Day 45: Colonial Kids

Take a virtual tour and learn more about Colonial Life!

 

Complete your scavenger hunt with a neighboring partner!

Day 44: Measurement

Today, we went on a measurement scavenger hunt. Can you find something in your house that is...
1 foot long?
1 inch long?
1 meter long?
1 centimeter long?
1 millimeter long?

What about...
1 ounce?
1 pound?
1 gram?
1 kilogram?

We also made line plots of our shoe sizes!

Day 43: Range, Mean, Median, Mode

Day 41: Energy Wise

 

Today, we had a special performance from the folks at Duke Energy about how to keep our homes more energy efficient. Every student received a card on how to get some extra resources at home! 

If our school gets 100 people to sign up for one of these FREE resource ranger kits, we will get $100 to use for our PBIS committee. Here's the link to sign up https://www.resourcereward.org/

Please help us out and do it today! 

Day 40: Spelling Activities

Here are the spelling choice activities for this week...

Complete one activity each night and have an adult initial that the activity was completed.

 

______ Write ten sentences using your words.

 

______ Write your spelling words on cards (two sets) and play memory match against a parent or sibling.

 

______ Write a rap using all of your spelling words.

 

______ Draw and color a picture. “Hide” the words in the picture.

 

______ Take a practice test at home given by a parent.

 

______ Using a thesaurus, write your words and a synonym and antonym beside each word.

 

______ Pretend as if you are shooting a basketball. For each shot, spell one letter of your words.

 

______ Clap as you spell your words and tell an adult their meaning.

 

______ Resort your words into their categories and write them on a sheet of notebook paper.

 

______ Write a friendly letter to someone using at least ten of your spelling words.

 

Day 38: Some things don't mix

Explain to your parents and family members what is happening here! Just don't let the heat in! 

Day 37: Decimal Place Value

Today we reviewed decimal place value based on images. Don't forget to look at each image as a fraction. One-tenth is bigger than ninety-nine thousandths! It doesn't matter how many blocks are colored if their values are different! 

Day 36: Mark Your Calendars

Our 5th grade trip has been set! Mark your calendars for April 9-10 because we are headed for Wilmington, NC. Check out some of the awesome sights we are going to see! Our first parent meeting will be Thursday, October 24 at 4:00 pm or 5:30 pm.

 College tour of UNC-Wilmington

 Ghost Tour of historic downtown Wilmington waterfront

 Civil War Battle Site at Fort Fisher

 

 NC Aquarium and field visit at Kure Beach

 

Lunch and river cruise on the Henrietta II

 

  USS North Carolina Battleship

 

Day 35: Reading Eggs

Each student now has their own Reading Eggs account. Log on at http://readingeggs.com with your individual login and password.

Day 32: We've Gone Bi-Coastal

This school in Irvine, California was recently recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, which is a tremendous honor. In this article, a 5th grade class is featured doing a Mystery Skype session as one of their awesome technology lessons. Guess who is on the other end of this computer screen? We are!!!

HERE'S THE LINK TO THE ACTUAL ARTICLE!

Day 31: Spelling & Vocabulary City

As we are starting with Words Their Way this week, each week, I will post your lists onto Spelling City. My page can be found at https://www.spellingcity.com/kellyhines1/. You will want to look for your ELA Group (green, blue, or purple) and the date of the Monday of the new week. We will check it out in the lab together this week, but it will become part of our weekly word work time. You can practice at home, too!

Day 30: Weekly Update

This week we are learning…

Words Their Way: Students will get their first spelling words this week. We are using a program called Words Their Way that focuses on helping students to master patterns of spelling and reading. Students will get their words on Mondays, and tests will be on Thursdays.

-      Operations with Decimals: We are extending our learning of place value, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction from whole numbers to decimals.

-      Weather Unit: We are wrapping up our weather unit this week. Study those vocabulary cards we made and the study guide you will get on Monday!

-      English/Language Arts: We have wrapped up our non-fiction unit, and are moving into our first fiction unit of the year – Fairy Tales! We will be evaluating the motives of characters, themes of literature, and understanding multiple perspectives of how authors write.

Happening This Week... 

Wednesday: Weather Unit Test

Thursday: Spelling Test

Friday: Mini Quiz on Operations with Decimals & Science Fair Topic Due

Day 29: Early Release Day

Your homework this weekend is to...

Have Fun! Play Outside!

Day 28: Mystery Skype Update

We are getting to be pretty good at Mystery Skype! So far we have spoken with classes in California, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. We've even made international calls to Manitoba and Alberta, Canada. We are learning about bordering states, time zones, how different states are affected by El Nino, Tornado Alley, the Ice Fields of Canada, and more. We have more sessions scheduled in the coming weeks. Come join us if you are interested in checking it out!

Day 27: B-TV

Our students help put on B-TV, our live morning broadcast, each day. We have two broadcasters, 1 camera person, and 1 person in charge of the teleprompter. If you are ever in the building at 7:45 AM, be sure to check out their great work! On Fridays, our PBIS Team even joins in on the fun!

Day 26: Science Fair Time!

It's time to kick off the annual science fair. All students will be required to complete a science fair project for the school science fair, which is November 22. The first phase of the project is due on Friday, October 11... the topic!

Here are a few resources in case you are stuck for ideas...
IPL12 offers some great suggestions and resources
Discovery Ed has an amazing Science Fair Central
Exploratorium

Click HERE for a video to help you start thinking about the process as a whole!