Focus for Friday

1. Brain Teasers

2. Current Events

3. TFK

4. Math

5. Art

6. Lunch

7. Focus on vocabulary-Suffixes, GRE

AIMS Week

We have learned A LOT this year! Now it's up to YOU to show what you know! I know each and every one of you will give your ABSOLUTE BEST next week. In the mean time, here are some suggestions to help you study. "Study, study" the materials in your assessment folder. I know.. "Nag, nag"...Remember, it takes the brain at least 5-100 times of exposure to learn something new (storing information into long-term memory). I've got news for you....It's very difficult to teach ALL of the 5th grade standards over 100 times. It's up to you to read over the concepts and study what you don't know at this point. That is why I have assigned practice packets and study guides...Not to torture you, but to help you. :-)

In addition, try these links out:

1. Poetry

2. Writing Links

3. IX

Have a wonderful weekend-don't forget to shop for HEALTHY snacks!

Tuesday April 5, 2011

AIMS testing begins Monday, April 11th and lasts the entire week! We've learned a lot and have prepared all year, and it's time to study. Here are a few great resources to use at home:
1. IXL math
2. AIMS practice tests
3. Test Quest
4. BBC
5. NWEA MAP Prep. based on your scores

Happy April!

Today's Highlights:
*Report cards were handed out-make sure to get your agenda book signed by your parents.
*Our class set goals and discussed upcoming end-of-year assessments.
*Mrs. Farr taught us about Folktales and we read really interesting stories that we didn't want to stop reading.
*In math and science, we worked with our kindergarten buddies to study/measure WORMS!
~Monday, we will begin our AIMS studying with a fun lesson on affixes.
:-) I hope you are challenging yourself by reading & studying your standards' packets!
Have a great weekend! :-)

Wednesday

Let's make our community a safer place by learning what to do if you were in an emergency situation.
On March 19-this Saturday, there will be a unique opportunity to learn essential CPR and first aid skills at a free training event. This is a nationwide event honoring Congresswoman Giffords, whose district largely overlaps with the service area of our American Red Cross chapter.  More than 100 Red Cross chapters will be participating nationwide. We hope you’ll spend just one hour with us.
WHEN: Saturday March 19, 2011
            9:00 am, 11:00 am, and 1:00 pm
WHERE:  Six locations across Southern Arizona, in Tucson, Green Valley, Nogales, Sierra Vista, and Douglas.
COST:  Free
INCLUDES: Training in hands-only CPR, controlling external bleeding and managing shock. Will last 45-60 minutes.

REGISTER ONLINE at www.redcrossarizona.org/sals 

to take part in this valuable training.

March 8, 2011

Happy Tuesday! Mrs. Smith was back today since Miss Farr was at a training. We continue to learn a lot. Keep updating your student blogs. Please remember to keep them educational. Here a few fun websites to try:
Math
A fun weekend event at the U of A Mall
Iditarod

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Happy LOVE OF READING WEEK! In honor of Love of reading, we will have a read in tomorrow along with 4 guest readers throughout the day. Also, I want you to think about when you were little (er), did you have a book that you just absolutely loved? You made your parents read it over and over and over and... you get the idea. Bring that book in and we'll be reading it to one another in class. FYI, I'll be bringing, "There's a Monster at the End of This Book".

If you  have time, visit the following links: SeussVille, RAA, doors

Monday-February 28th

Beginning at 4:00am- WORLD'S MATH DAY Competition! Log in as many times as you can that day until 12:00am to help set another Guinness Book of World Records- 2011. Yey Math!!!
Nick and My will be at school representing our class from 4-7pm, but you can compete from any computer with internet. Join this fun event! 

Happy March!

Our science fair has come to a conclusion-except for our SARCEF winners (don't forget to register by March 1st). If you LOVE science and don't want experiments to end become a member of Mad Science.

Up Coming Events for March-We will enter the door decorating contest on Tuesday the 2nd, Grandparents/Special Person's day is on Wednesday, March 16th, Spring Break is March 21-25th, World's Math Day competition ends this month, don't forget to practice your math skills with IXL math!

Happy February!

Today we focused on a lot. For reading we discussed functional text and explored advertisements while looking closely for deception. We examined slogans in articles, advertisements, and compared the information/promises with their nutrition labels. It was really interesting. Cooper, Taylon, and Sara were very motivated. They actually brought out some of their snacks and we read and discussed the labels. Jacob had blueberry yogurt as part of his lunch and it DID have REAL blueberries! What's in YOUR snacks? Red #40? Blue #1 or #2? Yellow #5 or #6, artificial flavors? If it does, you may want to put that snack down according to this article. YIKES!

In math, we finished lesson 5.10 and 5.11. Unit test coming very soon! Please use your user names/passwords to log into the following website competitions:

1. IXL

2. World's Maths Day

Current events/geography-Miss Farr taught the lesson today

Science projects-ongoing

The importance of.....

Functional Text: Do you like blueberries? have you been tricked by false advertisements? If you are a careful reader, you won't get tricked.

January

What an unbelievably BUSY month! Science fair is coming, it's time to get creative! Take a look at some of the SARCEF winners last year. Winners get special prizes like money and even scholarships! The most creative and environmentally savvy projects usually win. On January 26th (100th day of school), Mrs. VF & our class will be going to Tumacacori to explore/compare it with the Mission. What a great time that will be, and ice cream when we return as we celebrate the 100th day of school-woo hoo! Mrs. Smith will be at a training at AHS on January 27 & 28th. Mr. Matchett & Mrs. Farr (student teacher) will be your  teachers on those days. 

* Congratulations to our class for filling yet another sticker chart-time to buy something sweet-AGAIN!! I'd say stop earning 5's in specials, but that's kind of the point of our class sticker chart! Great behavior 5th graders-keep it up! 
Here are some science project links for the following students: Jacob, Ani, Allen, Victor, Clarissa, Melody, Devon, Sara, My, Nick,