We got a special delivery in the mail this week. A package from our friends who live in the Philippines. In the package, they sent us stories, letters, and gifts. We are very fortunate to have such generous friends!
WAY TO GO ROCKY HILL!!! We are so proud of the remarkable job our students did last year on the TCAPs, Achievement Test. Even though test don’t tell the whole picture of a school year, we are extremely proud of the students’ achievement. Not only did the students make As in every category, the 5th graders also placed 2nd in the Achievement Writing Test. Take a look at how Rocky Hill and the rest of the schools did in Knox County by clicking here.
We would like to welcome our new class pets, Marco and Polo, to the classroom. They moved here from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and they are transitioning very nicely. We are hoping they make friends with the other pets or it could be a tough move.
The students copied and pasted all of their blog posts from 2010 into wordle. Wordle takes the writing and blends the words into a creative piece. When a word is larger, it means the students used that word more often in their blog posts. Here are a couple of examples:
What is everyone doing on their snow day? Take a look at how I spent mine.
Sledding with my niece 
Making snow angels 
Building a snowman with my wife
After reading Wrinkle in Time, the blue group made this movie trailer to summarize the book. They used our flip video cameras, clips from the real movie, and iMovie to make it. Take a look.
Take a look at the Tuck Everlasting novel study group’s book trailers. One is by the boys and the other is by the girls. The students read the book with students from two other states, Kansas and South Dakota. They worked together on a wiki that you can visit by going to the wiki sidebar on this blog. Here are their finished book report projects:
Tuck Everlasting – Girls’ Book Trailer from Jordan Haney on Vimeo.
Tuck Everlasting – Boys’ Book Trailer from Jordan Haney on Vimeo.
Our fantastic music teacher, Ms. Boyd, is up for teacher of the month. To vote for her follow this link and cast your vote. You can only vote once a day from a computer, iPhone, or other internet device but each day you can vote again. Let’s represent our school by helping this teacher win a much deserved award!
