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 Merry Christmas to all!!
I hope everyone has a wonderful break!

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Wow!! Our class donated 300 cans of food to our local canned food drive!
Thank you for opening your heart to others in need.

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Please open your hearts and give what you can to our food drive!! Every little bit helps. I would like to have 100% participation!!
We can do it!!

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George Walton Collecting For

Empty Stocking Fund

The Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County started in 1971 as a way to help the hungry and needy families in Walton County during the Christmas holiday through collection and disbursement of both non-perishable and perishable food items.  The main means of collection is through can collections organized by our local schools.  The incredible part of this intra-county campaign is the “full circle” nature of help this service provides.  In 2012, the Empty Stocking Fund of Walton County distributed 400 boxes of food to families within our communities.  The boxes included over 30 cans of food, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a frozen hen, 5 bags of dry beans, 2 bags of rice, a box of cereal, a box of brownie mix, a pound of sugar, a container of flour, a container of cooking oil, and a box of scalloped potatoes along with several other food containers to each family.  This year we are increasing that number to 500 with the main source of growth coming from identified students with need. 

As a general rule we accept non-perishable food items, mainly in the form of non-glass container canned goods, from your staff, students and parents.

 

Thank you for all that you do to support this and other efforts to lend a helping hand to those in need in Walton County!  In the past George Walton Academy has been the largest contributor to the Empty Stocking Fund.  Please help us continue this tradition of giving by opening your hearts to those in need.  Begin  sending your food items in tomorrow. Know that through your example, you are teaching your children to be gracious and compassionate during this season of thanksgiving.

 

In addition, Tuesday, December 17th, will be GWA night at the armory.  From 5:00 – 8:00 all willing and able volunteers with ties to GWA are asked to help sort the collected food.  It is sure to be a lot of fun and a great way for GWA to show its community support.  We hope to have a great turn-out with faculty and staff leading the way.  

 

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Fun with Limericks! 

 

There once was a naughty young fool

Who was distastefully expelled from school

So he shed a tear

To his Mother Dear

And she let him play in the pool

 

J.P., Helen, & Claire M.

 

 

 

 

In Spelling we will be on pages 49-52. This is the "Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins" unit.

The focus is on the consonant sounds of /j/, /ks/, /sk/, and /s/. Please study a little each day!

In our story, Poppy, Poppy just barely escapes the talons of Mr. Ocax. As she returns home, she realizes that there has been a very important family meeting called. As we read chapters 4-8 we will learn why Lungwort called a family meeting and why he so desperately needs to meet with Mr. Ocax. Will Poppy continue to be brave? Will Lungwort lead his family in a courageous way?

We're studying similes and metaphors in poetry.

Soccer
The ball is like a car,
When it spins around.
As if it handles like a dream,
And speeds across the ground.
                   James Cruikshank


The SCA is like a brawl with melees and battles.
Quite a lot of them all.
Quite an amazing tale, I want to tell you all.
But sadly, like life, it must come to an end.
                        Liam Chirrey

I love the sound of babies cooing,
It is as soothing as roses blowing in the wind.
I love the sound of pom-poms moving.
It is as loud as hail in a storm on a metal house.    
                               Julia Waldo


The Derp Monster
The Derp Monster was as derpy as a derp mistake.
His nose was like a trumpet.
He was as annoying as a baby.
He was like a child.
P.S. He is as dead as a door nail.
                           Rylee Gilreath

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• This week in Writing we will work on different parts of our poetry project.

• In Spelling this week we will work through pages 46-49 in our Spelling workbook. Test on Friday.

 

•  Our new book that we are reading is Poppy by Avi.

In Chapter 1 a tragic thing occurred.

See if your child can tell you

what happened.

 

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GWA is proud to announce that we received glowing commendations from the school’s visiting SAIS/AdvancED Peer Review team.  We have been unanimously recommended for reaccreditation.  When the school receives the final version of the report, we will send out a synopsis of the recommendations/commendations to our faculty, parents, and students.  To all of you who helped make the visit such a success, a tremendous “Thank You”!!

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ITBS
5th grade ITBS is next week. Yikes!! Time is flying by.
So this week we will take practice tests to help prepare us for next week.
I still need two volunteers to send in good, healthy snacks and water next week.
Please be sure your child gets plenty of rest and eats a nourishing breakfast everyday, but especially next week!!
 
CHAMPS Essay due November 12.
We have CHAMPS today. It is our final class and the children will get their information on how to write their CHAMPS essay. Each child is required to write one.

Picture information went out on Friday. Some will get info in their papers today. Please return it as soon as possible.

Big Social Studies Test Wednesday!! Pretest is in signed papers.

Spelling is the "Wings for the King" unit.

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Have a great holiday Monday!
Thanks for all your support!!

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Congratulations to Will Bailey for finishing first in the Dawgs Unleashed Road Race and to Julia Waldo for finishing second. Way to go!!!

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This week in Spelling we are on the Paul Revere unit. Pages 37-40
We are learning how to spell words with the -er, -or, and -ar endings.







In writing for this nine weeks our focus is on Poetry and Adjectives. We have a vocabulary test (over poetry terms) Friday. Study like crazy!!

We are closing in on the climax of our story, Wait Till Helen Comes.
It seems as if maybe Molly has changed her mind about Heather. What do you think?

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Monday, October 15, 2013
 This week marks the beginning of the 9 week change over. We will be doing writing in my class and no Science. We will focus on adjectives in grammar and Poetry in writing.





Spelling this week is the "Jane Goodall" unit. Please study a little
each day!




In Reading we will cover Chapters 9-14.

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We get a Dress Code Free Day this Friday!

 

Because we met our first goal of $50,000, everyone gets to have a Dress Code Free Day this Friday.  Teachers and students may wear the following:

• Blue Jeans (no sweat pants or pajama bottoms)
• Tee Shirts (no offensive words please)
• Skirts, dresses, shorts that meet dress code LENGTH
• Hoodies
• Shoes of any style (except flip flops)

 

 

This week in Science we will continue with Chapter 14 and discover the structure of matter, and the differences between physical changes and chemical changes.

• Next week (Thursday) we will have a test over

       Chapter 14. 



The Spelling unit for this week is, "Passage to Freedom".
Remember to use Spelling City to study.

Our new novel this month is a scary story. Just in time for Halloween! It has a ghost, family conflict and just enough suspense to keep us wanting more!!

 

 

 

 

 

Mark your calendars for a school-wide skip day!

Monday, October 28 is a DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL!!!!!!

 

It's true! Bulldogs give 100%!!!

Science:

This week in Science we are working on Electricity. It's chapter 16 in the science book. As you can see we had a great time learning about Static Electricity!

Reading:

We are on unit one in Reading. The story is "Frindle".
There will be a Spelling test on Friday over the first unit in Spelling.
Please use Spelling City to study the spelling words each night. It is an excellent resource and listed in the Links section!