100 Point A.R. Club

~Congratulations to Abby Smith! Abby reached her goal of 100 points on Accelerated Reader! Enjoy your movie pack Abby S!

Invitation to Luncheon!

~If your child has reached his or her Reading Goal, they received an invitation to our End of Month Luncheon. Please return the RSVP form by Friday. If you did not receive an invitation, your child HAS NOT reached his or her goal of 11 books.

Orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto....

The Warsaw Ghetto

~We have been learning about the second stage of the Holocaust and how the Germans and Nazis isolated the Jews of Europe from the outside world. The purpose of this isolation was to eliminate as many as possible before they figured out a final solution for the removal of Jews from Europe. After all the Jews of Poland were herded into small sections of large cities, a wall or barrier was constructed. The food supply was slowly cut off along with electricity, fuel, medicine, and water. Disease spread quickly as did starvation. After more than 2 years of watching their fellow Jews die and be sent off to other places, roughly 60, 000 Jews decided to rise up. They fought the German Army and fought back for over a month. They held off the German Army longer than the Polish Army, French Army and Dutch Army. This gave hope to many Jews across Europe.

Warsaw orphans begging for food

Jewish fighters surrender during the Uprising

The feared Jewish Police

Accelerated Reader Points!

~Almost every Ape in Rooms 71 and 73 have had their Reading License star punched at least once! One student has already received his 50 point, 60 point, 70 point, 80 point, 90 point, and finally his 100 POINT Prize! Congratulations to Spike! He received his movie pack! Inside was a Mr. Bean movie, 2 drinks, popcorn, 2 candy bars, and 2 snacks! I wonder if he will be the first ever Beauclerc student to reach 500 points?We can't wait to hear what Spike thought of Mr. Bean! Another Ape received her 100 points today and will be featured tomorrow!

Pizza!

~The Apes got to enjoy some pizza & Juice with our lunch today for winning the Recycle Bucket Contest!  Thanks!

Meal Ready to Eat

~Lat week we got to see and taste what soldiers in the field of battle get to eat! The food was actually NOT BAD! Thanks to the Smiths for bringing in the food, and to those students who volunteered to try it!

cheese and crackers anyone?

mmmmm sliced pears

sweet tea

raviolis baby!

This week's WORD STUDY: Test Friday the 18th!!!!!!

lice

typhus

invasion

Belgium

concentration camp

liberation

emigrate

The Resistance (Partisans)

exterminate

desperate

Bonus: Einsatzgruppen

Hiroshima Blast Video in color

~What did we study in Reading and History today?

View od Hiroshima

~Here is what Hiroshima looked like after the blast. President Truman had to make one of the most difficult decisions a President has ever had to make.

Armistice Day 1918

~Ninety three years ago, the nations of the world agreed to stop fighting (armistice) in World War I. The agreement was signed at 11:00 on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. This day would be called Armistice Day to honor all the veterans of The Great War. In 1954, the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans to honor all men and women who have fought for the United States. In the picture below, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Chicago to celebrate the signing of an armistice in France. The same thing happened in every major city of the world.

STAR Students!

~Congratulations to Jamia and Amaya! They are this week's STAR Students! They both had awesome weeks!

71

73

World War 2 Word Study

1. lice
2. typhus
3. invasion
4. Belgium
5. concentration camp
6. liberation
7. The Resistance
8. emigrate
9. desperate
10. exterminate

Bonus: Einsatzgruppen

One woman remembers Kristallnacht

~One woman discusses what happened to her in Europe on November 9, 1938, Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), the beginning of the end! Find out what happened to her after November 9th. See how much of what she is saying you can connect to based on our History lesson.

Apes from the Past!

~Playing softball Friday night when I hear two APES making a lot of noise in the stands! Bailey bean and Hailey Scroffa wearing their 2001 Ape shorts! They will be collector's items one day! It was great seeing that you are still sweet and nice! Class of 2011 rocked!

STAR Student 11-4-11

~Congratulations to Willy and Carson! They are this week's STAR Students. Both Willy and Carson have met their reading goal, and have been responsible with their behavior and classwork. They make the APES proud!

November Goal is 11 books!

~Congratulations to the following APES for already reaching their November goal to attend the November End of Month Luncheon:

Gunter

Cee Dee

Rache

Abby S.

Luna

Spike

Saejin

Hannah

Amaya

~Remember, End of Month Luncheon is a privilege not a right! It has to be earned!

~All Apes have until the 18th to reach their goal of 11 books. If your child has been reading every night for 35 minutes, 11 books should be no problem.

~A few students have reached the 50 point mark on AR! Wow! We didn't expect anyone to reach 50 until after Christmas!

~Right now Spike and Abby S. are the Grand High Poobahs of the AR Board!

Grand High Poobah

Nazis

~Ask your kids about what happened after World War I that made it easy for Hitler and the Nazis to take control of Germany........ also ask them why the Allies (USA, France, England, Soviet Union) did nothing to stop them. You would be surprised what your kid knows!

~Ask your child how Jesse Owens and Joe Louis destroyed the myth of the Aryan race (a made up race of people).

greatest Olympic athlete ever.... Jesse Owens

Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg

Accelerated Reader

~Have you noticed your sons and daughters reading a bit more lately? Well, they can now earn awesome prizes for the points they receive! The more points they earn, the bigger the prizes!

~Also, in order for a book to count towards their 60 Book Goal, they must take and pass an AR Test! 99% of all books out there have an AR test!

~DO NOT sign your child's Read & Respond form if they are not reading! Each child is supposed to be at 9 books this Friday.

~For each 10 points they earn, their Ape Reading Licence will get a STAR punch in it. Once they reach 50 points...the prizes begin!

Abby S. with her 50 point prize! (those are the licences behind her ...thank you Mrs. bell)

Spike with his 80 point prize

Look-a-likes

~Was looking through some Gibbons pictures...these are both Gibbons boys.... which Gibbon Ape looks exactly like the one on the left?