"Twas the Night" Rewrite

Students used the original Twas the Night Before Christmas to create their own wacky versions.  Click on each link to see a pdf version of their poems!

Connor and Mallie Claire

Max and Ingram

Samantha, Brandon, and Miriam

Noah and Jonathan

Shedrick and Brooks

Hope and Garrett

Meg, Bess, and Earnest

 Colin and Amya

Lyle and Carter

Clayton and Olivia

 

 

 

 

Biome presentations

Students have worked hard the past two weeks on researching a biome, doing a PowerPoint presentation, and creating biome dioramas. Here are some pictures from presenters and the biomes.

Colonial Day

In addition to DARE Graduation this week, all of the fifth grade students participated in Colonial Day.  If you visited, you will be amazed to know that the students:

1)  did their own research

2)  wrote their own scripts

3)  created their own costumes and propts

4)  wrote a five paragraph expository essay on their research

That is a lot of work that the students did!  Here are some pictures from their day, including their skits and colonial dancing:



 

Skype and DARE Graduation

Last week, students were able to Skype with high schoolers from Homewood High School. Students prepared questions and projects to share with them. They loved the interaction!

Also, Monday was DARE Graduation! The students sang three songs and presented essays. They are now officially graduates! Two of our very own classmates won the overall essay contest and overall poster contest! Congratulations to those two students for their hard work and extra effort!

MAD Scientist

Last Wednesday students had the pleasure of having Mr. Breeden teach they about electricity in the home and special circuits. Students also got to see light switches, outlets, and make their own light sources using a bulb and battery.

Colonial Day Links

Here are some websites that the students will be using to research for Colonial Day:

Massachusetts Bay Colony

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/puritans.html

http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/massachusetts.htm

http://colonialancestors.com/ma/colony.htm

 

Salem

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/salem.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/salem-witch-trials/

http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/newsletter/archives/32007.php

 

Boston

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html

http://www.iboston.org/mcp.php?pid=taleOfTwoBostons

 

Philadelphia

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_franklin.html

http://www.nps.gov/inde/liberty-bell-center.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/libertybell/

http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

Science masterminds

For the past two weeks, our class has been studying the digestive system. We had fun activities with our MAD Scientists, Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Zuber.

Their "waste" product released from the large intestine.

Their "large intestine" allowing water to be absorbed into the blood stream.



 Measuring the lengths of their esophagus.

 Measuring the lengths of their mouths.

 Starting to measure the small intestine.

  Measuring the small intestine.

 Calculating the measurements.

 Measuring small intestine.

  Final lengths of entire digestive system including mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine!