The Ape News: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Holocaust Heroes

The Bielski Brothers of the Bielski Otriad (Resistance ARMY)

To learn more about the three brothers who lived and fought in the woods of the USSR, and saved over a thousand Jews during World War II & The Holocaust click HERE

Spring Break!

Hope everyone is sleeping late, relaxing and reading some good books! The rain stinks, but it is nice to have some time off! Now, go clean your room!!!!!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Scenes from Cultural Arts Day

~Thanks to our awesome PTA for another incredible Cultural Arts Day!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ryan!

The Birthday Girl

Sneaker Bars

hey... there was a handfull left in there

It only had two bites taken out of it!

Orff Ensemble

The Orff Group has their last practice before their concert on Saturday at Regency Mall. There sure are a lot of Gibbon and Goodman Apes performing! Good Luck!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Tomorrow!

~Don't forget to bring a lunch for our picnic during Cultural Arts Day tomorrow!

~Wear shorts... it will be HOT... supposed to be close to 90!

~Any adults who want to come by and help...just come on by and we will put you to work!

~We got sweaty at Basketball Smackdown today! Please please please shower tonight!!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

What do we learn at lunch?

~Want to earn a free pizza lunch on April 8th?

Learn these words by the end of Spring Break and

be able to sing them to the class at recess with no mistakes!

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na

Autumn turns to winter, And winter turns to spring.

It doesn't go just for seasons you know, It goes for everything.

The same is true for voices, When boys begin to grow.

You gotta take a lesson from Mother Nature, And if you do you'll know.

[chorus]

When it's time to change, then its time to change

Don't fight the tide, come along for the ride, don't you see

When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange

who you are into what you're gonna be.

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na

Sha na na na, na na na na na, sha na na na na

Day by day, it's hard to see the changes you've been through

A little bit of living, a little bit of growing all adds up to you

Every boy's a man inside, a girl's a woman too

And if you wanna reach your destiny, here's what you've got to do

[chorus]

Autumn turns to winter, And winter turns to spring.

It doesn't go just for seasons you know, It goes for everything.

The same is true for voices, When boys begin to grow.

You gotta take a lesson from Mother Nature, And if you do you'll know.

~We finished another awesome novel, Blackwater Swamp! We drew some awesome conclusions, and met some really interesting characters. In the end, Bubba and Mrs. Weston went to jail, and Ted became friends with a woman who was judged on what she looked like. Hmmmm... I wonder what we will be reading next?

~A word of advice...do not lend Connor your recorder..... he likes to play with his nose!

~All Universal money is due Thursday!

~Tomorrow is an early release day!

~No school Friday for students!

~All Apes got an extra day, Word Study Test is Wednesday!

Seleshia narrated a lot in the novel!

Most improved reader 3rd nine weeks!

73 Apes

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71 Apes

Monday, March 21, 2011

Talent Show Tryouts

~Thanks to all The Apes who tried out for the Talent Show. It takes a lot of guts to get up there and do anything.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Connections

~Was messing around in the yard today.... and noticed the same turtle does not run when I come near the shore of the lake. All the other turtles run, this one always stays. I noticed about a month ago. I got real close, he still does not run..... made me think of our novel Blackwater Swamp.