Announcements for the Week of 9/30/13 Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes Glogster Poster Presentations–Monday, 9/30/13 & Tuesday, 10/1/13 Social Studies, Chapter 1 Assessment–Wednesday, 10/2/13  Spelling Quiz–Friday, 10/4/13 Math Unit 2 Test–Thursday, 10/10/13 Upcoming Events Columbus Day, School Closed–Monday, 10/14/13 Jogathon BBQ & Fair–Friday, 10/18/13 Fifth & Sixth Grade Teacher Conferences–Wednesday, 10/23/13 Halloween Celebration–Thursday, 10/31/13 Reminders […]

Homework for the Week of 9/30-10/4 Monday Read for a minimum of 20 minutes, and record it in your Reading Log. Remember to write down how many pages you read and a comment about the reading. Watch the screencast for lesson 2.5 and take Cornell notes (one star point for 1-2) Practice your math facts […]

After studying their geography terms for our first social studies unit, students used their bodies to act out the terms. Immediately following charades, students labeled their online journal maps.

How many footsteps would it take to walk from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles? How long would it take? Students used the length of their step (class average), the number of feet in a mile, and the number of miles from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles to come up with an estimate for the first […]

Students were asked to relate the location of items in the classroom. They found it was much easier and more specific when we made a grid. After using the grid to specify locations in the classroom, students recorded the locations in their online journals.

When asked to write a poem inspired by their fingerprints, we had some powerful poems. One student also wrote a limerick AND a song. Here’s the song!

Homework for the Week of 9/23-9/27 Monday Read for a minimum of 20 minutes, and record it in your Reading Log. Remember to write down how many pages you read and a comment about the reading. Study for your math test on Unit 1. The review session notes are posted on the blog under Math. […]

Announcements for the Week of 9/23/13 Upcoming Tests Math Unit 1 Test–Tuesday, 9/24/13 Social Studies, Chapter 1 Assessment–Wednesday, 10/2/13 Upcoming Events Middle School Parents’ Night–Thursday, 9/26/13 Columbus Day, School Closed–Monday, 10/14/13 Jogathon BBQ & Fair–Friday, 10/18/13 Fifth & Sixth Grade Teacher Conferences–Wednesday, 10/23/13 Halloween Celebration–Thursday, 10/31/13 Reminders Please remind your child to charge his/her laptop […]

A photo of the fifth grade girls with our Headmaster, Mr. Marracino, appears in this Noozhawk article about Laguna Blanca. Click on the photo to read the article. It mentions our class blog:)    

Click on this photo to view all of our Camp Whittier photos. After the link takes you to Photobucket, the Password is fifth2021.

In class, we examined our fingerprints closely with a jeweler’s loupe. Then we drew our fingerprints. Next we used our fingerprint art as inspiration for a poem. Here are the poems we wrote.

Dear Students, Please share some of the highlights of your camp experience last week. What activities and/or experiences will you remember? Sincerely, Mrs. Brown

These are photos from our first day of school. The eighth grade students lined up to welcome the new fifth grade class! Click on this photo to view the album. The password is fifth2021.  

Dear Students, I would love to hear about your learning goals for this year! Please write a comment on our blog, communicating some specific goals. Learning new things is so exciting! Let’s work together and help each other strive for excellence. Sincerely, Mrs. Brown