS TO OUR TOP 5 QUALIFIERS:
1.  ALICIA
2.  JOSH
3.  HAZEL
4.  LAUREN
5.  MEILAN

Sunday, October 7, 2012

MEET THE "GRANDSTUDENTS"


A "grandstudent" is a fun word I made up!
It is a  
student who is the 
 child of a former student.


 Max's mom, Melody, was in my 2nd class.
1981-1982
I taught two of Melody's sisters, too.
I didn't teach Max's dad, but I taught three of his dad's brothers!
One of his dad's brothers, Danny, was in the same class as Melody!

Cache's mom, Marylynn, was in my 4th class.
1983-1984
Cache's dad's sister, was also in the same class.
I also taught Cache's brother, Aaron.

Kennedy's mom, Alison, was in my 10th class.
1989-1990
If you want to know what Alison looked like in the 5th grade,
just look at Kennedy! 
(I've called Kennedy, Alison, many times!)

THE MAKING OF A BULLETIN BOARD

We had a great time making our
HALLOWEEN BULLETIN BOARD!
We were divided into four groups, with each group
given an assignment for the bulletin board.













 THE FINISHED PRODUCT

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