What should I wear? Your favorite costume! You can wear a scary costume, but please don’t bring weapons or objects that are sharp and may accidentally injure a classmate. Our class opted for individual costumes, rather than a theme. Should I come to school in my costume? Yes, please wear your costume to school. I […]

Announcements for the Week of 10/28/13 Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes Math Test, Unit 3–Thursday, 10/31/13 Book Reports (summary + project or oral)–Thursday, 10/31/13  Spelling Quiz 8–Friday, 11/1/13 English Test, Unit 1–Thursday. 11/7/13 Upcoming Events Halloween Celebration–Thursday, 10/31/13 End of Direct Relief Change Drive–Friday, 11/1/13 End of Quarter 1–Friday, 11/1/13 Owls in Wonderland (LS Campus)–Sunday, […]

Homework for the Week of 10/28-11/1 Monday Work on your book report summary and project. Watch the video  for lesson 3.10 and take Cornell notes. (one star point for 1-2) Practice your vocabulary words for chapters 1-4 in  From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler on Spelling City. (two start points for 1-3) […]

America Wild Wild West

Check out our fabulous fifth grade representatives in the watermelon eating contest.

Jogathon 2013 Photos The password is fifth2021

Announcements for the Week of 10/21/13 Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes Social Studies Chapter 4 Quiz–Tuesday, 10/22/13  Spelling Quiz 7–Friday, 10/25/13 Book Reports (summary + project or oral)–Thursday, 10/31/13 Upcoming Events Fifth & Sixth Grade Teacher Conferences–Wednesday, 10/23/13 Halloween Celebration–Thursday, 10/31/13 End of Quarter 1–11/1/13 Owls in Wonderland (LS Campus)–11/3/13 ERB Testing–11/4-11/15 Thanksgiving Break–11/23-11/12/1 Reminders […]

Homework for the Week of 10/21-10/25   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 video  for lesson 3.8 and take Cornell notes. This video will show you how to create […]

The Jogathon is tomorrow! Don’t forget to wear sunscreen, bring a water bottle, wear running shoes, and wear shorts. It is going to be very warm. Go Owls!

The fifth grade did a great job in our first house volleyball game! Click on this link to view a  few photos. Remember the password is fifth2021. House Volleyball Slide Show

In social studies, students participated in an underwater archaeological simulation to learn about early European explorers. They divided up in pairs. Each pair had a diver and a research scientist. After diving for an object (either an artifact or a natural object that scientists may have learned about from a ship log or journal), they […]

Homework for the Week of 10/15-10/18   Tuesday 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 both screencasts for lesson 3.4 and take Cornell notes. Login on Khan Academy using your school email […]

Announcements for the Week of 10/15/13 Upcoming Tests, Projects, & Quizzes  Spelling Quiz 5–Friday, 10/18/13 Social Studies Chapter 4 Quiz–Tuesday, 10/22/13 Upcoming Events Columbus Day, School Closed–Monday, 10/14/13 Spirit Week, 10/15-10/18 Tuesday–Pajama Day Wednesday–Wild West Day Thursday–America Day Friday–Spirit Day (blue/white) Jogathon BBQ & Fair–Friday, 10/18/13 Fifth & Sixth Grade Teacher Conferences–Wednesday, 10/23/13 Halloween Celebration–Thursday, […]

Homework for the Week of 10/7-10/11 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 2.9 and take Cornell notes Complete the worksheet on multiplication with decimals (one star […]

GO OWLS!! One win, one loss, one TERRIFIC team!

Every week, students learn about current events by choosing an article from an age-appropriate news website or magazine created just for kids. When they have read an article that interests them, they read and respond to the article. Students are asked to summarize what they read, think about how they connect with the article, and […]

Students had the opportunity to experience the creation of a mini-opera right before their eyes today! The Opera Lab delivered a terrific program, sharing with students the way that vocal parts and musical parts help to tell the story in an opera. Besides learning the names of various pieces within an opera, students got to […]

This week our lessons covered statistical analysis of data, estimation, probability, and several algorithms for multiplying with whole numbers and decimals. Students conducted two experiments this week. The first one was a reaction time experiment. They used the data to find statistical landmarks. The second one (pictured below) was a coin flipping experiment to help […]

Students finished their Glogster posters this week. The required summer reading selection was The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman. Each student created a multimedia poster using a website called Glogster. Here is an example of a student glog.