Today's Morning Meeting Sharing: If I Had a Million Dollars

• I'd save for college, buy a house and have three rescue cats.  I'd also save enough money to have them neutered.  
• I'd buy a house, a car, a dog, and I'd replace my computer
• I'd buy a pit bull and a truck
• I'd buy a chimpanzee
• I'd pay the rent and bank the rest of the money
• I'd buy an apartment building and a restaurant with a house in it
• I'd give the money to a homeless shelter
• I'd help my mom pay her rent
• I'd give all the money to my mom
• I'd buy a marmoset and a bunny
• I'd help people get back on their feet
• I'd use mine for groceries
• I'd buy airspace defense
• I'd give half of it to healthcare and then buy a camera
• Pay the bills 
• Hire a private nurse for my grandma
• Invent a tube like they have at the bank so I could go visit my family easily and quickly
• I'd hire a personal assistant
• I'd stock food pantries
• I'd buy three houses  - one in Florida, one for my son and his three kids, and one for my other son in the Dominican Republic (he has to travel there a lot)
• I'd buy a house in Prince Edward Island and then invest the rest and give the interest to charitable causes

The Fourth Day of School

Today in Daily 5, we learned how to pick good fit books. To help us pick good fit books, we use the acronym I-Pick. I-Pick stands for Independent, Purposeful, Interest, Comprehend, and Know.

Welcome to Class!

Welcome back to school! Tomorrow, August 31st, 2016, we'll gather together for the very first day of our 177 days together! Families are invited to escort their children into school at 8:05 for a meet and greet. Then, parents will be invited by Ms. Ginty to the multi-purpose room for some vittles (thank you PTO). Students, be sure to wear sneakers as we have PE and recess orientation. See you bright and early in your shiny new shoes and stiffly starched shirts!

Learning of the Day

We learned about clouds!
We learned how to determine greatest and least decimals!
We learned about the Boston Massacre.
We learned Tuvalu is near the International Dateline.
The Shakers lined up shortest to tallest.
We learned how to play a new parachute game.

Testing 1-2-3

We'll be testing on the following dates:  May 10, 11, 12, 13 (for SBAC) and May 18, 19, 20 (for NWEA).

Spring is in the Air

What a wet day!  It was pouring buckets at Mount Lebanon School today.  A good day to be a fish!
As many of you know, we raised eastern brook trout in our classroom.  Last week, however, our fourth grade learned a very important lesson about life and death.  Our trout, 200 of them, perished for an unknown reason.  Our tank was the correct temperature, water quality was good, trout were developing well, but for some reason,  they didn't make it.  We used the situation as a teachable moment.  We observed a live trout and a dead one and noticed differences in each.  We are still planning on going to the river to do a release (Hanover Street School is giving us some trout) on Thursday.  While we are there, we'll check water quality (oxygen level, ph level), food supply (we'll make sure there's enough BMI), habitat (riffle, run, and pool) and we'll talk about the importance of a  watershed with the book A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry.

Newsela

Newsela is a new online offering for elementary students. Today the kids get to vote.  Here's the link to the polls:
Primary Vote!