ALMOST OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 2 WEEKS:) YEAH!!!!

Keep in touch with your classmates and let them know what you are up to and doing during the break. This is just a way to stay in touch with everyone during the break:)

Have a wonderful break and I will see you on January 4th.

Winter Break is almost here:)

WINTER BREAK

As winter break fast approaches, what are you most looking forward to?
Is it spending time with family, a vacation that you are going on, or something else?
Explain why this is important to you and why you can't wait for it to happen.

I don't want to hear about a gift that you are wishing for, I want to know more meaningful items.
Take your time and think about things that are special to you and why you are looking forward to them.

Colors!!!!

If you could pick a color to describe your personality, what would it be?

Why would you pick that certain color and what does it describe about you? Be detailed in your response and persuade us as to why that color really does describe you.

Be creative, I know that there are some really cool colors that have shown up in the color box in the last couple of years.

Fall and Winter are Here!!!!!

What is your favorite part of fall/winter?

Is there something that you really love doing during this time of year? What is something that you look forward to during this time of year?

What are you?????

If you were an animal, what animal would you be? Why would you be that specific animal? How does it relate to you? Be creative in the animal that you choose and make sure that it really reflects who you are and how you think about yourself.


This blog is brought to you by Riley.

Thanksgiving :)

This is the time of the year when we gather with family and friends and spend time together. Next week we will be off for 5 days to spend time with family and friends.

Tell us about your family traditions during Thanksgiving and what makes it so special for you. What are you thankful for this year and what do you hope will be better in the future?

Responses should be well thought out and included at least 5 sentences. Please check for spelling and grammar before you post your comment.

Veteran's Day

This Friday, we have the day off. If you haven't realized, it is because Friday is Veteran's Day. Please write about why it is important to have the day off? Why should we be respectful for those that have served in the military? Why is it important to show the military why we are thankful for them and what they have done? What is something that you think that we should or could do to show the military that we appreciate them?

Remember that it should be at least 5 sentences in length.

EXPLORING THE WORLD

In social studies we have been talking about explorers. They went out in search of new areas of the world in order to bring back tea, spices, and other riches to their country.
Why was it important for countries to get out and stake claim to land for their king or queen? Why did they need such skilled sailors, navigators and map makers on the expeditions?

Please be complete in your answer and you can always agree or disagree with what others have already stated and continue your thinking from their response.

????Riddles????

Riddles are a great way to stretch out thinking and to think outside of the box.

See if you can figure out the answer to the following riddles.

Don't post the answer so that everyone has the same chance to figure them out.

What is the best riddle that you know? Post it and see if your classmates can answer it.

Riddles:

What gets wetter and wetter the more that it dries?

A man rode into town on Monday, he stayed for three days and left on Friday. How is that possible?

Why is it important to do riddles, puzzles, board games, cards games, etc.?

STEVE JOBS

We have all heard that Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple has passed away. He was a great inventor, creator and marketer of his products.

He has had an influence in six different industries from: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. He is said to be the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford of our time.

What do you think is the biggest influence that he has has on you personally? How do you think that Steve Jobs and Apple have changed the way that we use and think about technology?

Make sure that your response is at least 5 sentences in length and check for spelling and grammar.

Traveling the Silk Road

What do you think is the best item that Marco Polo found when he was traveling the Silk Road with his father and uncle? Why is that the best find and how is it still helping us today?

ROAD TRIP

In Social Studies we have studied different types of maps.

If you were to go on a road trip you would use a road map. If you got to plan the road trip, where would you go? Who would go with you? Why would you choose that place to go to and the people to go with you? How long would you be gone and when do you think that you would be going on this trip?

Have fun with this one:)

Miss P

Kindness

KI - ND - NE - SS
Kindness counts at DTES, yes, Kindness counts at DTES!!

What does out school kindness cheer mean to you?

How will you help to promote kindness at DTES this year?

1st Blog of the School Year

Now that we have all made it through the first couple weeks of school. Please share what you are most relieved about. Maybe you were nervous about something and now that the first weeks are over you aren't scared about it anymore.

What are you still looking forward to doing in 5th grade?

Is there anything that you are still worried about?

Please make sure that your answer is at least 5-7 sentences in length and that you check your spelling and grammar before you post.

Make sure you write you name or class # at the end of your post.

Summer Blog

Hey everyone, I hope that you are all having a great summer right now. I am thought that some of you would like to stay in contact during the summer and might want to blog about what is going on.

Keep us all posted if you want and I hope you all have a great summer.

Miss P

LAST BLOG OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

Dear ______________,

Please use this last blog to send a thank you, share a memory, give a compliment, etc. to one or more of your classmates.

Remembering the school year!!!!!

As we get closer to the end of the school year, think back to everything that we have done and accomplished so far this year. What has been the most interesting, exciting, radiant thing or things that we have done? What really blew your mind away and wish that you could do again?

Or what did you learn about yourself this year and amazed yourself because you didn't think that you could do something?

BOOKS!! BOOKS!!! BOOKS!!!

Think back over this school year, what has been the absolute best book that you have read?

Give us the title and author (if you know it). Why did you enjoy this book so much and why would recommend it to others? Persuade your fellow classmates into wanting to read this book.

TIME CAPSULE

If you could leave a time capsule the size of a microwave oven to be found centuries from now, what would you put inside it?

Why would you include those items and what do you think they would say about our society right now?

WHO WOULD YOU BE?

If you could live the life of any fictional character, which character would it be?

Explain why you would want to be that character and how you would benefit from being that character.

WIN OR LOSE?

How important is it for you to win?
When was the last time you cheated in a game so you could win?

SPRING BREAK THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!

Write about what didn't happen during your spring break that you really wish did happen. I know that we all would love to go do something and we just never get the chance or your parents have other plans for you.

Tell us what you would have done over spring break if it was your choice. But remember that spring break is only a week long so don't get too crazy with your plans.

Spring Break

Keep in touch over spring break.

Tell what you are up to and let us know what you are enjoying about the break. We will be away from each other for 9 days. Please let us know how you are doing.

Have a safe break.

Calling all inventors!!!!

Last week you got to present and look at a lot of great inventions from your fellow classmates. What is an invention that you would actually want to buy and why?

Who would you like to give praise to for a particular part of the invention presentation that you liked?

These can be two different people/inventions.

Kindness Retreat (ICI)

Kindness is a small thing that can not be measured until it is given to you by someone else. It matters a lot in how you interact with each other and how you show kindness to others.

Last week we attended the Kindness Retreat. I thought that it was a wonderful day of throwing out kindness to others in our grade level. To follow up with the idea of using ICI (Interrupt, Compliment, Invite Away) if you see something happening that you don't think is appropriate.

Let's write a story. . . In your post write a story in which you help a classmate get away from the bully using ICI. Choose a setting: Perhaps you are out on the playground, in the lunchroom, or on the bus.

Remember, don't use any real names of students in our class or in 5th grade. Practicing these 3 steps to be a hero will help you do this in real life. Go for it!!!!!

Which food are you?

If you were to select a food that best describes your character, what food would it be? Explain how that food would represent you.

Invisible for a Day

If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?

Your answer must be at least 5 sentences in length. Be creative and have fun:)

Below is a picture a me, but I am invisible:) Ha Ha!!!!!

Field Day:) Yeah!!!!

Field Day is soon upon us:) It is a day to show what you have been working hard on in PE, but more importantly it is a time to do our best and to root on our fellow classmates and teammates in other classes.

What are you most looking forward to with field day and why? Explain your answer with details.

How are you going to be a positive influence out on the field on Tuesday and support those around you?

Remember it is a day to have fun with friends but also to try your best, you never know what you might be able to accomplish.

Boys or Girls??????

Who has it easier, girls or boys?
Why do you think that group has it easier? Give examples.
Be sure to defend your position by giving reasons and examples to support those reasons.

TIME TRAVEL:)

If you could go forward in time or backwards into history, where would you want to go? Why would you choose the place or time period that you did? Explain yourself completely.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why do you think that it is important that we still celebrate MLK Day?

Why does his speech that he gave over 40 years ago still have meaning to us today? Why is it important that we keep it in mind that we can settle disagreements with words and not violence?

What can you do to help spread peace in your family, neighborhood, at school or anywhere else?

The Circus

If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do? What would be the reason that you are doing that daring feat?
How would you keep the audience entertained throughout the show?

Events Leading to the Revolutionary War

Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party

Of the events that we have studied in class, which do you think had the most impact or the most importance in leading to the Revolutionary War? In other words, which event was the most important and why?
Make sure that you explain why you choose the event that you did and get all of us to understand your reasoning.

Some of the events included but are not limited to:
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress