Ahhh sorry blog fans, but you'll have to hear from me again.

We just had a fabulous Red Ribbon Week. The title of our class book is "We'd Rather Be a Bug Than do Drugs." The students made their choice of different bugs out of pre-cut parts (Thank you Pebbles in My Pocket). They glued their own faces onto the bug bodies. Our book turned out buggylicious if I don't say so myself. We welcome you to come check out our bug book. It's currently in the library.

Thursday our class won the Color Your World chalk drawing. Mrs. Jepsen helped us draw a huge treasure chest. Each student drew his or her coin in the chest and he or she got to draw their name in the coin. I wrote the words "These Treasures Are Priceless" on the chest. Thanks to Nygle who drew our skull and crossbones with the words "Drugs Kill" under our treasure chest. Each student won a can of Sunkist soda pop. What awesome kids!

On Friday we tied with a 5th grade class in having the most students with braided or twisty hair.

We did not have a roping tournament on Friday. We held class council and discussed roping. It has been noticed that students are not practicing during the week at all, but then they want to have a tournament and win the prizes on Friday. We talked about how this is not right or fair. They have the opportunity to earn back the roping tournaments. Good luck class.

And in between all that we did regular school work as well! It was a pretty hoppin' week.

See you all on Monday.

Mrs. Drummond

Howdy 4th grade fans. Mrs. Drummond here. The last week and a half were very busy.

On Monday, we got new chairs for our classroom! Gone are the heavy, old, yellow chairs with the many broken parts. We now have brand-spankin' new, lighter, granite chairs. Too bad they didn't come equipped with an automatic pillow for those seemingly long days.

On Wednesday we had our annual field trip to Staheli's Farm. The students participated in special mini classes made especially for 4th graders. They saw live animals, learned about bees, learned how long it takes to make a pizza (would you believe 5 years!), and also had a slice of pizza and chocolate milk. We came back to school and had a picnic on the lawn. All in all it was a fun day and a nice change from the norm.
A big heart-felt thanks to the volunteer parents who accompanied us on our field trip. You make my job easier.

On Friday we held our weekly roping contest. Zach and Brynlee were our esteemed winners for the week. Congrats you two.

This week is a short one (Hurrays all around).

On Tuesday, the students played a Jeopardy game about the Greek Gods and The Lightning Thief. For the rest of the day I had the theme song stuck in my head.

We also started our cute Halloween decorations with the help of Mrs. Jepsen, Mrs. Hafen, and Mrs. Gooch (thank you gals). Hopefully there are over 2 dozen mini crashing witches adorning your homes by the time I write this blog.

On Wednesday, we finished up our Halloween witches (thanks Mrs. Hafen). We also got our long awaited Walk-a-thon party (smoochies to Mrs. Aikens).

The students got their Great Harvest bread and butter and fruit treats. They also got an hour of the infamous Jumpin' Jax slide. I even braved the stairs (it was really more of a hike) to hurtle my tender body down the steep slide. What a rush. Not to be out-done by me, Mr. Esplin AND Mrs. Aikens followed suit and went down the slide as well. Can I get a big hip hip hooray for the old people?

Soooo I hope you all have a great Fall Break and come back all relaxed and ready to start school again on Monday, October 20th.

Let me just mention that's it nearly time for the Halloween panic. Yay me.

This is Mrs. Drummond signing out as my guest blogger. Toodles.

Hi! My name is Katarina. I am the blogger of the week. This is my story.

Monday –
I love mornings! Today we had computers. I think computers are fun. I love reading the Sea of Monsters and going to recess.

After lunch things get harder. Today we did an angle assignment in Math. I struggled, but I made it. At the end of the day I beat Tyson in checkers! Then we stacked and packed and went home.

Tuesday –
It was a busy morning. First computers, then library, then reading Sea of Monsters, then P.E. – Whew!

Today we had one of my favorite lunches – Teriyaki Chicken with rice – Yum! A good lunch makes the afternoon go by fast.

Wednesday –
In the morning we went to music. We are learning to play the recorder. We practiced the notes G – A – B a million times. We can play two songs, “Mary had a Little Lamb” and “Cross Hot Buns”. The music is a little squeaky and it hurts your ears.

In the afternoon we had a sub, Mrs. Nyberg, and we worked on Scholastic News. Tonight we have a homework assignment to read with our parents about President Jefferson and a big piece of cheese.

Thursday –
I went to the orthodontist and got my spacer off. My mouth feels weird but better. When I got to school we were making comic strips.
Mine is about a girl who plays a joke on her friend.

This afternoon we made fraction slips and it was really fun.

Friday –
In the morning we had the roping tournament. Today I got zero, but I had fun! We did a check-up test to get us ready for the Math test. We had a short recess. Then we did the Math test.

We had a problem with kids sneaking into the classroom during lunch, so we didn’t get to play Schoolopoly. Hopefully we will get to play on Monday.