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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-05-06, Page 34Students 1 BY TRISHA Mac DONALD., JANINE HELM, ADRIAN RAU AND JASON CAMERON Grade 6, Room 7 On Wednesday, April 29, our class was in the Spring concert. We did Rock Around the Clock and we really enjoyed dressing in fif- ties costumes. Also Constable Marshalll carne into our class to talk about boat safety. Grade 4, Room 9 Joshua Asnong found a balloon that came frurn Heather Auld in Ripon, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, April 28, the grade 4 classroom had Pay Day. Most girls and boys got between $1,000 and $1,500. On behalf of grade 4., we thank Mrs. McKenzie for letting us use her time. A lot of people carne to our Spring Con- cert. We thank Mrs. Jewitt and Mrs. Worsell for organizing the choir. Grade 4 found out that water beetles eat frogs. Amanda and Jenean Todd found some crayfish. Jenean's crayfish is having babies and Amanda's crayfish died. Grade 8 The grade 8's had fun making props for the concert but the fun's all over. April 29 in phys: ed class we started football. For the fourth day, Mrs. Linton came to talk about family life. She came on April 28. Mrs. Graham came to our class tohelp Us make marionettes on April 23, 24 and 28. We have started writing plays with which t'o act out our puppets. Mr. Robinson from GDCI came and talked about how to write plays. Grade 7 On Wednesday night we held our spring concert. Most •of .our class were par- ticipating in the senior choir and the rest were backstage helpers and lighting crew. We would. like to give a special thanks to Daryl Graham for his artistic ideas and to Mrs. Bonnie Jewitt for her; great organizing. Our concert was another great success. On Friday, we are finishing up our wolf unit with a movie called "Kavik the Wolf Pup." We have learned many things about wolves. Grade 3, Room 10 ' Mr -s. Ottewell's grade 3 class is beginning a study of Agriculture and are enjoying the .toy farm,machinery that some children, are . bringing. • - • We are also busy practicing for our part in the concert being stars, fish, donkeys and pigs in • "Swinging on a Star." Some students sang in the junior choir. Mrs. Graham taught 'us how to make Chinese firecrackers, , paper cups, a boat • and 'adragon's mouth by folding paper. We are learning how to divide. Grade 6, Room 8 Mr: Liddle's grade •6 class are writing to• their penpals in Prince Edward Island at L.M. Montgomery School. • Mr. Liddle's class got a scrapbook from their penpals at the school'which had informations about the school and the author which it was named after. The, class is participating in a play for. the 'spring concert. The choir will sing the song while the class acts it out. The play is called 4 Don Gato. It's about a lady cat who falls in love with the cat Don Gato. And. when Don Gato received the letter from the lady cat, he jumped so happily he fell off the roof and died but as the funeral. passed the market square such a smell of fish was in the air that he eame •back to life.. • Mr. Liddle's class just finished their novel study and have started into.their three I's reading program in which there are lots of different books and activities. Library • Again. this week, the boys and girls who will be attending kindergarten at Brookside next year attended the story time pro- gramme. The theme this week was "Bus Safety". Constable Marshall os the OPP, and Mr. Cunningham from the Huron Coun- ty Board Office led the program. Mr. Blake `Lungs are for Life' program for schools The Lung Association, Huron -Perth Counties, is mounting a special appeal beginning May 15 to meet the request for classroom presentations of the Lungs Al -e For Life School Program. "This is an excellent program and it has been enthusiastically received by school boards and teachers," says Betty Hunter, Executive Director. The School Program is designed to maintain the interest of all ages. Youngsters from kindergarten to Grade 3 enjoys the movie, '"Octopuff In Kumquat" where a very bad octopus ("Octopuff") tries to get the people in the town to smoke. The children learn how lungs function and have a better understanding of why it is important to maintain healthy lungs. Format and depth of information, vary as each program has been caefuly tailored to age groups. At the intermediate and senior levels, "peer pressure" is discussed. Program leaders are still con- cerned about the number of teenage smokers, but are encouraged by more and more young people expressing their desire to quit, and a growing number of non- smokers. At the senior level the CO- monitor Omonitor and other machines which monitor the effects of smoking on the body such as heart rate, skin temperature in the fingertips, and hand steadiness, make an impact on their thinking and commitment to stop smoking. "Your generous donation is vital," says Hunter. "There are still too many classrooms we have not visited. We must reach the hundreds of children in these classrooms if we are to prevent the ravage of lung disease in the' years to come." BROADCAST took the children and many of their mothers for a bus ride. This, is the last programme for the pre-schoolers this term. Many of the students are completing thier books that they have authored. . Several from Brookside will be attending the Regional Young Author's conference which will be held at East Wawanosh school on May 11. Grade 2, Room 3 This week Miss Jewitss's class has been doing a review on fractions. Warner Lonse brought in some pictures from Guatemala. They have been doing missing numbers in math. It's really hard for some of them but Miss Jewitt taught them an easier way. Grade 1-2 In Mrs. Young's. class, Susan Bieman is "All about me" this week. The grade 2 group has begun a unit on measurement. Survey For our junior question this week, we ask- ed "How much money do you think is a lot and what is one thing you would do with it?" In Mrs. Worsell's. grade 5 class, David. DeBoer thinks $50 is a lot of money and he says he would put it in the bank. Jenny Brown thinks $1,000,000 is a lot and she would buy a house. In grade 2, Taylor Park likes the idea of $1,000 and he would put it in the bank. San- dra Alton thinks a lot is $1,000,000 and who knows what she would do with it. In us s Le Kindergarten, Lee Cranston wouls like to have $100 and he would buy Transformers. Jessie Cook thinks $1,000 is a lot and she would buy "My Little Ponies". For the senior survey this week, we had tow questions, one just for the grade 8's and one for the grade 6-7. The grade 6-7 question was "Who is your favourite author and why?" In grade 6, Christi Kerr's favourite author is Kate William because the books are realistically written. Danielle McClinchey's favourite author is Anne M. Martin because the books seem almost real and are exciting. For the grade 7's,. Joel Wright's favourite author is Ferrol Sams because his stories are eary to identify with. Rhonda Duckson's favourite author is Emily Chase because she likes romance novels. The grade eight survey was different: The question was "Are you looking forward to high school?" Thirty students said°'yes' while three said 'no'. Grade 3, Room 4 In room 4 there are 243 books in our bookworm. Mike Puddy is our "introducing ' person" this week. In our classroom we have a salamander. We give him water and liver. We have many bugs and plants in the tank with him. He is "nocturnal". That means he comes out at night. Before sum- mer we will let him go in the woods. Ken brought him in last fall. We also have a lit- ter experiment. We have planted gum, orange and banana peel, plastic bag, paper and popcorn to seewhat happens to litter on the ground. GOBERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. 1987—PAGE 11A tlll u a Carpet Clograing Hass' :-' Fre , system Th t uOVs ® p Dirt Plus The S;W ots spills *Mo wetting or soaking, no drying time *No pre8tee:tors under legs *leo resesiling residue remains *No carpet demage *Furniture left in room undisturbed SUPERIOR MAINTENANCE SERVICE 5282918 tit *1,4h VinlightiM bookings ovellatale at THE 0 m SiHOPPE 357.2002 s4,' -v4 CARPET CLEANING SPECIAL 2 Rooms and a Hall (Regardless of Size) 0ErM Cf lPET cLEININi Call Collect . Ask for .ilex Burge 271-5-131 SU SC IBERS When it's time to renew your Signal -Star... the renewal notice will be inserted in your paper. Watch for it — don't miss a single Signal issue. 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