Our library has millions of great books,but before we check out a book we need to do a dla first. Some students get to check out books immediately, but don't let that stop you there a lot of books to read and enjoy.When you read a book completely you should take an AR test.when you take an AR test and get points and you get prizes.My favorite book is called Firestar's quest.And my favorite book is Series of unfortunate events.This is why our library is extraodinary!
By J.C and M.D
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Snowflake poetry
On Friday and today, the fifth-graders wrote different types of poems about snow and snowflakes and then created books with the poetry. They wrote an acrostic poem, a cinquain, a haiku and a free verse poem.
To practice our poetry writing skills, we wrote an acrostic poem and haiku together. Enjoy! (And see if you can write one! Remember a haiku has three lines with five syllables in the first and third line and seven syllables in the second line.)
Snowglobes are
Nice.
Opening windows in the
Winter lets in
Fluffy flakes.
Laying in the snow and making snow
Angels feels like fluffy
Kittens fur. I want snow on Christmas
Eve.
Snow and PPE (a haiku)
snowy mountain top
a puma meets another puma
they play in the snow
To practice our poetry writing skills, we wrote an acrostic poem and haiku together. Enjoy! (And see if you can write one! Remember a haiku has three lines with five syllables in the first and third line and seven syllables in the second line.)
Snowglobes are
Nice.
Opening windows in the
Winter lets in
Fluffy flakes.
Laying in the snow and making snow
Angels feels like fluffy
Kittens fur. I want snow on Christmas
Eve.
Snow and PPE (a haiku)
snowy mountain top
a puma meets another puma
they play in the snow
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday!
Today we had a two hour delay and did not come in til ten. First we did dla, and checked if we had our planners singhed. Then we did snack for a couple minutes,after that we took a CBM test. It was a reading test, it wasnt very hard.After wrighting we had tacos for lunch. And for social studies we made a time line. Then we wrote down homework in our planners. It was the best day we had in a while!
by I.M and K.C
by I.M and K.C
We're back
We let our blog get way out of date! Yikes!
Mrs. Griffin went to kindergarten for a month as part of her student teaching program and the fifth-graders got busy. We're not any less busy now, but we are determined to tell the world what fantastic stuff we are doing.
In science, we have studied variables with pendulums and paper cup lifeboats. We also taught our kindergarten buddies about pendulums and really enjoyed sharing science with our buddies.
In math, we've focused on measuring -- time, perimeter, circles, you name it! We taught our kindergarten buddies about diameter, radius and chords and made Christmas ornaments. We'll have to post a picture of it soon. It will be a quick review of fractions and decimals before we leave for Christmas break.
In reading we are going to read an abridged version of A Christmas Carol and compare and contrast the book with several movie versions.
Happy Holidays! We'll post again soon.
Mrs. Griffin went to kindergarten for a month as part of her student teaching program and the fifth-graders got busy. We're not any less busy now, but we are determined to tell the world what fantastic stuff we are doing.
In science, we have studied variables with pendulums and paper cup lifeboats. We also taught our kindergarten buddies about pendulums and really enjoyed sharing science with our buddies.
In math, we've focused on measuring -- time, perimeter, circles, you name it! We taught our kindergarten buddies about diameter, radius and chords and made Christmas ornaments. We'll have to post a picture of it soon. It will be a quick review of fractions and decimals before we leave for Christmas break.
In reading we are going to read an abridged version of A Christmas Carol and compare and contrast the book with several movie versions.
Happy Holidays! We'll post again soon.
Monday, October 5, 2009
From the blog box...
We've started something new in Mr. Fitch's class. Students have the option, when they are done with their work, to write something for Mrs. Griffin's blog box. She'll pick a few at the end of the week to post to the blog. This week the prompt asked students to describe an imaginary place using their senses. Here we go...
From W.W.
One day I woke up in candyland.
First of all I was swimming I chocolet.
Scondly I was jumpping on the marshmelose. Also, I was eating It.
Finilly I was walking and I got stuck in jello.
From L.P.
My imaginary place is full of money land. It smells like peoples pocket. I was so hungry I ate a dollar bill It was disgusting. Then I took ten dollars and went home. That was the best day ever. Then the next day I went back to money land. That was all about money land.
From J.M.
Today im going to tell you about money land. First of all, it smells like peoples pockets. You can hear change all over. The sound is loud. I would fly in a jet to money land. It is green all over. I will go to Mexico with the money and get a suvernear. That is how money land is.
From W.W.
One day I woke up in candyland.
First of all I was swimming I chocolet.
Scondly I was jumpping on the marshmelose. Also, I was eating It.
Finilly I was walking and I got stuck in jello.
From L.P.
My imaginary place is full of money land. It smells like peoples pocket. I was so hungry I ate a dollar bill It was disgusting. Then I took ten dollars and went home. That was the best day ever. Then the next day I went back to money land. That was all about money land.
From J.M.
Today im going to tell you about money land. First of all, it smells like peoples pockets. You can hear change all over. The sound is loud. I would fly in a jet to money land. It is green all over. I will go to Mexico with the money and get a suvernear. That is how money land is.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Stuart Little
A note from Mrs. Griffin --
We have been very busy in fifth-grade...so busy we almost forgot to blog. But not quite!
We finished reading Stuart Little, turned in a collection of several assignments from the book and presented oral book reports to the class. After all was said and done, students wrote some quick responses about whether they liked the book, whether they thought the assignments were hard or easy and whether they thought we should do oral book reports again.
From C.B.
It was easy cause of all the fun stuff.
Yes i liked the book my favorite part was when SL went down the drain
From M.D.
It was fun and easy to do the Book reaport beacause we jet to talk about the story and peopel whanted to gread us.
I liked this book it was a interesting book to read my favorit part was when he had a invisabel car it was cool.
From E.M.D
The letter to Stuar was hard but the Venn diagram was easy
I dindt really like the end of the book. My favorite part was when he turnd his car invisebel.
From E.Z.
It was kind of hard because you had to write two pages for the ending.
I really, really liked the book although it didn't have a nice ending. My favorite part was when Margalo and Stuart meet each other.
From L.P.
I think we should do another book report because it was fun.
From O.M.D.
I did not like the book because I did not like the ending, but my favorite part is when Stuart found Margalo.
From J. R.
It wasn't hard it was easy. You just had to write a story.
I like it because it had lots of anvanters. My favorite part was when Stuart had to go to the sienk to get the ring.
We have been very busy in fifth-grade...so busy we almost forgot to blog. But not quite!
We finished reading Stuart Little, turned in a collection of several assignments from the book and presented oral book reports to the class. After all was said and done, students wrote some quick responses about whether they liked the book, whether they thought the assignments were hard or easy and whether they thought we should do oral book reports again.
From C.B.
It was easy cause of all the fun stuff.
Yes i liked the book my favorite part was when SL went down the drain
From M.D.
It was fun and easy to do the Book reaport beacause we jet to talk about the story and peopel whanted to gread us.
I liked this book it was a interesting book to read my favorit part was when he had a invisabel car it was cool.
From E.M.D
The letter to Stuar was hard but the Venn diagram was easy
I dindt really like the end of the book. My favorite part was when he turnd his car invisebel.
From E.Z.
It was kind of hard because you had to write two pages for the ending.
I really, really liked the book although it didn't have a nice ending. My favorite part was when Margalo and Stuart meet each other.
From L.P.
I think we should do another book report because it was fun.
From O.M.D.
I did not like the book because I did not like the ending, but my favorite part is when Stuart found Margalo.
From J. R.
It wasn't hard it was easy. You just had to write a story.
I like it because it had lots of anvanters. My favorite part was when Stuart had to go to the sienk to get the ring.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Descriptive writing
This week we worked on writing paragraphs with lots of description. We are trying not to read "tired" words. See if these make your mouth water...
From E.Z.
I like a enjoyable food that I want to tell you about it. My favorite food is seveche because I am Mexican and Mexican always eat seveche. But not only I like it because I am Mexican I liked it sence the first day I tasted it. The seveche has cuccumber, tomato, shrimp and onion! When I smell it, it smells so good. Finally I could eat it and I could put chilly on it and I would always say yummy. But then, I say to my mom good job! Now you know what is my favorite food.
From L.B.
Hot wings are my favorite food to eat. They are spicy. Somethime my mouth feels lik a vollckanow. You have to eat yem quick. You can eat as meny as you want. All my family like them, even my mom, dad. Now you now my favorite food.
From J.M.R
Do you have a favorite food, because I do? First, I love tacos. I enjoy them because of the juicy meat and also because of the cheesy cheese. Second, I adore enchiladas. I worship them because of the gooey cheesy stringy cheese. Last, I am fond of the taco salad. I love them because of the doritos in it instead of the crunchy, regular chips, but do you enjoy taco salad? Those are my favorite foods and posibly yours.
We will visit our kindergarten buddies again today. We are practicing a math rap that we will perform for the school at the first assembly!
From E.Z.
I like a enjoyable food that I want to tell you about it. My favorite food is seveche because I am Mexican and Mexican always eat seveche. But not only I like it because I am Mexican I liked it sence the first day I tasted it. The seveche has cuccumber, tomato, shrimp and onion! When I smell it, it smells so good. Finally I could eat it and I could put chilly on it and I would always say yummy. But then, I say to my mom good job! Now you know what is my favorite food.
From L.B.
Hot wings are my favorite food to eat. They are spicy. Somethime my mouth feels lik a vollckanow. You have to eat yem quick. You can eat as meny as you want. All my family like them, even my mom, dad. Now you now my favorite food.
From J.M.R
Do you have a favorite food, because I do? First, I love tacos. I enjoy them because of the juicy meat and also because of the cheesy cheese. Second, I adore enchiladas. I worship them because of the gooey cheesy stringy cheese. Last, I am fond of the taco salad. I love them because of the doritos in it instead of the crunchy, regular chips, but do you enjoy taco salad? Those are my favorite foods and posibly yours.
We will visit our kindergarten buddies again today. We are practicing a math rap that we will perform for the school at the first assembly!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Kindergarten buddies
Today, we visited our kindergarten buddies in their classroom. We read books to them. Here are some sentences we wrote with our buddies while we read.
Also, we read The Old Woman Who Named Things. It was good! -- GVB and E
Our book was about a dog who found a cat and the dog loved the cat. It's a good book. -- EZ and K
We read a book about a muddy dog and he got cleaned in a pond. – MD, JMR and M
We read a book and she thought it was funny. I don’t even know why. KC and E
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thanks!
Thanks for the exciting comments!
First of all, we're going to read some fabulous books. We've read a good fiction book called Davy Crockett Saves the World. We read a true story about George Washington's teeth.
What's your favorite sport? One of our favorite sports is handball. Another is soccer. We enjoy football at recess.
(paragraph written by Mr. Fitch and Mrs. Griffin's class)
We are also studying weather and water this week. One of our activities is to keep track of how much it rains. Has it rained where you live?
First of all, we're going to read some fabulous books. We've read a good fiction book called Davy Crockett Saves the World. We read a true story about George Washington's teeth.
What's your favorite sport? One of our favorite sports is handball. Another is soccer. We enjoy football at recess.
(paragraph written by Mr. Fitch and Mrs. Griffin's class)
We are also studying weather and water this week. One of our activities is to keep track of how much it rains. Has it rained where you live?
Friday, August 14, 2009
Our favorite things
One of our assignments this week was to write an 8-sentence paragraph about our favorite things to do. Everyone worked hard and went through the entire writing process. After we finished our final drafts, we voted on which two paragraphs should be posted for the world to see.
Here they are.
From O. M. D.
What I like to do is many things and your going to here 3 of them! First I like watching WWE like Smack Down, Raw and ECW. I like watching WWE because I like Jeff Hardy, Under Taker, Thom Cena and Rey Mysterio. Next I like skateboarding with my skateboard at the Memorial Park. Skateboarding I like because I like doing ramps. Last I like biking and go for the can. I also like biking because I like going fast! Obviously you know what my three favorite things are.
From L.P.
There are several things I like to do. First I like to go to Mr. Biggs. Mr. Biggs is fun because they have bumper carts. Second I like to play football. I like to play football because it is fun and exercising. Third I like to play video games. I like to play video games because they have football games to play. In conclusion that is all of things I like to do.
Thanks for reading our blog. Watch our writing get better and better as we move through fifth-grade!
Here they are.
From O. M. D.
What I like to do is many things and your going to here 3 of them! First I like watching WWE like Smack Down, Raw and ECW. I like watching WWE because I like Jeff Hardy, Under Taker, Thom Cena and Rey Mysterio. Next I like skateboarding with my skateboard at the Memorial Park. Skateboarding I like because I like doing ramps. Last I like biking and go for the can. I also like biking because I like going fast! Obviously you know what my three favorite things are.
From L.P.
There are several things I like to do. First I like to go to Mr. Biggs. Mr. Biggs is fun because they have bumper carts. Second I like to play football. I like to play football because it is fun and exercising. Third I like to play video games. I like to play video games because they have football games to play. In conclusion that is all of things I like to do.
Thanks for reading our blog. Watch our writing get better and better as we move through fifth-grade!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Welcome
Welcome back to school!
The first day will be packed full of getting to know your teachers, each other and our classroom. We will also read a book by Chris Van Allsburg titled The Stranger. Van Allsburg also wrote Jumanji and The Polar Express.
Did you read any good books this summer? Do you have a favorite author?
Mr. Fitch and Mrs. Griffin are excited to get to know the answers to those questions and more this school year. We hope you are excited too.
The first day will be packed full of getting to know your teachers, each other and our classroom. We will also read a book by Chris Van Allsburg titled The Stranger. Van Allsburg also wrote Jumanji and The Polar Express.
Did you read any good books this summer? Do you have a favorite author?
Mr. Fitch and Mrs. Griffin are excited to get to know the answers to those questions and more this school year. We hope you are excited too.
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