Monday is our last day! We will be watching the movie "The Giver", completing progress reports, and doing an evaluation of the year. I will also be providing lunch that day-nachos. Everyone will need to provide their own drink. If you would like to provide a snack for the group such as fruit, veggies, dessert, etc, feel free!

Tomorrow we will be working on a group project based on 'The Giver'. The group will create their utopian society. They will discuss 5 issues they have with our society and how they would resolve those issues. Once they have created their new society they will have a choice on other activities to complete based on the book.

We will not have High Flyers next Friday, May 13. Both 3rd and 4th grade will be on field trips. Our last meeting day will be Monday, May 16. We will watch the movie, 'The Giver'. I will also be providing lunch for them on that day to celebrate the end of year!

Today is the day!!! We will finish reading 'The Giver'! After reading we will complete another choice board. There are only 2 more meeting days after today for High Flyers this year! Next week each group will complete a group project over 'The Giver'. Our last day will be Monday, May 16, due to the third grade field trip. On our last day we will be watching the movie, 'The Giver' and I will be providing lunch.

We are just over half way through the book! I love seeing the excitement on their faces as they are reading this story. There is nothing better than reading the assigned chapters and then hearing, 'Can't we keep reading!"

Earlier this week I sent out an email about Gifted Family Day in Kansas City. If you and your family are able to attend this, I think it would be an amazing opportunity! The link below will give you all the details.

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We have read the first five chapters in "The Giver". The kids are really enjoying the story so far. Tomorrow we will read Chapters 6-10 and complete three activities on a novel choice board. These activities include drawing a picture of a scene, write a poem, draw a comic strip showing a scene, and some six activities to choose from.

This week we are beginning our last unit for the year. We will be reading the novel, "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Each day we will begin by learning new vocabulary words and completing an item on the vocabulary choice board. Then we will read 4-5 chapters. After the reading the students will complete three items from the choice board for the week. This week we are reading Chapter 1-5.

Last Friday we had 3 challenges based on the books 'Iggy the Architect', 'Rosie Revere Engineer', and 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.

The first challenge was the marshmallow challenge. Build the tallest structure with 20 pieces of spaghetti, tape, string, and a marshmallow. The winner of this challenge was the 3rd grade girls. They built a structure of 22 inches tall. The boys in the 4th, 5th, 6th grade group built the second tallest structure at 18 inches tall.

The second challenge was to redesign Rosie's heli-o-cheese-copter to slow down its speed upon landing. They had a heli-o-cheese-copter template, small paperclip, scissors, tape, hole punch, and scrap paper. The winner of this challenge was the 5th and 6th grade girls.

The third challenge was to build the tallest 'beanstalk' using 20 pipe cleaners. This was an individual challenge. The winner of this challenge was Blake, with a beanstalk standing 15 inches tall! Maycie had the tallest in her groups, at 12 3/4 inches.

We will not be having High Flyers this week due to Spring break. We will begin our last unit next week. This unit will be over the book 'The Giver'.

Have a great Spring Break!!!