My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother

Today we listened to the story My Rotten Readheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco. It made me think of a time when my brother & I were wrestling on the trampoline. My name was Duncan Turner & his was Johnny Tyson. We had cardboard boxes as tables and pillows as chairs. We had a ladder with a title above it. So we got the match started. When he first kicked me, I fell then I hopped up and did the ddt. When he was knocked out I got the table out. When I set it up he go up and I hit him with the chair. While he was on the ground I climbed the ladder and waited. When he got up I tackled him through the table. After that I got another table and I choked slammed him through the table. He popped up and did the stone cold stunner to me. He put the chair in my face and jumped on it. When he tried to get the title I pushed him off the ladder. I got on top of the ladder and did a backflip on him. After that I got the title. (it was the Hardcore Championship!)
by Brian
**some of the things we noticed that Brian did really well were: he used strong action verbs like tackled, hopped, slammed, popped,and jumped; he used details like boxes as tables, and pillows were chairs; he used time order sequence; he used great sentence variety

Today we listened to the story. My Rotten Red-Head Older Brother by Patricia Polacco. It made me the about my rotten head older brother. The reason I called him my rotten head brother is because he is rotten. Mrs. Evan’s doesn’t know because she doesn’t live with us. But at home he is always being bad. The thing he does is really horrible. He is always beating me up. He is never listening. He doesn’t follow direction and does not take no for an answer. But the worst thing about him is that he beats up on all the little kids. Oh and one time he came really close to breaking my arm by twisting or bending it as far as it will go. That is why I call him my rotten head older brother.
by Heaven
**We noticed that Heaven gave specific reasons/things her brother does; she uses logical organization and good sentence variety. I especially liked the sentence, "Mrs. Evans doesn't live with us" It showed her voice

Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head by Jacob S.

On Monday August 31, 2009 in Mrs. Heaberlin’s class we played a science game. In the game you had to answer a question from our science test. The questions weren’t always hard, but some of the questions were hard. In my opinion the hardest question was to name the 3 types of worms. The answer is flatworm, Roundworm, and Segmented worm. Once you get a question right you get to add a body part to Mr. Potato Head. Everyone got to add only one body part, but it was very fun any way. The time I got a question right, I added green lips to the potato man. It was very, very fun.

Follow My Leader

We are reading the book, Follow My Leader, in Mrs. Heaberlin's classroom. We put on blindfolds to try and experience what it is like to be blind.

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.