Helping out the Humane Society

To foster our holiday spirit, our class has decided to help out the Jacksonville Humane Society. After discussing different ways the children can help out the community, they voted on helping out this wonderful organization. Students thought the best way to help is to adopt one of these wonderful cats or dogs, but there are many other ways to help out the shelter. We will be delivering all of the collected items on the 17th after school. We would love for the children to meet us there and really understand the impact of giving.

Below is the list taken from the Humane Society website of items they are in need for.

Humane Society

-We accept unopened bags of dog and cat food.
-Circulating fans (20-22 inches in diameter)
-A/C window units
-Misting systems
-Kiddie pools
-Puppy Milk Replacement (Esbilac)
-Kitten Milk Replacement (KMR) in Powder form
-Dog Crates (Medium & Large)
-Kuranda Dog Beds (40x25) (Click the link to donate directly from Kuranda)
-Cat Carriers (Small & Medium)
-Dog/cat Treats
-Cat Toys
-Stainless Steel Food & Water Bowls (small & large)
-Towels
-Blankets (no stuffing) (please no sheets or pillows)
-Paper Towels
-Clorox Bleach
-Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
-Laundry Detergent
-Playtex Rubber Gloves
-Tug-a-Jug Interactive Dog Toys
-Hard Rubber Dog Toys (Kong)
-Heating Pad

-Meaty Bone Flavor Treats (18 oz)
-Lamb Meal & Rice Biscuits (24 oz)
-Milk Bone Crunchy Mar-O-Snacks (24 oz)
-TBonz Filet Mignon Flavor (22 oz)
-Milk Bone Chewy Chicken Drumstix (9 oz)
-Liver Treats Hollywood Stars (4 oz)
-Pup-Peroni Original Beef Recipe (25 oz) List of Needs for Maintenance
-Shovels
-Power Blower
-Lawn Mower
-Weed Eater (w/blade attachments)
-Chain Saws
-Pitch Forks

As you can see they are in need of a wide range of items. We appreciate and are grateful for whatever you can give. Happy Holidays!

Rap Stars are Born

This week the students were taught the various rules for making nouns plural. Students were shown how nouns get an 's, es, or ies.' However, there of course are those tricky oddballs that change completely ( tooth-teeth). The were given a cheat sheet that they glued in their Language Arts folder that explains each rule and provides an example.


Rules:
-most nouns you just add an 's'-apples, cars, students

-nouns that end in 'ch, sh, x,s,ss, or z' add 'es'-brushes, waxes

-nouns ending in consonant+y drop the 'y' and add 'ies'-pennies, nannies

-nouns ending in a vowel+y just add an 's'-toys, plays

Next, Miss Evanko entertained/scared the class when she demonstrated her mad abilities to rap about the rules for making nouns plural. Then, students got to join in the fun. Feel free to rap away all weekend and learn your plural noun rules! Or, get some practice on the website below.

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Plural noun game

Matching the correct pair

Student in the Spotlight

Get ready for a new section in our weekly newsletter! Each week we are going to spotlight a different student. This student will be selected based off of their performance during the week. Students can be spotlighted for behaviors, attitude, improvement in grades, showing kindness, respect, and responsibility. We will be looking for great role models and are excited to select our first student. Get ready this week for the first student to be spotlighted! Will it be you?