Cupcakes!

Before the school year ended, we had a fun birthday party to celebrate all of the summer birthdays in our class. As you can see, my cute kiddos loved their cupcakes!!

Challenge Winner

At the beginning of the school year we sent home a paper announcing a special new challenge. It was called The Great American Challenge. All completed forms needed to be turned in by the beginning of May. Out of our whole 5th grade, only 2 students completed the necessary requirements.

Cute Kaley-Bug was one of them.

Congrats Kaley! I'm so proud of all your hard work!

Reading with Technology

Our class is doing some {AMAZNG} things with technology!!

We are lucky because we are an eMINTS class. A couple of years ago the 5th grade teachers at our school were awarded a $48,000 technology grant that gave each class 16 student laptops, a mounted projector, a Promethean board, an Elmo and other various things.

Because of this fabulous grant, our class gets to do some things that most classes don't have the ability to do. Here's a peek at some of the ways we're integrating technology into our reading.

These guys (Dylan above, Kimball below) are using the Garageband software to record themselves reading books from the 'Who Was.." series. When finished, we'll burn the "audio books" to a disk and other classes in the school can read and listen along. 

This group is working on an iMovie using the built in camera in their MacBook. They recently completed the book Walk Two Moons and are making their own talk show based on the book.

This sweet kid is doing a version of the Power Reading program. He does a 'cold read' with me, then listens to the story on CD, practices by himself. and then he does a 'hot read' with me. His reading is improving everyday!

These cutie girls are reading and listening to the book Anne of Green Gables using the free program called Lit2Go. Lit2Go (available through University of South Floria using iTunesU) offers free audio downloads of hundreds of classic literature books.

I love this little headphone splitter. I bought the splitter and 5 sets of gummy earphones for around $20. It's a great way to make your own listening center!

Keep up the great reading everyone!! 

Aladdin Jr. - Opening Night!

Congrats to all of my cute students who did an awesome job today!!

Look at these cuties!

I hope Joseph gets some rest before class tomorrow morning. :)

These girls are lookin' good!!

Someone got Bailee some flowers!

A very proud mother! :)

Hey look, it's London (and me)!

Cutest sphinx I've ever seen!

We love the Halls!

And of course... we can't forget...

Aladdin!!

It was a fabulous opening night, and I can't wait for the next two shows! Break a leg, guys!!

Fun Science!

Last Friday I was able to attend a training put on by the Discover Gateway Museum. Part of attending the session meant I got to bring home over $100 dollars worth of fun science materials.

Today we got to do one of the cool experiments.

How to: Poor Poly A into a cup with Poly B. Stir furiously.

We found this to be a chemical reaction because:

• Heat was released
• It changed from a liquid to a solid
• Air pockets formed (meaning a gas was released)
• A surprise color changed occurred
• It cannot be reversed
• It formed a completely new substance

Students, leave a comment and tell me which science experiment has been your favorite so far this year.

Welcome Brelynn!

I am excited to introduce the newest student in our class! 

Brelynn's favorite color is baby blue, she loves football and basketball, and she loves spending time with her family and friends.

Welcome Brelynn! 

We're so excited to have you join our class!

More Clear Creek (Girls)

The girls went up to Clear Creek on Wednesday and it was SO MUCH FUN!! We have some super cute girls in our class!

  

 Ready to leave the school.

 Cutie girls ready for their group cheer.

Haley strategizing how to design her bridge.

 Funny girl!

Looks like Hazel enjoyed making her quilt square.

Cute Sarah at skit night.

Kaley Bug and her sweet mom.

Our little baker.

Kaley and Sarah on the bus. Looks like they had a great time.

:)

P.S. If you're a girl, and you're reading this... make sure to bring your permission slips! I have lots of other pictures to post!

More Clear Creek (Boys)

Here are some cute pictures of the boys from our overnight trip to Clear Creek.

 The bus ride was long and loud! But we managed to have a fun time.

 Look at these cute boys! Best buds!

 David had a great time with his dad.

So did Mason.

I think Will liked building bridges.

Haha. I love this picture of Joseph!

This picture of Matt makes me smile.

Nathan doing his best Oogah Boogah impression.

Cutie pie Hayden enjoying his smachos.

Kimball and his mom.

Ian ate THREE helpings of smachos! 

Boys day was lots and lots of fun! 

Leave a comment and tell us which picture you like the best.

Clear Creek

We took 60 girls on Wednesday and then 80 boys on Thursday up to Clear Creek! It was SO MUCH FUN!!

The weather was perfect! The sun was shining, it was not too cold, and the scenery was beautiful!

These are the cabins we stayed in. Look how high the snow is!

Once we got to Clear Creek, he had some cabin time, ate lunch, then got started on our workshops. We had 6 different workshop rotations where we learned about teamwork, bridge building, photography, colonial games, quilting, and survival skills. 

Later that night we ate dinner, did skit-in-a-bags, then watched a movie while we ate smachos! (Smachos are s'mores in nacho form - delicious!!)

The teacher's skit was hilarious! 

 

This is our smacho assembly line. 

Yummy!!

In the morning, we had breakfast, had our bridge competition, cleaned up, played outside in the snow, ate lunch, then came home.

Some bridges were super strong!

It was a fabulous trip and we were able to create lots of fun memories! Thanks to everyone who participated and helped (especially our parent volunteers) make this such a successful trip!

*Please note, more pictures will be added when student permission slips are returned!*


Students, what was your favorite part of Clear Creek? 
Post a comment with your answer!

Jazz Reading Contest

Our school had soooooooo much fun participating in the state-wide Jazz Reading Contest in February! We ended up as one of the top schools in Utah and we WON a Jazz player! Gordan Hayward came and read us some stories and answered some questions. 

Gordan Hayward with our principal.

Congratulations to Bailee who was the top reader for our class! She also won a Jazz jersey for being the top reader in 5th grade! Yay Bailee!

Valentine's Day Party

Look at these awesome pictures from our class Valentine's Day party.

One of our favorite games was the whip cream/bubble gum game. You hide a piece of bubble gum under a pile of whip cream. Using only your face, you have to find the gum. The first person to blow a bubble is the winner! Because the whip cream is cold and creamy, it makes the gum hard to chew... so blowing a bubble is hard to do.

Even I played the game! :)