HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you a wonderful end to 2011 and a beautiful beginning to 2012.

Hope you are all rested, relaxed, and recharged. 

See you January 3rd for the start of the 3rd quarter and lots of learning.


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Class Survey

Classroom Survey



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Ms. Taylor-Stevens' Update

On Friday, Ms. Taylor-Stevens was involved in an accident. For more information please see her blog at


Ms. Taylor-Stevens Blog -Very Lucky



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Check it out--Internet Essentials Home

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What we have been doing. . .

Last Wednesday we did our description on our pestposter. We also went to computers for our first time in 3 weeks. :) On monday we did our final copies on our pest posters. On  Tuesday  it was raining like crazy and it was crazy because we had to go through the rain and some of us got soaked.On Wednesday we had a normal day no rain just sun. Today we are getting ready to go to fall break the end of next week. Next week is also Report Cards.

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Week of review

Last week on Tuesday we did a writing assignment on a pest poster. We worked on thet almost all week. Through out the week we also did math : Maps testing and read the class book Frindle. On Monday this week we practiced lattice math.We also finished are pest posters and finished the book Frindle and did our group book club books.Book clubs are the group that you sit at and your group had to pick a certain spot to read at, then disscuss what happend . Then you have to write a IVF sentence and a question or two on each chapter that you read.

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Order of Operations Rap

When we begin 
We begin together 

(Parentheses) first now 
 Please be clever 

 Exponents² come right next in line 

 Then Multiply x and Divide 
 At the same time 

 Now Subtraction - and Addition + 

 Walk it out with computation 

 It’s the order of operations 
 It’s the order of operations 
 ations, ations, ations, a, a, a+ 

 Order of operations 
 ations, ations, ations, a, a, a+

Order of operations 
ations, ations a, a, a+


Originally created by Ron Clark



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Voki

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Classroom Rules

This week we spend some time in groups coming up with the 5 rules we felt were most important. Then we put them in order. 

We presented our rules to the class. We told them why we picked the 5 rules and why we put them in the order that we did.

Here are some of our rules:

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Patterns and Sequencing

We are working on patterns and sequencing this week.


We learned about Arithmetic Sequences and Geometric Sequences. Then we learned about Triangular Numbers, Squared and Cubed patterns.

Triangular Numbers

1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, ...

Squared Number Patterns

1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729,

Cubed Number Patterns

Homework: 

Read for 30 minutes

Complete pattern review worksheet

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New Things

A couple of new things are here on our class blog. 


On the right side you will now find a lesson plan calendar, that shows the standards we are covering in class and what you are expected to know. You will also find links to class notes from some of our daily lessons. You can use these to go back over what we did in class to help you with your homework or just to help you understand it better. 


Please check them out. 

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Day 7-Thursday August 19

TODAY WE BEGGED TO KEEP READING!!!

After going to library this morning, we were given some time to read and when that time was up we begged to keep reading. :-) 

Tomorrow we will have a sub. Ms. Taylor-Stevens will be taking her daughter to college at New Mexico Tech where she will be studying to become an Engineer. 

Homework-Read for 30 minutes

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Day 6-Wednesday Aug 17

Today was a good day, we got to go to computers for the first time. The computer lab has changed a lot from last year. We will have to remember to be quiet so that the echo doesn't disturb our learning.

Holistic and 6 Traits writing rubrics-We started to learn how our writing is graded in class and by the state. We used the same rubrics to try and grade sample papers to see if we could begin to understand how our writing is graded and what we need to do to score high enough to show that we have mastered the grade level writing standards.

During math, we started to define our vocabulary words-we used a cool site to find the definitions and examples-Math Dictionary for Kids

Another good site to help us learn our math vocabulary -Math Words

During reading, we continued to read the book Frindle. Today we read the chapter called "The Big Idea." First we read it as a class, and then we reread it with a partner. We practiced writing summaries that included the main characters, setting, beginning, middle and end. Then using the W.I.N. strategy we wrote summary paragraphs about the chapter.




Homework tonight is to read for 30 minutes.




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Day 4-Monday August 15

Wow, were we tired this morning. Yawning and droopy. Remember that you need to get the proper amount of sleep to be the most successful each and every day.

What we did today:

Writing
We started to work on the 6 traits of writing. We are going to know those traits really well by the end of the year.

Some of our questions today:

What are the writing traits? 

• The traits are the qualities of good writing.

What are the 6 traits?

1. Ideas and Content
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Word Choice
5. Sentence Fluency
6. Conventions

We also reviewed the Writing Process.

Steps to the writing process are: Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing

Math
We started to discover some of the important math vocabulary words. These words will help us to better understand what the math problems are asking us to do.

Some of our new math vocabulary words are:

• Acute Angle
• Hypotenuse
• Polygon
• Range
• Scalene Triangle
• Volume

We will be adding more math vocabulary throughout the year till we know all of the ones for 5th grade.

Reading

We started a new class read aloud book-Frindle by Andrew Clements

This story takes place in a 5th grade classroom. It will be interesting to see how the class in the book is similar and different to our class.

We also started to read our 2nd Science Newspaper-This will help us to become better readers of Informational Text, as well as better Scientists. We are reading about the Animal Kingdom this week. 

Homework:

Read for at least 30 minutes. Record in your B.E.A.R. Binder. Then you and your parents sign that you read. Remember to bring your B.E.A.R. Binder to school each day.


We will be adding math homework next week, so enjoy just being able to read each night.


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Day 3-Friday

Wow, we have finished our 1st week of school (OK, really only 3 days).

Today we took a math placement test to see where we are in math after our long summer off. It was really hard, haven't thought about math all summer. Made our brains do some good exercising.

We also started to put together our reading and writing notebooks. We also had our first writing assignment--a letter to our families about the first days of school.

We talk a bit too much (will have to work on listening more during class, and saving the talking for recess)

Homework is to read for 30 minutes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (total of 3 days of reading=90 minutes)

Have a great weekend. See you Monday for Great Gathering. 

Remember to be in line when the 8:30 bell rings.

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Day 2

Wow, Day 2 is finished already.

Today we did a lot of organizing. First we started to create our B.E.A.R. Binder. B.E.A.R. stands for Bring Everything Always Ready. We hope to have the binder completely finished by Monday.

• We will bring our B.E.A.R. Binder home every night and then back to school each day. 
• We will treat our B.E.A.R. Binder with care (we will take care of it).
• We will use our B.E.A.R. Binder to help us stay organized this year.

Homework Calendar-To keep track of our work

BEARy Important Stuff Folder-Where our work and important papers can be found.

Other important pages-Money pouch, lunch menu, communication.

We also worked on our Science Newspaper-It was all about the Plant Kingdom.

Hard at work reading all about the Plant Kingdom.

We're READING!

Homework tonight is to read for 30 minutes and have our parents sign our reading log that is in our new B.E.A.R. Binder. Thank you,

1st Day of School

Welcome Nanooks to your 1st day of 5th grade.Today we learned about the construction on campus and how things would be different for the next couple of weeks.

We received out Social Studies books and got started learning right away. We even had a short quiz on what we had read.

The Expectation Assembly was really good. We learned about the character traits-trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.

Our homework is to read for 30 minutes. Remember to get our parents to sign the paper saying we read and bring it back to school tomorrow.

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Who am I?

Please click below to complete the class survey: Who Am I? Survey

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Welcome to Our Class Blog

Welcome to our class blog-Nanooks Online. 


It will be an ongoing interactive journal of what is happening in our classroom. It will allow us to share what we are learning about, and doing here at school. It will be a daily (or almost daily) recap of our day at school. 


Parents will be able to see what we did at school that day, students who are absent can begin to make up the work they may have missed, and best of all, the blog will be entirely written by you, the students. 


This is a tool we can have a lot of fun with. It is a 21st century skill-maybe unlike anything you've used at Nash or home before. We will also be able to give comments and feedback on our work. 


People all over the world will be able to see what we do. Do you have relatives or friends who live outside of Tucson? Well, now they can see what you're doing. Communication will be 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and all over the planet. The possibilities are endless.


We also have a twitter page that you can follow. Please check out the link to follow us on Twitter, and have a look around to see all the wonderful things already here.


Let's have a great year of learning.


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Profiles of Scientists & Engineers: Biogeoscientist

Check out what it is like to be a Biogeoscientist.
Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Biogeoscientist - Science360 - The Knowledge Network


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Profiles of Scientists & Engineers: Biophysical Chemist

Interested in Biology, Physics and Chemistry-Check out this video about becoming a Biophysical Chemist.
Profiles of Scientists and Engineers: Biophysical Chemist - Science360 - The Knowledge Network




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Profiles Of Scientists & Engineers: Biomedical Engineer

Interested in Biomedical Engineering-check out this video.
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers: Biomedical Engineer - Science360 - The Knowledge Network

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Thank you for 30 years of space history

"One more satellite takes its place in the sky, the last of many that the shuttle let fly. Magellan, Galileo, Hubble and more have sailed beyond her payload bay doors. They've filled science books and still more to come. The shuttle's legacy will live on when her flying is done."

by astronaut Rex Walheim 7/20/2011

(as the last mini-satellite was release from the Space Shuttle Atlantis before it returns home for the last time on Thursday.)

Read the whole story at AZSTARNET.NET

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Space Shuttle Atlantis leaves ISS for last time.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis has undocked and left the International Space Station for the last time.



Check out the complete story at CNN


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Happy birthday, John Glenn – Light Years - CNN.com Blogs

Happy birthday, John Glenn – Light Years - CNN.com Blogs

Happy 90th  Birthday John Glenn.

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History is made!

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Required school supplies

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Remember to submit the form so that we will know who has gotten their supplies.



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Failure=Success

When you think you have failed, just remember. .



"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." --Michael Jordan

Internet Safety Tips

Please consider the following whenever you are online:
1. Always check privacy settings (especially if you are using Facebook)
2. Never give out personal information (This means don't use your full name, where you live, your age.
3. Don't post anything you wouldn't want your parents, teacher, principal, boss or anyone else see. (This includes pictures.)
4. Don't post pictures of other people without their permission.
5. Follow the rules of the websites you are using.
6. Talk to your parents about joining sites to make sure that it is okay.

Finally, remember to always do what is right.


PS. Facebook rules say no one under 13 is to have a Facebook account.

Welcome

Welcome to our new class blog.

A place where we will share some of the things that we do during the school year. Join us for the journey through 5th grade.

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