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Welcome new parents of 5MC!!!

First of all, thank you so very much for filling out that massive pile of paperwork that came home the other night!  We know it’s quite tedious on a busy school night, so we appreciate the extra effort.  Secondly, we are having a blast with your lovely children!  We’ve noticed that they are a very kind group, and that they very quietly find something else to work on after they finish their task at hand. In the beginning of the year, we spend a lot of time getting to know one another and learning the routines of the school day.    
Feel free to ask your child about the silent challenges, summer learning, and timelines they've been working on.

Our special schedule this year is as follows:
Monday - Gym
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday – Computer *rotating special day
Thursday - Music
Friday - Library

Thanks also for all the school supplies you sent in with your children, along with the boxes of tissues and Clorox wipes!  We appreciate it!

Pics

I've taken so many pictures of these adorable children of yours!  It's time to put some up on the blog for everyone to enjoy!  Here are the kids on the first day that the new playground opened. Thanks for all the fundraising efforts!

In Working with Words, we have been learning about parts of speech.  A fun way to practice this is to complete Mad Libs.  You can print many for free from the internet.  The kids are totally engaged and asking for more everyday.  This afternoon, Spencer wrote his own.  Feel free to try to solve it with your child:

On a ______________(adjective) day, it's really ______________ (adjective) to _________ (verb) in a ________________ (noun).  It is really fun to ________________ (verb) ______________ (adverb).  Pack your backpack with _______________ (plural noun), _____________ (plural noun), and _____________ (adjective)  _______________ (plural noun).  Bring it to the closest ________ (place) and open it up so you could ________________ (verb).  You could play with your favorite _____________ (adjective) _____________ (noun).

Blog Entries

Morning Meeting by Ava and Grace

At morning meeting, we do greeting, games and last, we share summer artifacts.  The sharing schedule is Monday - Millinda, Maggies and Buzz, Tuesday - Eme, Spencer and Jordan, Wednesday - Ryker, Alessandro and Jake, Thursday - Will, Caleb and Grace, and Friday - Sydney, Kevin, Jayden and Ava.  One of our greetings in class is the handshake greeting (when you shake your hands and greet each other).  Another greeting is the rolly ball greeting.  You say the person's name and then greet them and roll them the ball.  The last greeting is the high five.
Some of our games in our morning meetings are silent challenges, when you have a task that you have to complete but you have to be silent.  Another game is Cold Wind Blows - students wit in a circle with one chair missing.  The student in the middles says, "The Cold Wind blows for anyone who likes ice cream."  If you like ice cream you have to switch chairs and move at least two chairs over.

Blog Entries

Science News by Will and Caleb

Good evening fellow scientists!  Today we experienced what happens when you put Grape Nuts in seltzer water.  Our theory was "The Grape Nuts will sink, bubble and dissolve."  What really happened was the Grape Nuts started bouncing up and down while bubbling.  This happened because the bubbles lifted the Grape Nuts and when the bubbles reach the surface, the bubbles pop once again and the Grape Nuts sink.

Blog Entries

Silent Challenges by Jake and Alessandro

You are probably wondering what a silent challenge is.  Well, a silent challenge is a contest to see how well we can cooperate together.

We have broken many records this year.
Grouping together by shirt color - 59.9 sec.
Lining up in birthday order - 1:51 sec.  beat the old record of 3:43
Grouping together by favorite summer activity - 1:27
Colored Dot game - 1:05 We need to beat the old record of 42 sec.