Congratulations New York Giant fans! Awesome game...right down to the wire! The Patriots are still the only team in NFL history to win 18 games in a season! Better luck next year! Go Pats! Go Jags!
Room 71 won the Golden Skate Award again! We had approximately 12 of our 21 students show up to support the PTA at Skate Station Friday night! Way to go Room 71! Thanks to Mrs. Keller and Mrs. Mika for working the desk at Skate Station. I think this is the 4th time we have won for the most students!
This week's Spelling List:deportation
locomotive
quota
resettlement
furious
agitated
trodding
squatter
maw
huckster
galoot
refugee
parasol
Test: Monday the 11th
Remember that Wednesday the 6th is an Early Release Day!
Congratulations again to Mrs. Alison Watson! Alison is a finalist for Region Five Teacher of the Year in Duval County! You rock Mrs. Watson!
Come check out our responses to Literature on the bulletin board outside our room. We wrote about the life of WIlma Rudolph. Everyone did a nice job. Over the next two weeks we will be working on Procedural Writing.
We are almost finished with Milkweed. We are really enjoying this piece of historical fiction by Jerry Spinelli. Sometimes you have to remind yourself that it is fiction. Next week we will begin working out of Blast Off for three weeks before FCAT
ALL deposits of $10 must be turned in this week if you are planning on going on the end of year trip to Universal Island of Adventure. If you are dring down (students must ride the bus) then no deposit is required.
