My class used the IPADs to explore their building today. They found some of the wonderful staff members that help take care of them during the week, fun items throughout the building, and important places. We are off the a great year!
Friday, August 18, 2017
FIRST DAY FUN
The first day of 5th grade finally happened! We had a weather delay and missed Open House and our scheduled first day, but the kids and teachers were ready to go today!
My class used the IPADs to explore their building today. They found some of the wonderful staff members that help take care of them during the week, fun items throughout the building, and important places. We are off the a great year!
My class used the IPADs to explore their building today. They found some of the wonderful staff members that help take care of them during the week, fun items throughout the building, and important places. We are off the a great year!
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Soil Trailer
Luke Westerman and Keila Sherman with the Greenwood County Conservation District visited the school on Monday. They brought a Soil Trailer and talked about how, "Healthy Soils Are Full of Life." The kids enjoyed listening to the presentation about taking care of our soil and ground water. They were also able to view many replicas of plants and animals that are found in Kansas soil. Students were asked to participate in a poster contest for the state. I have included information about the contest underneath the pictures below.
Friday, February 24, 2017
5th Grade Explorers
My class just finished up a Native Americans Unit in Social Studies and now we are starting Explorers. To get them excited about early explorers, they became explorers too! We went into the outdoor classroom and imagined that we were the first people there. They took notes in their Explorer Journals and drew sketches of what they saw. It was a perfect 75 degree February day! The kids found raccoon tracks, rabbit droppings, a crawdad, cattails, trees budding and much more. Please click on the picture below to watch a short video of their adventure!
CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH A VIDEO!
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
January
In the month of January, 5th grade students were kept busy learning about their own state of KANSAS! They practiced with their teams and competed in a Kansas Quiz Bowl Tournament. Students also learned about quilting from Judy Dunn, antiques from Mrs. Hosack and traveled to the Greenwood County Historical Society Museum.
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| Happy Birthday Kansas! |
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| Kansas Quiz Bowl Champions |
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| Kansas Quiz Bowl Runner-Up |
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget
Today in Math, students were given a shopping list and grocery store add to complete their Thanksgiving dinner budgets.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
LATE DAY START STEM-SATIONAL
NOVEMBER 9th, 2016
Fifth grade students were divided into teams and challenged to create the tallest free-standing spaghetti tower with a marshmallow on top. The teams were given 5 -10 minutes to plan and design their tower and then 18 minutes to construct. They materials they received to complete their project were: 1 yard of string, 1 yard of masking tape, scissors, 1 marshmallow, and 20 pieces of spaghetti.
Fifth grade students were divided into teams and challenged to create the tallest free-standing spaghetti tower with a marshmallow on top. The teams were given 5 -10 minutes to plan and design their tower and then 18 minutes to construct. They materials they received to complete their project were: 1 yard of string, 1 yard of masking tape, scissors, 1 marshmallow, and 20 pieces of spaghetti.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
A Little Note
Dear Parents,
The months of September and October have come and gone in quite a rush! I apologize for not keeping up with the blog as I was hurriedly trying to keep up with your students. Wow! The things they have learned in the past few months are literally out of this world! Just a month ago many of them believed that the moon glows and that the Sun is the biggest star in the universe. Now they know that the moon reflects the Sun and that our Sun is just an averaged sized star. The reason our Sun appears to be so large is because it is actually closer than the other stars.
Your student has ventured to Old Iron Days in Fredonia for a field trip, experienced Family Fun Night, and decorated downtown for Fall.We have had Halloween festivities and even had a funeral for dead words. They have been paid with the 5th grade money each week for performing the tasks that are expected of then and were then able to use that money to purchase items or coupons in the class store.
Before Thanksgiving a few of the exciting things your child will experience are dissecting an owl pellet and traveling to Wichita to the Symphony. They are also decorating programs for the Veteran's Day program that will take place on Friday, November 11th at 9:00am.
Thank you for all of your support with supplies, words of encouragement, and a great Halloween party.
I will be adding pictures to the blog showing some of the activities that I have mentioned above.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Burden
The months of September and October have come and gone in quite a rush! I apologize for not keeping up with the blog as I was hurriedly trying to keep up with your students. Wow! The things they have learned in the past few months are literally out of this world! Just a month ago many of them believed that the moon glows and that the Sun is the biggest star in the universe. Now they know that the moon reflects the Sun and that our Sun is just an averaged sized star. The reason our Sun appears to be so large is because it is actually closer than the other stars.
Your student has ventured to Old Iron Days in Fredonia for a field trip, experienced Family Fun Night, and decorated downtown for Fall.We have had Halloween festivities and even had a funeral for dead words. They have been paid with the 5th grade money each week for performing the tasks that are expected of then and were then able to use that money to purchase items or coupons in the class store.
Before Thanksgiving a few of the exciting things your child will experience are dissecting an owl pellet and traveling to Wichita to the Symphony. They are also decorating programs for the Veteran's Day program that will take place on Friday, November 11th at 9:00am.
Thank you for all of your support with supplies, words of encouragement, and a great Halloween party.
I will be adding pictures to the blog showing some of the activities that I have mentioned above.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Burden
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