Happy Birthday, Jesus!

 

 

 

I wish you all a safe and enjoyable CHRISTmas break!  

Road Trip Across America

We have been visiting states across the U.S.A in social studies class. Here are a few of the adventures we have experienced!

Our road trip to Wyoming led us to discover the works of artist Jackson Pollock. Click on the link to create your own pieces inspired by the work of this Wyoming born artist!

Jackson Pollock

 

Our road trip to Wisconsin- we enjoyed some Wisconsin cheese!

We learned the Iowa is in the Corn belt and produces corn.  We had some popcorn to celebrate.

States and Capitals Practice

Use these links to practice your states and capitals!

http://www.abcya.com/us_states_and_capitals.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

http://www.arcademics.com/games/penguin/penguin.html


http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

New 5th Grade Servers

Early American Culture Prezi

We have been working hard on our prezi presentations over the Early American Cultures of the Anasazi, Aztec, Maya, and Inuit people.  I have linked the prezi presentations, so click on them to find out more about these cultures!


Mrs. Hanneman's Homeroom

Matthew, Braydon, and Xavier

Abby, Autumn, and Madison

Carter, Riley, and Savannah

Jake, Emma, and Ethan

Jack, Abby, and Erin

Lillie, Kelly, and Martin

Mason, Nathan, and Wyatt


Mrs, Schaefer's Homeroom

Libby, Abby, and Braelyn

Rachel, Selena, and Noah

Karis, Sophie, and Andrew

Christopher, Xavior, and Drew

Ben, Caleb, and Paige

Jax, Dane, and Mallory

Grace, Luke, and Sam

Historical Fiction Book Trailers

We finished our Historical Fiction Literature Circle with book trailers. They turned out great!  Click on the links below to see the trailers of some wonderful books!

Noah: Bud Not Buddy

Abe: Bud Not Buddy

Josie: Out of the Dust

Will and Travis: A Long Walk to Water

Luke: Bud Not Buddy

Celeste and Chris: Out of the Dust

Lexi and Grace: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Ella: Island of the Blue Dolphins

Zach: A Long Walk to Water

Logan: Out of the Dust

Starlab

We went to the Starlab today. We reviewed many of the objectives that we learned during our sun, moon, and planets unit.

D.A.R.E.

We had our last D.A.R.E. class today. Through D.A.R.E., we learned about bullying, making positive decisions, being a leader, and many more life skills that we will use on a daily basis. Thank you, Officer Knies for teaching us!

Math Test Review

Here are some pictures of our graffiti walk we completed to review for our math test!

Mixtures, Solutions, and Matter Quiz

Here is a link to practice for the test on Thursday!
Jeopardy Game

State and Capital Practice

Here is another site to practice states and capitals. It includes many links to some great games!




http://www.technologyrocksseriously.com/2010/10/50-states-and-capitals.html

Health Presentation

Drs. Michael and Farah Snyder presented us with useful information about the health of our bodies.  We talked about how to make good personal choices, body development, exercise, and diet. Thank you both for coming and teaching us about body health!

Think Pink!

On February 25, we wore pink to show our support against bullying.

 

 

 

For a group activity, I randomly picked for students to write a poem from the point of view of the bully, the bystander, and the bullied. These turned out to be very powerful. If you have chance, please stop by and read these poems! They are located on the way to the cafeteria. 

Research and Blendspace

We have been learning about research writing and nonfiction text structures. We are combining those two objectives for our next project. We have started our research over our chosen biography. We are keeping all of our data and research on our blendspace site. Blendspace is a great site to use for keeping all of your information in on spot. Ask your student to see their blendspace site!

Mixtures and Solutions Investigation

We have been working on learning the basic vocabulary of matter this week. After we learned about matter, mass, volume, etc...we moved on to mixtures and solutions. We did a great job on discovering what is a mixture and what is a solution. We used three types of matter; gravel, a powder, and salt to see what would happen when a solid was mixed with a liquid.