Our Field Trip To The Planetarium By: Lily

Today we went to the planetarium on a field trip. When we got there we split up into two groups. One that went to the “ experimental” exhibit and another that went to the Space themed exhibit. One of the activities in the experimental exhibit was boat racing. We designed and made sails using fabric and other various materials. Then we put them on a boat base and raced them. when we pressed the green button air would start shooting out and the boats would start moving.  When we switched to the space themed exhibit we saw a lot of pictures but there were a couple of main attractions one was this giant tube with poles on the sides. We would try to climb up the tube. It was surprisingly easy. Another attraction were the workout machines. There was a bike type thing and there was more of a full body workout machine. Overall 5B would be awesome astronauts.

Ski Trip
By :Lily
Every year the fifth graders at Glenridge, Captain and Meramec take a skiing trip to hidden valley. This year it was our turn to go.  We got to school at 8 in the morning and then we got on to the bus right away. We were all so excited to go there. We waited on the bus just talking and talking until finally we were there. We got there got of the bus and went to the main room. That was where we got and attached our ticket  to our self. The teachers and volunteers gave us our forms so we could get our ski’s and we were off. They led us table by table to the room where the ski’s and boots were and we got our lockers situated and then listened to one of the staff members talk about the process. Next they dismissed us to get our ski boots. We got to go pick them out and then we brought them back to the seats so we could get help putting them on. Once we were done we got our form and brought it to the ski line where we waited and waited and waited until we were at the front of the line. When we were there we handed them the ski form, they took it and they used it to get our ski’s. When they got them they handed them to us and we took them out to station 1 at skills camp. there were 7 stations you had to complete before you could ski and when you completed them you were allowed to ski wherever you wanted. Overall the trip was really awesome and I loved it . It was a great way to reunite with and make new friends.

One Little Word by Lily

1 LITTLE WORD

BY: Lily

My word is happiness. This word means a lot to me because in my opinion if you don’t have happiness in life there really is no point in living. Wouldn’t you rather feel happy in life than sad all the time?

On my google slide I have 2 emoji type pictures. One is just a regular big smiley face because that is what you do when you are happy, smile! The other one is a face that is winking with it’s tounge sticking out. It looks like it is laughing and when you are happy you laugh. I have a list of happy things just because they are happy. I wanted to show how many happy things there are in life. I have the color pencil heart because I love art and when I do it it makes me happy. I have all the quotes because they mean things to me and they all apply to me. I chose the gifts because it always makes me happy to recieve a gift from someone. I chose the smiling alarm clock just because I thought it was cute and I liked it and it made me laugh.  I chose the picture with all the frowning blue balls and the one smiling yellow ball because it shows that you can choose to be happy and I chose the picture where the bowling pins say can’t and the bowling ball says can becuse it shows that a the pins are getting knocked down which to me means all the cants are demolished and the can is left standing.  That was why I chose what I chose.

Claymo by Lily

CLAYMO By: Lily

Today at claymo we taught a lesson about the book The Tale of Despereaux. It was about having courage and doing things even if they are scary. In the story Despereaux was told to never read a book but he had courage and he did it. He was also scared to save the princess but he was brave and he did it.

We asked kids what they did that was courageous and we wrote it down on a sheet of paper. We glued that on a poster along with Despereaux’s head, the princess’s castle, the soup of courage and someone drew on Despereaux’s body. Overall it was a really fun hands on experience for all the kids and it sponsored our schools book.

The bee stings.

“I gotta go wee wee!”. These were some of the last words we heard before we went to Oak Knoll Park. We walked from Wydown to the park. When we got there we were pretty board. A couple of us started to play capture the flag. What we didn’t know was that we hid the flag under a bee infested tree. Someone took the flag and boom, they got stung. The line just keep going.How could something so tiny hurt so much. Mrs. Scott came in her car and picked four kids up. When we got to school everyone was okay.

100 Word Challenge By :Lily

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I ran through the hole in the fence and darted to the nearest gas station. I ran into the bathroom and locked myself into a stahl. I looked down at my arm and there was blood all over it. I wiped it off, washed it and then walked out of the bathroom. There it was a big, dusty skeleton pressing its skull against the doors. I was so scared that I locked into my place and almost fell over. The skeleton put its hand on the door and pushed it open. It walked towards me then I woke up.

100 Word Challenge by Lily

100 Word Challenge by Lily

Our day started as a normal day but when the night stars came up our whole world was shaken. I woke up at 7:34 AM and When I went downstairs my mom was sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee sitting on the couch. She looked upset so I asked her what was wrong. She looked up at me and started crying. I wondered why she was so upset. She just wouldn’t stop crying.

“Mom, What is wrong?” I asked.

She sniffled  then replied Daddy was in afghanistan trying to disable a bomb and he, he died. She continued to cry and I joined. That was the worst moment in my life.

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The 5th Grade Musical
    The fifth grade is doing a musical called The 100 Year Snooze. It seems pretty boring but it's really not, it's FULL of drama. Our singing auditions are on Monday September, 14.

    All fifth graders will have a chance to get into it and if they don't they will be in the chorus. This musical is basically Sleeping Beauty but it is toned down for younger kids. This musical will be performed twice, once during school for the kids and teachers and once after school for the adults and some of the teachers.

I wonder what role you will get?

    - Ollie and Lily.

Claymo Retreat: Minefield

Minefield
By: Elaine, Lily and Wilson

    On the Fifth Grade Claymo Retreat we had a activity called Minefield. In this activity we had to trust our partners to lead us through a "minefield". We were blindfolded and our partners had to lead us through, using only words. This was fun because we were at Tillis Park (and it made it even more fun!). Now we know that we are ready to be a fifth grade leader.