The End

The Roving Reporter will end as of today. The students have improved greatly since the beginning of the year. We will continue with the Roving Reporter next year.

March 20, 2011 by Kadin

First, I woke up to a beautiful Friday morning to enjoy the fabulous weather on the last day of school for the week. I ate a delicious breakfast and then headed for school. When we thought we were going to reading, we started to get a little grumpy, but when the teacher told us that we were watching a movie instead. We were jumping with joy.
The movie went by like the blink of an eye. The teachers, of course, stopped it right at the good part. I think they do it to irritate us, but when they did stop it, we knew it was time for science.
Third, we read a few quick pages in the book, and then we did our easy worksheet even faster. Even though it felt like we were in science for 5 minutes, we were all flabbergasted when we looked at the clock and realized it was time for social studies.
Next, in social studies, we didn’t learn very many new things, but we did learn a little about the giant stone heads of the Olmec civilization. After the heads were done starring at us like stalkers, it was finally time to go to lunch.
Then, during lunch, we had grilled cheese and tomato soup. I am not going to lie; I didn’t really like it, because the cheese was like rubber. After an unsatisfying lunch, it was time for recess. I played a spine chilling game of four square. The bad thing was that when it seemed like it was just getting started, the bell rang and told us that it was time for library.
After that, we got a little treat in library. The treat was after we got done typing two short paragraphs, we could play games. Unfortunately, the fun ended when the bell rang, and it was time for math.
Then, we took a moodle test, and then played games for a short period of time. We also learned a little bit about identifying triangles. At the end of class, Mrs. Dux gave us our assignment and told us that it was time to line up for spelling.
A little while later, in spelling we did lesson 64. It was like the teacher just put 100 in the grade book for everyone. But before we knew it, we were walking down the hall to go play games with the FBLA high school students.
Last but not least, instead of study hall, the high school students came down and played games with us. When the bell rang to go home, we almost cried in despair.
Finally, even though we had a lot of fun with the high school students, it was kind of a relief to stampede out of the school, and go enjoy the beautiful weather.

Monday, March 14 by Keden

I woke up in the morning, and my head felt dizzy. I went to take a shower. My head felt better afterward. I got dressed, and I headed to school with my mom and Kelsea. Kelsea rides to school with us every morning. On the way to school, we listened to girly music. I put my jacket over my head. By the time we got to school, my head felt like it was about to blow up.

The only thing that would help my head was some advil. Kelsea and I headed towards the armory, but by the time we got there the bell rang, so we had to go to our classrooms. Mrs. Dux started lunch count. When she was done with that, we had to start our reading. We were all reading and studying together. I was sitting there reading about the Titanic.


History starts after reading. History is my favorite subject. I am so good at it. I wish history would never end. By the time lunch started, I was so happy because my headache was gone and I was ready for the rest of the day.

March 8, 2011 by Paige

I opened my eyes; I heard a persistent beeping sound coming from my alarm clock. It must be 6:00. I have the type of alarm clock that won’t shut off until I slide the “off button”. My brothers weren’t up yet and weren’t supposed to be until 6:20, so I quickly leaped out of bed and shut it off before they heard it and woke up. I quickly did some memory verses with my eyes half closed. Then mom walked down the hall signaling that it was time to get ready for another busy day, I don’t like busy days. Then, before I knew it, the bus pulled up. I jumped aboard, but without my folder. But thankfully, my mom saved me one massive heart attack.
When we got to school, we did the laps around the red line, then headed inside to do the normal routine. Today for lunch we were going to have some turkey tetrazzini, that’s what I ordered. Next thing I know, it’s time for reading, and kids are filing in.
When we were in reading, Mrs. Dux did a PowerPoint. It started off with a quick review of the vocabulary words for the story we’re working on, then went into poetic devices and then, using our knowledge of word parts, had to define the word. One of the words was hypodermic. After reading was language arts. Mrs. Dux read some more of our persevere stories. Then out of nowhere, she announced that it was time for science.
Mrs. Hudson went over our papers, and then brought out slim. Slim is a model of the human skeletal system. He had brown on the front part of his chest, Mrs. Hudson explained that was cartilage. She handed out an assignment that would only take two minutes. Then the clock struck 10:30, and we all raced out of the room for social studies.
We finished our test and clicked it in. Then she handed out a piece of paper that said, “Design a memorial and explain who you would donate it to, what you needed to build it with and whether the supplies would have to be shipped, or found in Fairbury.” I decided to do a stack of A B C blocks, and donate it to all the miscarried babies and children who have died. The bell rang signaling that it was time to enjoy a splendid meal.
The turkey tetrazzini was superb! We, surprisingly, had outside recess. But the light drizzle had let up, so it wasn’t too bad. It was actually nice outside. When the bell rang, a herd of elephants came clomping over to the line. Then we went inside to listen to Mrs. Dux read Hunger Games. Next we had music.
We practiced for our program in music. I like the actions to Jail House Rock the best. After music is P.E, we did shuttle run for the physical fitness testing. Shuttle run is where we stand on the red line, and on the other red line is two wooden blocks we have to run to the first line and grab a block then run back to your starting point, then repeat for the second block. Next in our busy schedule is math, my “favorite” subject.

We did a practice NESA math test. I felt really good on the score I got. The good part was, we didn’t get any homework. Thank-goodness! Then we all went to spelling.
We did lesson 59 in spelling. But halfway through the period, we got into a big discussion about the morphagraph im and in. So, I didn’t get a lot of time to work on the lesson, but we had a good talk. Then it was time for study hall.

I had mass band for study hall today. It wasn’t too crazy as it is sometimes. We worked on Shine and Regal March. After band was over, I worked on spelling. Then it was time to go home. When the bell rang, it was like letting a zoo loose as we all headed for the door. All in all, it was a great day.

March 7, 2011 by Natalie

Hot air rushes out of my mouth as I walk to the Amory with my friend. We small talk about my recent trip to Vail, Co. My teeth are clattering, and my cheeks and nose are rosy red from the icy snow and wind. I near the Armory with a smile on my face thinking about the warmth inside the building. I open the door and hear all of my friends shout my name in joy that I am back safely from my trip skiing. My friends and I talk about Colorado and all the tests I had missed that past Wednesday. The teachers turned off the music and rounded us up to go to the school and get ready for a new day.
When we finally got into the classroom, we put all of our book bags and coats on the hooks and went to our desks to get ready for reading. But we weren’t going to leave our classroom until we got finished with saying the Pledge and lunch count. Mrs. McAllister called our names in alphabetical order. As she neared my name, I started to worry about what today’s hot lunch was. She said my name, and then I replied, “Hot.” I had no idea what today’s lunch was! I didn’t worry about it too long because I had to get ready for reading class.
In reading, we read the story “Seeing Things His Own Way” which was about this man named Erik Wheinmayer who was born with an illness that caused him to go blind when he was young. Erik never gave up hope; he went on family vacations to different states. He soon climbed Mt. McKinley blind. No sight. Just sound. But his dream of climbing the tallest mountain in the world (Mt. Everest) made him climb his way to the top. After reading that incredible story, we had to make a poster about what the message is in the story. Reading time flew by like an eagle! We moved on to language arts class.
A while back we had to write stories about our dreams and what you have to go through to succeed. Mrs. Dux read as many stories and she could in the half hour we had. She didn’t get to mine, but there is still hope that she will read it tomorrow! After reading all of those stories, Mrs. Dux looked at the clock and saw that is was 10:00 and time for social studies!
Who likes tests? I sure don’t, and that’s exactly what we had to do for social studies. We had been studying India, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Our test was about 112 questions long! Other people had Wednesday to start the test, but I was on the road to go to Vail. By the end of class, I had finished the test and put it into clickers. The clock showed 10:30, so it was time for spelling class.

“Go to word parts and look up r-a-d-i-o,” Mrs. McAllister said once we got into the classroom. We looked up radio and spelled all of the words under radio. Radiate, radioactive, radiation we spelled so many that my mouth was dry after 3 words! We went back to our spelling lesson, and she went over each part we needed to know. Then she said, “Finish the lesson,” and everyone’s hand picked up their pencils and began to finish the lesson so that they wouldn’t have to have homework for after school. Our stomachs growled with hunger, which showed that it was time for lunch.
The lunch that ended up being breaded beef sticks went in the trash because I don’t like beef. I loaded up on mandarin oranges so that I wouldn’t get hungry later on in the day. The lunch teacher dismissed us table by table until every one was out of the lunchroom and into their classroom for recess.
We had indoor recess today for some odd reason that I didn’t know about, but indoor recess can be fun! You can play with Lego’s, Battle Ship, Sorry, Mancala, or you can draw, or hang out with friends! I ended up watching a game of Battle Ship and talking to my best friends. Mrs. McAllister came in and told us to put the games away and get ready to move desks.
We don’t usually move desks, but today was Monday and we move every week. Mrs. McAllister usually reads a book to us until math. We finally got our desks situated and started math.

Since I was gone, I had to finish my test while everyone else went over theirs. I worked on my test in the hall for about 30-45 minutes. I finally went back in and gave my test to the teacher then started another test! This test wasn’t so bad; it was just a pretest to see what we knew. After that test, people started to take the practice NESA test for math. I only got to get onto the test, and then it was time for music.
Mr. Roby greeted us with a lovely song on the piano. Then we went over our program songs, Top Forty, Davy Crocket, Duke of Earl, I’m Sorry, Henry the 8th, the Chipmunk song, and Yeckety Yak. Singing songs takes up time! Next, was library.
Library started as usual, we went in the computer lab and started a typing test. I’m pretty good at typing. It’s really easy for me but not to others. My highest words per minute is 47. I am really proud of that! After a half hour passed, we went into our classroom to get ready for science.
Mrs. Hudson handed out book orders to everyone who wanted to look at them. I am getting two books, one called “Dream of Night” and the other is “Scratch It!” (Which is were you scratch on a paper and it turns colors). We went over a paper that I had to do about different forces. Then she handed out a new worksheet on forces too! There are lots of different forces in this world. The bell rang 2:30, which meant it was band for the flutes.
At band we did some warm up exercises, and then we did a song called “Regal March”. After Regal March, it was time to go. Mr. Luebbe wanted to go over “Shine” then hand out another piece of music, but we didn’t get to that today, maybe tomorrow! The clock showed 3:00, which meant band was over for the flutes, and it was time for the saxophones to take over the band room.

There was still 20 minutes until it was time to go so, I hurried and did most of my homework including science and some of reading. Then the moment everyone was waiting for from the minute we stepped in the school building at 8:20, time to go home!
Every one stampeded out of the building wanting to get home to play. Even though everyone was so excited including me, all couldn’t wait till the next day of school to meet with their friends and have a great time!

March 3, 2011 by Megg

Waking up realizing today was the last day of school for the week sent the jitters up my back. I had the weekend all planned out and I couldn't wait for it to start.

Once I walked into school, I headed straight for my loud, noisy classroom. People seem to talk too much in the morning, but it wakes me up. We took lunch count, which was Pizza Hut cheese pizza, and said the Pledge of Allegiance then chattered all the way to reading class.

In reading class, Mrs. Dux gave us a G. O and we did that on the story of Seabiscuit which is a racehorse. After we were finished with that, we got to A.R read or practice vocabulary on the computers. Reading flew by like the speed of a jet, and it was time for language arts.

In language arts, Morgan read her story which was Nothing Ever Happens in My Neighborhood. Then, Mrs. Dux gave us a discussion about how a lot of people never get their homework done. Once that was done, Shaye had Mrs. Dux read her story and language arts was done.

Social Studies was the next class, and in it we reviewed our study guide quickly and then we took the test. It wasn't as hard as I thought, but some of the questions were a little bit difficult. It didn't take long for the time to fly and then it was spelling time.

In spelling all we did was take an L to J test. It was a little hard but otherwise it was easy and I got 6 of the words right. MMMMMMMMM went stomachs as we finally wen to lunch. We had a good lunch and then went outside to play. The weather wasn't that bad, but it was just a tad bit cold. I went and played on the ice and water. It was fun until some of the guys came and crushed it all by trying to be funny. But their fun didn't last long because the bell rang which meant that it was time to go inside and read The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1968.

In The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1968, they were on their way to Birmingham to drop off their brother Byran at their grandmas so that way he could have a better behavior. Then the bell rang, and it was time for math class.

Math class was just to finish a test and put it in clickers. That took up the whole class period. So, it was time for art.


For art, we did circle art. Circle art is where you take anything that is a circle and draw it. I drew a doughnut with circles around it and then I started to color it. That was all I got to do in art because it was time for PE.

In PE we did the Shuttle Run for fitness testing. My time was 10:88. That was a pretty fast time. We all got to go through twice, and then we went to science.

In science, class time flew. All we did was a worksheet on kinds or forces and then class was done. Study hall was next.

In study hall I did some homework I ha and organized my desk. The trumpets and clarinets had lessons for a while, and then school was out.

Racing through the hallways, little kids were anxious to get home to the long weekend ahead. I was just waiting for it to start, and it finally did.

March 1, 2011 by Hannah

Have you ever heard someone say, “in like a lion, out like a lamb”? They are talking about the month of March. It is said that if the weather is bad at the beginning of the month (in like a lion), then the month will end like a lamb, and the weather will be nice. Today, the first day of March, came in like a lamb and followed me to school.

Our school day started with Reading. Yeah! We read the story “Seabiscuit” from the leveled reader. This story is about a small scrawny horse that becomes a famous race horse. I love horses, and that was such an inspirational story to start off the day. Next we were assigned a GO. G-O stands for ‘graphic organizer’, but to me it means literally “GO!”, as in come on, you can do it, go, go, go! We G-O-ed all the way to language arts. In language arts, Mrs. Dux read our stories from the assignment ‘Nothing ever happens in…’ Of course, that is nothing like our days at school, because they are always filled with excitement and fun, like going to science class.

If you have ever played with a slinky toy, you know how fun they can be, and we were going to use them for an experiment. How much better could this day get? In our experiment, we tied a cup to one end of the slinky, used it like a scale, and measured the weight of washers. The farther the slinky stretched, the heavier the washers we were weighing. Now I know that slinkys aren’t just good for going down stairs! So after all that FUN, we stretched ourselves all the way to spelling.

Usually spelling is at the end of the day, but we had to change up our schedule so that we could watch the 3rd graders perform their spectacular program. After all, a little change can be awesome in life. Spelling started out very typical. I thought it was going to be the same old - do a workbook page and we’ll check it tomorrow - day, but no! Wait for it! Mrs. McAllister handed out a piece of paper with our spelling words on it. It was the most lovely shade of white with black letters all over it. I couldn’t believe my luck. We have a spelling test coming up. That just might be the next ‘best day ever’!

We were so happy that we all skipped from spelling to social studies singing “We’re going to have a spelling test! Yes, yes, yes!” With grumbling stomachs, we quickly reviewed our study guide for tomorrow’s test. I know what you’re thinking, “Another test? How can this day get any better?” Try the delicioso lunch that is served every day. The smells of cheesy chicken quesadillas were calling our names.

During lunch recess, everyone stomped around on the blacktop enjoying the last of the fast-melting snow. With such a perfect sunny day, it wasn’t going to last long.

After recess, we came inside to listen to Mrs. Dux read some more our favorite book “Hunger Games”. We are reading a part that is very exciting, and everyone was sitting of the edges of their seats biting their fingernails. We had to snap out of our wonder at the story in order to go to music class.

I’m so glad we’re still practicing for our music program, “Top 40”. These are the best songs I’ve ever heard, and I wish we could sing these same songs all the way through high school. Then we sang and danced all the way to PE class.
In PE, we didn’t even run at all. Darn! But we got to do another GO about food groups. Go veggies! Go milk group! Go MEAT!
When we came back to our room from PE, Mrs. Dux handed out a paper and said, “Here is your math test!” We all cheered vigorously. I’m telling you, this day should get an award.

“How can this be topped?” You ask. Well try getting to walk all the way to the high school through slush and mud to finally see the 3rd graders perform. “Bravo! Bravo! Magnifico!” we cheered. We clapped so loudly the whole auditorium nearly shattered to pieces and fell right on us. But we wouldn’t have cared, because this day was really turning out great.
As soon as we got back, Mr. Luebbe wanted us right away in the band room. Because the 3rd grade program ran a little long, we didn’t have any lessons. We just got to make beautiful music together.

When I got out of band, I saw my class was already leaving. Could this wonderful day be over already?
As you can see, the sun shined down on the best day of sixth grade ever! I know that I should be worried about March ending like a lion. I don’t care though, because I’m going to enjoy every day until then and know that they’ll all have something wonderful to report about.