Our Generosity Journey - A Furry Feast

Our class chose to make our pit stop in Phoenix, Arizona. They also chose to help the Arizona Humane Society while there. Students did a great job of collecting items, making bandanas for the animals, and cards for the staff!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

4th Annual Vocabulary Parade!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Great News of the Week!

Each of my students made a special effort this week to recognize and reflect upon a random act of kindness that they witnessed.

Here are a few...

JamarriA saw Cole help a girl pick up books in the hallway.
Rachel saw Seyeon put up her chair for her.
Alani witnessed her mom stopping to help a friend during a car accident.
Alejandro had a man hold the door open for him and his mother at the store.
Henry's sister's brownie troop donated items to soldiers and collected canned food.
Connor's mom saw him do the dishes and take out the trash without being asked.
John's dad gave food to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

We also had someone email and tell us about a group of ladies that volunteer their time at the Ronald McDonald House. Remember you might not have wealth to give, but we can all lend our time and talents.

Game Day in Gainesville

Our family ventured down to the Swamp on Saturday to partake in some game day fun! I have fond memories of cheering on the Gators as a child, taking friends to the games as a teenager, and being so excited to sit in those bleachers as a student and yell "Go Gators" in college. This was a chance for our youngest family member to go to her first game!



I heart Albert and Alberta

They're Talkers Alright!

Today we had our much anticipated Tropicana Speech Contest. The students were nervous, but they did a great job! At the end of it all we ended up with FOUR winners! First place goes to Reid, second place goes to Brooks, and third place goes to Henry and Emilee! Great job boys and girls!

Family Joined In!

Do you know where Roosevelt, Texas is? Just west of San Antonio, and our fifth graders are already there on their Generosity Journey. Yes, over 1,000 miles these youngsters have walked. Today some family members joined in and helped us along the way.

Moms who are runners, walked...



Moms know that every mile counts...



Moms know that little brothers are too tired after all that walking...



A BIG thank you to all the family members that helped us on our Generosity Journey today! We will be spreading our generosity to the Arizona Humane Society on Tuesday. Please encourage your child to bring in a cat or dog toy, and $1. Our furry friends are in for a special treat!

Well Isn't That Somethin'!

Who knew you could use toilet paper to measure planetary distances?? We did just that in science today. Students played the part of planets as we counted out toilet paper sheets. Mercury hangs out real close to the sun (just 3 toilet paper squares away), but Uranus was a lot of toilet paper later (approximately 230 squares away). Now it's not hard to tell why planets have warm and colder climates, and why our years are so different in length.

The planets chatting before they get in position.