We did it!
What is that? It’s an insect! Fifth grades last project was all about insects. We learned about the scarab, praying mantis and assassin bugs as well as other insects that help as well as harm the earth. Another high light was our graduation and luau. We have all have worked hard and are going to have a great summer. Congrats fifth grade you did it!
Mrs. Emestica
BUG Program
Kiwanis Club of Hollis teams up with Evangel for Terrific Kids and Bringing Up Grades (BUG) programs. The 5th Grade participated in the Terrific Kids and Bringing Up Grades (BUG) Program sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Hollis. Terrific Kids is a national program that promotes character development, positive behavior, peer relationships, attendance, or schoolwork and receive recognition when attaining their goals. BUG is a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise one grade while maintaining their grades in other subjects from one grading period to another. Students are encouraged to continue this process throughout the school year. Recognitions include: certificates, student dictionaries, Terrific Kid Pins, bumper stickers, BUG stickers, pencils, other gifts and celebrations. This year the students received their certificates and gifts during the Kiwanis Terrific Kids Ice Cream Sundae Party.
Ms. Hampton
Spring Celebration
Students did a great job for the Spring Celebration. They learned two dance routines and danced to Shackles and My Life Belongs To You. They worked really hard during their recess time and learned both dances in less than two weeks. Everyone was blessed at the program.
Mrs. Rosario
Gymnastics
Students also ran relay races and obstacle courses. They ran with the hula hoop, jumped hurdles and slid under things. Last but not least, the students enjoyed gymnastics. Some students were a little scared, but I was surprise that some of the student were very flexible. We did push ups to make our arms strong and they learned to do bridges, toe to their head, banana rolls, cartwheel handstand, headstands, tug a war and tumbles. The students are talented they were eager to learn and practice.
Mrs. Rosario
Let’s Play Games
The students love playing all kinds of games in gym class. Steal the Bacon and Cat and Mouse were two of their favorites. In Cat and Mouse, the cat has to chase the mouse while the mouse wears a sock on the back of their sweat pants. The cat pulls the sock off and the mouse becomes a cat and chases until everyone gets caught. Another favorite game is Red Light Green Light 123 – Scooter Race. The students get on the scooter on their stomach or their knees and go backward and forward.
Mrs. Rosario
Fun in Gym
We also did fun games with the parachute. We use the jumping frogs and the beach ball and tried to keep them in the parachute. We also took turns going under the parachute.
Mrs. Rosario
Soccer
Soccer was interesting, we had students that were great kickers and some that were great goalies and stopped them from scoring. Students learned to guide the ball with there feet and not with their hands. . I remember one student who was goalie and he stopped the ball with his chest and got scared because the other student was a strong kicker. I asked him if he was ok and told him that he did a good job stopping the ball. Then the student came back and said he would like to be goalie the next time we play soccer.
Mrs. Rosario
Fun with balls
During our Basketball time, students had fun learning how to dribble, pass, and shoot the ball in the basket. We also did relay races and steal the bacon with the basketball. In Baseball the students learn how to hold the bat correctly, how to stand and how to hit the ball with the bat.
Mrs. Rosario
We can read!
It is hard to believe that our 2009-10 school year is drawing to an end. This year I had the privilege of working with students in 1-3rd grade who needed additional reading support besides their classroom instruction using a research based reading intervention program called My Sidewalks, five days a week. My Sidewalks provided instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills and strategies. Not only were theses skills strengthen but I was able to witness my students relax, gain confidence and believe that they can read as they learned to apply themselves and practiced reading daily. This summer students were charged to read daily to improve their reading fluency and meet their reading speed goal for their specific grade.
Yvette Jimenez