5th Grade Three Writing Contests...for prizes!!

www.daretodreamchangetheworld.com  Please click on this link to see how students can enter this writing contest and win $1500 worth of books for our school library!  Students will be wrting a biographical poem and a non-fiction paragraph about someone who not only dreamed, but took action and made the world better.

GAGE Essay Prompts Spring 2013

Elementary Summer Scholarship Award - $100

In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute. She says, “After this, I should think nothing of falling down the stairs.”

Many people fear many things. Oftentimes, something that frightened you or caused you stress turns out to not be so bad when you finally face it. Can you think of a time when you had to do something you feared and were surprised that is wasn’t as bad as you thought? Tell about a time you faced a fear- whether physical or scholastic, and how the experience helped your courage for the next task.

(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less, no more than two per school.)

Deadline for submission is April 3, 2013.

GAGE Essay Prompts Spring 2013

Elementary Summer Scholarship Award - $100

In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and her dress poofs up like a parachute. She says, “After this, I should think nothing of falling down the stairs.”

Many people fear many things. Oftentimes, something that frightened you or caused you stress turns out to not be so bad when you finally face it. Can you think of a time when you had to do something you feared and were surprised that is wasn’t as bad as you thought? Tell about a time you faced a fear- whether physical or scholastic, and how the experience helped your courage for the next task.

(Submit typed essays, 300 words or less, no more than two per school.)

Deadline for submission is April 3, 2013.

5th Grade SS

5th graders should be researching their assigned WWII Leader.  They should be prepared to use their research to type their short biography here at school on Monday, March 4.  They will have over 1 hour to type on Monday and over 1 hour to type again on Wednesday, March 6.  They will also be drawing and painting the remainder of their project here at school.  Final projects are due Thursday, March 7.  There will be a chapter test on Chapter 8 on Thursday, March 7. 

4th Grade AC Reading

Due to early release, I did not get to see 4th grade today.  Please make sure you bring to class tomorrow your Bud, Not Buddy vocabulary list and your parts of speech word sort chart.  Make sure it is complete.  Thank you!

4th Grade Reading

Homework tonight:  If you are not finished sorting your Bud, Not Buddy words, you must finish tonight.  Use a dictionary or dictionary.com.  You can also use your book to find the words in context. 

SS 5th Grade Project

Each student has been assigned a WWII leader. They should be researching their leader.  They will then use their research to write a biography from the point of view of the leader.  For example, their paper will start with, "I am..."  Homework for Wednesday and Thursday is to gather research on their leader. 

Awesome Short Film

I showed this short film to the class today.  It has lots of great messages.  On the surface it teaches the kids that everyone has a story in their head, a narrative.  Unfortunately, the older the kids get the further down those narratives get pushed in their brains.  We need to keep their story telling abilities alive and well!  The ending of the film is the most important part.  We are coming into "testing season" with the 5th grade writing test on March 6th and the CRCT in April.  Many kids, especially the brightest, are scared.  They put a great deal of pressure on themselves to do well.  The message at the end is that "The scared is scared of the things you like."  Think about things you like and the scared feeling will leave your mind.  So now through the "testing season" our motto will be, "the scared is scared."
Enjoy!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/02/13/scared-is-scared/1915887/

Social Studies Reminders

Vocabulary Test:  Thursday, February 14.  Chapters 6.3 and all of 7.
Chapter Test on 6.3 and all of 7 will be Wednesday February 20.  Students have a study guide for the chapter tests. 
Study hard, students!