"No one has ever become poor by giving."

~Anne Frank~

As fifth grade Book Clubs came to an end today (11/22), each group gave a brief book commercial, advertising their particular novel to potential reading "customers."  A commercial included: the book's title and author, the setting, introduction to the main character and any important supporting characters, a hint of the problem, and a collection of adjectives describing the novel.  The three novels read in clubs were: Number the Stars, Bud, Not Buddy and The Cay. 



               

                                     

Fifth grade archaeologists examined Native American

artifacts in a presentation made by Mrs. Vitali, grandmother of Christopher Childs. Mrs. Vitali lives on a 55 acre farm in Wallingford, CT. The previous owner of the farm discovered about one hundred arrowheads while plowing his field. Fith graders made some guesses as to what this site might have once been with such a large number of arrowsheads unearthed. Possibly a hunting site, an Nativwe American village, the scene of a battle???  Beaded bags made to hold herbs and tobacco were purchased by Mrs. Vitali when she was a young girl visiting North Dakota.

 

In keeping with a 10-year-old tradition, fifth graders hosted the annual "Gobble-Off" with their reading buddies who are invited to hear a round reading of All About Turkeys, followed by a strut and gobble down the turkey track runway. The kinders arrived decked out in their turkey headdresses and joined in the gobble-off fun!
Even Mr. Fixx and Mr. Howe could not resist visiting the flock and showed off some fine stutting and gobbling alongside 5th graders and buddies.

The fifth grade sends heartfelt wishes for a memorable Thanksgiving 2016!

Out With October: In With November

                                         "November is the           

                                          pearl-gray month,

                                          the changeling

                                          between warm

                                          crimson October

                                          and cold white

                                          December, the month

                                          when the leaves 

                                          fall in slow 

                                          drifting whirls, 

                                          and the shapes of 

               the trees are revealed. . ."

~Alison Uttley

TEAMing-UP to Form A TRIANGLE

Teaming-up blindfolded to join two ropes and then form ONE  ton the floor- sharing ideas, forming a plan and then executing it!!!  Another Friday Team Time challenge!

IN THE SPIRIT!!!

Fifth Graders pose for the camera at "Fun Night" and post parade in the company of our school mascot, showing off its new feathers.

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Fourth Joins Fifth For A Snowball Greeting

On Tuesday mornings the Intermediate Team comes together for Morning Meeting. we open our meeting with a greeting, which can be followed by sharing, an activity, and announcements. Below is this week's greeting activity called "Snowball Greeting." Each student writes his/her name on a piece of paper and then crumbles it into a ball and tosses it into the circle. Each student picks up a snowball from the circle and must find the person whose name appears on the snowball and greets them. Students take turns with their greetings.

"Inhale the present, Exhale the Past"

For our special  WTCS performance this Wednesday(11/9), fifth grade yogees demonstrated 17 different yoga poses they practice or have yet to learn during their yoga sessions in class on Friday mornings or afternoons. The entire WTCS audience began their day with breathing exercises and a 30 second meditation to set their day's intention.

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