We have completed our first quarter.  Parent/Teacher's conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28.  I have appointment reminders in your child's mailbox.  I am looking forward to visiting with you.

I hope the students have shared the study tools that I have introduced to them.  We are now using Socrative to study for Social Studies.  It is a great study tool that allows the students to practice no matter where they go on their ipods or internet capable appliances.  We also are allowed to use Quizlet. In this sight you need to search Harcourt Social Studies 5th grade.  You can search other subjects as well.

Halloween is fast approaching!  Students have had a good time making "Frankenstein" with salt cartons, and spooky shoe boxes.  Thank you for sharing your supplies.  We will soon need light bulbs so please send them to school when they are no longer working.

Wow!  We are clipping through the year!

Our state reports are complete and the students did a wonderful job.  We know how to gather information, use topic sentences and organize our paragraphs to put our information in order.  The projects will be displayed over conferences.  I have pictures to show presentations.

 

 

 

 

The Homecoming parade was a blast! Candy came home equally divided among the fifth graders.

October is here.  Salt containers are needed!

 

State projects are due anytime they are completed.  I would like to begin presentations on the 13th.

We do not have school on the 16th or 17th due to Instructional Conference for Educators.

 

Keep an eye out for information on Parent/Teacher's conferences.  I sent home summaries of student performance last week.  I hope you found these helpful.

 

 

Salt cartons are needed for art class in October!  We will also need shoe boxes!
Thank you to everyone that came to the Grandparents day celebration.  It was great fun!




What an impressive group!  So willing to learn! So respectful!

 

We spent the first couple of days getting to know each other and today we dived into the academics.

A few things to remind you about for this week.

 

Wednesday is picture day.

On Thursday, Jacobson will be in the band room to help make decisions for band.

Friday is the deadline for book orders.

 

Please return school policy form by Friday.

Welcome to 5th Grade!

This is our news board.  Class activities and upcoming events will be posted here. 



Park day! It was a cold day to play for just too long so the day ended with a movie!

 



Wrapping up our last full week of school.  Students enjoyed a day in Bismarck participating in the Marketplace for Kids activities. Students were exposed to a wide variety of classes and needed to use their map reading skills to find their way around the Civic Center.

Although our track meet was cancelled the students filled their day with Math task cards and wrap up activities.  We will travel to Cooperstown on Monday, May 12.

Students have enjoyed a field trip to the coal mines and entertained us at the Spring concert.

Our field trip exposed us to the process of providing electricity to the citizens of ND and the careers we can pursue to be part of this industry. 

 

The Spring Concert was a hit.  What talent the 5th graders have!

May 6 - Market Place for Kids Fieldtrip
May 12 - Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site Fieldtrip
May 15 - Tentative picnic date
May 16 - Last day of School

Time to put all our activities on the calendar!  It is hard to think about wrapping up this school year!  What an incredible group of young adults. 

April 18 - No School
April 22 and 24 - NWEA Testing
April 29 - Coal Mine Fieldtrip
April 30 - Elementary Track meet
May 1 - Elementary Music Concert
May 2 - Tentative AgriBee activity
May 6 - Market Place for Kids Fieldtrip
May 12 - Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site Fieldtrip
May 15 - Tentative picnic date
May 16 - Last day of School

Wow! I have neglected my duties on the blog.  It has been incredibly busy with Reading month activities.  The students presented "Sh!  We're Writing the Constitution!"  They did a wonderful job!

Exciting week again this week!  Auditions for "Black Beard and the Pirate" are on Monday, February 17, 2014.  This is a great opportunity to find a talent that will enhance choices as we inch closer to junior high.

As we near Spring, I am getting field trips planned.  I am excited to announce that we have been accepted to the Environmental Festival in Bismarck presented by the Gateway to Science.   We will learn about careers in fields of environmental science and make a connection between science learning in the classroom and applied science in the workforce..  Students will meet professionals who work in the environmental sciences every day, thereby gaining an understanding of how the science concepts they are learning in school apply to real life situations.

We will also attend Marketplace for Kids, the energy plant tour in Beulah, and missile site tour in Cooperstown with an Ag tour in Hannaford.  These days will be announced as arrangements become nailed into place.

Cindy Ketterling from the County Extension office came to the classroom to work with the healthy eating lessons we have been working on in Health class.  We planned meals using the My Plate guidelines and played Bingo.  It was fun to have her in the class.

Fifth Graders were asked to use their Math skills, Map Reading Skills, and planning to complete a trip plan to Washington D.C.  Discussion included knowing elapsed time from leaving home to arriving at the airport.  Students enjoyed the challenge and real life application.

We will complete another chapter in Social Studies this week.  Review can begin over the weekend.  I believe the test will be on the 21st.  Study cards, worksheets and outlines have the information we need to be successful.

Mrs. Christensen has not been making sure we check our answers on our Math homework and students are seeing the consequences of not doing it.  Math homework is an important practice step in the process of mastering the Math concepts.  Missing a skill makes advances harder.  We need to continue to work on accuracy.

This is the time of year where students fall into the doldrums.  Try to find ways to keep the energy up and motivation for grades going. (Not always an easy task!)  Soon students will be looking forward to spring activities.

War reports have been chosen.  Practice putting power point presentations is being worked on in computer class.  Research can begin!  March 6th will begin oral presentations. 

Second semester is off to a good start.  I am impressed with the responsibility level this class has developed.  Class work is completed and presented on time.  This is a skill that will help us be successful beyond 5th grade.  Let's keep this trend going!