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Our Rube Contest is here!!! I’m so proud of the kids and the machine they made!
2pm—The results are…..Jefferson Won!!!!!….Congratulations Mrs. Blaudow’s class on your win. This means all of Jefferson 5th grade gets to go on the field trip this Friday to Champaign for the next level of competition. More on that field trip once we get together with Mrs. Sherwood on Monday. I’m so proud of you guys. We did a fantastic job!!!!
** Don’t Forget NO SCHOOL Monday the 18th or Tuesday the 19th !!** The grades are all in but you may have noticed the Math Chapter 6 test didn’t make it in this quarter’s report card. Don’t panic…someone forgot to do a whole page…so it will be your first grade for the 3rd quarter. (You will still get them back on Wednesday.)
Welcome Back to School
I hope everyone had a great holiday! Just a quick note about school closures. Please watch any of the local news stations or click here.
Track Santa This Christmas
Noradsanta’s Goggle Earth Christmas Eve Tracker you may have to do a download
Present Toss it’s not as easy as it looks!
Christmas Party Pictures: If you cannot view this slideshow: click here
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! Keep checking for our Christmas Party pictures. I’ll put them on and update your grades as soon as I can. Right now, I have been blocked out of the room because they are still working on fixing our floor. (You should see the things in the hallway!) If I can’t get in by Wednesday, it will most likely be after Christmas before I will focus on school again. In the meantime, have a great vacation!!! See you all in January…
Our class has been invited to joi the “Engineer in the Classroom” program, which follows the Rube Goldberg idea of taking something simple and making it complex. The program brings an engineer into the classroom to work with the students to design and build a machine, and then compete against area schools. This year the elementary competition is titled “Build a Better Mousetrap” and will held on Saturday, March 6th at the Caterpillar Proving Grounds in Edwards, IL. In order to design and construct a Rube Goldberg project we will need a lot of JUNK!!! Please scour your house for all the non- valuable junk you can find–please remember to ask your parents first because you will not get it back–and bring it to school after the break. See Rube Goldberg tab to the right for more information.
Welcome back! Just a quick note for those doing Spelling list Level 4 this week. Spelling City is up to date.. so you can practice your list there this week. Also if you like logic puzzles, I have spend lots of time at this puzzle site. Puzzles.com Some are easy others are not.
Have a great Thanksgiving!! See you all on Monday, Nov. 30th
Poster was created using Wordle. Click here to try out their website.
No School 11-11
Enjoy your day off!
We made the newspaper AGAIN!!!
Click here to read the first article.
Click here to read the second.
Our Halloween Party Thank you to the committee! You did a great job decorating! The food was delicious, and the games were fabulous!
** I’m sorry! I forgot to pass out our report card today! I was able to find all but 5 students after school. **
Parent /Teacher Conference Schedule
All times are listed below by your student’s classroom number. Please call the office if you have any changes you need to make.
We now have a new homework tab on the web site.Everyday our homework will be posted there. Last year, we used a free pod casting site which has now gone the way of paid membership, which has messed with my routine a bit. However, I think the solution under the homework tab will work out well. Now that this has started, I will no longer be signing the assignment notebooks . Just to keep them interested in the habit, the students have been told to expect extra credit points along the lines of…” For two extra credit points, what was the math assignment on Wednesday, Oct. 27th ?” I will also be spot checking as I walk about the room.
Vocabulary Videos Today we acted out our weekly vocabulary words. Please enjoy our efforts at stardom! FINALLY !!!!
NUDGED (I have to do some work on your video–I will get a better one on here–PLEASE give me time!)
FRET
RUCKUS
PROCLAIMED
ASSURED
OUTLANDISH
Our Springfield Trip 10/15/09.
LINCOLN”S TOMB
LINCOLN’S HOME
NEW STATE CAPITOL
OLD STATE CAPITOL
Downloading Smart Board Software. Since our school district owns smart boards our students can download the software for free from Smarttech. Look for the icon Smart Notebook Software, then just choose your operating system. (Sometimes the downloads can take awhile to load.)
No School this Monday, Oct 12th and Tuesday, Oct 13th
Students were given extra credit packets. It’s 5pts possible per fully completed page, due Wednesday, Oct 15th @ 8:30am. Parent/Teacher Conference notes went home. Please look it over , and return the bottom slip to confirm your time, or arrange a new one.
We signed up for our classroom parties. Please review the list below.
Meet the Teacher: Monday, Aug 24 @6pm
It was wonderful meeting every one’s parents tonight. I’m looking forward to a great year! Here’s a few key points to remember…
Assignment Notebooks: Parent do not have to sign
No Late Assignments: after the first quarter report cards
AR Points: 10 pts for each 9 week grading period. End of the year party needs the last 10 points AND a total of 40 points for the year.
Lunch Payments:Can be done from district website on epay. This year’s charges are: $1.75 for kids, $2.45 for adults, and $.40 for milk
SUMMER….
Reading: 10 books!
Join the library program or use the school sailboat option! …but read, read, read this summer. Studies have shown you can start school almost 6 months ahead of your peers who didn’t read a thing! Borders is offering a book at 50% off after reading 8 books. Barnes and Noble is offering one free book after reading 8 books. (You must pick from a prearranged selection at both stores.) Click here to see the cool offer from Borders
All skills: Daily workbook pages are another great way to help keep you sharp. Below are a few of my favorites. (Can be purchased at most books stores)
