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Today our class finished their maps of our bedrooms. We will share them on Monday, with some photos. Mrs. Smith read us a book called Babar's Yoga for Elephants and we had fun doing some yoga to relax,have fun find our inner elephant.

 

We went to library for the first time this school year.

 

-Annabel Baldwin, Reporter

These are the assignments from today. Most kids finished it all, but a few may need to finish their mythological creature paragraph.

 

I understand that many of you had a hard time leaving a comment on the blog. I am going to try to figure out why that is. I am pretty sure you have to have a google account to be able to log in?

 

Thanks so much and have a wonderful 3-day weekend!

 

 

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The results!

 

 

So after we graphed our data yesterday, we converted our measurements back to inches, rather than feeet and inches, and calculated the average distance each paper airplane flew. The kids worked in pairs with a calculator.

 

 

We discovered that the plane that flew the furthest was the one that Ben and Cody made. Congratulations!

This is our new student, Seth Holman. We are so glad he's here!

These are the homework assignments for today. Please look in the Goose for information about the Read & Respond and this blog!

 

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We did a science experiment to determine which of our paper airplane designs would fly the furthest. We followed the steps of the Scientific Method.

 

Then we recorded our data,

 

and made a graph. We are now calculating the average (mean) distance that each plane flew and we will have our results tomorrow. Stay tuned...

 

Also, the students played Bocce ball in P.E.

 

This is what your child will have for homework if they did not finish it in class. They will be bringing home a tracking sheet in their home folder that details whether or not the work was finished in class. Also, we have started read and respond. The first log is due on Tuesday. I encourage the students to work on these any chance they have in class, and they also will have time to finish them over the weekend. Please be sure to sign your child's planner!

 

 

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Today the students made alien frames to put their Accelerated Reader pictures inside of for the AR wall, and also set their AR goals. Ask your child what his or her goal is. I told the class if every one of them got 100 points I would take them to the Depot for ice cream!

We also took lots of notes today, both in Social Studies and in Science. Note-taking is a big part of 5th grade.

 

And, in Science, we are conducting an experiment that involves paper airplanes! More on that to come.

 

Homework for this evening is:

 

Language: finish DLI day 1 and 2

Math: study math facts (for our timed tests, most children need to study addition.)

Whole Group Reading: Finish vocabulary words 1-4 on page 18.

 

Also, the Read and Respond logs were introduced today. THe firdt one is due on Tuesday, because we don't have school on Monday.

 

Please be sure to sign your child's planner!

 

 

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Today we assigned classroom jobs for the first time.

 

We put sticky notes with our names on them to show the states we were born in and also states we have visited. Lots of sticky notes in the four corners!

 

We will be reading The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe in Guided Reading.

 

We also did a science experiment testing density and learning the scientific method. Ask your child about it!

 

There was no assigned homework today, except to study math facts. The other assignments we did in class were only homework if your child did not finish. We will begin our Read and Respon Logs tomorrow.

 

[photos courtesy of Kira Messier]

 

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degus!

So our degus are still very afraid of people. They are babies and they have not been handled very often. We are working our way up to being able to hold them. We're starting by feeding them oats from our hands.

 

 

 

Once they are used to us we will try to pet them, and then maybe eventually hold them. The kids are very excited about them!

 

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The Third Day

The third day of school was great. The students are doing a really good job learning the school rules and procedures. We are working on some posters of the school rules to hang in the hallways. The kids wanted me to tell you that, because they did a great job walking in a straight and quiet line on the way back from lunch, they were able to play a couple rounds of Heads Up Seven Up.

As you may have been told, it gets very hot in our classroom in the afternoon. Thankfully today we got a reprieve because Cody Farias' mother, Renee, brought us a fan!

THANK YOU!!!

 

If your child has not already brought in their "In the Bag" assignment, please make sure they bring it in by Friday. Also, if they have their reading logs from the summer they need to bring those in. And, please be sure to sign your child's planner each night even though there aren't any assignment right now. Starting next week there will be.

 

 

 

 

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Partner Interviews!

These first two days of school have focused mainly around getting to know our classroom procedures and our classmates.  Yesterday the students interviewed a partner and today they introduced that partner to the rest of the class.   It was fun!

Ben and Justys

Caleb and Morgan

Cody and Mayson

Wyatt and Kira

Annabel and Evan

Nayana and Layne

Josh and Kamri

Hunter and Autumn

If you didn't see the parent letters that went home yesterday, please ask your child to see them.  And the only homework I have assigned so far is the "In the Bag" activity, due Friday.  Please be sure to sign your child's planner each night anyway.  Also, as you may have seen on the schedule I sent home yesterday, our lunch is very late, not until 12:50!  Many students have complained about being hungry, so it may be helpful to send an extra snack.  

The first day!

We had a great first day here in Mrs. Smith's classroom.  I am delighted to have all of the students in my class; it is a wonderful group.

Here I am with my two daughters, Hazel (4th grade) and June (1st grade) before walking to school today.

This is the list that the students came up with for how to be a good friend.

And here's the whole group!

Please be patient while I get this blog up and running.  I will be posting each day, but it may be a while before it's fully functioning.  Your child should have a parent packet for you in their home folder as well as an information packet about our class pets, the degus.  Ask your child to share what they learned about them today!  Also in the home folder is a homework assignment called "It's In the Bag".  The directions are on the page and it needs to be returned by Friday.

Thank you so much for sharing your child with me and please email me if you have any questions ksmith@dolores.k12.co.us, or leave a comment below.