Stuffed animal day by Claudia

Glenridge Elementary students paid a dollar to bring a stuffed animal to school. Every student was allowed to bring a stuffed animal or blanket. The reason Glenridge students had a chance to bring there plushie to school in the first place was because Glenridge 5th graders hosted a fundraiser for Lift for Life academy.

Big or small stuffys everyone loved bringing there plushies too school, even better it was for a great cause.

Buddies by rhadi

So today is one of the days of the last few weeks of school,and the last full buddy meet ups.so were doing  pictures.and we had to do0 a frame for both of us.so we started on my and i just put a whole bunch of dots it looked horrible.everybody was laughing including me because max was going to to have a better one.and max did exactly that.diamonds,dots,squares.everyone laughed.and me and max had a great picture and friendship.

Breakout EDU by Adam

Breakout EDU

At Glenridge Elementary in 5B and 5S got to do Breakout EDU. Breakout EDU is a puzzle that teachers can set up, with a series of locks and codes. It is the same idea as an escape the room but you have to break in.

Mrs. Barnes set up one of these to quiz the 5th graders at Glenridge about the revolutionary war. The first hint she gave the students was “The founding fathers will start the quest for all of you.” So all of the kids walked over to the founding fathers which was hung above the computers. The kids all found a key taped under one of the key boards. So then the kids went off finding the clues all around the room for their group to push ahead. All the groups found all of the clues, unlocked all the locks and decoded all the codes. Inside the box that they were supposed to break into was… LOLLYPOPS!!!

Mrs. Barnes has promised to do more of the breakouts in the future and the kids will continue to solve them.

Archery by Liam

At Glenridge elementary school 3-5 grade is doing archery in PE class. This unit is to show students how to operate a bow safely and aim right where your target is. Everyday they would come into PE go over the three steps. 1. “Step to the line.” 2. “Knock your arrow.” 3. “Pull, aim and shoot.” After going over the three steps they would be assigned a cone number and that’s where they would sit. When it was your turn you would step up to the line and when Mrs.Miller or Mr.Hutson said so you would follow the three steps. If you shot a bullseye you could add your name to the bullseye club. On the very last day there were balloons in the middle of the targets right were the bullseye was. If you shot the bullseye you could pop the balloon. It was a very fun unit.

Breakout EDU By Pepper

Breakout EDU

In April the class of 5B did Breakout EDU. The point of this was to test our revolutionary war skills to break into the box. Their classroom suddenly became a workspace for the teams. Their teacher was the one who let them do it.

The students were divided into five teams. The only way to break in was to solve the riddles and see if the answer would unlock one of the boxes or bags to help us get one step closer to unlocking the main box. “I thought it was a smart way for teachers to get students to do hands on learning and it was very fun and challenging” Ian said. This activity puzzled students but all group broke into the box.

The class of 5B will always remember how much fun breakout was. For once students enjoyed learning and testing their skills.

April Blog by Finley

On Friday April 28th the 5th grade went to the First Steamworks competition. It was held at the Americas Center in downtown St. Louis. We felt that it was a great end to

our week of map testing. The day was rainy but our bus was on time for our departure at 11;30. We got to cheer for the Clayton robohounds at their 1:00 match. It was exciting because they won their competion ending up in 6th place after that. After the match we were able to walk around in the pits looking at teams booths collecting pins and got to see some of the robots in action up close.

Archery by Sara

On April 21st, 2017 5th graders at Glenridge Elementary School started a new unit in P.E. - Archery. The P.E. unit Archery is only available for kids 3 - 5 grade. P.E. teachers taught this unit to give kids of the appropriate age an opportunity to try an exotic sport with the teacher’s trust that they will have self control. There are three steps to make sure nobody gets injured in this unit.

Step one - Step to the line: for this step, kids will step to the edge of the mat, and turn a certain direction based on if they were right handed or left handed. Kids who were right handed would put their left foot to the edge of the mat so they would be facing towards the 4th grade rooms. Kids who were left handed would put their right foot to the edge of the mat so they would be facing towards the stage. There were two different types of bows - one for the kids who were left handed and one for the kids who were right handed. After you were in place, you would pick up your bow. Kids who were right handed had a yellow bow to pick up. They would pick up the bow with their left hand and hang it by their side. Kids who were left handed had a red bow to pick up. They would pick up the bow with their right hand and hang it by their side.

Step two - Knock your arrow: After everybody has completed step one, they would wait for the teacher to call step two - Knock your arrow. Once the teacher called step two kids would take an arrow from the cone (there is a hole at the top for the arrows to go in) and turn their bow sideways so the place to hold the arrow will be pointing towards the sky. The arrow feathers are colored two different colors. Two of the arrow feathers will be colored one color and the other arrow feather would be colored a different color. The arrow feather that is different from the other arrow feathers will be facing towards the sky when you knock your arrow. Once you make sure your arrow is facing the right way, you snap it in. There are cushions to put your hands when pulling back. Between those cushions is a small spot where the arrow clicks in. Make sure you hear the click before moving on to step 3.

Step 3 - Pull, Aim, and Release: Once the teacher sees that everybody has completed step 2, he will give permission to student's to do step 3 - pull, aim, and release. When doing this step, you want to line up your feet so you are parallel to the target. After this, you want to pull back. People who are right handed will pull back with their right hand, and people who are left handed will pull back with their left hand. After you pull back, you have to aim. When aiming, people who are right handed will close their left eye and people who are left handed will close their right eye. This gets you a better chance at getting a bullseye. When you close your eye, you can see the point of the arrow. Put the point of the arrow right on the bullseye. Once you are ready to let go, you just release your hand that is pulling back, and watch the arrow fly through the air. You can take us much time as you need, and people who are waiting their turn have to be quiet so you can concentrate.

One thing is for sure, most people in 5th grade will miss the wonderful P.E. unit Archery. If you enjoyed archery a lot in this 5th grade year and you are going to Summerquest, ask your parent/guardian if you can take archery as one of your electives. Archery sure is one thing that kids who leave Glenridge will never forget.