GOOD TIMES FOR ALL

THANK YOU for taking the time to meet in parent-teacher conferences this week  It was a pleasure to meet with almost all classroom families these past three days.  School resumes on Monday, November 7. 

DESTINY will be the theme in our Reader's Workshop beginning next week as we launch a focus on adventure in our literature groups. Novels by Gary Paulsen, Louis Sachar, and John Gardiner will allow guided reading groups to reinforce reading strategies taught in whole-class lessons.

PUMPKINS can provide a great opportunity for students to collect data and establish such landmarks as range, mean, median, and mode. More than 6,400 seeds were harvested in our recent exploration.  The mean mass of our 12 pumpkins was 2.2 kilograms while their median circumference was 61.5 centimeters.  Three pumpkins established a mode for 22 veins in the set.  The mean seed count totaled 536.3 seeds per pumpkin.

Macy and Nate determine the circumference of their pumpkin using a centimeter tape.

Kaitlynn and Jesse begin to scoop out hundreds of pumpkin seeds to include in our data analysis.

OUR CLASS recently earned their tenth unsolicited compliment for their classroom behavior.  We will enjoy our first Compliment Party this month and spend a few extra hours in a Monopoly Tournament and enjoying our favorite cereal.

THE CANDY BARS for our Snow Camp fund raiser will be arriving in a few weeks.  Students will have at least two weeks to sell the kits they ordered last month.  A date for the annual outdoor education program at YMCA Camp Pendalouan will be announced soon.

OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY this year included a special feature of Fear Factor where students were asked to consume all sorts of mixed up food appearing as rather gross concoctions, even for a fifth grade palette.

The beef stew looked good until Mrs. Scarpino decided to put it in a blender for Kaitlynn and Kelly.

Alexis goes searching for the hidden gum during the desert round of Fear Factor.

Grace seems to be enjoying the "maggots" on her cracker.

Caleb truly puts himself into his work and play.