This Sounds Just Right For ME From P.E.

Hi Teachers!

I just wanted to touch base with all of you about a program that Lisa Mangelsdorf and I will be starting.  It is called the “Wednesday Walker” program.  This program will be very similar to the mileage club that we had here a few years back.

Our program will start, Wednesday, November 5 and we will have the program every Wednesday during lunch recess for the 2^nd – 5^th grades.  Lisa and I will cover the directions and specifics of this program in our Physical Education classes.  You will not be obligated to this program at all (unless you would like to volunteer).

The basics of this program will consist of 2^nd- 5^th graders walking during their lunch recess on Wednesdays on our ¼ mile walking track.  We will record laps of the walkers on Wednesdays, recognize various accomplishments that walkers achieve, set personal goals, and set class goals.  Rewards will be given to students and classes that reach their particular goals.  Again, Lisa and I will cover the all aspects of this program in our P.E. classes.

The only thing that I am asking of all of you is that we could surely use parent volunteers every Wednesday to help with the minor set-up, recording of laps, and putting away of the minor set-up.  It should be pretty simple and easy.  It just would take the lunch recess time for the parent volunteers.  So, it you all could mention that Lisa and I are currently seeking parent volunteers to help run the program in your notes home and newsletters, we would both surely appreciate it.  If any of your parents are interested in helping, please have them contact Lisa or I at #6817.  I have also asked Lisa Skillman to place this info in the next few Hawk Highlights.

As the school year moves on, we may add another “walking day” for the students. We could even add one for the teachers (?  !! ).

 Lisa and I both THANK YOU for your assistance in getting this program started!

 Mark Felix mfelix@amphi.com

Courtney, et. el. Is This Really Math?

What will be the day after the day after tomorrow, if the day before the day before yesterday was Monday?

Punctuation Matters

Stop teasing, Sam!

Stop teasing Sam!

Which would you choose? You have thirty-five dollar bills, or you have thirty, five dollar bills.

Wait ’till you hear “Abe and Cheerleader” at our Candlelight Dinner. Same words, different meanings.

Science Test, Friday, October 10th

By this Friday we should be finished reading the science chapter on magnetism and electricity. We will probably continue the hands on activities the week after intersession.

Once we have finished reading the chapter, the students can start studying for the test. They should focus on:

Matching the following words with their brief definitions; charge, static electricity, electric field, electric current, circuit, electric cell, conductor, insulator, resistor, series circuit, parallel circuit, magnet, magnetic poles, magnetic field, and electromagnet. There will be nine multiple choice questions on: objects with charged particles; objects with positive charges; copper wire; a bar magnet’s pull; when magnets attract; electromagnets in motors do what?; ways to control, and a way not to control an electromagnet; and the difference between parallel and series circuits. Under critical thinking/essay, know about how a compass works and how are magnetism and electricity alike. There are three inference questions that the students should be able to figure out if they thoroughly read the chapter covering bar magnets and  complete circuits and the path the electricity follows in a circuit.

Our 38th day of school.

• We did our daily edit.
• We did our math lesson.
• We had a spelling test.
• We went to music and got a 5 and we learned the word onstanado.
• Jady blogged. (hehehehehehehehehe!!!)
• We had a hit from Tori Fallis in Brunei.
• We are having a Bean Burrito for lunch.
• Friday we are going to do the Hawk Walk. Which is going to delay math; not canceled, Over our dead bodies.
• We read Loser.
• We discussed math procedures and Mr. Floore spelled hurry wrong.
• We had two missing math folders and one missing spelling. (Not in the trapper.)

Vocabulary Words On Test II – Are You Sure You Are As Smart As These Fourth Graders?

behold cosmopolitan devious discernment

duplicity envision fictitious foresee

gape geopolitics guileless gullible

hypocritical impolitic impressionistic

insight masquerade megalopolis

 

metropolitan myopia overt perceptive

policy politico reputable suburban

survey urban urbane veracity

Coast To Coast, Continent To Continent

The latest comment we had was from Tori Fallis who lives in China, but checked out our blog in Borneo. I wonder what she was doing there.

Sarah S. is thinking about going to University High. Wow!

Two areas for parents to watch for in math: the students who are underachieving aren’t carefully reading the lesson and following the mathematical examples; each day they are not going over the ones they had wrong. We need to work this from both ends.

Several students are excelling and showing growth and independence. Intersession and report cards are almost here. We are almost at the end of the beginning. Thanks Winston C.

Our 37th day of school

• We went to computers.
• We did the second part of our math test and there were 8 A’s.
• We did our math lesson.
• We graded vocabulary; one student (A FIFTH GRADER) didn’t have their vocab completed.
• We did an edit sentence.
• We updated our planners.
• We read “The Garden of Happiness”.
• We had a hot dog for lunch.
• We started reading Loser.
• We did some science experiments; lighting up bulbs and magnetic forces.
• We listen to Charlotte Church’s autobiography.
• We listen to music for the slide show.
• More students finished Joey Pigza Loses Control.
• We hope Citlali gets better.
• Jady blogged. (I feel so bad for you Citlali. cry cry cry)
• On Wednesday, there is an AR store.
• Friday is spirit celebration and Ellie and Caroline are getting their honors trophies.

From Sarah S. With Love…

Got this from one of my friends……enjoy KidsAreQuick ____________________________________     TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find North America . MARIA:       Here it is. TEACHER:  Correct. Now class, who discovered America ? CLASS:        Maria. ____________________________________    TEACHER:  John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN:         You told me to do it without using tables. __________________________________________ TEACHER:  Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’ GLENN:       K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’ TEACHER:  No, that’s wrong GLENN:       Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. ________________________________ ____________ TEACHER:  Donald, what is the chemical formula for water? DONALD:     H I J K L M N O. TEACHER:  What are you talking about? DONALD:     Yesterday you said it’s H to O. __________________________________   TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago. WINNIE:     Me! __________________________________________ TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty? GLEN:        Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are. _______________________________________   TEACHER:    Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘ I. ‘ MILLIE:          I is.. TEACHER:    No, Millie….. Always say, ‘I am.’ MILLIE:          All right…  ’I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’     _________________________________ TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it.  Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him? LOUIS:     Because George still had the axe in his hand.    ______________________________________      TEACHER:  Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating? SIMON:      No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook. ______________________________      TEACHER:   Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his? CLYDE :       No, sir.  It’s the same dog. ___________________________________ TEACHER:     Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested? HAROLD:       A teacher

Deja vu All Over Again

Almost. Yes, again on the AR book read in class we had students who weren’t carefully reading it and they earned poor scores and lowered their reading grades. The same students who finish early, waste time, and become an annoyance for the other students. Nothing new. I’ve seen this at the beginning of every year.

But sever students did shape up. We had three hundreds on the test, four nineties, and three of our high readers haven’t taken the test yet. We will continue to work the problem.

Looks like a normal week except we will have picture day on Thursday, the 2nd at 10:15 a.m. Have them dressed up. I’ll take pictures too. We will start a new book, Loser and we should be able to get a lot of science completed. Check those planners. The projects should be getting finished.