McAvoy/Ridout - Reader's Theater -The Hat

McAvoy/Ridout- Reader's Theater - Click Clack Moo!

Rumpelstiltskin

McAvoy/Ridout - Reader's Theater - Three Billy Goats Gruff

Reader's Theater

We have been practicing Reader's Theater in class and the kids will be ready to perform for you on Monday, June 4th at 12:15 in the Media Center. Our class Luau party will be after Reader's Theater in our classroom. We will be performing "Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type", "Rumplestiltskin", "The Hat" by Jan Brett, and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." Reader's Theater is something we like to do at the end of the year each year to better develop reading fluency & accuracy. There will be no costumes, but rather the kids will read from a script using expressive voice. You can check out videos from last year's class on our blog- click on 2011 and the month of June.

Book Parade and Play Day

We had such a fun time this week with the book character parade on Monday and Play Day on Wednesday!

Field Study: Steve Trash & Sunshine Park

Yesterday, we went on our last field study for the year to see Steve Trash and then had lunch and fun times at Sunshine Park. The kids really enjoyed learning all about recycling from Steve and he even showed us many cool magic tricks! We had so much fun!

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5th Grade Flag Raising Performance

Today, Alimacani 5th graders gave a remarkable performance dedicated  to all of their Alimacani teachers. It bought tears to many eyes  (including yours truly) in the crowd and was truly a memorable  performance. It was even more special to Mrs. Ridout and I because this  is the graduating class from our first year teaching. We love all of our  students so much and each one of them has a special place in our hearts  forever. Way to go 5th graders and their amazing teachers who put this  together. Check out the awesome video.

Mrs. Ridout's Titanic display!

For the month of April, our school's book of the month was "Heroes of the Titanic." Little did we know that we have a direct descendant of the Titanic- our very own Mrs. Ridout! Mrs. Ridout's great great grandfather, John Cribb, and his daughter (Mrs. Ridout's great grandmother, Laura Cribb) both sailed on the Titanic. Her great great grandfather did not survive, but his daughter did survive and because of this- Mrs. Ridout is here today! How cool is that?! What an amazing tale of heroism. 

 

Our principal, Ms. Stalls, didn't even know about Mrs. Ridout's family connection when she chose the book of the month. After we told her about it, she insisted that we help her decorate a display case to the memory of her heroic family. Check out the display across from the Library.  

Laura Cribb

John Cribb

Book Character Dress up Day!

Just a reminder that Monday, May 7th is our school wide book character dress up day! We love to celebrate literacy by having the kids who dress up bring the book and march in a parade! We will have the parade at 9am and would love to participate as a class! So think of something creative- it doesn't have to be a costume- just use your imagination and create something out of some clothes you may already have at home!

Star Student: Emma

Emma was our Star Student last week and presented her photos to the class. Her mom joined us and gave each child in class a treat bag! Emma is very helpful in class and is a great student! She is so sweet and has many friends in class. Thanks again to Emma and her Mom!

Butterfly Release!

Today we released our butterflies! What a fun and memorable experience for the kids. Very special thanks to Brooke and her mom for providing us with the caterpillars. They all learned so much about the life cycle of a butterfly.

Star Student Robert!

Robert was our Star Student for the week of April 16th.  Robert shared a variety of pictures from when his was little to recent photos. Robert is a great reader and also loves math. The class enjoyed his treat bags filled with lots of goodies!

Grammy came in for a lesson on insects. She read a book to the class and brought special bug glasses for the students to look through. They loved looking through the bug glasses to see what things look like in the eyes of a bug!

Our caterpillars are changing!

Our caterpillars have begun the process of changing into chrysalises! The kids are so excited to watch them go through their life cycle. The one that is upside down in the picture actually changed throughout the day into a chrysalis. Now we will just wait to see them change into butterflies! Thank you so much Mrs. Hoffman for providing our class with this awesome learning experience.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Ridout!

The kids all made cards for Mrs. Ridout's birthday yesterday! She was so happy and surprised! Thank you to all of the parents who made the day extra special for her. We had cake, flowers, cards and lots of love in room #22.

Star Student: Paige!

Paige was our Star Student this week and she shared her photos to the class today! Paige is such a great student and really loves it when her Grammy comes in to teach us new things. Paige is also always a good friend and has a big heart. Yay Paige!

Learning about the Lifecyle of a Butterfly!

We have been learning all about the Lifecycle of a Butterfly in class this week. Special thanks to Mrs. Hoffman who donated some caterpillars so that the kids can really get an up close look at the metamorphosis! They have gotten so big already!

We can't wait to see how they grow and change!

Learning about Insects with Grammy!

Grammy came to teach us all about Insects this week. We learned that insects have six legs, they have a stylet (a mouth shaped like a straw) that they use to suck plant juices from plants, and insects have their skeletons on the outside, with their soft parts inside.

We made antennae headbands and even got to drink water out of a straw just like an insect!

We also learned about how spiders are not insects, but are arachnids and discussed the differences.

We made a cute spider too! Special thanks to Grammy for always teaching us lots of interesting facts!

Updates for Parents

Upcoming Important Dates
- April 5th Planning Day - No school for students
- April 6th - No School
- April 9th "Grammy" Project
- April 11th Early Release
- April 25th Early Release

* We will be sending field trip info home soon. Please sign and return ASAP for the upcoming trip. If possible, please send in exact change.

* Please send in an old shoe for a project with "Grammy". If you would like to send in the pair, we can use the extra one for anyone who did not have one. Thanks!

Star Student: Charles!

Charles was our Star Student last week and shared his pictures and a yummy snack of pretzels and juice. Charles is such a sweet boy who loves watching wrestling and playing soccer. He is helpful to everyone and has many friends in class. Thank you to Charles' dad for joining us as well. Yay Charles!

Mile Run!

Today, the kids ran the Mile Run and everyone did such a great job! We always try to encourage the kids to just do their best no matter what and to not give up! Great job everybody and special thanks to Kylie's Mom, Mrs. Bodkin for taking photos!

Star Student: Jazlyn

Jazlyn was our Star Student this week and shared her pictures with the class and some yummy Shamrock cookies. Jazlyn is such a sweet girl with many friends in class. She is very fashionable, a great singer and always tries her best. Special thanks to Jazlyn's family for joining us and for the cookies! Yay Jazlyn!

Star Student: Alyssa!

Alyssa was our Star Student today and shared her pictures with the class! Alyssa is fairly new to our classroom and has made lots of friends! She is such a sweet girl and is an excellent reader.We are so happy that Alyssa joined us in Room #22!

Science: Potato Planting with Grammy!

Yesterday, our class planted cut up potatoes to grow potatoes!










First, we had to put soil in some big pots that Grammy brought in for us. We had to put newspaper on the bottom of the pot so the water won't drain out of the holes.

All of the kids got a chance to scoop in some soil with their hands to fill the pot up with about 4 inches of soil.

Next, we had to plant our cut up potatoes with their "eyes to the sky" as Grammy said.

Finally, we needed to water the soil so the potatoes can grow!

Grammy also brought us a delicious snack of potato sticks, potato chips and a cheese sandwich on- you guessed it- Potato BREAD!! YUM! Thanks again Grammy!

We wrote about our predictions and what we want to know about growing potatoes in our Science Journals and we are going to write about our observations as our potatoes grow over the next few weeks!

The class enjoyed our trip to the Jacksonville Zoo on March 1st. The students visited the Education Center where they learned about a variety of animal life cycles and how animals grow and change - they also had a chance to pet a rabbit and snake, and see a parrot and salamander! Thank you to all of our chaperones who joined us for our fun day at the zoo!