Summer has been busy!

I have not had a moment to post anything.  I have been so busy so far this summer and I actually thought I was going to relax.  Ryan and I went to Fernandina Beach for a week and a half while Mr. Goodman came out for about 5 days in between work.  I will have to post some pictures as soon as possible.  Everyday was spent swimming, building sand castles and jumping the waves in our beautiful ocean.  We got to see fire works for the 4th from the beach which was perfect and peaceful.  Now that we are home we are planning our next trip to my hometown to visit family.  Watch out Virginia Beach, the Goodman's are coming. 

Ryan also attended volleyball camp which she loved! Here are a few pictures of her in action.  She misses you all and asks about you all the time.

What a busy week we have enjoyed!

From Miss Clay County to baby chicks "peeping" all day, from basketball to people in history...

The apes have been so busy this week and my camera has been resting at home.  We completed our people from history presentations and they were so creative and fun.  We even went to Mrs.Brown's 1st grade class to present some to her class.  After presentations we had a great opportunity to meet one of Mrs. Ross's former students who is now Miss Clay County.  She talked about the Children's Miracle Network and let our apes make cards for children in the hospital who need some cheer and hope in their lives.  The apes in rooms 71 and 73 were the perfect ones for the job, they all created such great cards.

We have traveled to Mrs. Wood's room a  couple times over the past two weeks to peek in our the our eggs in her incubator.  She led us in the life of a chick and the stages of development before hatching.  On Monday we came in and found actual chick.  She even let us bring some back to our room.  The room was silent except for the nonstop "peeping" from our super cute visitors.  They are headed to the farm for a great happy life this weekend.

Please don't forget our End of the Year Luncheon is Tuesday at 11:30, 5th grade awards will be on Wednesday and we will leave on Thursday at 6:45 am for our field trip! I can't wait for one more week of fun with our 5th graders! 

We are so proud!

Last Thursday night a UNF some of our classmates were recognized for outstanding work!  Way to go Megan, Connor, Robbie, Mitchell and Julia! You guys all work hard everyday and it shows! All of your teachers are so proud of your hard work!

Wow!

We got to hear Mrs. Kentof tell us about her memories of the holocaust.  It was so amazing to hear from someone who experienced everything we learned so much about.  Her stories brought the feelings, sights and sounds to life for us. We promise to "Never Forget!"

What a great group who knows how to work and play!

We had our 5th grade dance and that was a blast!  Here is some proof of our fun.  We also had 5 apes place in the Science Fair, way to go!  We had so much fun creating and exploring with our projects.  Thanks to Mr. G, Mrs. Peck, Mama Mia and Mrs. Shaaber for helping with testing, creating backboards, power point lessons and crazy schedules.  Also a big thanks to parents for sending in money for backboards, mentos, alka seltzer and other goodies!

What a wonderful week!

I can't thank all of you enough for the great support and appreciation I have recieved this week!  From cards to flowers to my very own "ape", it has been great.  Thank you so much for lunch as well.  What a great group of kids and parents!  I must also say a big thanks for all of the donations for the science fair project.  We have all successfully completed our experiements and are working on the power points and soon our backboards.  Don't forget to come check out parent night next week to see our hard work!
Here are some pictures from our week so far!

Thanks so much for all of my beautiful flowers, cards, yummy treats and most of all support!

We are planning our Volume City Projects together...

recording our data...

completing our trials for our experiments...

and adding to our power points!

Some of us even started our city construction!

Others of us had too much fun planning!

But we all worked hard, learned a lot and had fun!

Play Day Fun!

What a great day put on by the coaches, we had a blast! Thanks for the ice pops too, PTA! Big thanks to Ms. Leverett for the dance lessons also, now we will look awesome at our dance!

Go Ian!

Don't forget the ball girls!

Can teamwork can include dragging your partner?

I thought you were to carry the ball with your stomach, not your face! I guess it works Mitchell!

Then we were entertained by the Apes with Mitchell break dancing...

Bailey spinning until she is dizzy...

and Crystal doing "the worm!" We have some talented Apes!

The Gibbon/Peck Apes!

We cheered for you by the way!

Next the Goodman/Peck Apes!

Perfect ending with dancing.  Thanks Ms. Leverett!

And Mrs. Peck can lead the pack too!