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5 Live! News

A Bat Cave Productions Presentation

Stories from January 15, 2010 Newscast

EAA Classes Starting Very Soon

Hey, do you have a registration form in your backpack? If not, you might want to get one. Those EAA classes after school are starting next week. If you want to be in one, you must register by next Tuesday! If you have it now, give the paper to Kim, our school secretary. You can find her at the front desk in the office.

Prime Time Einsteins!

The Prime Time guys and girls are studying global literature, which are stories from around the world. The second and third graders are studying about twenty stories! They are going from February 1st to the end of May, which is about fifteen weeks! Keep the motor running, Einsteins!

Lego League is Going to State!

Lego Motion is going to state tomorrow. Actually, they leave tonight to head out to Ames. We have already done a story on Lego League, but they have been very busy lately, and we have more information. They named their robot Bob. They have worked on their presentation, and they can't wait to go to the hotel and swim. This is the second year for Lego League at Madison, and the second year in a row for them to go to State! Way to go. . . . and Good luck!

First Graders Start Science Unit

This week Mrs. Luetchford's class is starting a new science unit. Balls and ramps! They started playing with function machines. Now they just started to learn about verbs! Hope you guys have fun!

Snow Makes Recess Rule!

You want to learn how to have fun and be safe at the same time? A well, with all this snow and good temperature, sledding is getting really popular. So we're going to tell you the do's and don'ts, straight from the Bat Cave!

First of all, you have to have ALL the right gear, which includes boots, gloves, a hat, and snow pants. No one should be throwing snowballs, because you never know what could happen! By the way, if it's below ten degrees, there's no outdoor recess, because that's just too cold!

Glaciers in the Making!

In Mrs. Duther's class, they have just finished Glaciers. Those would be very large floating ice-sickles! Here is a look at the Glaciers. (video)
Nice Glaciers! Some of those are Titanic...I mean gigantic!

Winter Fun

When you come down the hallway towards the music room, be sure to look up above the lockers. Kids in the west-wing have been making 'WINTER FUN' banners. Check them out, they're great! West-wing kids, you're great at the art.

Madison Welcomes Explorers to Speak

During the past few weeks, you may have seen the fifth graders in the computer lab - a lot! That's because they were researching explorers! The fifth graders had an assignment to become any explorer they wanted. So, they gave a speech about their life as that explorer. Here are some highlights from some of the speeches! (video) Nice costumes!

Kids Pick NFL Playoffs

With the NFL in the playoffs, we asked kids in all grades who would win the Super Bowl. Nobody said the Chargers would win, nor the Ravens. Nobody said the Saints would win, nor the Cardinals. 13 kids at Madison think the Cowboys will win. 26 kids said the Colts will win. 26 said the Jets. 52 kids said the Vikings will win. And the teachers? Don't even ask them. They get all crazy!

Sledding with Max

Here's a 5 Live! reminder. If you don't have every piece of snow gear, you can't play in the snow. Blacktop only! As we said earlier: for more on sledding tips, our own reporter Max braved the cold last week for this report. Here's Max out in the snow! (video) Wow! That was awesome, to the Max!

Chip Off the Old Block!

Here's a chip off the old block! One of the teachers has broken their tooth. He or she is not saying how it happened, but it may have involved a Wii remote control. You've got to say, that sounds like it would hurt, doesn't it?

The Tallest Tower at Madison

The ceiling is the limit! Not that indoor recess is boring or anything, but Mr. Fred and Mr. Casey's second grade classes are building towers out of base-ten blocks. They used all the base-ten blocks they had between the two classes. First up this week, we have video on Mr. Fred's class. (video) Good building, guys!