information about Elvis Presley BY:MACY D.

This is young Elvis with sideburns.

Elvis was born on January 8,1935 at 4:35 A.M..His middle name is Aaron and, later, his nickname would be "king of rock and roll".On his 11th b-day he got a guitar.When he started singing his songs he sold over 1 billion records.He served in the U.S. army.He won a black belt in Karate.Soon after that he sang "hound dog" to a basset hound.He got married on May 1, 1967.Died on August 16, 1977.A stamp design was made for him.

ROCK'N ROLL IS HERE TO STAY!

Hi its Abby,Alexandra and Amanda and we are going to tell you about the song rock'n roll is here to STAY!

• Danny and the juniors sang the song Rock'n roll is here to stay 1957
• David White wrote the song in 1957
• Rock'n Roll was just started so they were trying to say it will go on and on and Rock'n Roll will  NEVER DIE!
• Danny,Dave,Jo,and Frank are the names of the members in  Danny and the juniors.

Thanks for reading this
Peace out

Everyday Superheroes

Better late than never!
If you missed the I Movie that we shared during our gifted family night, here it is at last! We took such pride in the creation of this movie as it stars all of our 3rd-5th graders, and was actually created and pieced together by the 5th grade class. It took a lot of hard work and dedication, but certainly paid off as you can see. What incredible superheroes we have!

Superheroes 2011-2012 from JenZ on Vimeo.

rock n' roll research

Today in Gifted we did research on songs in the musical that we are singing.We learned various
facts about the songs & about what was happening during the time when it was written & published. We completed our research using several different informational sites, and look forward to displaying the posters that we created about our research around the cafeteria during the musical.
-Written by Isis (4th grade)

Destination Rock and Roll

Today , Mrs . Zawis's fifth graders were working hard on their musical songs, dances , and speaking parts . Everybody's dance looks great so far. All the gifted students are preparing for the big day. The musical is called, " Destination Rock and Roll" and will take place on February 2nd, at 10am, 2pm, and pm. Rock On!

--Franchesca and Morgen

3rd grade's11/16/11 day

In 3rd grade gifted 11/16/11 we are writing a report about the state of our choice.Macy,a student in this this class,picked Maine while Alexandra,another student,picked New Jersey.For presenting this report you could pick from:a scroll book,domino book,or a poster. Most people are still gathering facts but some people are starting thier projects.We ALL can't wait for next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This week in gifted class...

What a fun week we have had in each of our gifted classes! The month of October is flying by, as do our weekly gifted sessions:)
Our third graders are beginning a study of our "Nifty Fifty" United States of America. This unit of study will be an in depth study of the USA, inolving research, critical and creative thinking, art, as well as science.
The fourth graders are studying forensic science, and have had a great time engaging in the fascinating processes involved in this unit of study. We've arches, loops, and whorls of fun as we've studied and analyzed our own fingerprints! We conducted a "crummy chemistry" lab to analyze and determine some basic ingredients/chemicals based on their physical and chemical properties, and we are embarking on a handwriting analysis the week after next. In the meantime, we are creating glogs about eminent scientists, learning about artists, and working on lots of logic puzzles. Wow!
The fifth graders have been learning all about Rube Goldberg. We learned all about his work as a cartoonist, and applied some serious critical thinking strategies as we successfully put the puzzle pieces together to demonstrate one of his famous inventions: "A Better Moustrap." We've also been working in teams and to plan and draw an accompanying cartoon to our very own Rube Goldberg devices. Next week, we plan to actually build them ourselves, and incorporate some of the concepts we have been learning in our science classes such as energy, and force and motion.
All three classes have been hard at work learning all of the songs and lyrics for this year's musical performance. We are having a blast singing along to some old favorites.
I am so proud of each and every classes hard work. What an incredible bunch of superheroes!