Brookshire-Medley News
11-10-2011
This Week In November
Birthdays By: Sara and Alexa
We are interviewing people with
November Birthdays. This months
birthdays that we interviewed are
Emma & Brooke. Here are some of
the questions & answers that we
got. How old are you turning? The
answer from Emma is 11 and the
answer from Brooke is 11 too.
When is your birthday? The
answer from Emma is November
the 3 and Brooke is November the
15. What do you want, wish or
need for your Birthday? Our
answer from Emma was “a room
makeover” and the answer from
Brooke was “some new shoes”. Do
you want a party or not? Emma
answered yes & Brooke answered
yeah. Were do you want your
birthday party? Emma answered
in my backyard and Brooke
answered at a Restaurant. Do you
usually have a good time on your
birthday? Emma answered yeah
and Brooke answered yes. How do
you celebrate you birthday?
Emma answered dinner with my
family & a party & Brooke
answered inviting friends to my
house. What is your favorite thing
you have done on you birthday in
the past? Emma answered going
on a cruise with my family &
Brooke answered having a
sleepover.
Mrs. Sweeney’s Reading Class
Editorial
by: Tripp & Jared
In Mrs. Sweeney’s reading class we have
just finished comparing & contrasting. So
now we are starting on a poetry unit. The book
Out of the dust comes with the unit. We will
ask a few people about what they think about
this reading class.
Questions
1. What do you think about EBOB?
Eric: I like it and I think it is interesting
Mary: I like it because you read a lot of
different books & you read a bunch of
adventures.
2. What do you think about the poetry unit that
we are starting?
Eric: I think it sounds like fun.
Mary: I think it is going to be a lot different
than what we did last year.
3.What is your favorite genre?
Eric: I like fantasy
Mary: I enjoy historical fiction
4.What do you think Out of the dust will be
like?
Eric: I think it will be like summer of the
monkeys.
Mary: its going to be like nothing we have
read before because its one big poem.
So this has been the opinion of two classmates
from Mrs. Sweeney’s reading class.
Brookshire-Medley News
11-10-2011
5th Grade Holiday Program
By: Mrs. Medley
This year the 5th grade will be once
again doing the Holiday Program here at
PGE. This year’s program in entitled “An
Early American Christmas”. We are
excited for the wonderful opportunity
this program presents and hope you will
all be able to come out at and enjoy it!
We will get dates to you for the
performances as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we’d love for you
to congratulate our students that were
chosen for speaking and walk on parts:
Walk on Roles
Children Decorating: Ayden & Sydney
American Soldiers: Irelynn & Cody
George Washington: Christian
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence: Taylor
Ben Franklin: Dylan
Speaking Roles
Contemporary Children: Sidney &
Tripp
Early American Children: Lexi &
Garrett
Narrator: Eric Augustine
Carolers: Katie & Riley
The night of the program, we will also be
doing a bake sale to raise money for the
Williamsburg trip. Please be on the
watch for more information on this!
Science
By: Chloe and Jessica
In science we are getting ready to start learning
about landforms. We are interviewing four people
to talk to about what they think we will be
learning about next.
Questions:
1. How do you like science so far? Explain
why.
Lexi said good because I like learning about
biomes.
Luke said well because I like learning about
water
biomes.
Emma said I like it because we get to do
experiments and learn new science words.
Myles said its awesome because its fun!
2. Do you think you will like learning about
landforms and why?
Lexi said yes because I want to learn more
about them. I think it will be interesting.
Luke said yes because I like doing
experiments.
Emma said yes because my brother has learned
them before and they look interesting.
Myles said yes because it looks interesting.
3. Do you think we will be doing any
experiments on landforms and why?
Lexi said no because it is hard to do an
experiment on landforms.
Luke said yes because we did experiments on
biomes.
Emma said yes because we did experiments
before.
Myles said yes because in science you usually
do experiments in science.
Brookshire-Medley News
11-10-2011
Teacher Notes
By: Mrs. Medley
With the holiday season quickly approaching, we will all be hustling and bustling soon.
While you are out and about don’t forget to keep working in Reading and Math into your
everyday lives. A few ways you can do that this season is to have your student read the grocery
list to you at the store or have them read your favorite recipes out loud. With cooking,
students will get lots of math exposure. Cutting recipes in half or doubling them would be
great! You could also have them help with the Holiday budget and make a wish list that meets
that budget. To keep up on their writing, have them help you compose a letter to include in
Christmas cards that tells a summary of what has happened in the last year for your family. Or
you could have them write a letter to Santa or to telling you what they want this year. Have
them give lots of supporting reasons of why they deserve that gift, why it would be a good use
of money, etc. To keep them up on their science, you can discuss the type of tree you will put
up by asking: Is it deciduous or coniferous? How can you tell? What biome might you find that
tree?
We will be having our holiday parties on December 20th around 12:30 and we would be
happy for you to join us! We will do a Medley/Brookshire Team party and it will be great! I
can’t wait!!
In Math we will be focusing on fractions and decimals for this entire quarter. Please take
this opportunity to point out fractions anytime you see them or use them at home or at work. I
feel that it is very important for the students to see how frequently we use fractions outside
of the classroom. I have also been uploading math notes as I get pictures taken of them
(usually from when someone is out). With that in mind, anytime your student is out, if you want
a copy of the notes, either have them ask, or send me an email! Mrs. Medley’s class won our
First in Math competition and enjoyed their bagels & juice this week. I am looking at starting a
new competition soon. If you have any ideas/suggestions please feel free to share!
Important Dates:
 11/14 Return Report Card Cover & EOQ scores slip

12/1 Williamsburg Payment Due

12/20 Holiday Party