Our students have been learning about that infamous day on December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor).  I was fortunate enough to visit the Pearl Harbor Memorial in 1993. With December 7 around the corner (“a date which will live infamy”), I decided to take my students on a virtual tour to the site of the sunken USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

Thank you, Billy Terry, for sharing the story of your grandpa with me so I could then share it with our kiddos. We learned what a brave man he was. I’m glad he got to go back to the site of Pearl Harbor and take his grandson. Your grandson is right, “He is the epitome” of the greatest generation.”

Our students also made Pearl Harbor Blackout Poetry and were involved in a Pearl Harbor Escape Room.

We honor all the men and women who so bravely served our nation during WWII.

Our students all wrote 6-word memoirs and made them into ornaments.  These ornaments, however, are super special because they come alive when you scan your phone or iPad over them.  Make sure you stop by the bookfair and check them out!

Thank you, Mrs. Kelley, for making these special ornaments.

From Mrs. Kelley….

The Middle School Library is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair December 9 through December 18! Be sure to join us for one of the following activities to encourage literacy in our community. All book fair profits go back to purchasing new books and equipment for the library to benefit WOMS students. Every student that shops the fair in person will be entered into a drawing. Prizes include a Moe’s Pizza and authentic Roughneck wear!

• Lunch and Shop: Join your middle schooler for lunch in the library and shop the book fair from 11:00-11:30 December 9, 10, 11, 12, or 13. Visitors will check in at the office before being directed to the library.

 

• Family Nights: While you are on campus for the Christmas band concert, bring the whole family to the library on December 17 between 5:30 PM and 8:00 PM. The first 150 shoppers will receive a complimentary cookie from Hard Bean! 

 

• Student Shopping: Students can shop during the school day in enrichment or with permission from their reading teacher during reading class.

 

• EWallet: Give your student a secure, cash-free way to shop the fair. Simply create a free account, preauthorize a spending limit, and have funds immediately available at www.scholastic.com/bf/woms. Scroll down to the “ewallet” section and click, “get started.”

 

• Online Shopping: If you are unable to come to any of the open times, you have the opportunity to order your books online beginning December 4th by visiting www.scholastic.com/bf/woms.

In addition, students have made ornaments for the library Christmas Tree. Follow the instructions below. When you visit the library, you can see the tree come to life.

1. Get the app HP Reveal.
2. Create a free account.
3. Search kelleyc
4. Follow kelleyc’s Public Auras

Please feel free to email me with any questions you might have.  I look forward to seeing you all next week and thank you all in advance for your support!

Chesley Kelley

WOMS Library Media Specialist

[email protected]

White Oak Schools will have a week-long Thanksgiving break. There will be no school from November 25th-29th. Wishing you a fun-filled and safe holiday. We will see each of you again on Monday, December 2nd.

Yesterday, our children finished their personal narratives, writing about a place they traveled. They worked diligently on this to write a detailed 5-paragraph paper. All students finished at different times. Our early finishers had a task. They were to rewrite the first verse of the song “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.” The only requirement was to change the setting to a “Reading Wonderland.”

Tomorrow, we will vote on our favorite. We had so many creative verses. Here are a few. Enjoy!

We are about to embark on writing a personal narrative about a place we’ve enjoyed and traveled. When contemplating what I should write about, Hawaii was definitely the winner.

Yesterday, I shared some pictures from my wedding in Maui and then shared pictures of the black sand beaches we visited while on the Big Isle, Hawaii. I decided to actually take my students to Hawaii through a virtual field trip. We had a blast!

Today, we brainstormed where we’ve been and how we can recreate that trip for our readers through description, vivid verbs, and sensory language.

Tomorrow, we will begin writing! I’m excited to learn about all the places our children have ventured.