A lot Accomplished Today! More for Tomorrow!

Well, 5B,
Our Halloween story was a hit!  The other teachers thought it was hilarious!  (Poor Big Bird:()  )  Be sure to tell your parents about our story writing.  It sounds like it will go to 2 different classes in Canada, and then be back to the U.S. by Monday:)  So excited to see how the ending turns out!

Here's the story if you wanted to share it with your families:

Nightmare on Elmo Street

“Ahhhhh!” Ernie screams as Elmo jumps out of the bushes.  Ernie sprinted down Elmo Street trying to get away from a ferocious Elmo. As Elmo chased Ernie down the street they passed an old abandoned church.  Elmo’s red, fiery eyes were shooting lasers at Ernies’ back.  Ernie was so scared he quickly entered the old abandoned church.

As Ernie entered he noticed red, oozing slime coming out of the walls.  The old, slimy, cobblestone walls were nearly demolished from aging.  The windows were poorly boarded up and moonlight was shining through the cracks in the boards.  There was a green shredded couch in the middle of the church.  An old chandelier hung by a thread over the green couch. Four dim candles flickered on the chandelier.

Suddenly as Ernie was approaching the old couch he felt a hand on his shoulder. Ernie turns around and nobody was there.  He thought he was going crazy.  Then he looks at the couch and sees a hippie.  

“You like me hippie costume?” snarled Cookie Monster.  “Have you met me friend, Elmo?” Cookie Monster laughed hysterically.  Ernie watched as spiders and black, gooey, slimy blood came gushing out of Cookie Monster’s giant mouth.  Elmo crept out from behind the green, shredded couch with a handful of bloody yellow Big Bird feathers.  Right when the ferocious Elmo crawled out, he whispered, “We’ve been waiting for you....” teeeheheheheee. 

We have a BIG DAY tomorrow with all of the blanket making and shopping to do for our Inquiry Project. For those of you who are staying back and working on blankets, I may ask Mrs. Sovereign and Mr. Carver to stop in and see what amazing work 5B is capable of. Be sure to explain to them how the whole project got started, the phone scripts, the calls, the plans for cutting blankets, etc. I think they'll be SO interested and proud of your caring hearts and deep-thinking minds!

Also, remember, we get to ooVoo with some students from CT in small groups tomorrow. Be thinking of questions you'd like to know from them. I'll make a list of ideas to have on hand if you're not sure what to ask. Knowing our class, I doubt you'll be too shy:)

Reminders:
Wednesday - Rock Star Day! Early-Out, and all sorts of LEARNING!
**Note, if you are walking to Fareway, think about what you're wearing and how far we'll be walking. You'll definitely want to wear tennis shoes or comfy walking shoes, ok? Also, think about the weather. It's supposed to be like today, so dress accordingly.

See you soon!
Mrs. Sorenson

Oh! I'll know you checked the blog if you ask SOMEONE (whether you're at home or at school) to read the Halloween story and tell you what they think of it! I'm curious how our readers will respond:)