Merry Christmas!

We hope that you are enjoying the break! This first week has just flown by for us! We have been to quite a few basketball games, parks, and one inside play park. It is great to see friends and get to visit! The sleeping-in is GREAT too!

In case you didn't know... you can track Santa here:
http://noradsanta.org

Enjoy your family!

We are having a Feast of Seven Fishes tonight - something different, but should be lots of fun, a big breakfast in the morning, and then a great Christmas Dinner tomorrow night! In between I am sure there will be lots of TV, playing, singing, and hanging out with families!

Mrs. Yadon is busy cooking too! All her boys are home! Needless to say, she has had lots of kitchen duty lately!!!

We are off to our Christmas Eve service tonight where my family will light the advent candles! I am so excited about that! Jasper is a little nervous about candle order, but we are ready!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Can you say HOLIDAY FUN?!?!?!?

The last day of school was a blast! Who knew a "whole" school PJ day would be so fun! I was so happy to see so many teachers (Mrs. Yadon and I included) dressed up in our PJ's! We both had been on the fence about that before in 5th grade, but Wednesday we saw that WOW!! PJ's can be great fun in 5th grade. Of course, it helped that it was cold, and pajama bottoms are now in style......

The Sound of Music proved to be a great movie for our class. Every year we are amazed at the number of students who have never heard of or seen this movie before. They could hardly wait for the second part on Wednesday.

Isn't this the best? These cupcakes were a hit.

We had more food than we knew what to do with (at first) however, after snack, lunch, and snack again, we managed to get rid of most of it!

Our kids made very healthy selections! Almost everyone of them ate fruit, vegetables, or both.

The last day of school was quite blustery and cold! But, that was a good thing considering most of us had on our PJ's! That was so much fun..

Can you believe we were the only ones on the playground? A very rare occasion.

Mugging for the camera~

Brandon (who we heard is starting a new school in January) and Ethan

Ana was a great dancer as well!

Irma was great as a tea dancer!

This by far was one of the best assignments we did before the break! We were amazed at how well the flowers turned out- labeling and all.

A few old pictures from Mrs. Yadon's congratulations sign on the markee!

Well, what have you been up to these first few days of break? It has been busy around here, but I am really looking forward to a slow week! We will be going to the library, and then to a few high school basketball games. But, nothing to stressful!

We all need to rest up, because when we return we have a lot of material that we must cover before March! We will look at some of that material over the next week to give you an outline of what to expect when you return. This holiday season, be sure to help in the kitchen so you can get lots of practice with fractions.

Our first day back we will finish building our Aquatarium. We will add our fish, and worms and see how it all works out. If you want to help, try and find some rolly pollies (aka pill bugs) because we need to add those to the top as well.

Well, continue to enjoy your break! I went to the Orlando Magic game with the family in Orlando yesterday. It was a great outing, both Bishop Kenny and Nease played before the game, so for one price we saw three games!!! Now that's a deal!

Send us some pictures so we can post vacations over the break!!!

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Spelling Bee Winner and Class Party!

Congratulations to Andrew So! He spelled the word brigadier correctly to become our 5th Grade Spelling Bee Winner! Just a side note, we went 20 rounds and through 125 words. Be sure to ask your students about some of the words! They were really hard this year!

Yesterday, our class had a great time making gingerbread houses! Mrs. Rowan was out, but Mrs. Yadon and Mrs. Goodfarb said it was a great time in the cafeteria! There was lots of candy to be had by all!!!!

Tomorrow is a big day! First, it is pajama day! That in itself is pretty exciting! Then, at 12:00 we will have our class party! Be sure to bring in your food item and $2.00 for pizza. We will also play a few games, and finish watching The Sound of Music.

Over the break, we hope that you have time to relax and enjoy your family! We have many fun activities planned for 2010!

It's Latkes and Dreidels!

Hanukkah begins tomorrow, so as part of our Holidays Around the World we will eat latkes with sour cream and applesauce,.. and,

play a little dreidel. We will also learn the dreidel song!

And... we will watch the last performance of our 2009 Nutcracker!

Can't wait to see you!!!

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Gingerbread and Food Webs

Students brought home a letter that contained information about our Gingerbread Party and our Holiday Party. For the Gingerbread activity students need 1 box of grahm crackers and 1 can of prepared white frosting (in the tub with the circle lid). In addition, on their letter they were asked to bring in one item for the houses (examples included: red and green peppermints, small marshmallows, red hots, twizlers, sweet tarts, fruit loops, gum drops, kisses, etc.)


Today in Science students created food webs. These webs allow students to see how ecosystems work, and how an unbalanced ecosystem can effect those things (living and nonliving) that live in an ecosystem. These two sources provide excellent resources for students:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?file=foodchains
and
http://puzzling.caret.cam.ac.uk/game.php?game=foodchain
and
http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/food_chain/default.htm

Nutcracker is tonight! Students are ready to perform. Performers need to be at school at 6:15.


For the Holiday Party on Wednesday, students need to bring in $2.00 for pizza and the item on their sheet. We would like to have all items for the party by Tuesday. The menu is: pizza, salad, carrots/celery, chips and dip, cookies, and cupcakes. Students will watch the Sound of Music and play a few holiday games in the morning. If you are joining us, we plan to eat around noon.

Over the break, students need to continue daily reading. FCAT will be fast approaching upon our return, and many times our students know the answers, but lack the stamina to finish the test. Nightly reading of different types (newspaper, poems, informational text, directional text, fiction and non-fiction) of text can help them tremendously when it comes to test time.

With your help, your student will succeed!

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Party in the USA..

or,,, Party in the Multipurpose Room!!! Oh my goodness.. what a dance! Friends danced, and laughed, and hung out for 2 hours this afternoon!

Four good friends.. all smiles and laughter!

Yes, even Jared and Javaughn were dancing!!!

Mr. Brody rocked the house!!!!

All smiles... these faces tell you the pulse of the crowd!!!

Mr. Sofferin, Mrs. Kornblum, and Mrs. Ryan do the Chicken Dance!!

Hey..... It's a Party in the USA.... I think I am going to sing that in my sleep tonight!!

Carter was all smiles today! I think we played enough Hannah Montanna for a life time!

Oh No!! It's Joe and Leroy! Man, these two can dance... don't let them fool you!

This smiling face made my day!!!! We miss you Jason!! But we know you are shining at MMS!

We have a few people to thank... First, Mr. Brody are DJ. When Mr. and Mrs. Rowan were in high school Mr. Brody was the MAN!!! He was spinning records like no body's business!!!! If your parents grew up here they should know about "Hey now, it's Larry Brody"

Your parents, for allowing you to come!

And, our great Principal, so be sure to thank Mrs. Kornblum for letting us have our dance!!

I still can't believe Friday is here?? Where has our week gone? We have really been exploring the causes of the Revolution and the viewpoints from all sides. Our Reading and Social Studies series matches up nicely in this area.

We are busy playing fraction games in math and tomorrow we will actually play Capture the Fraction!

I will try to remember to take some pictures of our Science Seeds. We have some pretty interesting things happening there!

Hang on to your HATS.. the break will be here before you know it!!!!!

Winter Dance

The Dance is today, and boy is it exciting around here! There is magic in the air! Stay tuned for some great pics!!

We have a change in date for our Gingerbread Houses... We will construct them on Monday, December 14th, instead of Wednesday, December 16th. We will still have our holiday party on the 16th.

It is hard to believe this week is almost over! We have been very busy with our Science projects in the window! Some of us have great stems and leaves!!! Others have mold and rot!! Wonder what the difference is? Our good scientists will be able to figure it out!!

Progress Reports are coming home today. Be sure to sign and return your child's progress report.