Snow Alert

The weather forecast is not looking good as far as school being in session over the next couple of days. If we are at school on Thursday, I will send home the Friday folder report tomorrow in the event that school is canceled on Friday. Just in case we are not in school either day, next week's important information was shared with students today so they could write the upcoming events in their planners. If we are not at school on Friday, the spelling test will be postponed until the next school day, and the science poster will be due on the next school day for those who have not already turned it in.

Next Week
1/11: Social Studies test (ch. 4); Practice Reading Ohio Achievement Test
1/12: Math test (multiplication)
1/13: Practice Math Ohio Achievement Test
1/14: Science test (processes that change the Earth)
1/15: Literature Project due (informational nonfiction); Reward Movie (for students with no behavior infractions and no missing work)

January 15 is the end of the grading period so all missing work needs to be turned in before that day.

Traveling Journals

Our journals are traveling in every direction! Some went east (Vicki's to the Sommers in Maine; Austin's to the Ficklen's in Suffolk, VA-home of Planter's Peanuts), some went south (Samson's visited the Moores in Corpus Christie, TX) while others went west (Sydne's to San Diego and Mikella's to Cary's in CA and Chris's in WA) or north (Jack's to Detroit, Michigan). Garrett's went overseas to the Ernsts in Germany and back. Now it's on its way to AZ!

The Great Kapok Tree

I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break! We are back to work on our erosion unit in science. We should have a test sometime next week.

We will be reading The Great Kapok Tree in reading for the next 2 weeks. Here are some fun activities to go along with our story.

Count the rainforest animals
Learn about rainforest animals
Label the rainforest animals
Life in the Strata information

Thanks to All for a Great 2009!

Our Christmas party was a great success! Thanks to all who sent in donations and/or attended the party to help with crowd control. I'd also like to thank all of you who shared warmest wishes for your thoughtfulness.

Things to work on over the holiday break:
Literature Project-The next project is due January 15; the genre is informational non-fiction.
Weathering, Erosion and Deposition Poster-This poster is due January 8, an extension from the original due date of December 18. Students have known about this project since the beginning of December! The requirements are on the back of the December 18 Friday Folder report.

See you next year!

More Mail

Jessup's journal went to The Villages, Florida to visit his grandma. Kristin in Ellensburg, Washington received Becca's journal, and Dianne Weiser in Scottsdale, Arizona got Kylie's.

Mail Bag

I just checked my mailbox and found that we had received a few more postcards. Mikella's journal is currently in Ada, Michigan with Uncle Gary and Aunt Sharon. Lou from Elkhart sent a postcard from the Recreational Vehicle/Motor Home Hall of Fame and Museum. Austin received notification that his journal stopped at the Hayes household in Indianapolis.* Brooke's journal is on its way to North Carolina after another Florida stop. Vicki's journal visited my 98 year-old grandmother near Northgate Mall.

*Mrs. Hayes used to teach fourth grade at CNE. We still miss her!

The picture is the same as on the postcard from Elkhart. It shows a 1964 Coachmen Cadet-the very first trailer made by Coachmen Industries.

Journal Journey

All journals for the journal journey were mailed on November 23. My family and friends received all of the journals of students who did not provide addresses. So far we have received postcards from Joey in Cincinnati who sent Jack's journal on to his (Joey's) grandparents, Mary in Lebanon, Ohio, and Jim in Florida. Jim (Mrs. Berning's father) sent shells and sand back for everyone. We also received an email from Lou in Elkhart, IN who mailed Sydne's journal to San Diego.
Great participation!