March 19

During morning meeting we learned a greeting that people may have said on Ellis Island. We asked each other where we came from, and then looked up the countries on maps of the world.

We had over an hour for work on our research papers and we learned (or re-learned) how to make an outline.

Today we read two chapters of The Trumpet of the Swan! We read that Louis learned how to play his trumpet and he went to camp.

We also practiced more with long division. The class is really getting the hang of it!

During band we played "The Pirates of the Caribbean" and it sounded really nice. Mr. Jones told the band that next week they would get a new song ("Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark").

We didn't have outside recess today but the band played for us during this time!

In gym we played bas-kick ball. (It's a combination of basketball and kick ball.) The score was close. It was a different, but fun way of combining the two sports.

As we were writing this, Najma pointed out that we only have 61 more days of school. The fifth graders were shocked to think that then they will need to say goodbye to Green Acres and go on to the middle school.

Questions to wonder about tonight are:
What different sport will we play next gym class?
What are we going to do tomorrow?
Why do we ask questions?