Roll of Thunder

~We finished reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry today.  This novel really painted a trued and accurate picture of what life was like for African American sharecroppers in the United States.  Their life was difficult, unfair, unpredictable, violent and there were rarely monetary rewards.  Although all of the sharecroppers in our novel were Black, many White southerners were also victims of the sharecropping system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Egg Hunt

 ~Come join us on Wednesday after school for the Grade 4-5 Easter Egg Hunt.   The cost is only $2...and all proceeds go to help the Safety Patrols go visit Washington, DC.  I heard the kindergarteners had a blast on Monday!  

Accelarated Reader Points

~Congratulations to Skye!  Today, she earned her 125th AR point and received her Super Gumball Prize! 

Cupcake Awareness Day!

 ~Happy Cupcake Awareness Day 2015.  Today we learned that life is better with cupcakes in them!

Rest in Peace

~Rest in peace Schmuel and Bruno...... 

Our new novel

~Look what we are reading!  Can you believe we are already on Chapter 3?  We met Kevin (a disabled yet brilliant 7th grader, and Max, an oversized angry misunderstood 7th grade orphan who lives in his grandparents basement.  The funny thing is...... Max the Giant is intimidated and scared of the undersized genius who needs crutches to drag himself around.

Mark your calendars!

May 28th

End of Year trip!

~We are going to Universal Studios on Thursday, May 28.  The cost is $70 (this includes ticket into park $47 and coach bus $23)!  We want all student to attend this memorable trip!  Parents may attend for the same price!  Parents who drive down: the cost is $47 for the ticket.  Parents who ride the bus but have a season pass: the cost is $23 for the bus.  Students with a season pass: the cost is $23 for the bus. You must bring lunch money as food is not allowed into park!

~Permission slips will go home on Monday!

~Any student receiving a discipline referral between now and then will not be allowed don trip!

The end of Schmuel's Journey!

~Sadly, neither Bruno nor Schmuel made it out of Outwith.  The killing machine that Papa helped create ended up taking the life of his son and his best friend for life.  The two boys defined true friendship.  What an awesome story. Thank you John Boyne for writing this great fable!

Star Student

~Congratulations to Gae and Miguel!  They are this week's STAR Students.  Both boys set good examples and work hard every day!

 

Duval Schools PEP Rally 5k

~Come join your teachers on May 30, at 8:00 AM for a 5k at Everbank Field!  Click on the Spirt 5k link below to register:

Spirit 5K

~Last year there was a ton of free stuff for kids, free food, and lots of stuff to do!  Just do not be late...everything starts on time!  The 1 Mile Fun Run is free (but you still must register).  The 5k is $20..... one of the cheapest races in Jacksonville!

Presidential Minute With Benjamin Harrison

River Run 2015

~Mr. Gibbons, Ms. Hughes, Coach Gilbert, PTA President Mrs. Daniels, and Mr. Lerch all ran the River Run last week in San Marco.  It was hot...but fun!  Hope to see some of you running in the race next year!

Schmuel and Bruno

~We finally met the boy in the pajamas from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas!  Schmuel (pronounced Shmool) can hardly believe this German boy named Bruno can be naive as he is acting!  We can hardly wait to see how this friendship develops.

What a cool President!

Literacy Roundup!

~We are really grooving into The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (We are almost halfway!).  Mrs Janson; reading class is now reading Milkweed, let's hope they are loving it like we did! John Boyne really has a style of writing that we are not used to.  He likes to sue a lot of repetition: "out of bounds at al times, with no exceptions", "if I am being honest with myself, which I always like to be", "the hopeless case".  Mr Boyne also likes to write as if he was just sitting back and telling a story...so there is not a lot of interruption and stopping.... we call them run-ons!  The author is Irish, and there are a few words that sound the same but have a small difference in spelling: centre, colour, favourite, towne, etc.  We are enjoying the very typical relationship of an older sister and younger brother who rarely see eye to eye!

~In writing we are really focused on using elaboration to enhance our evidence!  We actual;ly had 8 Gibbons Apes score a 9 on last weeks "opinion" assessment!  Way to go!