Our Last Stop

Our last stop was the U.S.A. We learned about all of the Christmas traditions that were started in the United States. We made mini candy canes, watched The Polar Express and ate cookies! What a great way to end Christmas Around the World. We had a lot of fun discovering different traditions while learning our continents.

It's Kwanza Time

It's Kwanza Time! We had a fun time learning about Kwanza. We made Kwanza mats and learned about the seven days of celebration!

Gingerbread Math

On Friday we did some yummy Gingerbread math!

Economics Fair

We had a great time at the Economics Fair. The snow cones were a hit this year! We all had red and blue lips the rest of the day! Thanks fifth grade!

Germany

Today we learned about Germany traditions. We read Why Christmas Trees Aren't Perfect and talked about the tradition of Christmas trees from Germany. We also learned that Germany gave us yummy gingerbread.

Mexico

Today we visited Mexico. We learned about poinsettias and hot chocolate. We read the story The Legend of the Poinsettia and made poinsettias!

Christmas Around the World

We started Christmas Around the World today. Our class will be visiting five different countries over the next two weeks. Today we learned about Israel and Hanukkah.

Noun Review

We have been learning a lot about nouns. Have fun playing this noun review game!

December Book Order

The December Book Order is due December 8th.
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Praise People

Our PeaceBuilder theme for the month is Praise People. Today we started with a big ball of yarn and passed it around the circle until we had praised everyone in the circle. At the end we had yarn spider web!

We have been working on NOUNS this week. In our journals we have been focusing on using a noun and a verb in our sentences. Here is a great matching game to play! Have fun!

Gobble Gobble

We had fun doing turkey art today! Happy Thanksgiving!

Conferences

SEP Week

Just a reminder that this week is SEP week. If you have forgotten your conference time please let us know. We are excited to meet with each of you! It will be early out all week.

Since it is early out Mrs. Hansen will teach Monday and Tuesday and Mrs. Turner will teach Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Halloween Party

We had a great time at our Halloween party!

Thanks to our wonderful mothers that helped!

Pumpkins!

We had fun doing Spooky Pumpkins! Thanks for donating the pumpkins!

Pumpkins

This week we are going to be doing pumpkin activities in our class. If you want to donate a pumpkin to our class please send it in! Thanks so much!

Grades Online

If you have not gone online and checked your child's grades please take the time to do so. The end of the term is October 29th. If you need help please let us know!

My DSD

If you do not have your child's pin please go to the District Webpage. On the home page type in their student id and then hit request pin.

Halloween Poem

We are working on this poem for our Halloween Program. Please help your child at home!

Bones

My bones make up my skeleton,

Which is the frame of me,

And though you cannot see them,

My bones move easily.

For I can leap and twist and creep

And run and sway and jiggle

And bend and slide and hop and glide

And bounce and roll and wiggle.

Keyboarding

Here is a fun website to help the students learn the home row keys. They play this game in computer and love it! Give it a try...

Dance Mat Typing

Welcome

Welcome to our new class blog!

This blog will be a great way for you to see what's going on in our classroom. Have fun!