The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

 ~Hard to believe, but we are already on Chapter 4 in our new novel in our genre study of the Holocaust (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas).  We met Bruno, a naive German boy who has no idea of what is going on in his family, or in his country!  His father is a high ranking Nazi who has been sent to Out With to a job that his predecessor could not do.... the Fury has big plans for him.  We are still trying to figure out exactly where he is!

Spring Camp

~Great ideas for Spring! Mrs. Laserna owns and operated this camp!

125 Points... WOW!

~Congratulations to Katie!  She earned 125 Accelerated Reader points and earned her Super Gumball Pack!  Keep up the good work!

February's Luncheon

February's End of Month Luncheon will be next Thursday March 5th due Mrs. Goodman's being out of town on Thursday and Friday!  It is boys turn to bring dessert! 

Our new novel!

~It is hard to think that any novel could top Milkweed...but this one just may.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of a boy named Bruno who lives in Berlin.  His father is a man to watch, and he wears fancy uniforms.He is being forced to move with his family because of his father's job.  That is all we know so far...that,  and he comes from a fairly wealthy family with all their maids and butlers.

Jacksonville Armada Soccer Club

~We had some visitors from Jacksonville's professional soccer club today!  The Jacksonville Armada came by and worked on drills with us, as well as teaching us some good health and fitness habits!

Milkweed is over!

 What an awesome ride!  Milkweed was an incredible experience for he Apes in Room 11.  Rest in peace Janina.  We promise to never forget!

Stawki Station, Warsaw

~Below are actual pictures of Jews being loaded onto the cattle cars at Stawki Station.  This is where the German soldier threw Janina onto the trains.  This is where the dogs attacked Misha... and sadly, this is where Uri shot Misha!  These pictures are real.  You are now a witness to what happened to more than 11 million people, over half of whom were Jews.

This is what Misha saw....

Flops assisted the Nazis

Jews waiting at Stawki for the next train

The parade of Jews ends at the cattle cars

Informational Essay Writing

 ~We are really working hard at improving our informational writing skills.  We are focusing on producing engaging and effective thesis statements.  Our evidence and elaboration to support our thesis statements is improving every day!  Way to go APES!

Happy Valentines Day!

~Thanks to those of you who sent in treats and cards for Valentines Day.

Marine Science Center

 ~We had a blast at the Marine Science center today!  To see more pictures click Marin Science in the tabs to the right!

Presidential Minute With Ulysses S. Grant

Presidential Minute With Andrew Johnson

Citing Text Evidence

~We have been working hard on citing text evidence in our writing........ We actually started working on this back in August and are becoming quite the experts.  It makes our writing sound so much more professional. It also makes our fact and opinions much more valid when we have text to back them up.  It also gives credit to the author who wrote the piece.  Here are some good examples:

~Also, if you know the author's name, you should should cite it at least once in the beginning of the text.  For example:  According to Steven Johnson, the author of the article The Best Dogs in America, beagles are the easiest to train......

Marine Science Center 2015

Do not forget to bring a lunch for the Marine Science Center tomorrow!

San Pablo 5k for Play 2015

 ~What an awesome 5k!  Mr. Gibbons and Mrs. Goodman have run a lot of races on Jacksonville Beach...but never one as good as the San Pablo 5k For Play!  Big thanks to Angie's Grom, Coach Gilbert, Jacksonville Track Club, Ultimate Racing, Bono's and the San Pablo PTA.  Congratulations to Colin for being the first male APE, and Olive for being the first female APE from San Pablo to finish! Congratulations also to Cole, Jayden, Zack, Davis, Hannah, Kylee, TJ, Gage, Addy, Layla, and Iman for running in OUR race... and finishing!!!