Underlander or Overlander?

We are currently reading the first book in the Gregor the Overlander series. If you could choose to be an Overlander or Underlander what would you be? Would you be a gnawler, spinner, flier, or human??

Olympic Spirit

The Olympics are a special time at our school each year. Especially for our fifth graders. We had a great time on Thursday and Friday. The weather was nice, and so was the sportsmanship! Go Bermuda!!

October making you batty?

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Halloween is in the air! Follow the step by step directions here.

This free collage created with Smilebox

Thomas Time

Our attempt to videotape Thomas Time this week was a bust. I would like to blame it on the camera, but I think it was the user (me!). Thomas, this week we met with our 3rd grade Science Buddies and decorated cookies to look like cells. See the third graders are studying life science, and we just wrapped up learning about microscopes. So what better way to celebrate science than through eating. You can make one at home too! We used sugar cookies, and different types of candies to represent an animal cell's organelles. Yum! We're thinking of you!

Happy Fall

Happy first weekend of fall. Doesn't feel like fall around these parts, but we will enjoy our weekend just the same. Don't you wish this was your driveway, or a road leading to a very special place?

I imagine that at the end of the dirt road is a small rust colored cabin with pumpkins on the brick steps, and a beautiful wreath of the door. There is of course a pond out back with a small boat pulled up on the bank. The windows of the cabin are open (because there is 0% humidity in my imaginary place!) and I smell pumpkin chocolate chip cookies in the oven.

Leave a vivid comment about what you imagine is at the end of this dirt road for extra credit in writing!

Somewhere over the rainbow

We studied our spelling words this week using the rainbow method. Tons of fun and really colorful. All you need is a three to five colored pencils (different colors), your spelling words, and some paper. Write on top of each other so that you practice the spelling, and look what you get. A rainbow of colors! Good luck on your spelling test tomorrow.

Spelling words artwork done by Adriana!