2nd Week of Meap!

Today was grueling! The kids had THREE sections of the Map M.E.A.P. Sections 1 and 1A took from 9:15 this morning until 12:05!!!! The kids were so fried by then that we took them out to run around and play kickball for a few minutes before lunch.

After lunch they started again with the final section. They were done by 2:00. Tomorrow is their LAST day of meaping for this year UNLESS they were absent any of the other days... then they will be meaping until those are made up. Tomorrows test is science.

Sadowski Reward Day

Sadowski's class had their "Reward" for filling their marble jar last Friday 10/15. Kids were allowed to wear pajamas and bring snuggly stuff for spreading out on the floor. The FOOD that came in was AWESOME! We had so much that we couldn't possibly eat all of it! In the past I had as many kids that wanted volunteer to bring in something as usually only 1/2 of it actually made its way in... I think EVERY child who volunteered to bring something did! yay!

OEC

Our fifth grade trip to the OEC was wonderful! We had a phenomenal picture scavenger hunt in the morning and the kids took some great pics! We'll start putting our pictures and our OEC Books together next week. For the afternoon they had a "Trail Rally". Each group had to follow the clues of the station to find the next station and then complete that activity. It was fun watching the kids figure out the clues! Some stations had the kids figuring out how to filter water and make it clean with nothing but a bag of supplies and no directions.... Another had the kids listening and identifying pre-recorded bird calls on a C.D. player. Too fun!

OEC packets are in the process of being graded and will come home soon.

Halloween !!!!

The Halloween party is fast approaching! On October 29th all the fifth graders will have their party together in the cafeteria. A note is going home with students today listing which class will be in charge of what for this party. For instance.. for this party :

Buell - Salty/non sweet snacks(Cheese, fruit, crackers, chips)

Sadowski - Cups and beverages ( Pop, juices and at least 75 cups! No styrofoam please!)

Vandermei - Sweets ( cupcakes, brownies, cookies, candy)

At our next party (Christmas) the class will switch items. So for instance, Vandemei would bring drinks, Buell sweets, and Sadowski Salty non sweet snacks.

Parents are welcome to join us in the cafeteria for our party. We will definitely be in need of servers and pourers!

Party snacks

It is NOT necessary to bring in 75 of each treat. Just enough for one classroom (25 - 30 ) will be more than sufficient. That way if more than one person brings in brownies we don't have 150 brownies and the kids will have more choices.

A.R.

75% day is October 25th. Students who are not currently at their 50% goal have been spending recess in to get caught up on points and notes went home last week ( for Sadowski's) notifying parents of who needs to meet this goal. Please remember goals for all three classes were set with 30 minutes of reading time here at school and a minimum of 30 minutes of reading time at home. If they aren't reading at home, you need to ask them why they are not!

Congrats to Michael H. from Sadowski's class.. he's at 225% of his goal!