VIP (VERY IMPORTANT PERSON)

Hi my name is Olivia Hinds and I am going to tell you about VIP. Every week we have someone called VIP. VIP’S get to put up pictures about themselves on the board. Every person in our class get’s to be VIP. In the reading area we have a laptop. When you are VIP you get to you get to use it. If the reading area is closed the VIP still get’s to use the laptop. When you are VIP you get a $20 bonus! I hope you enjoyed reading this story. By Olivia Hinds

Music

Do you like music? Well, I do! I think music is fun because we get to dance, sing, play instruments, and listen to stories Ms.Cox sings to us! I love to sing and dance! If you’re a 3rd grader, I recommend you join the orchestra because you can learn how to play an instrument! My favorite song we have learned so far is “Witch, witch couldn't sew a stitch.” I love to play the instruments. I hope you liked my post! Posted by Maya Falodia

My Favorite Book

Hi! I’m Maya, and my favorite book is Scat by Carl Hiaasen. The book Scat is about kids named Marta, Nick, and Duane Scrod Jr. (also known as Smoke). They all go to the same school together, and they all have Mrs. Starch for Biology. However, nobody enjoys having her as a biology teacher. But, one day in class, Mrs. Starch is teaching about the Calvin Cycle and she asked if anyone could tell her about the Calvin Cycle. Nobody raised their hand except for Graham, who always raised his hand but never knew the answer. So, Mrs. Starch scolds Duane for not knowing the answer and Duane makes a couple of jokes nervously and he also kept on picking at a pimple on his face. Mrs. Starch told Duane to write a 500-word essay on pimples, and to make it funny because she said he was such a comedian. She was tapping a pencil on his desk, so he chomped off half of the pencil and walked out the class. Mrs. Starch reports to the principal about Duane walking out the classroom early and chomping off half of the pencil. The principal was more concerned about how dangerous it is to have a pencil go down his throat, than walking out of class early. Also Mrs. Starch’s class was also going on a field trip to Black Vine Swamp the next day. That day Nick and Marta walk home from the bus together, and talk about the field trip the next day and about Duane. When Nick got home he was alone, as usual because his mother works for the jail. Nick rushed to the computer to see if his dad had e-mailed him. His dad worked for the army, and hadn’t e-mailed him in a while. When his mom came home Nick told her about what happened with Duane Scrod Jr. and his mother told him that she had Duane Scrod Sr. in the jail one time. The next day on the field trip, Duane was not at school so his classmates got concerned because the day before he had chomped off half of Mrs. Starch’s pencil and walked off before that period had ended. Nick always wanted to see a panther so he brought a video camera to the field trip. Because they were in Florida they didn’t see very many panthers out because their population was very low. When they got to Black Vine Swamp on the bus, they split up with three teachers. Both Marta and Nick were not in Mrs. Starch’s group. At lunch, they see something moving. Is it a panther? That’s what Nick thinks so he took a video to see what it was, until Mrs. Starch blew a whistle, which meant something dangerous was happening. There was a small wildfire! They all boarded the bus, but Mrs. Starch didn’t get in her car because she went to go find Libby Marshall’s inhaler. The next day Mrs. Starch was missing! If you want to know more about Scat, read the book! Posted by Maya B.

Table Groups

Hi. Table groups are very important in room 125. There are 4 people in a group. The group leader (1) starts as a 3rd grader. The group leader does stuff like read P.O.D. first. There is 3 other people in a group (2, 3, and 4). The people in a table group help each other out. THEY DO NOT HELP WITH TESTS!!!!! Sorry that was loud. Blogged by Nate Bergman.

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a fun math web site that I know you will enjoy. It is also good for all ages, the first bit I know you will breeze through. Also there are videos if you do not know what to do. Please visit www.khanacademy.org By Andrew Weiker

ART

Hi, my name is Autumn B., and I am going to tell you about art. My mom is our art docent. She teaches us all about art. For example, last year we made clay bells, and another time we made a glue painting. I always enjoy art very much. Right now we’re working on a drawing using pastels, pencil’s, or water color paint. When we do art, we always get creative. Once I did a unicorn, and last year I did a painting with glue that had a tree as the main subject, and flower pots on the sides with the sun in the background. I love art, and I bet you would to!

Class Room Jobs

Hi my name is Maya, and it is a lot of fun being in Ms. Turchin’s class. I’m going to tell you about our classroom jobs. It’s fun to have jobs in our class because we get to take our own responsibilities. What I do for my classroom job is every morning I do lunch count. I make sure that the office knows what people want for lunch. We also have people that help pass out lunch sticks to every person, so I can do lunch count, and count the lunch sticks. We also have a messenger that takes the messages down to the office to send messages every morning. Then we have two people who go down at the end of the day to go and get the messages that the office sends. Sometimes people can have two class jobs. Another one of my jobs is to write down math targets on the white board so people have an idea what they’re learning in math. Two people can do that job because there are two math groups: the orange math group and the green math group. Some people take the lunch tub to the lunchroom and back to class at lunch. They also make sure everyone has their lunch boxes. Also one person takes the library cart to the library. Some people also renew books every week if people want to finish their book. We also have a class library that people help clean up at recess. In our class we also have computers and people make sure they’re clean and are turned off. Some other fun jobs in our class include: paper passers, pledge of allegiance, group leaders, and garbage busters It’s fun to have class jobs. The class wouldn't even run if even one person decided to not do their job, and that’s why jobs are so important. posted by Maya B

Oral Presentation

Hi, my name is Autumn B., I am in Ms. T’s class and I am going to tell you about our monthly oral press. Anyway, every month we have an oral press, and every month we have a different topic. This month, our topic is to do a fable, a folktale, or a fairy tale that we have to memorize, to do a retelling. Last time, in September, we had to do a presentation about ourselves, and to help us know what to say next, we could do a PowerPoint, use pictures, or even a poster, I did a PowerPoint. Ms. T said we could NOT read our presentation, and we could NOT type up a story on our PowerPoint. This time we can’t use any of that, but we can use props. Thanks for reading my post, Autumn B.