a twisted heart map

We have used our writer's notebooks to help us learn strategies writers use. One of the strategies was to make heart maps of things we love because writers generally pick topics of things they love and know about to write about. We then made lists of things we hate and things that bug us because sometimes we feel passionate about things we don't like too. Here is a very creative "hate map" that Jason made.

Fling Science

Here is the direct link to the Fling the Teacher science review game. It takes a few minutes to load-be patient. Have fun!

Fling the teacher science game

Fling the Teacher Science Review

Today we played a fun review game called Fling The Teacher to review for a science test on Earth's features. Here is the link if you would like to play it:

Fling the Teacher Game

Open House presentation

Welcome to 5th

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Writing Workshop

Our writing workshop is starting to roll now. Students have learned about the writing process and how writers get ideas from their "hearts". They have written their first pieces in their notebooks. We shared their paragraphs and learned how writers give each other helpful feedback. We used the following starters to help us form our feedback: 1. I really liked... 2. A word that popped... 3. I'm wondering... 4. I was confused by... 5. Can you tell me more about... Here is a video showing Mrs. Dees and Alex discussing his paragraph on fishing. Alex's next step in writing will be to take the feedback and see if he wants to "revisit" his paragraph and add more details. Of course, he is in charge of his writing, and he may choose to leave this piece and choose another topic.

Thursday Jeopardy

On Thursdays Mr. Exner plays Jeopardy as a review for Friday's tests. Sometimes he even throws in some fun categories like Sponge Bob and Baseball.

5th Grade Highlights

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