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Happy 2010 everyone! Summarize your break (Dec 19-Jan 5) below in our comment section.

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What are you up to?

Reading?

Playing outside?

Eating pie or turkey or yams?

Leads with hooks and sticky endings!

Fabulous 5th grade writers use:

1. Leads that hook their reader (you don't want them to doze off, right?)


2. Endings that stick with their reader like peanut butter, sticky buns, or gorilla glue (keep them wondering and wanting more, right?)

Publish the spectacular lead and fabulously sticky ending from your most current story.

Write your rough draft and peer edit with buddy first.

Goals

We are all on this ride together!



What does it take to get there? How will we all graduate in 2017 from high school?

~~~~~Name one of your goals for this school year

*****How will this goal aid in your graduating from high school in 2017?

Learning Journal

You are the journalist.

This is our ONline journal!

Post your learnings for the week. It might sound something like this:

"Today we reviewed place value in math. This skill will help us add, subtract and estimate numbers with greater ease."

Welcome Back!

5th grade is FAB

Are you still enjoying your summer?

summerfun:
Terry, Renee, Azul and loca Luna on the beach in California.

See you very soon 5th graders!

azul and luna on the run in the sun

Azul and Luna Garcia running freely on the beach in Oregon.  What a sweet sight, right?

Summer slides ;-))

My June Vacation

                 photo caption:      So. Padre Island, TX on a breezy morning in June

Hope you are all enjoying sweet summer sun (sol), 

and our amazing Colorado afternoon thunderstorms! 

Go to our Homework Hop blog for summer updates...

Stay informed----stay in tune----stay cool!

Sharing our Magazines

"We shared our magazines with all the 3rd graders and Mrs. Hovinen's 4th grade class."

"Thanks to all for being a great audience. We are all very proud of our published magazines!"

~~Ms. Garcia's 4th graders (soon to be fabulous 5th graders)~~

Our Marvelous Magazines! Check out our covers below~~

Leave us a friendly comment if you would like.

Thanks!

MAY 18th: Magazine Deadline is here!

1. Has your magazine improved since last week? HOW?
2. Which mistakes or problems have you learned the most from during your magazine making process?
3. In your opinion, why should fourth graders create their own mag?

Are you finished? How would you grade yourself on your final published magazine? WHY????

Magazine Making UP UP Update

1. Which 3 parts of your magazine are you most proud of, as of today?
2. What part of making your magazine has been the most challenging?
3. Additional thoughts on making your magazine...

Video on Volume

Use your understanding of the formula for Volume

                  How?

• Watch "Fernando Explains Volume of Rectangular Prism" video (click on title of this post: Video on Volume)
• Create three equations for volume of rectangular prisms, like so:
• Example: L=2in., W=3in., H=3in. -- 2 x 3 x 3 = V
• Post your length, width, and height values with equations
• Don't give away the product in cubic units...yet!
• Have fun!!!!

We All Have Wings but Some of Us Don't Know Why...