Ethan's Writing

We used a quote from Mrs. Bowen, our counselor, to inspire our writing today. The quote was: "Whether you think you can or you think you can't-you are right."

Here is what Ethan wrote

Over the spring, I overcame a fear that no Lacrosse player likes doing, playing GOALIE. Goalie is a really hard position, in fact it is the hardest. The reason that playing goalie is so hard is because who wants to stand in front of a ball that is layered 100's of times in rubber coming at you. Well on our 3rd or 4th practice coach said, "Who will be our goalie?" And I said, "I will." So at our next practice I saw my mom walking onto the field with a brand new goalie stick, and when I saw it I knew there was no backing out.

Busy Monday

Today was a whirlwind. We had head checks with Nurse Carol, played Smackdown with Mrs. Evans, wrote about things we love in our writer's notebook, and created posters in social studies. We are learning about area and perimeter in math and reading Frindle in reading. We worked on our Wordly Wise with Mrs. Heaberlin and enjoyed beautiful weather at recess. We have a social studies test coming up on Thursday, and Mrs. Evans reminded us to review our two graded worksheets along with the vocabulary in chapter 1.

Friday Fun

Friday's are test days, but we also had some fun today. Ms. Cindy substituted for Mrs. Heaberlin today, and we had our spelling bee. We did a musical chair edit in Mrs. Evans's room. We had a special treat when Brianna sang for us and then Hailey and Mallory sang a duet. We are thinking about having a talent show. Wouldn't that be fun?
Wildcat Assistants for the first semester were announced today. They are: Heaven, Maria, Bailey, Brandon, Austin, Ryan, Katie, Devan, Christen, Harrison, Ryan, Sam, Rachel, Lauryn, Emma.

On the Rug

5th graders gather on the rug to listen to various mentor texts for writing workshop. We have already used Amelia's Notebook and The Way We Are Smart to inspire our writing.

Thursday is Jeopardy Day

Thursdays are always fun because Mr. Exner plays Jeopardy with us as a review for Friday's tests.

8 ways we are smart

We read the book How We Are Smart and learned about the different ways people are smart. We read the poems out loud to the class and discussed how each person was smart then we made

Tuesday, REACH Day

Today the REACH students started their classes with Mrs. Wagoner. Because we have such a large REACH class, Mrs. Jan Pushaver will be working with Mrs. Wagoner.

New Routines

Today we learned about all the 5th grade routines. Mrs. Evans emphasized the importance of our Daily Language sheets. They will be easy 100's if we keep with up them and pay attention. We started reading the book Frindle by Andrew Clements in Reading with Mrs. Heaberlin. Mr. Exner gave us our Daily Math sheet, and we worked on it. Our recess is after lunch, and boy was it hot today. Today was Zach's birthday, so we sang to him.

 

 

First Day Fun

I really enjoyed the first day of school this year. The students were alert, attentive, witty, and engaging. Playing the "two truths and a lie" game helped me get to know the students. Many in this group already enjoy reading and writing, so I think writing workshop is going to be really interesting this year. Most students turned in their paper work-THANKS parents!! In math students played a game with Mr. Exner, and he realized there are many students that need to brush up on their times tables. Knowing your times tables is vital to success in 5th grade. Please take time to review these. There are many online games that help with math facts, but I have found the easiest way to learn these is to practice when traveling in the car. Just pick out 4-5 facts to review during each trip to town. Open House is Thursday Night! I am excited about a great year!
Mrs. Evans

Reporter Caleb says:
Today was the first day of school and everyone was having a ball. We played 2 games. The first was 2 truths and a lie and the second was a multiplication game. 5th grade is the best and so are the teachers.