Adventures in Room 203

What makes you happy on a rainy day?

What’s cute enough to chase the clouds away?

What yips and yaps, fills in gaps and never disappoints?

You feel their fur all wet not dry,

but they are cute you can never lie.

From the pet store they come all sweet and fluffy.

They look at you and seem to say, “Look at the adventures that are on our way.”

You know you can never part because they love you with all their heart.

        By:J.C and I.B.T

         The 5^th graders verse teachers B-ball game is a big deal! There will be a big game in the gym.  The game will be on a Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Who do you think will win? Last year, the teachers won the basketball game. It is a fundraiser to bring in money for our school. The basketball game is going to be really exciting!

By

  P.W and J.T

The new 2011 Boston Red Sox now have two very fast players.  Their names are Carl Craword and Jacoby Ellsbury.  The Red Sox also got Adrian Gonzalez who hit 35 home runs last year.  They both are going to be a great addition to the team.  Meanwhile the Red Sox have sighned right handed reliever Hikject Okjama to a one year contract.  Sadly they desended[let go of] Victor Martinez.  He was a catcher and batted over 300 in his batting average.  So hopefully the Red Sox will win the World Series this year.

By NM

Sparkle is a fun game we play in 4^th grade.  The teacher gives us a word. Each person needs to say a letter from the word. If a person says the wrong letter they would sit down. If they spell the word right, the next person says the word and the last person says sparkle and the person next to he/she would have to sit down. When there are two people left , the teacher gives you a hard word and if that person says the wrong letter, the next person needs to spell the whole word and he/she gets it right, he/she wins the game!

                                                         By,

                                                          JT

What is your favorite smell?

 Lavender  

 Do you like to teach kindergarten?

 I love it.

What your favorite color?  Purple  

Do you like to swim?

Yes, I like the sun.

Do you like books?

I love books.

Do you like to have fun with your kindergarteners?

Yes I do.

How many brothers do you have?

I hove 3 brothers.  I got teased a lot

What do you like to do outside of school?

I go sailing in the summer and use the family schooner ever winter.  I go to Guana Cay in the Bahamas and have a house there called Blue Coral Landing.

What is your favorite holiday?

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. 

Do you have pets?

I like frogs and I have two in my classroom.

Mrs. Peffer was fun to interview.  Do you have any other questions for her?

By TL and KR

Do you know what …- . – . .-. .- -. spells in Morse Code?  It spells veteran.

My father, John Bentley, is a veteran who served in the Navy as a Radioman 2^nd Class.  He joined in 1961. It was a time when the Navy used Morse Code.  He attended the Naval Training in Great Lakes, IL on Lake Michigan.  He had 12 weeks of training and then he received orders to go to the Communications Training Center in Bainbridge, MD. During his 7 months of Radiomen A School, he learned about communications.

He was assigned to a Naval Communication Center at Port Lyaudey in Morocco, which is in North Africa.  He was there for 24 months.   Then he was transferred to Norfolk, VA aboard the USS Albany.  He served on the ship, a guidance missile cruiser, for 2 ½ years.   The ship made 3 Mediterranean cruises for 6 months of deployment.  He also made 3 winter cruises to the Virgin Island where he had 4 months of gunnery practice.

He had just joined the Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  He was supposed to leave the service in December of 1965, but a US strategic air bomber was lost in Spain.  The bomber lost 3 nuclear warheads in Palamares Bay. The ship that he was on had to leave Norfolk, VA to retrieve the lost missiles.  That was the first time the US Navy used an underwater craft similar to the Alvin.  They found all 3 bombs.

My father said that the Navy was an enjoyable experience.  He saw many places including the Port of Amsterdam. His ship was the first naval war ship to go to the Port of Amsterdam after WWII was over.  My father enjoyed his time at sea because of the good food.  Many men were seasick, so there were always tons of leftovers.  He received a Cuban Missile Crisis pin and good conduct medal.  He was mustered out of the Navy in May of 1965.

For homework, you will be interview a veteran and learn about his/her experience.  You may post your writing on our blog if you have your veteran’s permission.

What’s your favorite class project?

Ms.Perkins: colonial day projects      

What’s your favorite color?

  Green and blue

Who’s your best friend?

I have 6 close friends

What’s your favorite subject?

 Social studies

What’s your lucky number?

11, 16 and 22

How many pets do you have?

I had 6 pets no pets now

 What’s your favorite animal?

Absolutely dogs!!!                         

 The End

 By: IBT

First day of school is very fun!!! You don’t really do much. But it is very exciting seeing all of your friends! It is fantastic seeing your new class. You meet all the new students and friends !!!! We also meet our new teacher . She is very funny. I also thought that our hand chair .The first day of school is very fun!

by BC

 Our classroom has lots of interesting things about it.  Let me tell you a few.  Every Friday Ms Bentley gets to hide Simba (Simba is a stuffed animal that we found on the play ground). Last week Ms. Bentley hid him on top of our American flag.  Then on Monday morning we try to find him.  We get to have extra recess every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday because we don’t have P E.   And we get to play math games if we finish are work.  We also have a chair that is the shape of a giant   hand and a cool wild cat pillow.   But the most awesome thing about our classroom is our pet cat he is not real but he breaths as if he were real.  Hopefully you’ll have Ms.    Bentley some time!!!

By NM

The Town Fair is once a year and is very exiting.  The Town fair is very busy and there are many things to do.  One thing you can do is go to the kids’ part and do freeze dance, hula-hoop contest, get cotton candy and much, much more.  Another thing you can do is the blow up bouncy stuff.  Sometimes you can get free stuff…like CANDY!  Sometimes if you just walk around and play games at the different booths you can win prizes!  Lastly, if you bring money, you can buy food.  That is why the Town fair is very exciting.                        AC & JC