Sunday, September 27, 2009

Making Soap with Mr. Exner




Mr. Exner shared soap making with students this week.

The Pep Rally






Pep Rally by reporter Taurean

Today was the Pep Rally. The cheerleaders, band and football players were there. When we walked in the doors the first thing we saw was the football players giving us a Homecoming sticker. This year they sent more people who went to our school. During the pep rally, the band played and everyone started to dance. At the end of the pep rally Bryan danced with the mascot and got a hug from a cheerleader.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Study Group

Reporter Jena says:
Hello parents and students. I’m gong to tell you about the math study group from a 5th graders point of view. We have a math study group every Thursday from 2:30 to 3:15. You don’t need to let Mr. Exner know in advance all you need is transportation. We do about 20 mins. Of reviewing and the rest of the time we play math study games. Even if your child doesn’t need extra help you are welcome to come.


Sam says:
Study group is awesome. We play games and get five extra point. When your playing the game you get to play other people from other classrooms. If you beat at least two people you’ll get a piece of candy. Then when you’re waiting out side ready to go home, you can talk or work on your homework.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Weird Parents

We read the picture book, Weird Parents by Audrey Wood today. We talked about ideas for our own writing. It seems that we have lots of "weird" stories to tell about our families.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

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.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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.