What's Happening in Our Room!

This week in our classroom we started reading How To Eat Fried Worms! We also watched a show about the cool rock moon.Two weeks ago our classroom got the ribbon, three people got wildcats, and the trophy for the top class in the school for AR points! We made awesome Christmas ornaments in art class this week! Also we watched a video of someone reading How The Grinch Stole Christmas. We also had beautiful weather on Friday, Dec.1,st 2017.  That is all for this week in our classroom blog.

By: Parker and Christian

Literature Circle Projects

A few of our Literature Circles finished up this week.  To show their understanding of the novel they read, groups completed Google Slides over their selected novel.  These groups read Freckle Juice and The Absent Author. They really enjoyed Google Slides, and they were able to be creative and show their knowledge through the slides that were created. We will start a new round of Literature Circles after Christmas Break!

Allie: The Absent Author

Kenzlie: Freckle Juice

Audrey S: The Absent Author

Norah: Freckle Juice

Katelyn: Freckle Juice

Meredith: Freckle Juice

Nathan: Freckle Juice

Kasen: The Absent Author

Parker: The Absent Author

Prezi Projects

We have been learning all about the weather in science and reading nonfiction texts about the different types of weather we experience on Earth.  Below are the links that will take you to our prezis!


Precipitation: Lily

Maddox: Hurricanes

Layla: Hurricanes

Audrey H: Blizzards

 Luke: Hurricanes

Finley: Floods

Norah: Precipitation

Kenzlie: Floods

Lila: Precipitation

Audrey S: Floods

Malakyi: Tornadoes

Parker: Blizzards

Meredith

Nathan: Hurricanes

Seesaw Page

Come and join our class Seesaw Page!  Seesaw is a great site that allows me to share digital images with you!  Join our class and see what your child has been up to!




Class Seesaw Page

Synonym Thinglink

During stations last week, we worked on synonyms. We looked through a variety of words and created synonym pairs.  Students thought of an image to represent their synonym pair and learned how to screenshot an image.  We then used the app Phonto to upload our image and add text.  Check out our Phontos on our Thinglink page!

Synonym Thinglink

Going on a Noun Hunt...

We have been learning all about nouns this past week. One of the things we did to learn about nouns was going on a noun scavenger hunt. We walked though the halls of Ireland looking for all things that had to do with a person, place, or thing. We did a fantastic job with our nouns!

Top AR Classroom

Our class was announced as the Top AR Classroom from the last two weeks...IN THE SCHOOL! Way to go, 2nd Grade! I am so proud of the way we have come together as a TEAM!

The Beginning of 2nd Grade

To End the Year...

What a fabulous year it has been!  I am attaching the links to our end of the year slideshow and the slideshow that was shown at the Saints ceremony.  Enjoy a wonderful summer! I will miss you all very much!


5th Grade Slideshow 2015-2016:

https://youtu.be/L8xzFLJtYTc


Saint Ceremony Slideshow:

https://youtu.be/YA7Wfu3fIOQ.

Love, 

Mrs. H. 

Staions of the Cross

The 5th Grade was very impressive with the Stations of the Cross presentation. It was such a special tribute to Jesus' faith.

Circulatory/Respiratory Songs

Students were given the challenge to create a rap or song that contained information on how the circulatory and respiratory system were connected. Check out these creative lyrics!

Jack, Carter, Christine, Kelly

Mason, Ethan, Braydon

Abby, Wyatt, Matthew, Autumn

Martin, Riley, Madison, Nathan

Jacob, Savannah, Xavier, Lillie

Erin, Abby, Emma

Matter Unit Test

Click Here to check your knowledge over matter!  We will have our test on Friday, February 18.

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!