Try This Trivia Quiz

How many stripes were on the original candy cane?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 10

Try This Optical Illusion

Slipper Day Friday!

Don't forget that this Friday will be Slipper Day!

Review on Rules

by 2 students in Mrs. Polito's reading class.

In reading class we are reading a fantastic book called Rules. This book is about a boy named David who has autism. Autism is a disease where it is hard for that person to understand what is happening. David's older sister Catherine makes all these crazy rules for him because he only likes to obey rules and nothing else. This book is full of humor but it is also sad at the same time. I think that almost everyone in 5th grade would enjoy this fun filled book. Read to see what happens to Catherine, David, and to hear all of the funny but serious rules.

Mrs. Polito's reading class is reading a really nice book called ''Rules''. It's a really nice book because it shows you what life is like with a brother who has autism. Catherine (the main character) is always trying to keep her brother out of trouble. Catherine really just wants a normal life with a best friend. Soon her wish comes true when a family next door move in.....

Too Good For Drugs Homework

Due next Tuesday (December 18th):

Home Workout
• cut out the cards
• play the game with your parents
• have parents sign the top of the Home Workout sheet to show you played the game

Have fun and be silly!!!!!

Homework This Week...

Due Tuesday:

• Reflection on today's morning activity in the commons - 1 page
• Too Good For Drugs homework - 1) parent sign letter, 2) homework page
• Parent signature on social studies test

Due Thursday:

• Spelling packet
• Spelling test

Due Friday:
• DG

If you forgot to bring in a small picture of yourself today, don't forget to bring it in tomorrow. Help us decorate our Too Good For Drug question box!

Try This Brain Teaser...

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Science Fact

Ants do not sleep.

Too Good For Drugs PICTURES !!!!

Attention Mrs.Polito's class! The class needs your picture by MONDAY the latest! It has to be wallet size because we need to stick 28 pictures on the Question Box for Too Good For Drugs. HELP!!!!!!

Thank you for your pictures,
Mrs Polito's class

History Alive Tutorial

Don't forget to study for the social studies test. The tutorial can be found at: http://tutorial.teachtci.com/

Click on Chapter 12

Bring Your Snowpants Tomorrow!

Don't forget your snowpants if you want to play in the snow!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all of our November STARs! Keep up the good work. If you see anyone wearing a red bracelet, congratulate them.

Slipper Day!

Just a reminder that we are having Slipper Day on Friday. Don't forget to bring your gym shoes for gym, boots for outside, and slippers for inside (socks don't count). If you forget, we will have another one before winter break.

Math Fun

Check out this video for some math confusion!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget your snow gear to play in the snow during recess! That means boots, snow pants, hats, and gloves! I can hardly wait to see the forts you build!

Snow Day!

I hope you had a great snow day! Be prepared to share with the class something wonderful you did today WITHOUT WORDS!

Slipper Day!

Let's decide as a class when to have slipper day! Stay tuned!

It's time to enjoy the weather...

So make sure you come to school and are dressed appropriately everyday! Starting today, if you do not have a winter coat for recess, you will spend recess in the office with Mrs. Crowley and Ms. Csensich. It is much more fun to be outside, running around, and playing with your friends than sitting in the office! Also remember hats, scarves, boots, and gloves. See you tomorrow with all of your "cold weather gear!"

Answer This Puzzle!

If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

To earn a ticket and a bean in the jar, try this puzzle.

Too Good For Drugs!

The class met Officer V today and were given a Too Good For Drugs folder. Ask them to show it to you.
Due next Tuesday:
1) parent letter signed
2) Home Workout sheet

November STARs

The November STARs lunch will be this Thursday. If you didn't make it for November, make is a goal to attend December's! See you there!

Too Good For Drugs!

Too Good For Drugs begins this Tuesday. We will begin at 2:40pm and end at 3:25 pm. This unit will be every Tuesday until mid-March. Officer V will be your instructor. I will post important dates later in the unit.

Random Facts!

Earn a ticket for answering this question. Earn a bean in the jar if you are CORRECT!

Who invented the pencil?

My Backyard

After the leaves fell off the trees in my backyard, this is what we found.
A WASP NEST!! If it falls out of the tree this winter, I will bring it to
school.

What Do You Think?

Is the left center circle bigger?

Listen to This!

The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

Try This Puzzle!

Can you place six X's on a Tic Tac Toe board without making three-in-a-row in any direction?

Another Optical Illusion

Is this picture a duck or a rabbit?

Friday!

Don't forget:
• Wear sneakers on Friday
• Mrs. Polito's math class is having a test
• Mrs. Polito's reading class is having a test
• Something special is happening in the afternoon
• Your TFK worksheet is due
• Your parent's homework (the starred sheet) is due
• Return any LMC books (if you forgot today)
• Progress notes go home on Friday!

Friday is our last day together for a whole week!

Robert Kurson's Visit

What a fabulous afternoon! I had a wonderful time listening to Mr. Kurson and want to congratulate all the 5th graders on their mature behavior. You asked very interesting questions and Mr. Kurson told me he really enjoyed his time with us. Let's talk about it tomorrow!!!

Earn a Ticket and a Bean!

Here is a challenge:

If you can get a parent to read the blog tonight, put your name on a piece of paper, have your parent(s) sign it, and place it in the blog bin (don't forget to take a ticket). I will call out all your names tomorrow and you can earn a bean.

The drawing for the bookmark will take place tomorrow morning!

Wow! Your parents now have 2 homework assignments. I hope you don't have to send them to Study Hall!!!!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to those who earned their first STARs bracelet. Wear it with pride!!!

What's Up This Week?

• Science review questions due Tuesday
• Weather worksheet due Tuesday
• Conference slips due as soon as possible
• Parents' homework (the sheet with the stars) due Thursday
• Spelling due Thursday
• Weather test on Thursday
• DG due Friday

The Impossible Staircase of Squares

Check out this illusion. Is it possible?

Our Big Day!

I'm looking forward to our afternoon with Robert Kurson. I hope you enjoy it!

Find the Face Among the Beans

If you can't find it, I'll give you a hint in a few days! It startled me the second I found it!

Ruby Bridges Movie

Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi. A year later, her family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example, blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains, blacks had to sit in the back of buses, and blacks and whites each had their own separate schools.

Ruby was a little girl who was one of the first blacks to go to an all white school. Her dad didn’t want her to go to the all-white William Frantz School. He didn’t want any part of the school mixing whites and blacks. He feared that angry people, who wanted to keep blacks and whites separate, would hurt his family if Ruby went to the all-white school.

Ruby’s mom wanted her to go to the all-white school because she wanted her child to have a better education than she did and to have a good job when she grew up. Her mom had such a tough time in her life that she wanted Ruby to have an easier life. Ruby’s mom had to work hard even when she was pregnant. The day before Ruby was born, her mom had to carry ninety pounds of cotton on her back. She knew that if her child went to William Frantz School, Ruby would have a better life.

A New Book for Our Classroom

I just purchased this book for our classroom. I couldn't resist the cover!
Don't judge a book by its cover - I just had to!!!!

Interesting Science Fact!

If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour -- it would take about 193 years!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget we are having a weather quiz Wednesday afternoon. Use the study guide I gave you on Monday to help.

Also, the extra credit Wild Weather projects are due this Friday. I'm looking forward to reading your interesting information!

What Day of the Week Were You Born?

To earn a bean in the jar and a ticket, click on this title to find out what day of the week you were born!

Thank You!

Our 5th grade class wants to thank the room moms for a wonderful party! Thank you for helping make our 5th grade year so great.

Try This Newest Riddle!

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?

For a bean in the jar and and a ticket in the basket, answer this question.

Last Riddle Answer

Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

Answer: a tissue

Last Riddle Answer

Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

Answer to the Riddle

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Answer: a hole

Welcome November!

My Weekend

I had a wonderful trip to New York City and then visited my son at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. I wanted you to see me standing in front of the first store in Bethlehem, PA that was built in 1749. I was thinking about all of you when Mr. Polito took this picture. There is so much history we can share with each other!

Happy Halloween!!!

You have a special spooooky surprise on your desk!

Digital Cameras

It is time to get out the digital cameras and take pictures of our grass growing and the water cycle in our terrariums! You be the photographer. You can post your pictures on our blog. Stay tuned!

Dirty Hands!

Today the class made terrariums in pop bottles. They planted grass seed, sealed the top with saran wrap and will begin watching the water cycle. Who would have guessed that we could have 28 water cycles in one room!!!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget your LMC books for Thursday. We don't want to be embarrassed on the bulletin board in the LMC!!!!

Thank You!

I want to thank all of you for today's good behavior when you were asked to do your writing in Miss Patton's room. I received news after lunch that my dad had been sent to the hospital. I needed to call home and find out how he was. I appreciate how you moved to a new room and worked quietly. Miss Patton said you were wonderful! Thank you! He is doing well and I appreciate that you are such a mature, well behaved class.

If you have read this message, put a bean in the jar by Friday!

Love,
Mrs. Polito

Today's Launch

Here is a picture of today's space shuttle launch. Amazing!!!!

Newest Riddle

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

What's Happening in Room 252

written by the Red Team

Last week our class did the following:

• We had a code red drill.
• The first students were selected to use the lockers instead of their desks.
• We had a tornado drill.
• Our class is going to perform a puppet show in the LMC using cloud types as the setting.
• Many of the students set up voice thread accounts and posted responses to a cloud formation video.
• We had a bus evacuation drill.
• We are watching the weather in Arlington Heights and another city for our weather logs.
• In gym, we ran the mile.
• The posters of famous Revolutionary people are now complete.
• In the LMC, we did a weather scavenger hunt on the computers and learned how to stand in a crouched position during a lightning storm.
• We had our 2nd social studies test and did very well.
• Mrs. Polito LOVES her class!!!!

Space Shuttle Launch

It was an exciting day watching the space shuttle launch and emailing a 3rd grader (my nephew!) who was there. He described it as very bright and it sounded like fire works. Go to www.nasa.gov to check out more pictures and videos.

Reflections Entries

Don't forget that the Reflections entries are due this Friday, October 26th!!

Harry Potter Bookmark!!!

Every time you participate in either blog, you may put your name on a ticket and place it in the basket. I will draw a ticket at the end of the week to win this hand knit Harry Potter scarf bookmark!

Latest Riddle!

Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?

My First Experience in a Locker

Written by the first boy selected for the lockers.

Having a locker is great! In the morning, when you put your back-pack away you then get out your math stuff. Then, after math before you're in your homeroom put it away and get your vocab. and reading stuff. Then, for the the rest of the day get what you need when she tells you to and when. If you follow these tips you'll be successful.

Ivy Hill's Book Nook Blog

A new blog has been created! Go to this blog to tell your friends what you are reading and your recommendation.

REMEMBER: Don't ever use your full name on this blog!

http://ivyhillsbooknook.blogspot.com/