This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!

Good Morning! Today is October 31st! Please go to the link below and read the history of Halloween. Then respond with something you found interesting regarding this topic.

http://www.halloweenhistory.org/

Who all went trick-or-treating last night? Anyone get any good TRICKS?

GARY IS BACK!

Happy Wednesday! Our dear friend Gary found his way back to the classroom! You've all been asking about him, take a minute to write him a hello and let him know that you've missed him!

We are happy you are back Gary! We missed ya bud!

Holy Busy Week Batman!

Last week was HECTIC! We had so much going on between our history activities, science experiments, and much more. What was your favorite part of the week?

This week is going to be even busier!  We have visitors coming to educate us on drug prevention. We are celebrating red ribbon week all week and then on Friday we have our Halloween Party!

Call of the Wild!

Our new novel study is going to be The Call of the Wild by Jack London. We've been discussing Jack London's life and have been previewing the vocabulary of the book so far this week. Today, I want you to write a short prediction of what you think the book will be about. Your prediction should be at least 5 complete sentences.

Reading, reading, reading!

Click on the following link:

http://www.asdk12.org/middlelink/highfive/rat/rat_circle.pdf

What image is displayed? When would we utilize this procedure? How comfortable are you with utilizing it independently? 

Please respond in the comment box below.

Rainy Day....

Good Morning! Please go to yesterday's post and comment on one of your peer's comments.

Happy Blogging!

Happy Tuesday!

Good Morning! Yesterday was Colombus Day and  I didn't get a chance to post anything about it. Please research something online and share it with the class!

Thanks!

Domestic Violance Awareness!

Ok, so you guys were discussing domestic violance the other day in group. You did a nice job participating in the conversation, discussing possible scenarios, and proper ways to handle the situations.

Please go to the following link: http://www.breakthecycle.org/

Visit the "How We Help", "Learn About Dating Violence", "Take Action", and "Build Capacity" pages.

Tell me something you've learned in the comment section.

Food!

Ok, so last week we had a discussion on childhood obesity and you all got to research this topic online. Now I want you to click on the link below and watch the video clip regarding our dietary guidelines.  Respond in the comment box what your thoughts on this are and state at least one static you heard in the video.



FOOD EPIDEMIC

Ebola Continued...

Read the following article and respond in the comment section.


http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/obama-ready-ramp-ebola-airport-screening-n219811

World News

Please go to the following link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/10/04/how-ebola-sped-out-of-control/

Please respond with what your thoughts are on the situation.

Childhood Obesity Discussion...

Please search the internet to find one article on Childhood Obesity.

Please share the link you found in the comment box and tell us your opinions on the matter.