The Disappearing Colony

When Sir Walter Raleigh took 113 people to a new land.After they were in the new land,the needed supplies so Sir Walter Raleigh sailed back to England.When he sailed back.  .   .    .     .      .   .     .      .  .    .   .    . .    .    .    .    .   .   .   .   .     .     .     .     .   .   .     .EVEry ONE WAS GONE!Then the next thing he saw was a word on a tree it was the word CROATOAN.No one was ther.Its a mystery.

Book clubs

In our class we are having a book club i really like when we share our thoughts and feeling. i have two girls in my group and four boys in my group. i wish there was more girls. the book i am reading is black lagoon. i really like thoghs books. next moth we are going to change book. i wonder what book i will have. i want mercy watso. they sound really funny. well that is what i think  i really need to read more that is why i have so many books at home i have a very good time at my book club

Book Clubs By: Sarah Dunn

I'm going to tell you about a book club were doing. There are groups and they are Horrible Harry,Black Lagoon,Amber Brown,Mercy Watson,and The Adventures of Stink. I'm reading Horrible Harry. I read two Horrible Harry books. I read Horrible Harry And The Purple people, and The Mud Gremlins. You should read them both. Both are really good.

Opinion Writing By Isadora

   Dear Parents,
This week in writing we were working on opinion writing {Which is also called a review}.
   My thesis sentence was: I am the best tether ball player in the third grade. some others were: Rise of the Guardians is better than Wreck- it- Ralph by Isabella H., I am the best quarterback on the football team by Luke R., and Fiction is better than nonfiction by Ryann B. I agree with all of those students.
   One of the activities we did to help us get ready to write a review was we each ate three of the fallowing chocolate chips: Semisweet, dark, and milk chocolate.
     Most of our class thought milk chocolate was the best. The least amount of students liked the semisweet. I liked the milk chocolate and the semisweet the best. I should write a review about that!





                                                                   Isadora

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!  I wish you all a peaceful day with your loved ones.  My family will be staying close to home this year and I am certainly thankful to be sans loooong car ride. :)

We spent a lot of time learning about Pilgrim life over the past few days.  I'm sure this will make for great dinner conversation on Thursday.  Below is the link to Plimoth Plantation's virtual field trips and interactive game.  Many of the students were interested in learning more and here is their opportunity!

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/thanksgiving-virtual-field-trip

 

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian

 

Looking forward to next week I want to remind you of the upcoming events listed below:

Peek at the Week





 

Finally, I want to share my thanks to all of you!  I appreciate the opportunity to work with your children every day.  They are eager, thoughtful, and kind.  I have the best job in the world!!  Thanks for supporting what we do here, in school, and teaching your children to value their education. 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

-Jodi

Publishing Parties

Our 1st round of presenting our writing was very successful! We thank all the students and adults who listened to our stories and provided positive feedback. Just a reminder, there are still two opportunities for friends and family to come and hear our personal narratives:  Monday 11/19 at  9:00-10:00 and Tuesday 11/20 at 1:10. 

Also, don't forget the Scholar Dollar Fundraiser ends tomorrow!  Stay tuned for more pics and the Peek at the Week. 

Luke showing he has just finished sharing one of his stories.

Jillian reading her story to another student.

Ryan K. hearing feedback from a friend.

Thanks to all of the adults who showed up!

Corben reads his story to a Mr. Maxwell.

Bella shares her story to a friend.

London by Jake Powell

Yesterday we went on a bus tour of London for three hours. We saw a bunch of different things from the bus like the London Eye, Big Ben (which is just a clock - I thought it was a statue of someone!), Buckingham Palace where the queen lives, the London Bride and the Tower Bridge. We didn't get off the bus to see anything up close yet but we are going to today.

After the tour we went to this cool McDonald's. The food was the same but some of it was called different things like "mayo chicken" was just a chicken sandwich with mayo and lettuce. They also have a McFlurry with Kit Kats - it was so good! Then we went to M&M world but it was just a bunch of different M&M things - no rides or anything - just a store.

After that we were walking around this place called Piccadilly Square and we went by a cinema which is what they call a movie theater. There was a blue carpet set up and a bunch of posters for Rise of the Guardians. We went over there and stood there for a while and it was cold. This police officer told us it was a movie premiere and a bunch of people started walking up the blue carpet. We even saw some famous people - Isla Fisher and Chris Pine. After everybody went in we started walking away and then a security guy asked us if we wanted to watch the movie. We said "YES!" so he gave us 5 free tickets and we got to go in and watch the Rise of the Guardians. The famous people were in there, too! The theater was really big and really cool. The movie was in 3D and I really liked it! You should go see it! I got to keep my 3D glasses, too!

Today we are going to go around London on the bus again and get off at the places we want to see. I am excited to see the London Eye up close. We are going to eat fish &  chips, too! I miss you guys and I will see you on Monday! Happy Friday!

Edinburgh zoo and the train to London By Jake Powell

Sorry I couldn't blog yesterday. We took the train from Edinburgh to London and didn't have internet. 

On Tuesday we went to the Edinburgh Zoo. We saw a bunch of animals! Did you know they have two giant pandas? They weren't very giant though! They got them from China but only get to keep them for 10 years. When they were born they were the size of their ear. Now the boy weighs 70 kilograms and the girl weighs 30 kilograms. They eat bamboo and sometimes get carrots and apples. Sometimes they even feed them "panda cakes" but we don't know what is in them because the zookeeper keeps it a secret. 

The zoo had about the same kind of animals as Kansas City zoo but they all moved around more and we could get a lot closer to them. I liked the spider monkeys (there is a website where you can see them - "edinburghzoo.org.uk"), the zebras, the tigers and the chimpanzees. I got some really cool pictures and I will show them to you when we get back. The rhinoceroses were like right in front of you - like 5 feet away. The fence wasn't that good of a fence and it was like they could run right through it! One of them even put his head through the fence.  

Yesterday we went on the train to London.  It took 4 hours! Then we took a subway to Leicester Square in London. London is a way bigger city than Edinburgh and way busier. We walked around a little bit last night and ate at a chinese restaurant because we are staying in a "flat" in chinatown. A flat is just another word for an apartment. The flat has 2 bedrooms. When we got off the subway last night we noticed a bunch of spotlights in the sky and lots of people down the street. Later on we found out the whole cast from the new Twilight movie was in London right there and they were signing posters and a lot of people were taking pictures but we missed them by 10 minutes. My oldest sister loves Twilight and was sad that she didn't get to see them in person! But it was still cool that we were so close!

So, today we are going to look at a lot of stuff in London and I will tell you all about it later - and I will take a lot of pictures!

Edinburgh castle By Jake Powell

Yesterday me and my family went to Edinburgh castle. It was huge! It's built on a dead volcano. They don't know when it was built the first time (probably in the 12th century) but they know that it was rebuilt in the 1400s after it was burned down.  There was a really old church. It could only fit 25 people in it! It was so small! There was also a prison they used during different wars. The rooms were so small! Nobody lives in the castle anymore but when queen Elizabeth or any other person from the royal family is in Scotland they visit the castle but stay in the palace. We didn't get to see the palace. In the castle we saw the Scottish Crown Jewels. It was a pretty cool crown. No one has worn it for a couple of centuries because they have the Crown Jewels for the whole United Kingdom now. We went through the great hall and there was a bunch of swords and suits of armor. We even saw some jousting sticks! They were about 5 meters long. We also went up the "lang stairs". (Lang is just another word for long.) Guess how many stairs there were? 70! Today we are going to try to go to the Edinburgh zoo. Have a good day at school!

Scotland by Jake Powell

Hey it's Jake! Guess where I am? Scotland! I got here yesterday! Our plane landed at 7:45 a.m. in Scotland but it was 1:45 in Missouri! Our plane flew all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. What was cool about the plane was there was a little movie screen on the back of every chair. Before we flew to Edinburgh,Scotland we flew from Missouri to New Jersey. When we got here it was freezing! We walked around for a few hours last night and saw some really cool buildings. We slept for a long time last night! This morning the fire alarm woke us up at 11:00 a.m. but there was no fire. Today were going to a really old castle. Hope you guys have a good time at school.

Friday November 9, 2012

I hope you have had a great week; I know I have and I believe my students would say the same thing!  I have a lot of information to share with you today regarding many events scheduled here at Hawthorn and for the Park Hill School District.

Park Hill Education Foundation Fundraising Begins

A large envelop will be sent home on Monday to kick off the Education Foundations Scholar Dollars fundraising campaign.  The money raised through the sale of these value cards goes to support and enhance educational opportunities within the Park Hill School District.  This can take the form of scholarships for college-bound students or grant money for innovative teachers. The goal of the Education Foundation is for each child to sell 3 cards. For more information about the Education Foundation and their role in our school district please visit www.parkhillfoundation.org.

HAWTHORN FOOD PANTRY

We will continue the tradition of hosting a food pantry for those in need. Please send your child with pantry items throughout next week.

 

Personal Narrative Publishing Party!!

We are so excited to extend an invitation to all of our families and friends for our first publishing party of the year!!  The students have been diligently working to craft meaningful personal narratives and are excited to share them with you.  An invitation was sent home today, Friday Nov. 9th.  You have 3 opportunities to hear the children share their writing.  The dates are as follows:  Friday Nov. 16th from 9:30-10:30, Monday Nov. 19th from 9:00-10:00, and Tuesday Nov. 20th from 1:00-1:50.  Please check your schedule and RSVP for one of those blocks of time.  We hope you can join us!

School-wide Read In and Silly String Celebration

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break we will be celebrating the success of our Math-A-Thon by having a school-wide Read In from 10:00-10:30.  Later that afternoon we will join the rest of the school in the gym to watch Mrs. Cazzell's class spray silly string on Mrs. Hemaya and Ms. Erwin.  They earned this exciting reward by raising the most Math-A-Thon donations. 

Peek at the Week

Here is a copy of special dates to remember for the week of Nov. 12-16th

Click here for a printable version of the Peek at the Week



"Fall Back!" by Mrs. Coen

This weekend we "fall back" an hour.  I don't know about you, but I felt like falling back under the covers each time I heard the alarm clock this week.  Halloween is lots of fun and a lot more exhausting!  The good news...the week ahead looks a bit calmer.

 We have McTeacher Night on Monday from 4-8.  I hope to see some of you there.  I am signed up to work from 4-5, which is rather early for some families.  If I don't see you there, I am sure I'll see you in the paparazzi pics posted to the Hawthorn Facebook page.  :)  The money Hawthorn raises at McTeacher night is used to enhance your child's education.  Currently, we are looking at using the money raised to increase the technology in our classrooms. 

As the Peek at the Week states, book orders are due on Friday.  If you are wanting to place your order online you can follow this link to place your order:  Scholastic Book Clubs.  Our classroom code is: 1EENK.  If you would like to place your order via check, you can find the Scholastic flyer in your child's conference folder.

Yummy Math By:Jillian

Yesterday,we brought 5 pieces of candy for math.We did a math work sheet  that had math problems that involved candy.And if  we are good we get to have a piece of our candy at the       
end of the day .We also did a work sheet on venn diagram on 2 pieces of candy.Was math this fun when you where in school?

Art by Izack

At  art  we  painted  our  gargoyles. We  got  messy  painting  them.

reading Winn-Dixie by:Sarah

In reading we're working on making movies in our heads. Right now were reading Because of Winn-Dixie. It a good book. It a book about a girl and a dog. The girl's name is Opal she found the dog at a store called  Winn-Dixie .  That's why she called the dog Winn-Dixie. Have you read  Because of Winn-Dixie?

Haunted Gym By Jake Powell

On Wednesday the school made a haunted gym. It was so fun! There was a tunnel, balance beam, a rope swing, and all that crazy stuff! On the rope swing there were bleachers and you got on the rope and jumped off the bleachers. And then You jumped off the rope and landed on a mat! There was even a fake mummy! He was scary. Whenever you walk in there's the tunnel that I told you about earlier. Mrs. Bearce and the fifth graders helped us find our way around.