A Christmas Story - by Hope

  When I first walked in the cafeteria to see the Christmas play, the kindergartners were on stage.  They sang four songs and were awesome!  After that came the first graders and then the second grader.  They sang six songs and were really good.

   Next, everybody that was in the chorus went up on stage.  They sang "Chillin.'"  The show was seven songs and they were so good that I almost cried!  That was my favorite performance ever!  I hope they have people up there agin who are as talented as that group!

 
  Last week, Hydee and Jingles came to visit us again.  Our class had decorated Christmas bags for Miss Sue to take to the facility that Hydee and Jingles are therapy dogs at.  Miss Sue loved the bags so much that she brought us cake and ice cream!  Of course, Hydee and Jingles didn't have any cake or ice cream, they had carrots! (Actually, Hydee had a tummy ache and didn't get to have any carrots, so Jingles ate hers for her).  It's been a fun year so far, just way too busy!

Deep Creek Preserve Field Trip

Deep Creek Preserve (by Megan Silvey)
  For the field trip on November 29, we dug holes with augers to take soil samples.  Mrs. Cary told us about the three main soils.  They are silt, sand and clay.  We also made mud paintings with the different soils.
  Miss Ivy took us on a little hike and showed us three gopher tortoise holes.  We went across a bridge that had an occupancy limit (three students at a time).  Mr. Weaver brought some taxidermy animals.  We saw a rattlesnake, two quail, a bear, a raccoon and a bobcat.  The bear looked so real it could have walked away.  It was amazing!  I speak for everyone when I say this, Lunch was delicious!!! (grilled hot dogs, chips, homemade cookies and brownies and capri suns).

Zoolab

The fifth grade students participated in the Zoolab program at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens on January 15, 2010.

Welcome!

Welcome to Miss Vola's Fifth Grade Blog! This school year is really flying by! We have had so many activities this year. First, we had Jingles and her owner, Miss Sue, come visit on November 20. We learned all about service dogs and, particularly, what a therapy dog does. We enjoyed a Thanksgiving Feast with our First Grade Reading Buddies (Mr. Sweeney's class) on November 24. On December 11, we had earned 50 Panther Paws and our special class mascot, Bear, got to come visit.
After we got back from Winter Break, Mr. Bestwick, Mr. Callister and Mr. Geary, of the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse, came to visit and describe to us the life of Lighthouse Keeper's kids in the late 1800's. Then, on January 15, we went to the Central Florida Zoo for their Zoolab program. The students learned about the Keystone Species of Florida (gopher tortoises) and about all the organisms that live in a drop of water!