Blog Web Page

This a great place to see what is going on in the classroom and for you to interact with us as a class. If you want to ask a question or post any comments please do so, it will automatically email to the teacher. If you would like updates emailed to you please let me know by writing your email address in your students FROG binder. If you have questions please feel free to ask.

What you might see on this blog:
Links to kid friendly sites that we use in class
Homework listings
Student work
Pictures

What else would you like to see? Please let me know!

September News Letter

Learning is the discovery that something is possible. ~Fritz Perls

Extraordinary News

The first few weeks of school have flown by. Things in our classroom are going wonderfully. Everyone is getting along, staying on task, and working hard.

Stuck on Good Behavior

With good behaviors demonstrated in the classroom and completing assignment notebooks, students will have the opportunity to collect tape to fill up a poster. When the poster is filled the class will be allowed to stick me to a wall. “Stuck on Good Behavior”

What’s Going On

Everyday we start out doing daily oral language and working on our language and writing skills. In reading we are looking at Nature’s Fury and comprehension strategies. We started doing centers for reading,were we get to slit up into groups and work on practicing skills in reading comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, and fluency.
Every Monday will be taking a practice test for spelling and testing again Fridays. Lists are sent home for the next week on Friday.
In math we start off doing a word problem and then on some mental math skills that we may use daily in our lives.

AR Reading

Your child has the opportunity to gain points. Each book is worth a certain amount of points that a student reads. In order to get those points they must answer a few questions about the book on a computer program. Points will be tallied at the end of each month. The goal for our class is to individually read a minimum of 6points for the month of September.

FROG Folders

Fifth Grade
Remarkable
Organization
Goal

Our goal is to keep organized and to build on communication from home and school. These folders will have one pocket to write notes home and and another for you to write to me any notes or comments back. Any important papers or homework will also be kept in these folders. They are to be brought home every night. On Fridays they will need to be signed by a parent or guardian before being brought to school on Monday so I know that it is being looked at on occation. I hope that this folder will help on communication, also with students’ organizational skills, and problems with missing assignments and homework.

At Home

Homework isn’t given out every day. I try to have less than a half hour a night. Things I give them for homework are things that should be review or extra practice. Spelling is given out every Friday so they have a whole week to study. Some students have books to take home from the class library or the school library to read. I recommend that student who do not have homework parctice with a parent or friend multiplication facts, read for 15-20mins, practice their spelling, or even write a story.

Fall Schedule

8:05-9:10
English (Tuesday Health)

9:10-9:15
Restroom

9:15-10:55
Reading

10:55-11:00
Restroom/ Get ready for lunch

11:00-11:10
Journal

11:10-11:35
Lunch

11:35-Noon
Recess

Noon-1:28
Math

1:28-2:18
Monday:Library/ Counseling
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: Computers (6th and 7th hour)
Thursday:Music
Friday: P.E.

2:18-2:58
Monday/Thursday: Science
Tuesday/Friday: Social Studies

2:58-3:05
Home

Space Links

Take a look at the planets!

NinePlanets
NinePlanets



KidsF9
Kids.F9



DustBunny * used most in PowerPoint project
DustBunny



Kids Astonomy
Kids Astonomy



Nasa
NASA

About Our Teacher

About Me

I’m from a small town in Southwest Iowa where my parents and several family members still reside. I graduated from the College of Human Science at Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and special education K-6 multicatigorical. I have worked in child care, before/after school programs, and summer camps for over six years. I have had teaching experiences in kindergarten-sixth grade. I have been involved with youth and 4-H groups for over ten years. I love education and I love having the opportunity to help mold students into great character and citizens in our country.

Educational Philosophy

Learning is a discovery that things in life are possible. Helping students to become life long learners is half the battle. Having them become the doers of what they know is how you measure that a path has been reached on their journey. Every student has the ability to learn and I believe that we should establish realistic, but yet high expectations respecting the abilities of every child. I can achieve that goal by creating a positive atmosphere that facilitates meaningful learning experiences through inquiry based learning and open discussion. I can improve on being an educator by combining research-based strategies with critical self-reflection. Collaborative partnerships with parents, colleagues, and administration will ultimately define me as a professional.

Constitution Day

We took the Preamble and gave it a little twist. We replaced words so that it made more sense to us. Then made the paper looked aged. We ripped the edges, crumpled it up, and then soaked it all day in a mixture of coffee grounds, tea, and water.