Happy Halloween

Today we had our Halloween Party. We really appreciate all the parents that helped out! We decorated our own cupcakes-so much fun and very yummy!

4H Demonstrations by Kailey

In Mrs. Evans' class, we are working on our 4H demonstrations. I am doing Yuck to Wow. Yuck to Wow is horse grooming. Some people are doing 4 square, baseball, horses, stained glass, and more. We have to perform in 2 weeks. We've been really busy for a few weeks. We have to take our posters home on Friday, so that we can practice in front of parents, stuffed animals, or anybody or anything. Then we will bring them back and do our demonstrations.
Also at the November meeting our new officers will run our 4-H meeting. The new officers are Kailey-President, Marissa-Vice President, Kendall-Secretary, and River-Reporter. There was an officer meeting on the 20th and 29th of October. They'll be nervous, but they will do really well.

Reporter Seth

(from Friday Oct. 24th)
Today we had indoor recess because of the bad weather (it was pouring down rain). there were two two square games going on int the room. There was also a group of kids playing with legos. Everybody was having fun until a few kids started yelling and that was the end of recess. After that, we took our math test. Finally we went to PE. We had our fitness test.

Reporter River

(from Friday-Mrs. Evans is late posting)

At the beginning of the day, we took the ITBS test and got finished with it!! After we were done with the tests, we went outside for recess. After recess, we worked on our 4H posters. Then we went to the cafeteria for lunch. After lunch we went outside for more recess. Then we went to Mr. Exner's class to finish our math test and play some math games. At the end of the day our class had PE in the classroom. We played ping pong. Some students were creative and made their own paddles out of books. Some other kids and I went to the AR party. At the party we had popcorn, drinks, and played football.

Reporter Robert

Today before the ITBS we did morning work. Then we took the science and social studies tests. We started watching a video, The House of Dies Drear, and then we went outside for a break. In Mr. Exner's class we played a math game. At the end of the day we have specials. Today's special was computer lab. Mrs. Evans talked to us about internet safety then we searched for pictures to go with our 4H demonstrations. Then we went home!

Working on posters

We worked on our demonstration posters today after testing. When designing a poster there are many things to think about. Here are some tips:
Use full size poster board
Posters should be readable from 12 feet away-no tiny lettering
Do not roll posters!!
Posters contain only the main points-not everything you are going to say.
Pictures should relate to the topic.
Thanks to all those who are helping us with our posters: Lauren's mom, Chad's mom, Mrs. Cindy, and Mrs. Freeburg.
We will work on posters next week in class, and then we will take them home for any finishing touches. Practice your demonstration several times in front of stuffed animals, your parents, or anyone you can get to listen. We will give the demonstrations to our class on November 7th.

These demonstrations cover several of our Georgia Performance Standards including:
ELA5LSV2-The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information...when delivering or responding to presentations, the student (a) shapes information to achieve a particular purpose and to appeal to the interests and bakground knowledge of audience memebers. (b)uses notes, multimedia, or other memory aids(posters) to structure the presentation (c) engages the audience witth appropriate verbal cues and eye contact (d) projects a sense of individuality and personality in selecting and organizing content and delivery

Pictures, Music, and more

Today was Fall picture retakes. People who needed retakes went to the gym. After that, they came back and we did lunch count. then we started ITBS testing. We took spelling, punctuation, and word usage. It took us 2 hours and that included snack and stretching. Then we went outside to play for a little bit. I took a lot of pictures out there. We came inside and switched classes. We went to Mrs. Heaberlin’s class. We were watching a movie when Mrs. Yeager came announced that we were going to have a fire drill in 1 minute. so we turned off the Smartboard and went outside when the “ding-dong” of the bell went off. Then we went inside and finished the movie. After that we went back to Mrs. Evans’ room and packed up and headed to music. In music we have to take our recorders because we are learning to play them. If we don’t take them we will get a referral.

ITBS testing and more

Today when we all walked in class, we knew it ITBS testing. But we all knew it was ok because we saw that we would face Mr.Exner's homeroom class in Jeopardy afterward. It was so fun. First we took three parts of the ITBS test; none of it was hard. Next we found out that we get to go outside when we got done with testing. Mrs.Evans let me use her digital camera to take pictures of the day. After we got done with recess, we went back inside to go play Mr.Exner's homeroom. We started the game off with a social studies question. It all ended up with our class winning and their class losing for the second time. Next we went to lunch and ate. Then we went to go play outside I took some pictures of some people that wanted me to. Then we went back to Mr.Exner's class to finish the the game. When we finally got finished we all got ready to go to computer lab to do a project for Mr.Exner. I had to go take the Acedemic test (which wasn't very long). When I got finished I went down to the computer lab, and we took a survey on what would be good for your science project. I get to do something with rocket science. Then Emily and I went to Mrs.Wagner's room to take a buzzer test. It was really hard. When we were done, we were all so relieved that it was over. I guess that is all how it went down. Thanks a lot for the good day. (Noah, Collin, and Emily made the Academic Bowl Team!!!
Reporter Collin

Christopher's Essay

The Jail Cell
By Christopher


Being the middle child is awful! You are lucky if you are a youngest or oldest child. I am living in a jail cell! Someone get me out of here!!
I don’t ever get to go out with my parents! Whenever they are going somewhere, like when my dad goes to Hastings, or when my mom is going to the grocery store, they never let me go. I always hear, “Come on David, lets go to Hastings and get some pizza.” Or my mom will say, “ Come on Zoe, lets go to the grocery store! If you do, I’ll take you wherever you want to go!” I never hear, “Come on Christopher, lets go somewhere fun.”
I do a ton of chores! My brother only has to take out the trash and clean our bathroom, and my sister has to clean the living room, but my mom does that for her! So basically my sister and my brother get to sit on their lazy behinds, while I get ordered around! All I hear is, “Christopher, do the dishes, or wipe down that table, or do the laundry!” I wish for once in my life, I would get to see the couch potatoes cleaning the house while I sit on my behind and watch T.V.
My brother always gets things before me. He even got a queen sized bed, and I’m still stuck with our bunk bed the we have had since we were five and six. My parents said that I was going to get my brother’s Wildcat when he doesn’t want it any more. Gee, I wonder how long that will take!

Kailey's Essay

Youngest Child
By Kailey

Being the youngest child is extremely difficult, when you have an older brother. Dallas, my older brother, is way stronger than me. I have a rough life living with him.
I hate it when Dallas tells me how hard middle school is going to be, or how mean the teachers are except for Mr. Knight, his science teacher. I may have to get a tooth pulled, so he tells me how painful that is. I especially hate it when he twists my arm and pulls it back. I always yell, “Stop it, Stop it!” until he stops. He scares me a lot.
Dallas is way smarter than me. He is in 8th grade. He got chosen to go to China with People to People. You have to be really smart to go with that group. He is a straight A student. I wish I were smarter than him, but I am not.
Dallas is 4 years older than me. Next year he will get to drive. That is really scary. He hogs the T.V. too much. He plays Halo and Ace Combat all the time. Same with my dad. When I walk into the room and see them playing video games, I think, “Oh no, T.V. hogs are in the house.” Dallas starts high school next year. I can’t wait until he goes to college.

Alyssa's Essay

My Life as the Youngest
by Alyssa


Being the youngest is very difficult. You get bossed around by your older siblings. It is always about my sister. I can barely ever talk about things going on in my life.
My sister makes me do everything for her. I mean everything! How do you think I feel? I have to do all of my chores and whatever she wants me to do, or she will yell and scream at me! Sometimes I wish I was the mom, so I could give her so many chores she could never go off and have any fun!
Being the youngest, you get yelled at by your older siblings or whoever. Most of the attention goes to your older siblings. It is kind of unfair. My sister always says, “Get out of my room! You are so annoying!”
I barely ever get my own clothes. Most of my clothes are my sister’s hand-me-downs. Some of the clothes I want, others I don’t. Some of the clothes are cute, others aren’t. It just irritates me so bad! I think I could just blow!

Our Essays

In writing, we have been working on writing 4 paragraph essays. We used the book My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother as a spark for this activity. Students wrote about their position in their family. We carried this piece of writing through the whole writing process: brainstorming, rough draft, revision, editing, publication. Many of the essays were very good. We will be posting some for you to read. Please send us a comment if you read them. We'd love to know what you think.
Enjoy
Mrs. Evans

Writer's Chair

Students enjoy sharing their writing from our writer's chair. The microphone helps us hear. Many thanks go to Kendall and her family for loaning it to us for the year!
Students have learned how to give helpful feedback to each other by giving specific comments like:
I really liked...
A word that popped...
I was confused by...
I'm wondering...
Can you tell me more about...

Ms. Sampsen's snake bite

Ms. Sampsen was bitten by a Copperhead on Sunday night. She is improving and hopefully will get to go home on Saturday. She said it was very painful-her advice is to wear boots when walking in wooded areas. Snake bitea are actually pretty rare in our area; however, Copperhead snakes are the most common type of snake bites. Although these bites are very painful, they are not usually deadly. Their venom can cause serious damage to humans. If you get bit it is highly advised that you get immediate medical attention.
Ms. Sampsen really enjoyed reading her cards.