Holocaust Heroes

The Bielski Brothers of the Bielski Otriad (Resistance ARMY)

To learn more about the three brothers who lived and fought in the woods of the USSR, and saved over a thousand Jews during World War II & The Holocaust click HERE

Spring Break!

Hope everyone is sleeping late, relaxing and reading some good books! The rain stinks, but it is nice to have some time off! Now, go clean your room!!!!!

Scenes from Cultural Arts Day

~Thanks to our awesome PTA for another incredible Cultural Arts Day!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ryan!

The Birthday Girl

Sneaker Bars

hey... there was a handfull left in there

It only had two bites taken out of it!

Orff Ensemble

The Orff Group has their last practice before their concert on Saturday at Regency Mall. There sure are a lot of Gibbon and Goodman Apes performing! Good Luck!

Tomorrow!

~Don't forget to bring a lunch for our picnic during Cultural Arts Day tomorrow!

~Wear shorts... it will be HOT... supposed to be close to 90!

~Any adults who want to come by and help...just come on by and we will put you to work!

~We got sweaty at Basketball Smackdown today! Please please please shower tonight!!

What do we learn at lunch?

~Want to earn a free pizza lunch on April 8th?  

Learn these words by the end of Spring Break and 

be able to sing them to the class at recess with no mistakes!

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na 

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na  

Autumn turns to winter, And winter turns to spring.

It doesn't go just for seasons you know, It goes for everything.  

The same is true for voices, When boys begin to grow. 

You gotta take a lesson from Mother Nature, And if you do you'll know.   

[chorus]

When it's time to change, then its time to change 

Don't fight the tide, come along for the ride, don't you see 

When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange 

who you are into what you're gonna be. 

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na 

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na 

Day by day, it's hard to see the changes you've been through 

A little bit of living, a little bit of growing all adds up to you 

Every boy's a man inside, a girl's a woman too 

And if you wanna reach your destiny, here's what you've got to do 

[chorus]

Autumn turns to winter, And winter turns to spring. 

It doesn't go just for seasons you know, It goes for everything.  

The same is true for voices, When boys begin to grow. 

You gotta take a lesson from Mother Nature, And if you do you'll know.

Blackwater Swamp

~We finished another awesome novel, Blackwater Swamp! We drew some awesome conclusions, and met some really interesting characters. In the end, Bubba and Mrs. Weston went to jail, and Ted became friends with a woman who was judged on what she looked like. Hmmmm... I wonder what we will be reading next?

~A word of advice...do not lend Connor your recorder..... he likes to play with his nose!

~All Universal money is due Thursday!

~Tomorrow is an early release day!

~No school Friday for students!

~All Apes got an extra day, Word Study Test is Wednesday!

Seleshia narrated a lot in the novel!

Most improved reader 3rd nine weeks!

73 Apes

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71 Apes

Talent Show Tryouts

~Thanks to all The Apes who tried out for the Talent Show. It takes a lot of guts to get up there and do anything.

Connections

~Was messing around in the yard today.... and noticed the same turtle does not run when I come near the shore of the lake. All the other turtles run, this one always stays. I noticed about a month ago. I got real close, he still does not run..... made me think of our novel Blackwater Swamp.

Dave the turtle from afar

close up of Dave

It's officially spring for me when the mimosa tree starts to bloom

Blackwater Connections

~Below are some pictures of what Ted encountered in the swamp when he went to watch the "witch" of Blackwater Swamp.

this is a picture of a lime bush....now you see why he was stuck?

black bear..... not friendly

alligator snapping turtle

STAR STUDENT 3-18-11

~Congratulations to Emmy and Hope! They are this week's STAR Students. They are both hard workers and make teaching a joy in Rooms 71 & 73.

Mr. G, Emmy, Gibby, Hope, and Mrs. Goodman

Thanks!

~Big THANKS to Mrs. Peck, a.k.a. Mrs. Pickles for an awesome Saint Patrick's Day!