Happy Birthday Kegan

 ~Happy Birthday Kegan!  Big thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen for the most delicious egg rolls in the world.  For future reference....Mr. Gibbons loves loves loves Vietnamese egg rolls!

Ask your kid!!!!

What is an idiom?

Connection Section: Oregon Trail Part 1

Connection Section: Oregon Trail Part 2

Text Dependent Questions

 ~Today we learned about answering questions that required us to dig back into the text.  To better understand this concept we created our own questions that can be answered directly from the text.  Mr. Gibbons will be answering all the questions  from our Interactive Literacy Journals for his homework tonight!  If the text can answer your question...you get an A!

Popcorn Friday

~Do not forget to send in your 50 cents before Wednesday for Popcorn Friday.  100% of all money collected goes to San Pablo PTA!  Place money in an envelope or baggie with your child's name on it!

One Night Only!!!!!!!!!

Author Tyler Whitesides

 ~Today we had the privilege of meeting famous author Tyler Whitesides.  He told us how he came up with the idea of the Janitors series of books.  He was actually a janitor at night while going to college!  Mr. Whitesides also wrote Fable Haven.  He stayed after to sign copes of his books.  He will be autographing books at the BookMark in Neptune Beach tonight at 7:00!

STAR Student

 ~Congratulations to Skye and Gavin.  They are this week's STAR Students.  They both worked hard and were good to their neighbors all week!  Way to go Skye and Gavin!  Get off the couch Matt and Edgar!

Achieve 3000

~Your child brought home a light purple sheet of paper like the one Derrick is holding below.  It contains your child's login name and password for Achieve3000, a reading website for our students.  There are plenty of Social Studies and Science passages to prepare our students for the new Florida Test!  Your child is expected to complete at least 2 of the selections a week.  One will be assigned by Mr. Gibbons, the other is the student's choice.  The one assigned to each student will be in their mailbox.  If you cannot find the purple sheet to log in, the log in name is the same as logging into their computer at school.  Their password is the number 16 + the first 4 letters of their last name, and the numbers for the birthday.  Mr. Gibbons was born on October 31 so his password would be 16gibb1031..... no caps!  Log on and have some fun!  There will be opportunities to work in Achieve3000 at school as well.  The Achieve website login page is HERE or in the Quick Links to the right.  Give it a try!  The Apes from Rooms 10 & 11 have all been to the site so it should be somewhat familiar. (except for Gage, Ozzie, and Iman)

The Great Jacksonville Tsunami

~We are almost done with our first Writing Project, The Great Jacksonville Tsunami. Students were asked to write a piece of fiction that involves a tsunami hitting Jacksonville Beach.  Our focus was on using variable transitions and focusing on figurative language (similes, metaphors, idioms, etc.) to make our writing more engaging and interesting!  I cannot wait to read the published copies on our bulletin board!  We also learned a lot about what causes tsunamis and the devastating effects of these deadly natural disasters!

Welcome Ms. Flanders

~Welcome to San Pablo!  Ms. Codie Flanders is  from the University of North Florida.  Starting next week, Ms. Flanders will be joining us for one day a week as part of her journey to become a teacher!

Our New Word Study

Test: Tuesday 9/23/14

mimicked (v.)- to copy an action or     words; repeat

consistent (adj.)- to keep on; a steady pattern

rapid (adj.)- quick and brisk; fast
 
frantically (adv) in  a nervous worried way; almost hysterical
 
savvy (n.)- slickness; smartness to get what you need or want

sorrel- (n.) a light brown horse
 
mulish- (adj.) stubborn

trapping- (v.) setting traps to kill animals for their skins

settlement (n.) a place where settlers live and it is the beginnings of a town
 
transition - (v.) to move from one thing to another; to move from one subject to another.

Bonus: desegregation - to mix races; the opposite of segregate

Connection Section: Star Spangled Banner

~This week we will be learning about this flag!  Not any old American Flag...the one pictured below.  This is the actual flag that Francis Scott Key wrote about in 1814...... exactly 200 years ago today...Sunday!  This week we are learning what the words in our national anthem mean and you can tell that story to everyone you know..... Believe it or not most American do not know the story behind our national anthem!  What do the words mean?  Come to school and find out!

To learn more click HERE!

Swim America

~Today was our last day of SWIM AMERICA.... to see all of our pictures click Swim America on the right!

STAR STUDENT 9-10-14

 ~Congratulations to Ozzie and Kamryn!  The are this week's STAR Students!  Both students have already met the Book Goal for the first End of Month Luncheon!  Both students had exemplary behavior and made Mr. Gibbons and Mrs.  Goodman proud.

A tough day at school!

 ~What an awesome day at school!  WE learned a lot of cool and helpful strokes!  Gibby and Goody also got to sit poolside and relax!  We did some schools work as well...we learned about the Treaty of Paris.  This treaty ended the American Revolution.  

~Mr. Gibbons will be at school on Thursday but will be in a training session, so the Word Study test will be on Friday.

ER Day!

Wednesday the 10th is an EARLY RELEASE day!  Do you know how you are getting home?

Tyler Whiteside is coming to San Pablo!

~Order forms went home today if you would like an autographed copy of any of Tyler Whiteside's 4 Janitor novels!  He will be coming to read and talk on September 22nd!

Connection Section: The story of US!

The Declaration of Independence

News & Notes for Sept. 8th

~There is a Word Study Test on Thursday~

~Social Studies Quiz on Friday!

~Do not forget towel, bathing suit, and lunch on Wednesday and Friday!

~Wednesday is an Early Release day!

~Your child'd Book Goal for September 26 is 4 books!

~Join PTA!

~STAR Student will generally be announced on Wednesdays!

~We encourage you to send in treats for your child's birthday!