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.