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!