This week's WORD STUDY:

• nonfiction
• personification
• myth
• multiple
• simile
• literary element
• hyperbole
• diction
• antonym
• context clue
• Bonus: Tripoli, Libya

Thanks for coming!

~Thanks for coming to our End of Month Luncheon today! Big thanks to the Shaabers for basically running a hot dog stand today! There will be no luncheon in March due to FCAT and Spring Break, but there will be a Luncheon in April, and you will need 29 books....get busy reading!

The Shabbers operated a hot dog stand

Ms. Pickels' Beans were a hit!

Ninja Hot Dogs!

Killer Kane and his Mom

Emmy Lou and Mom

Mr. Hot Dog

Willie Mo and Dad

Space Shuttle

~Rumor has it that a certain Ape or Apes went to see the Space Shuttle today. This is not just any space shuttle, it is the LAST ever space shuttle. I hope that certain Apes remember to bring Mr. G back a souvenir!

Tuesday is Girls Day

~Tuesday is girls day for baseball. Yesterday they played their first real game. The Goodman Girls won 4-1. We had a lot of fun though.... and best of all, nobody was keeping score! Let's hope the boys are as much fun on the diamond.

Hope's first at bat

Bailey Beans first plate appearance

Ape Alumni

~Yahoo for Ashley, a former Gibbon Ape who made the Mandarin High School softball team! She has mad crazy skills on the softball diamond!

New and Notes 2-22-11

~Welcome to Beauclerc Hope!

~Big thanks to Mrs. Peck and the Student Council for all the great stuff they collected for Wolfson Children's Hospital.

~All money for Universal Studios and cookout must be turned in by March 24th.

~If your child is participating in after school activities, please be respectful of the volunteers time and be prompt in picking them up.

~Invitations to Luncheon went home today to those students who met their February reading goal. Your child will receive an invitation upon reaching 21 books.

~Friday is USA DAY! Wear your red white and blue to show your love of America, and earn $2 in your account. After watching what is going on in Egypt and Libya this week, it sure makes me glad to live in America.

~Thanks for sending in your money for Ape shirts. The shirts will be kept at school, and washed regularly by Mr. G and Mrs. Goodman. Students may keep them at the end of the year, unless they did not pay for them.

Welcome to Beauclerc

Student Council Helpers

Beauclerc Rocks

73 Ape Shirts

STAR STUDENTS

Mr. G, Ahmed, Rayneisha, and Mrs. Goodman 2-18-11

Auschwitz Photo Album

Mrs. Kornblum shared an awesome link with us about Auschwitz. Click HERE to view the slideshow from Yad Vashem, the organization in Israel whose awesome task it is to remember the Holocaust.

We are going to miss you Marco!

~Last week, Marco left us! Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Goodman, and Mr. G were sad to see him go. We never got to give him a proper Ape Goodbye! We were so proud of the academic improvements that he made over the last 5 months, and made the Honor Roll! Make us proud at Arlington Heights Marco! You have three teachers over at Beauclerc that will be rooting for you and checking up on you!!!!!

Star Student in Dec.

Ginger Bread Marco

Marine Marco

See, I am not that tough!

Circle Head

Freak the Mighty

~If you haven't heard... we are currently reading Freak the Mighty as a class and in our small groups. It is an incredible story of two boys and how they come from two totally different backgrounds and from a friendship that is unbreakable. One of them is over 6 feet tall (Mighty), and overweight and labeled as "not smart" and the other has a condition that does not allow his body to grow (Freak), but he is a genius! Together they form their own imaginary Hero "Freak the Mighty". Mighty's Dad is in prison for murder, and Freak's Dad took off when he was born never to be heard from again. Both boys have to live with the social stigma of what their parents have done, and their own physical appearances. If you want to borrow a copy after we are done..... just come on by and pick one up. This is the first year the Apes have read Freak the Mighty, and it will be definitely in the rotation for next year.

Hope gets her first dose of how the Apes do "reading"

Thanks for the Valentines Day treats Mrs. Pickles!

February's End of Month Luncheon on the 25th

~Oops! On the sidebar, February's End of Month Luncheon was listed as being on the 28th! The luncheon is on the 25th!!! We are going to change it up a little for February. We will be having a Hot Dog Fest instead to celebrate the end of the month and all that we have accomplished so far. Forms will be going home on Tuesday. February's goal is 21 books! If you do not receive an invitation, you child has not yet reached 21 books.

STAR STUDENT

~Congratulations to Ahmed and Rayneisha. They are this week's Ape STAR Students! They both had awesome weeks, turned in all their work, got along with their classmates. Mr. G left his camera at school, so pictures will be posted on Monday! Since we have Benchmark testing all week, and no school on Monday, our next Star Student will be the following week!

The Missing Link

Get well soon Mitch! Our day just isn't as interesting! We have your shirt ready for you.

New Word Study:

test is on Wednesday Feb. 23rd!

• moral
• irony
• interpret
• metaphor
• imagery
• foreshadow
• fiction
• excerpt
• evaluate
• fable
• Bonus: informational nonfiction

Student Councl Project

Help Wolfson Children's Hospital!

~Bring in any children;s art supplies, and earn a Gibbo Dollar for each item! All items will go to help Beauclerc's Student Council project to donate art supplies for children who are staying long term in the hospital. You can bring in paint, water colors, crayons, glue, scissors, markers, paper...basically anything art related! In case you didn't know, this project was organized by Mrs. Peck...... let's bring in lots of stuff and earn some Gibbo Dollars

Beauclerc Summer Camp

~Did you know Beauclerc has a Summer Camp? This will be the third year that Beauclerc has a camp. Every week they have some awesome filed trips. Everyone has raved about the camp since it began two years ago. Below are some pictures of a couple of their weekly trips. The cost is $125 a week. Call Ms. Simonelli at 739-5226 Ext. 1111 any time between 8:00 and 4:00 daily. She will be happy to give you more details.

Little Talbot Island

Jaguars Stadium

Tree Hill

Littel Talbot

Ape Ball

~After over a month of practicing, we began playing softball for real! It is amazing to see how much better they are now than when they were at the beginning of January! Seleishia and Dar'yn sure can smack that ball, and we are hoping for a cure of Robbie and Maggie's Itis... as in Homerunitis. The Apes are even learning at recess! If you have any old gloves at home that you no longer use, and would like to donate them... SEND THEM IN, we will use them! Boys play on Monday, and girls play on Tuesday...and we may even play on Wednesday a bit!!!!

~Maybe we will hit some Diet Cokers on Wed. or Thurs.

Freak the Mighty

~We started our gazillionth novel today.... Freak the Mighty! All I can say is WOW! This novel is engaging from the beginning. We covered five chapters... yes 5... on our first day, we could not put it down! Max lives with his grandparents who actually seem scared of him. They keep him down in the basement. He is the size of an adult... actually bigger than most adults, in the 7th grade. He has no friends, and fails everything he does. He finds a friend (we know him as Freak) who is smart, the size of a two year old, and who is also in 7th grade. We are really watching these character develop quickly, making incredible inferences, and seeing some great cause and effect relationships. You can;t help but feel for these two characters. Did you ever think READING would be this much fun? I can't wait to get back to Freak the Mighty tomorrow!

~Don't forget to bring in your $5 for your Ape shirt!

Where's Dar'yn?

Ape Eagle Scout

~Congratulations to former Gibbon Ape Taylor Schawang. He became an Eagle Scout yesterday. This is an accomplishment that very few people ever accomplish. He is in the same company as former U.S. President Gerald Ford, movie maker Steven Spielberg, and famous CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite. When Taylor entered middle school, most other boys dropped out of scouting due to peer pressure, sports, or other influences. Taylor stuck with it! This will help him get into more colleges, and when he enters the job market, being an Eagle Scout is a HUGE plus! We are all proud of you at Beauclerc Taylor!

Taylor with his Mom, Dad, and Scoutmaster

Mrs. Kephardt (3rd grade), Mr. G (5th grade) and Taylor

Taylor poses with his friend, also named Taylor, bot former Gibbon Apes. They both play lacrosse for Robert E. Lee High School

We finished our Holocaust Unit

~We finished our Learning Unit on the Holocaust. Today we finished The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Shmuel and Bruno died together holding hands and supporting each other. Mrs. Peck and I hope that you learned a lot about the world in which we live, and how you, as one person can truly make a difference. Look what the people of Denmark did! We met Annemarie, Rachel, Ellen, Henryk, Misha, Janina, Big Henryk, One Armed Olek, Ferdi, Grey John, Bruno, Shmuel, Gretel, Uncle Shepsel, Korinna, Rita, Eva, and Uri. They were all heroes in their own way.

Hopefully they changed the way you think about yourself. Now you are a witness to what happened to 11 million people during World War 2. They were all innocent, and they need to be remembered. When you hear someone say that it did not happen (Deniers) you MUST speak up. Next month, we will be meeting a few survivors who will share their tale with you.

~Any parent who would like to borrow a copy of Number the Stars, Milkweed, or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is welcome to come by and pick up a copy.

Can you find the differences in the pictures? There are many!

Freak the Mighty

~Our next novel: A Gibbo favorite!

Crazy Hair Day 2011

~Can you tell who is who? Click on image to enlarge!

Abdisha

Lukeisha

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Bailey Bean?

Emmy Lou?

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Aunty?

I love this pic

Class Shirts

~Our class shirts are in! We are selling them to ALL Apes at below cost. The cost for each shirts is $5. The shirts will be kept in Rooms 71 and 73. Mrs. Goodman and Mr. G will wash them. At the end of the year, it's YOURS to keep! We ordered enough for all the students, it is first come first serve. Those who bring in their money first, will get first pick! Mr. G, Mrs. Peck, and Mrs. Goodman will be modeling them Monday! The shirts will be worn to all assemblies, trips, etc.

STAR Student 2-11-11

~Congratulations to Dar'yn and Gavin. They are this week's STAR Students! They rock!