Colonial Days = Awesome!

Colonial Days was Awesome! You got to make ice cream, candles, and even hummdingers! It was really fun and you could even dress up as a colonist. In one rotation we got to play really fun games like trying to loop a bull, or throw hoops or rings on milk cartons. Colonial Days was the best day ever! (In school)

by Stockton

"Give me liberty, or give me death"

In class we are learning about colonial times. Our main focus is the Revolutionary War. My favorite part about it is Paul Revere. He is famous for his line "The British are coming, the British are coming". He ran through the streets to tell everyone to be prepared to go to war. That is why I think Paul Revere is interesting.

by Nodnar91

Christmas in Australia

In 2007 me and my family went to Australia to see my grandparents. Of course it was around Christmas. When we got to Australia my grandparents picked us up and and we had to drive for an hour to get to my grandparents house. When we were there it was very hot because it was summer. We got to chop down our own Christmas tree. On Christmas day it was y we went swimming because it was about 114 dagrees . Over all Christmas was very fun.

by Jet

Do you want a job? Go to the North Pole!!!

We got to do a Christmas writing project about jobs in the North Pole. First we wrote out our paragraph in our writing notebooks and took it home for parent edit. After that we made a copy of that paper but in stead of doing it the same we got to color the letters the way we wanted them to look when we typed it out in the computer lab. Later we got a reindeer pattern to color. One thing was missing, a nose! We got to bring somthing to put were the nose goes. After we got everything colored, cut, and pasted we hung it up on the bulletin board outside of our classroom!

by J.R.

Christmas Break

I can't believe that Christmas is almost here!!! I'm so excited. Yet I think we should get the whole week before Christmas off. Well at least we get Christmas off at all. I can't wait until Christmas day we get a lot of toys.Just like they say It's the most wonderful time of the year.

by Joshua

Colonial Days

Colonial days was the best day of fifth grade. We had four different classes to go to. Our first rotation was in Mrs. Andrus's classroom and we made ice cream. Our second activity was in Mrs.Park and Mrs. Perry's classroom, where we made candles and a button toys! Then we went to Mrs. Crockett's classroom where we played colonial games. Like sack toss. Last we went to Ms. Smith's room and we made candle shades and butter! This was my favorite activity because it was a great learning experience and I have never made butter before.

by Gunnar

Colonial Days

At Colonial Days, we did a bunch of colonial activities. We played colonial games like: bean bag toss, ring toss, roll the hoop, a little crossbow game where we shot it into a box, we did bandana stories, and we did rope the bull. We also made icecream by rolling around big tin cans full of ice and salt, it was really good. We also made candles by dipping a wick in wax over and over again. We also made colonial toys called humdingers with a button and a string. We also made butter by shaking cream and salt in a jar. We tried our butter on crackers. We also made luminaries, which go around our candles. And that's what we did at Colonial Days.

by McKay

Colonial Day

On Dec. 8 the fifth grade did a day called Colonial Day. I thought Colonial Day was a very fun thing because we got to do things that the people from back in the day would do.We got to do Colonial Day bacaus we have been learning about the colonist. At Colonial Day we got to make candles,humdingers,butter and, ice cream. The ice cream and butter were my favorite part becuase we got to try them and if you made them right they were the best! So again I just thought it was fun because we got to a lot of fun things old fashioned.

by Paige

3-D Art

In 3-D art we learn how to make art on just a plain piece of paper look 3-D. It is fun because at the end it actually looks really cool and real. I personly thing it would be cool to take 3-D art lessons and think it would be fun, too!!!! In 3-D art you can make all types of things like cans of spinich, alien flying saucers, golden rocks, and even 3-D tables. You can even put shading on the things that you draw.

by Sydney

Wanted Writing Project

Wanted writing project is where you choose a job that you would have down in the north pole and make a poster about hiring someone for that job. First you need to think of the job. Then you will need to write the job description,qualifications, and work expirence so they will know what the job is like. Then at the bottom of the paper you need to write contact information so that they can contact you (not your real info). Also you can decorate the page!! Then when you are done writing and drawing you can draw a reindeer at the top of the decorated page and give him a 3D nose made of anything to finish it off!! This was a fun Wrting project and I hope I can do it again!!

by Tayler

Hunting

Hunting was way cold. The dogs water was frozen. The fun part about was four wheeling in a gravel pit my uncle went like 45 mph of jumps and stuff. We didn't shoot any thing. We saw 20 does.

by Gavin

Dancing Fleas

In fifth grade, we get to learn how to play the ukelele. A ukelele is a stringed instrument that was named after people in Hawaii. They decided to call it the “dancing flea” because of how it sounded when it was played. Some of the songs that we have learned so far are Charlie, Hush Little Baby, and The Wheels on the Bus. Our class goes to learn how to play the ukelele’s once a week. This is one of the four different activities that we do during the week. This is my favorite out of all four.

by nodnar91

P.E. PUMP Game

Pump is a game that you play in P.E. It is verry fun. So first someone stands in the middle of the gym, and everyone else stands against a wall. Then the people against the wall yell "PUMP PUMP PUMP IT UP! P-U-M-P PUMP IT UP!" Then the person in the middle says "Pump." Then everyone else runs and tries not to get touched. If one or more do get touched, then they freeze and try to touch everyone else. The winner is the last one who doesn't get touched.

by Stockton

Fun Monster Stories

In our class we did monster stories. I like these monster stories because I like to make up characters and write about them. In our stories we had to describe our monster describing what they eat, what they do, and how they look. In our stories we also got to draw pictures throughout the stories and then color them.So I just liked them because we got to just make up things and just have fun writing all of it down!

by Paige

Game Library

The Game Library is where you can come in at recess and play games. So far we've learned how to play Incan Gold, Zeus on the loose and a few others. Incan Gold is a game of thinking cause you choose to go in or out of the ancient Incan temple. You play for five turns and whoever has the most treasure at the end wins. Zeus on the loose is a game of adding and subtracting because Zeus is building Mount Olympus and you round and there are God Cards that minus, reverse and add numbers to Mount Olympus. Well that's all I have to say about our fun Game Library.

by McKay

What's the Best Halloween Project? Monster Stories!

One of my favorite Halloween projects was Monster Stories. We got to draw four different monsters and pick one to write about. We got to write a rough draft for each section. The teacher would correct it and we would have a conference with her and re-write it. When we were finished we would re-write it on special paper.

by J.R.

C.R.A.S.H.

C.R.A.S.H comes on a Friday of every week. C.R.A.S.H is a fun activity for students if they turn their work in. If they don't turn in their work they stay back from crash and go to study hall. The categories for C.R.A.S.H are usually a Art Project, Sport Activity, sometimes another Art Activity (depending on if there is a holiday that week or month), and Study Hall. Students can choose to go to Study Hall to read or color/free draw.

by Gunnar

Halloween Scene Art

Halloween Scene art is where you draw a house and decorate around it with halloween ghosts and scary things! We made our houses extra scary by adding cracks and eyes in the windows. We drew stuff around it like frankenstien,skeletons,and bats. I had alot of fun doing this and hope we can do it again next year for halloween in sixth grade!

by Tayler

Zeus on the Loose

Zeus on the Loose is a really fun game that uses addition. There are thirty cards in all. Four of each card from numbers one-ten, and there are sixteen god cards. There is also one Zeus figure. First shuffle the playing cards and then set one card face up and the rest face down in a pile. Let one person pick a card out of the pile and show the rest of the players. Then add up both of the cards and if it's a sum of ten, you get Zeus. If there is also a god card to steal Zeus you get him. When you get to one hundred then the game is over. Whoever still has Zeus wins!

by Stockton

Las Vegas

In Las Vegas I was playing a baseball tournament. We took forth place. After the tournament I went on the rollercoaster New York New York. My hotel had an arcade and a whirl pool. My favorite thing was riding the New York New York.

by Zack

To New Zealand

I went to New Zealand in January-Febuary 2010. My mom and dad decided to take me to New Zealand for my birthday. We went to New Zealand to visit family. We stayed at my aunt's house in Hawera. We were very close to the ocean and we went swimming a lot! It was fun to see stock car racing because they don't race them in the United States. Even though it was fun swimming, watching stock cars, and being with family my favorite thing was being able to eat meat pies and fish and chips.

by Jet

Solving the Problems to Compute-a-Design

My two favorite school subjects are art and math, so compute-a-design is my favorite activity. Compute-a-design is where you answer all the math problems. Then you look at the design to the side and put the same design on the spaces with the answer from the math problem you just did. When you're done, it looks awesome. That's why compute-a-design is my favorite activity.

by Nodnar 91

My Trip to Florida

My trip to Florida was a once in a life time thing. We had a beautiful house with an amazing view of the ocean. Everyday we would go swimming either in our pool or in the ocean. Our third day at Florida we went and swam with the dolphins, our dolphin's name was Tallon. That was probably the most expensive thing there but it was one of my favorites. The day after that we got to go to the TurtleHospital that was my favorite because we got to see the turtle ambulance, the E.R and the O.R. Then we went out to the gigantic pool, it was over 200 gallons of water! One day my cousin was snorkaling with a fishing net to see what she could catch, and so the rest of us went out there and she had a lobster in her hand! Last but not least my mom,my sister,and I were out on the dock fishing and I reel in a fish and a 4 foot great black heron was standing right behind us so i turn around and i take the fish off the line and i throw it and it lands in the water and the heron went right in after it.

by Gunnar

Early Settlers Come to the New World

I really like learning about the Early Settlers in Social Studies because they have some scary encounters and amazing journeys! The first colony was Roanoke, which only lasted for a few years. John white, governer of Roanoke, left to get more supplies and food. He said he'd be back in two or three months, but the England-Spain war delayed him for two or three years! He finally got back, but everyone was gone! The second colony was Jamestown. It started out with over one hundred people, but after a while, only thirty-eight men were left. Then sixty more people came. The third colony was of course Plymouth, settled by the Pilgrims. Plymouth wouldn't have lasted long without the help of Squanto, an English speaking Indian saved their lives. That is why the Early Settlers are so awesome.

by McKay

Halloween Art

Halloween art is fun because you get to draw pumpkins,warewolves, and more. My favorite one is the pumpkins. With the pumpkins we get to outline the letters in our name in our pumpkins and it's tricky. It takes probably 1hour or less it's really fun. You don't color it or any thing!!

by Zack

Monster Stories

I like the monster stories because you get to pick a monster and draw and color it. They are fun to me because I like to color and write stories. This is an activity that my teacher did when she was are age. She still has her pictures but not her story. I am injoying doing this so far.

by Sydney

Matter

So far my favorite subject was matter! We got to do tons of experiments! We also watched a movie. The balloon and bottle experiment. We put some powder in a balloon and put it on a bottle full of the "secret ingredent" and a special gas filled the balloon! Matter was super fun!

by J.R.

My Family Trip to St. George

My Dads side of the family and my family dicided to go to St.George for a family trip. So we rented a house with a swimming pool, of course, and then it was time to get there. When we got there we unpacked, Then all of the moms went shopping while the dads watched the kids. Then they rotated and the dads went golfing while the moms watched the kids. But the only thing they had to watch us do was swim in the pool (that was my favorite part). Then all of the other families went to a fair and my family went hiking. We had a great time there and hope to go again soon.

by Tayler

Kicking and Germs

My favorite subject in school is P.E.. I enjoy P.E. because of all of the fun games. Some of the fun games include California Kickball and the Germ Game. California Kickball is fun because I can kick hard and run fast. The Germ game is fun because it is a team game unlike a lot of other games.

by Jet

Y.A.A. Awards

An Y.A.A. award is a meddle necklace that we get for getting are Preamble passed off and stuff like that. It is fun because we get to learn all of the peoms that a lot of people know that we don't. We have these books that are called are Y.A.A. award books and the poems that we have to pass off are in there. Y.A.A. stands for Young American Award.

by Sydney

Roanoke

The English sailed to an island near Roanoke with John Smith. They got in a fight with indians. The English started to run out of supplies. John Smith went back. He said "He'll be back in 2-3 months". Since england was in a war it took 2-3 years. When he got back nobody was there. Only clues were on a post it said "roanoke" and on a tree it said "cro".

by Gavin

What I like about school

I can't believe how fun fifth grade is. Well the other grades were fun but this year is different I feel like i'm one step closer to middle school. I am also liking how fun C.R.A.S.H. is,it makes me feel like school does not exist. Speaking of school our teacher is awesome. The home work is so easy because our teacher takes us through it slowly. Those are some of the things I like about fifth grade.

by Joshua

CRASH Games

CRASH is the funnest thing in fifth grade. CRASH stands for Creative Recreational Academic Super Hour (actually 45 minutes). It is on Fridays. CRASH is when all the teachers in the fifth grade plan activities for students. Students get to choose an activity to go to, but you can only go if you have all of your work turned in. Normally there are four or five activities to choose from. If you don't have all your work done, you go to Study Hall to finish it. You can also go to Study Hall to read or color if you want. There are usually sports, music, and art activities. We enjoy going to CRASH because we get exercise and we have fun. Another reason why CRASH is fun is because there is no homework. We can't wait for Fridays!

by Ms. Smith's Class

To the New World!

We have been learning about the European explorers and colonists in our class. This week we created posters to lure new settlers to the New World. Here are a few of our creations!

by Seth

by Brindalynn

by Rachelle

by Randon

by J.R.

by McKay

What did you do this summer?

I had the chance to go to Texas with my sister. We went to visit my brother who just got a job down in Austin. While there we had the chance to do some fun things such as...






Visit the state capitol building. Austin has the largest capitol building in the nation. It was VERY big. Inside were statues of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin as well as a cool mosaic on the floor of the rotunda. It showed national emblems for Mexico, Spain, France, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. Can you figure out why these five countries were showcased on the floor of the capitol building?



There was also a monument to the Confederacy right outside the capitol building. It was kind of weird to see a monument to the Confederacy since we often view them as being the wrong side during the Civil War, but to the Confederacy the war was really more about the rights of states versus the federal government. I also didn't realize Texas was part of the Confederacy. I thought it was only a territory during the Civil War. I guess that goes to show that even teachers still have things to learn!




We also went to see the bat colony that lives underneath the South Congress Bridge in downtown Austin. This is the largest urban bat colony in the United States. Sadly, we only saw a few bats. (I was kind of hoping to see a swirling vortex of bats like in the Batman movies). This picture was taken of the bats that were flying right over our heads. Right after I took this picture, my sister and I both got pooped on. Do you think this means bats don't like having their picture taken?





We also went shopping along the famous SoCo strip. What would a trip to Texas be if we didn't take time out to try on cowboy boots?




And of course we had to eat. We had some great barbecue and Tex Mex, but we also made sure to stop by Round Rock Donuts.

On our next trip down to Texas, I'm hoping to be able to visit the Alamo and Schlitterbahn Waterpark. Good times!

Welcome!

Welcome to our new classroom blog. Throughout the school year, I'd like to have students make posts about some of their favorite things we do in class or about important events and activities in their lives. I hope you enjoy reading about some of the exciting activities taking place at school!