Math Night

Native American Theme Day

Fieldtrips

Our fifth grade classrooms enjoyed two field trips this week. First we went to the Symphony and enjoyed having a close-up view of how an orchestra works.

Next, we spent the day at the Museum of Nature and Science. We all enjoyed Expedition Health and our ExerScience Class. The weather was beautiful!! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who went on the field trips with us. You were AWESOME:)

Nuestros estudiantes del quinto grado fueron a dos paseos esta semana. Primero, fuimos al Sinfónica. Nos sentamos muy cerca y podimos disfrutar de la música linda y ver como se toca en una orquesta.

Segundo, fuimos al museo y alli aprendimos mucho del cuerpo y de la importancia de hacer los ejercicios. Muchas gracias a todos los padres quienes nos acompañaron. Fueron estupendos!!!

Maths Mansion

Yesterday our students visited "Maths Mansion" where there is "no leaving without learning!" We rotated between 8 math centers doing angles, place value, story problems, estimating, etc. It was good spooky fun for everyone. And I think they all left learning something. Hopefully, they are all out enjoying the incredible snow today:)

Ayer tuvimos una tarde de "Maths Mansion." Hicimos juegos de matemáticas por la tarde juntos con la clase de Sra. Miller. Nos ayudaron varias voluntarios. Aprendimos mucho y repasamos mucho de lo que hemos aprendido. Ojala que hoy estan afuera disfrutando del dia de nieve:)

Today we made a model of the four layers of the earth out of clay. The students wrote and expository paragraph first by taking notes on a short video and then converting it into a perfect 10 sentence paragraph. Notice how each layer has been labeled by the students with toothpicks.

Hoy hicimos modelos del mundo usando plastelina.

Gracias a todos los padres quienes asistieron las conferencia entre maestra y padres esta noche. Y tambien gracias a los que van a asitir el viernes!

A big thank you to all the parents who attended parent/teacher conferences tonight and those who will be attending on Friday!

Congratulations to Melissa for being our first girl to make it to the AR 50-point club! Now our count in up to four members.

This reminder goes out to all parents that parent teacher conferences will be held this Wednesday and Friday. See you then!!

Felicitaciones a Melissa quien esta la primera nina de la clase alcanzar ser miembra del AR Club de 50 puntos!!

Las conferencias entres padres y maestra habran este miercoles y viernes. Espero verles alli!!

Celebration

This week THREE of our students became members of the AR 50-Point Club: Edward, Josue, and Carlos. Congratulations to them!!! They have obtained a level of excellence in their reading habits and comprehension.

A lot of our students were out sick this week. We hope that they experience a quick and complete recovery and are able to join us again this coming week.

Esta semama tres de nuestros estudiantes alcanzaron ser miembros del Club 50-Puntos. Han leido tanto desde el principio del ano escolar que han recibido 50 puntos por las pruebas de computadora. Felicitaciones!!!

Varios de nuestros estudiantes sufrieron de enfermedades esta semana. Esperamos que pueden mejorarse pronto y que peuden estar con nosotros en la semana entrante.

Native American Celebrations Preparations

We had another awesome week at school. Carlos brought in one of his new puppies to show us after school. Here is a picture of the puppy with the group that was staying after school to do homework.

We are earning points toward a Native American celebration on Friday, November 13th. Those students who learn how to write a perfect 8-sentence paragraph will have earned their mocassins. Those who master Expanded Notation will earn their "peace pipe." We are also working hard to master correct sentence structure. We still have a lot of students that write run-on sentences. Please congratulate the students on the side bar who have mastered the 8-sentence paragraph!!!

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream

We do so many special things everyday ... and I am always forgetting to have my camera ready! Today we made ice cream as part of our science unit, "Heat and Change." A lot of students got very cold hands handling the ice that froze the cream and made it into delicious dessert. We also had a special story teller come today that had many children up and dancing. Our class is "OUT OF CONTROL" wonderful with their AR reading quizzes. They ended the week at 92% proficient and read 255 books in one week! That keeps me popping a lot of popcorn because everyone who reached their weekly goal gets popcorn, and if they double it, they get a bottle of water to go with it! Last week 18 students made their goal and this week, 17 students made goal. The students are working hard to raise their reading level and increase their vocabulary. Working with them and feeling their energy is exhilarating!

Miss Crystal

Miss Crystal comes to help us every Tuesday and Thursday with our math groups. It is very special for us and very special for me because she is my niece. (My sister's daughter.) She will be with us for a few months until she heads off to live in El Salvador as a church missionary for 18 months. Crystal has helped us make models of arrays, Prime Factorization trees, and Factor Rainbows. The students enjoy the extra attention they get from her and she enjoys getting to know their sparky personalities!

Oral Reading

We are currently reading the book, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, as a class. Each student has their own copy of the book to follow along with. It is good to read Coraline because it is a level 5.1 book and our students will soon want to begin reading books at this level on their own. In the mean time, it is building our vocabulary and understanding. This book has most recently been made into a movie, parts of which we will watch when we finish the book sometime next week.

Estamos leyendo como clase el libro, Coraline por Neil Gaiman. Es un poco espantoso, y parece que esto es lo que le gusta a los estudiantes. Es importante leerlo porque esta escrito al nivel 5.1 y esta aumentando nuestro vocabulario e intendimiento. Parece que acaban de producir una pelicula acerca del libro. Vamos a ver varias partes de la pelicula en la semana entrante cuando terminamos el libro.

Los Cientificos

En las ciencias, hemos estado estudiando los cambios que pueden ocurrir con la temperatura. Aqui, en estas fotos, los cientificos jovenes estan investigando lo que pasa con objectos que pierden su calentura al congelarse.

Young Scientists

This week we began our study of Heat and Change. With our first investigation, the students heated up objects with a blow dryer to see what effect heat has on objects. We were glad that we didn't blow a fuse with so many blow dryers going at the same time. We had seven blow-dryers blowing, although one burnt out before we were done. Well, actually two burnt out before we were done. On Thursday, we put the objects in the refrigerator and freezer to see what happened when we took heat away.

More Ideas on Arrays

I was thinking that the next picture we take should be all of us, sitting in our own rectangular array. We have 27 in our classroom. How many rows and how many columns would it take?

Rectangular Arrays

Room 15 has gone crazy over Rectangular Arrays. We have made them out of bugs, butterflies and soccer balls. We have made them from marker dots and centimeter cubes. We have learned that:
All arrays have the same number of items in every row.
All arrays have the same number of items in every column.
When writing the number sentence of a rectangular array, you list the rows first.
Rectangular Arrays represent multiplication.
With all our hard work, most of us are ready to move on to the idea of factors and divisibility. We can hardly wait!!!

Back to School Night

Muchisimas gracias a todos los padres quienes vinieron esta noche. Fue muy lindo para mi conocerles y saber de su apoyo y animo. Espero tener un ano de mucho progreso y desarollamiento. Esta noche vinieron 19 de los 25 familias de la clase y la mayoria trajieron sus utiles. Es un buen empiezo.

Thank you so much to all the parents and students who came to Back to School Night. It was a pleasure to meet you. I am looking forward to our work this year and hope we see a lot of academic growth. Tonight, 19 of our 25 families came to Back to School Night and most have already brought their school supplies in. It's a great start:)

Mrs. Stevens and her Husband at Red Rock this Summer

 

Welcome Back

Hello, and welcome to the beginning of a new school year. My name is Mrs. Barbara Stevens, and I will be the teacher for the students in Eagleton's room 15. Allow me to tell a little about myself. I have been teaching at Eagleton for 19 years! This year is the beginning of my 20th year. I feel that Eagleton and the community around it has become my second home. This is my third year teaching 5th grade at Eagleton.

All students should enjoy their 5th grade experience at Eagleton. This year we will be sleeping over one night at Balarat, the district's outdoor lab facility. This experience is usually the highlight for our students. We will be studying the history of the United States of America and doing several "celebrations" centered on understanding what is was like living in times and/or places other than our own.

Eagleton is very centered on student achievement and 5th grade is no exception. Students in room 15 will be expected to read a short book every night for homework and come prepared to take and AR quiz on the computer in the morning. Each student is encouraged to begin reviewing the multiliplication tables now because our math lessons are based on math factors and fractions. Knowing your multiplication factors (both backwards and forwards) will be imperative as we move into higher math skills.

Students will be expected to complete homework for math every night except for Friday and will have weekly Spelling assignments. If students need help with their homework, I am available after school and before school.

Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read this book because my daughter, Abby, told me that it was one of her favorites growing up. The author, Wilson Rawls, has the ability to put a lot of heart into his books and great characterization. He never fails making me fall in love with his characters and making me cry at the end.

This from the back of the book: A tree full of monkeys is the last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find on one of his treks through Oklahoma's Cherokee Ozarks. Jay learns from his grandfather that the monkeys have escaped from a circus and there's a big reward for the person who finds them. Jay knows how much his family needs the money, and he's determined to catch the monkeys. It's a summer of thrills and danger no one will ever forget.

This book is a good solid 5th grade read.

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The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley

The Sisters Grimm Book 1: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was a well written fantasy. Two girls that have been orphaned find out that they are related to the Brothers Grimm and must now help protect all the fairytale people. But first, they must save their grandmother Grimm from the big, bad giant. If you like fantasy and adventure, you will like this book.

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Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline-Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a bit twisted, but has a great message which is "appreciate the family that you have!" It has some dark parts which may be scary to some students. I didn't realize that there was a movie out about it until after I read it. The movie looks eerily haunting. I would love to see it.

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Good Summer Reading

The Secret School by Avi


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is a bit simplistic, which may be a good thing. It has a good theme for the beginning of school which is "school is a great place to be and learning is fun for its own good." I was thinking about using it as a shared reading for the beginning of the year to get us motivated to work hard and take advantage of our opportunity to be in school.

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Welcome to Room 15