We have decided that Dylan and Madison are officially BUNNY HOGS!
Today your child brought home a cardboard display. This is for the visual presentation for their Living Museum project. There is no cost to your child for these display boards.
The middle part of the display is for the name of your child's subject and pictures or collages. One of the sides is for biographical information. The other is for the accomplishments of the subject. Your child is supposed to have fun with this assignment.
WRITING CONTEST
A colleague at another school made me aware of a holiday writing contest being held by The Florida Times Union. Your child has to write a narrative (story) using the 12 words provided. It must be at least 500 words but not more than 1,000.
Any student who participates will be given extra credit in Lang./Writing. One winner will be chosen from Room 71, and one from Room 73. Each winner will be awarded a valuable prize donated by an outside source. The Ape winner will be determined by an objective outside source. The winners will then be entered in the fifth grade school wide contest (one from each class). That winner will be entered into the newspaper contest. The overall winner will win cash from the Florida Times Union, and published in the paper! It is due to Mr. Gibbons by November 14.
The words that must be included in the narrative are:
nog
wreath
mistletoe
blizzard
kazoo
gingerbread
family
Alabama
puppy
stocking
roller coaster
Kermit the Frog
Have fun with this and use everything we have learned in Writer's Workshop!
END OF MONTH LUNCHEON IS AT 12:30 TOMORROW!
We will begin reading Number the Stars by Lois Lowry at the end of next week. This story shows how the people of Denmark stood up to tyranny and saved over 95% of its Jews during the Holocaust.
We will be reading My Senator and Me starting next week also. This is the Book of the Month for November. Mr. Kennedy has served as a U.S. Senator for over 46 years. He is currently battling terminal brain cancer. He is the younger brother of John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Robert F. Kennedy (RFK).
