3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Newsletter
October 12, 2009

Last week we:
...had a community potluck and open-house...50% of us walked or biked to school for National Walk or Bike to School Day...we participated in an international reading celebration celebrating Eric Carle—(We made people out of paper painted at the open house on Tuesday and the 3rd-5th performed a reader’ theater for the K-2.)...our class was able to practice using fire extingusihers with Gus!

350 International Day of Climate Action
The K-5th grade decided that the entire school should make 350 t-shirt bags to give to the community to help to lessen the amount of plastic bags used! Wow! That is a lot of bags. We will have a sewing workshop on October 23rd at the school. We are already beginning to collect the t-shirt in a large box in the multi-purpose room. We are still looking for more! If you would like to come to school on that day to help sew (and bring your sewing machine) we would love to have your help.

3rd-5th Grade Blog
Check out our class blog! www.gustavus345.blogspot.com Students have started to post their video book reviews. Additionally, Emily and her family have been keeping a blog about their travels and adventures. It is www.vandenbergadventures.blogspot.com

Paragraph a Week
The paragraph assignment this week is “What Would You Do?” This paragraph assignment is an essay or letter written to the newly formed student council about what you would like to see happen or change in the school.

Word of the Week: radius