Pumpkin Run and Halloween Fun!

On Wednesday, we had a Pumpkin Run at our school.  Students dressed in their costumes and ran around a path reading Halloween jokes and listening to scary music.  Here are some photos from the Pumpkin Run with kindergarten, first, and second grade.

    

The third, fourth and fifth graders also participated in the pumpkin run.  Here are some photos from their race.

The students and staff at Luther had lots of fun at their Halloween parties after the Pumpkin Run.

Off to the Theater!

Today our first grade class went to see the play "Skippyjon Jones" at UW-Whitewater's Young Auditorium.  We were able to attend this show thanks to the Arts4All Program and eNasco who sponsored our tickets.  We also had a very special guest come with us, Mrs. Dahl, who is Mrs. Johnson's mom. 

Prior to attending the play, we read different books from the "Skippyjon Jones" series to help familiarize ourselves with the characters and plot.

While we traveled to Whitewater, we listened to different "Skippyjon Jones" books using the car's cd player.  We listened to "Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble" and "Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice".

We had fun looking at the different statues and sculptures outside of the Young Auditorium.  We thought it would be great to pose in front of the sad face.  Brian was pretending to be a statue.

We had a good time exploring the outside and inside of the Young Auditorium.  We had to walk up a lot of stairs to find our seats in the balcony.

The class waited patiently for the play to begin.  We loved all of the catchy songs, bright costumes, and silly jokes.  Our favorite character was Skippyjon Jones.  At the end of the play, we learned that it is important to follow your dreams and that it is good to have a powerful imagination just like Skippyjon Jones. 

Newspapers for Sale!

Yesterday and today the reporters have been busy selling The Luther Scoop.  After two days of sales, we have sold 99 newspapers and earned lots of money for our charity.  Last year we donated the money to Luther's Boys and Girls Club.  Another group of reporters will help sell The Luther Scoop tomorrow.  We hope everyone has been enjoying the newspaper!


Jaqui, Stacy, and Diana sold newspapers on Wednesday.

In this photo, Viola and Teshana help some Luther second graders enter our contest.

Teshana, Yusi, and Viola sold the newspapers today.

     

 

Buy The Luther Scoop!

The Luther Scoop will be for sale next week:  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Make sure to bring your dime to school and enjoy all of the exciting news!

Stay in the loop...read The Luther Scoop!

Check out our promotional video!

Publishing Time!

This week The Luther Scoop reporters were busy editing, revising, and publishing their stories.  Our goal is to have the paper finished by the end of this week.  We will send it off to get printed and it should be ready to hit newstands by next week Wednesday.  We hope that everyone has been saving their dimes to purchase the first issue!

Jaqui, Stacy, Diana, Yusi, and Alexis are busy typing their stories in one of Luther's computer labs.

Graphic Organizers and Rough Drafts

Last week we talked about using graphic organizers to help us during the pre-writing stage.  Previously, each reporter brainstormed a list of 15-30 topics/ideas that they were interested in or thought would be a good fit for the newspaper.  From that list, each reporter selected one idea that they wanted to develop into their first story for the newspaper.  Each reporter created their own web with their main topic in the center.  The reporters did an amazing job completing their webs!  They learned that the webs would help them when they needed to write their rough drafts.

Jaqui wanted to write a story about art class and she developed a web that would help her with her rough draft. 

Today a group of reporters used their webs to help create their rough drafts.  The reporters were busy writing today and will continue to work on their stories after school or when time allows. 

The reporters were busy writing their rough drafts today.  Each reporter had a unique story idea including:  interviewing a Blackhawk soccer star, interviewing the art teachers, school lunch and eating healthy, the outdoor science lab, and a spooky story for Halloween.

We know that our first issue of The Luther Scoop will be very informational.  We hope you are getting excited for the first issue!

Stacy is working on her story about lunchtime at Luther and eating healthy.