Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Kansas Day!  What a fun day we've had!  This morning we had three presenters share their knowledge.  Mrs. Judy Dunn shared her quilts and had the students in each class design a quilt.  She will quilt it, and then they'll donate them to a good cause.  Mrs. Vessie Gulick told students how to weave wheat and had beautiful examples.  She also shared many Kansas rock samples.  Mr. Travis "Grizzley" Tastove with Americorps from Cross Timbers presented about Lewis and Clark's expedition. He also shared artifacts, pelts, and skulls.

The annual Kansas Quiz Bowl was held in the afternoon.  Teams competed against each other.  Unfortunately,  I will have to update you tomorrow on which team won because we had buzzer problems and didn't have time to finish.  We ended the day with sunflower cakes and drinks.







Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Oh my, I had 4 students home sick from my home room today! I know there were two others from another class.  It seems that strep throat and influenza A are hitting the 5th grade hard this week!  I've sent the water bottles down to be washed.  Please remind your child to wash his/her hands with soap well during the school day.  Those playing basketball need to remember to wash hands after practice or games. 

Tomorrow is Late Start day!  Short week of school for students! 

Friday, January 11, 2013

Accelerated Reader due dates for third 9 weeks of school:

January 18   25%
February  8   50%
February 22  75%
 March 8      100%