Ms. Dunlop

                               Our Student Teacher:  Ms.Dunlop

                 By:Abby and Sarah

   
One afternoon Mrs.Barnes told us that we were going to have a student teacher come and meet us tomorrow. Then school was dismissed and everyone left anxious about meeting her. The next day after specials on our way upstairs to the classroom for math, we met Ms.Dunlop. The whole class was very excited to have her with us. Ms.Dunlop is from Maryville University and is very happy to be with us. We asked some questions and she said, "I love kids. They are bright. It take's teachers to realize that. I want to help people." She wants more time in the classroom. Also, she would love to teach kindergarten or first grade. Ms.Dunlop's mother is her biggest inspiration. Her mother is a teacher and she would love to teach at the school where her mother teaches. Though all of her experiences of teaching still Ms.Dunlop want to become a teacher. She said that nothing will come in her way.  In the future, if she were offered a student teacher she told us that she would love to have one because she wants others to have the same experiences as herself. 

PowWow

        Powwow by DJ

 

    Powwow is something we do as a class. It's for if you want to address something to the class, it would be the right place to do it. Like we have class jobs, if the class is doing things to make your job harder you could talk to your teacher.  We will have a powwow sooner or later. It could also be about an upcoming event. Or if you wanted to tell the class about an idea you had about a charity project,we could talk as a class and brainstorm on a idea. There might be a few disagreements but everything would turn out fine. 

P.S. if your going to try it, put your chairs in a circle.

Steven

            Steven
            By: Sam and Ethan 

    Today we welcome a new student to 5B.
His name is Steven. We found out that Steven is 10 years old and he is from China. He speaks little English.  Mrs.Barnes uses Google Translate to help us understand Steven. He likes reading and is very good at math.  His favorite sport is soccer and in his free time he likes to draw. His favorite color is white. He is 10 years old, and his birthday is August 28, 2003. That makes him the 2nd youngest in the class. And he is making lots of friends including Bing Bing who is also from China.  So he is another source of communication.

Pep Rally

       The Pep Rally
             By:Abigail
   
    The pep rally was a blast. We had cheerleaders and musicians on every corner of the blacktop and some conductors in the middle. The band played YMCA and everyone followed along. The whole school was applauding and cheering on the band and cheerleaders. Also we had the cheerleaders song where the band members and conductors join the cheerleaders in doing a little dance. We also heard a speech about coming to the homecoming parade and football game. Overall I would say the the pep rally was very entertaining and exciting.

 

Ice Cream Social

    The Ice Cream Social
            By:Abigail

    2013's Ice Cream Social was a blast! Even though the snow cone truck could not make it we still had very good popsicles from the store. In addition to the popsicles we had some fifth grade parents and their kids working at a booth selling rainbow looms, athlete necklaces and logo loop headbands. The best part about it was that all proceeds went to the fifth grade fundraiser. Also the book fair was going on. We were selling books and donating some to our teachers. Overall, I would say this year's Ice Cream Social was very good.

   The Amazing Kindergarten Buddies!

        BY :Emma

    "Ok everybody, line up..." Mrs.Barnes says as everyone gets up, anxious to get to kindergarten."...If this is true for you" she continues. Everyone sits down again.
"Line up if you want to leave now." Everyone gets up again and gets in line.
"Let's go." Mrs.Barnes says and leads us out.     
 When we got to the kindergarten classroom everybody went in and started talking with the kindergarteners. The teachers explain that we are going to do crafts and other projects with them. We are also going to be doing it every first Friday of every month. After that, we went outside and picked our partners. We also ate popsicles. We had a wonderful time with our k buddies and all of us can't wait to do it again.          

Picture Day

            Picture Day by DJ

    I don't know why people make such a big deal about Picture Day. All we do is take Pictures of ourselves and put it on the school wall, and use it for library passes and stuff. Some people wore a whole new outfit like dresses and skirts. Some people wore nice shirts but regular basketball shorts, because there only taking pictures from the neck up. I mean you can barely see the shirt. I thought that it was going to take forever but it only took about 3 minutes. I was shocked! I didn't know what kind of smile to do so I just smiled regular. Picture Day.