Where oh where has Mrs. Thompson gone?

Well, I am sure many of you are wondering where I have been. I can assure you I am not taking an extra week of vacation. I some how contracted salmonella poisoning have have spent the last week a very, very sick puppy. I have been to the hospital and doctor. I am happy to say that the symptoms are starting to lessen. I am hoping to be back at school on Monday for our first day of OAT testing.

Don't forget about our field trip to see the Disney Earth movie. For the trip to the theater on May 7 we will leave school at 9:15. The movie starts at 10 am with ten minutes of previews, and the show will be over at 11:40. We will come back to the Elementary school around 12:15 and eat lunch here as usual. The concession stand will be open! Yum! There is also a neat website and lots of activities at www.disney.com/earth.

I hope everyone enjoys this gorgeous weekend and is well rested for the big test next week. Please be sure to be at school every day on time.

Wow, where did the time go?

I am such a bad teacher! I can't believe 2 weeks has gone by since my last post! Sorry about that!

Last week we finished our weather unit in science with some great air pressure activities. For explanations on those activities, visit Mrs. Putnam's blog at http://mrsputnam.blogspot.com/
She always has great math games on there, too. This week, we have been working on a mini unit on Ohio inventors. We have asked ourselves these questions:
Who was the inventor and what did he/she invent?
How did the invention(s) change the lives of people?
How did the invention(s) contribute to the growth of the nation?

We will be spending LOTS of time preparing (not cramming) for the OAT tests happening at the end of this month. We will be working on how to get the most points by answering questions correctly and completely.

When we return from spring break, we will spend some time on erosion and weathering of rocks in science. Watch the Friday Folder for possible items we might need for labs.

I hope everyone has a great, safe spring break next week!!