Thursday, September 27, 2012

Homework Alert! 9/27/12

Tonight your child may have homework in the following areas:

1. Social Studies Outline.
  • Students will use their PowerPoint slides to create a study booklet for their Colonies Test tomorrow.
2. Science Outline
  •  Students will use their Science books to outline the human body systems and fill in the blanks.
3. Lesson 8 Spelling (or any late spelling packets)
  •  Spelling in my class is very consistent. On Monday we always do an activity with the words such as 3 times each, pre-test, write the definition, write guide words, write in a sentence, etc. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we complete a page a day. On Friday we take the test. All words for the year are available at www.spellingcity.com. Click on Find A List. Type in Tremonti and find the correct lesson.
4. Little Red Riding Hood Story
  • We have been working on these since last Thursday. Students have had many opportunities to finish in class. These books are due tomorrow.
5. Any Late Work.
           Due Tomorrow.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Last Week of 1st Quarter

If you feel like school is going too slow, then you are the only one! School is flying by here in Mrs. T's 5th grade class! We are learning new concepts every day and diving deep into learning, art, and projects!

The 1st quarter is quickly coming to a close with grades due on September 28th. To accommodate the students we will be concentrating on make-up work and review this week. All late work is due September 26th so I can grade it to have report cards ready by October 4th!

Please continue to check PASS if you have any questions about your child's grades. The last week tends to have the most fluctuation as grades are being entered for the last time. If you have any questions or concerns please get with me this week to resolve it.

1st Quarter Honors Assembly will be after fall break.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Homecoming

H-O-L B-R-O O-K!
If that doesn't get you in the Holbrook spirit, I don't know what can! Cheering on all our athletes is a big part of the Homecoming celebrations! All teams had a chance to play at home this homecoming week and have the full support of the community! To top it all off, we had the Homecoming parade to cheer on our football team.

We enjoyed all the floats (the best yet!) and, of course, the candy!

Marie wonders the same question we all do: Where's the candy?
A thumbs up as the parade begins!
I hope that camouflage doesn't keep you hidden from getting candy!

Cheerleaders!!
Jr. Varsity Football!

Cross-Country!
More candy!


Great floats! Sophomore Class!


Jr. High Football players!



Another awesome float!

We love Homecoming!!!


Lots of high fives!
and candy!!!!


Go Roadrunners!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Muscles


Did you know there are over 600 muscles in the human body? We use the muscles every day for every action we perform. Even when we are sleeping our cardiac muscle keeps the heart pumping. Our skeletal muscles we use to sit, stand, walk, run, and many other activities. Our smooth muscles are used when we digest our food. Smooth muscles can also force food down to our intestines or up when we are feeling sick.

In class we demonstrated the strength of our muscles by performing a series of pushups. In 3 minutes, the students were able to complete an average of 55 pushups. In 1 minute, the class average was 45. Not bad!

Take a look at some pictures of our class doing push-ups!

Kobi trying to make a straight angle for pushups.

DeVonta has perfect form!

Dominic is letting his giggles slow him down! More pushups, Dominic!

Marie is showing us how her muscles keep her strong!


April is a machine! She completed 50 pushups in 1 minute!!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Homework Alert 9/10/12

There are only 9 students who have homework in Math tonight. They are making a factor rainbow picture. The factor rainbow tells all the factors of a number.

For Example:









When the students are all finished, I will grade and scan them onto the class blog. You can also check them out in our classroom!!

Friday, September 7, 2012

SS State Reports


We have had some magnificent state presentations from the students in our class.
Click on the link below each student's name or picture. When you get to the Google Documents page, click on the top right side "Start Presentation." Enjoy!


Ellie: Wyoming
Ellie chose Wyoming because of her family's link to this great state.
  

One can only guess which state Kobi did..Kobi's family is from Kansas. He loves Kansas basketball and owns everything Kansas!!
Here is his presentation on Kansas!

It's no surprise Jelena picked Florida for her state report. She visits Disney World almost every year. You can see in her attire that she is loving every trip she takes!



 Beautiful scenery, nice cool summers--it's no wonder Gabrielle picks Maine as her state report!

April's mom was so excited when April picked Montana as her state. April had fun coloring pages, maps, and work pages galore! We are all now well informed about this amazing state!
Edit: The one saved to the Docs is April's original unfinished ppt. We will have this edited and fixed when school resumes.
 Ah, the sun, the sand.... Hawaii. Whenever you think of this beautiful state you can't help but imagine yourself at a luau soaking up sun and surf. Lucky Nishoni was here to tell us all about it!



 Michigan! Makes you think of last Saturday when Alabama beat them in football... (okay, maybe that's just me because I'm an Alabama fan!) When I really think of Michigan I think about all the snow and the beautiful views of Lake Michigan! Lucky for us, Jadin could enlighten us and share tons of knowledge about this great state.

 When I think of Oklahoma, I always want to sing the song from the musical. Too bad for us that Natasha didn't break into song and dance. I'm sure that would have been quite entertaining. She did bring us wheat bread and delicious creamy butter. The grains produced to make this delicious bread are from her state of Oklahoma.

You're probably asking yourself right now about the item Tyler is holding. Well you'd guess correctly if you said potatoes. I don't know any other thing Idaho is famous for besides potatoes. We were lucky because Tyler didn't just bring them as a prop; his mom baked us potatoes to eat! Yum! Yum!!! Tyler and Orin both worked on PowerPoints. Orin was absent the day Tyler presented, but I have included their PPT below.

Brr! It's cold in Alaska! The state Cameron picked for her presentation. She brought her presentation in on a disk and I was unable to attach it to the blog. I will tell you that Cameron looked the part in this parka. She was a trooper too since it was a good 90 degrees in class that day!!


DeVonta was happy and excited to share some delicious California orange juice with us today. We learned all about California, our neighbor to the west.

We've learned a lot in reading class about the great state of Washington, not to be confused with D.C. Adrian was able to share this valuable information and more with us during his presentation.

Natasia brought in some delicious fruits from her state of Nevada. We had a wide assortment and gobbled it right up! As soon as Natasia saves it to the Hulet file, I will upload it for your viewing.

We still need a few students to finish presenting and grades will follow!

Great job to all the kids!!


Homework Alert!!! 9/7/12

Sometime tonight or this weekend your child will need to watch a program of some kind: tv show, commercial, news, or movie. Then they will need to write down the main idea of the program and two supporting details. Due Monday.