The Ape News: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Lions and Tigers and SNAKES Oh My!

~I was having a nice relaxing day working in the yard weed whacking, trimming, and running with the dogs. What a perfect day for a ride in the canoe on Lake Gibbo, I thought. I moved the canoe to put it in the water, and a local tough snake decided to pick a fight! I'm not one to endorse fighting but he kept coming at me! What was I to do? I won the fight! You will be glad to know he joined the food chain. As soon as I threw him in the lake to cool off and think about himself, a hawk swooped down for lunch. It was awesome to see! This a picture of him in the canoe.

~See Mrs. Peck's blog for more pictures of critters.

Anyone know what kind this is?

This is a picture of the snake I killed last year while camping...he measured two inches short of seven feet! A local said he was a Timber Rattler ! Ouch!

~Scroll to the bottom for a cool new game!

STAR STUDENTS for 2/27

Karson

Kiet

End of Month Luncheon

Luncheon
~Thank you to all those parents who came out and had lunch with us today. We greatly appreciate you taking time to be a part of Room 71 and 73. Thank you to Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Powell for the drinks! Thanks to Mrs. Walker for helping to pick up our meal.....and then being patient when it wasn't ready! We have some awesome parents in the Ape Classrooms!

~A big Hoorah for JT today! He caught his first Diet Coker today during baseball! What's a Diet Coker? Ask your child. We had a lot of fun.

~Did you preorder your yearbook from PTA? The cost is $20. If you wait until the end of the year, the cost is $25.

~The Kruggmans are gone! Korrina's classmates ignored her and gave her suspicious looks. Her father got fired from his job. The mother's best friend has been arrested. Eva has shown she was a true friend. All this.....from one little comment in a journal by a 12 year old. Will Hans come back to the house? Will they be arrested? Does Rita know what her big mouth has done? This reminds me of what happened in Mr. Peabody's apples. Things have gone wild in their town! Find out more on Monday in Behind the Bedroom Wall.

Griffin's family

Fourth grade

Did they dress alike on purpose?

Andrew's family

Octavia and Mom

The Blythes

The Woodys

Friday, February 27, 2009

School Budget Meeting

There will be a meeting Monday at 6:00 pm in the media center to share budget information with any and all parents of Beauclerc students.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Response and Birthday

Response to Literature
~We shared the first parts of our Responses today. In the past few days we learned that we needed to work on our beginnings. Today you proved that you learned and listened. Jamie totally changed her beginning...GREAT JOB! We continue to work on practice for the FCAT. It's amazing to see the improvement in test taking strategies. Our "REAL" reading from all year is paying off! Mr. Gibbons stole Mrs. Pickles pictures...he forgot his camera at school. Thanks for a great day Mrs. Peck...and some pretty good pictures too!

~We also read a former Book of the Month. The title was Mr. Peabody's Apples. It's a great book with some awesome artwork, and an awesome message about judging a book by it's cover!

Jamie has the floor

Chris shares his beginning

Birthday Girl
~Mrs. Whitelaw's birthday was awesome! The "60" bags were awesome as were the cards. Thanks to all the parents who sent in party supplies...they were appreciated!

Mr. G was bummed out about giving up sugar for Lent

Bunny with Bunny

Let's hope her WISH comes true!

Good times...good times...good times

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wednesday

~Don't forget Mrs. Whitelaw's birthday is tomorrow at 1:20!

~End of Month Luncheon is Friday at noon!

~Pack a lunch for next Thursday's field trip!

~Send in your money for Wild Adventures.... $40 per student, $40 for parents riding the bus, and $20 for parents driving! Are you an Ape parent that wants to chaperone but are low on cash? See Mr. Gibbons.

Nick is working on his Response to Literature. Sometimes a picture can say so much more than words.

Congrats to Ms. Ramanan's and Mrs. Costiloe's classes for winning a free pizza party from Cici's!

Our newest classmates. The dark brown one is named Trish, the orange one is named Kim. This is just a coincidence for those of your from Room 4!

Free lunch for the Cici's Gang!

Fresh bread! Mr. Gibbons made it! NOT!

JT shows us what the Romanian flag looks like!

Hi

Spelling List for Test on Monday:
guide dog
layout
obedience
braille
obstacle
attachment
instinct
mastered
memorizing
mature
Bonus: perpendicular

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Book of the Month, Response, Pizza & Former Apes

Early Morning
~Many students are coming in early to read the blog and take AR Tests. This is awesome because it gives us more time for fun reading in class.

Karson takes an AR Test

Matilda and Nick go to their favorite sites

NON-FICTION

~ Today we worked on non-fiction pieces from our Blast Off. The Apes did awesome. It was great to see them going back to the text to retrieve information.

Billy and Reese

Andrew is flipping back to double check

Here you can see Rashod, Lauren and Nat thinking

This is what great test taking looks like!

BOOK OF THE MONTH

~We enjoyed the Book of the Month today! It was really interesting to see how they installed maps as well as history into these family treasures.

Octavia and Ashely display our Book of the Month and our latest Response

FORMER APES

Former APES Alex and Greg stop by to do community service as part of their school work!

Cici's

~Wow were there a lot of Apes at Cici's! I saw Savanna, Karson, Madison, Rashod, Evan, Lauren, Chessa, and Dylan! If I missed your name I'm sorry! Mrs. Peck was there, as well as all three of our Homeroom Mothers, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Zinn. I also counted about 10 former Apes, Gabrielle, Jason, Abrianna, Madison Lewis, Arturo, Danielle, Allysa, and Mackenzie Combs among others! The Apes truly rock! We've had enough pizza! If we don't win, who cares, we raised A LOT of money for OUR school, and got to spend an evening together. Beauclerc is an awesome school which is evident from how many teachers and students showed up tonight! I thank G_d every day that I get to come to Beauclerc and teach.

SCENES FROM CICI'S:

Who is that with Woody?

Karson and Gracie

Our favorite third grade teacher

Mrs. Reagan

Rashod chows down!

Evan comes to Cici's again!

A Future Ape (Wade)

Former Ape Jason

Former Apes Gabrielle (Superstar!) and Allysa (I always called her Anna)

The Zinns - current and former Apes

Mrs. Peck and Savanna (Did she eat pickle pizza?)

Ms. Ellsworth (Beauclerc's gardener)

Woody and her Mom
Sorry, I didn't get your picture Lauren

Monday, February 23, 2009

Response, Field Trip, Blast Off

~Come join us for cake and fun as we celebrate Mrs. Whitelaw's 60th Birthday party Thursday at 1:20!
~We are glad Octavia is back!
~Field trip slips went home today for our trip next week (Thursday the 5th) to The Marine Science Center. Please be sure to send them in by this Friday. This field trip is awesome! Every student rated it as the BEST field trip last year, other than the End of Year Trip.
~We started our next Response to Literature this week. The book is a tribute to the children that died and survived as a result of the Holocaust. It has some very thought provoking words and pictures inside. Feel free to drop by and borrow a copy.
~We continue to work in Blast Off as well as other methods of preparing for FCAT! Yes, we are ready!
~PTA Fundraiser Tuesday night at Cici's on Baymeadows 5-8 PM.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

FCAT Prep and Cookie Dough

~We started our day with a Grammar Quiz. Those who took their time did awesome. Those who rushed through, did OK! Hmmmmm I wonder why?

~This week we will be working on our next Response to Literature for the Children We Remember, a photo essay to the children who lived and died in the ghettos and death camps of World War II.

~New puzzle below.

~We also had some fun making up words with prefixes and suffixes. We are so ready for FCAT!