Families, I am posting a snapshot schedule of tomorrow's 5th Grade Field Day and Graduation details.
8:30-9 Practice graduation at Grant School
9-11 Walk to Stewart Park for fun and games
11-11:30 Down time at school/prepare for swimming
11:30-2 Swimming and Lunch at Southwest Swim Club
2-3 Down time at school/Prepare for last day
6-6:15 Students arrive for graduation and meet in media center
6:30-8 Graduation ceremony and festivities
For the field day, students only need to bring swimming items like a towel, sunscreen, and swimsuit. There are locker rooms at Southwest so they can change their or wear their swimsuit all day.
For graduation, we encourage ladies to wear a dress and simple shoes (no heels please) and boys to wear a button down and/or colored shirt with nicer pants.
Fun fun fun! Let me know if you have any questions.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Thursday, May 21, 2015
CIVIL WAR DAY LEARNING A SUCCESS (AGAIN)!
Today we became Historians as we learned about eh past through Authentic experiences. We visited Civil War learning stations in our outfits and then reenacted a battle after being trained by professional reenactors. Below you can see photos, sketches, and stories from our reporters and photographers and sketch artists
Civil War Surgeons
Kripa Sigdel
As a surgeon in the Civil War, alongside the nurses, there are many direct duties. Dr. Charu Murugesan said, "I thought it would be gross helping wounded soldiers but now it's hard, and interesting to help soldiers." She is proud when she helps a soldier and gets them ready.
Civil War Training
Ysana Graves
The Confederate Generals look serious and ready, as well as proud, for the upcoming battle. The Union Generals also look proud, ready, and serious, The flag bearers stand tall and proud.
Meanwhile, the Confederate soldiers are ready to march to battle. Captain Kuensting said, "Tell those Yankees to go home!"
General Wilson, from the Unions, states, "Go tell those traitors to go home!"
Nurse Emma and Katelyn say, We hope to be able to bandage the hurt, even if we cannot help the sick." Hopefully, the neutral nurses do not get hurt.
The Union looks very inexperienced while the Confederate side is working on their training.
Many nurses and surgeons are very nervous as the battle begins.
Soldier and Personal Life
Gracie DeVenney
As soldiers line up for training there is a wonder in the crowd who will win. I talked to some nurses about what it is like on the field. Nurse Stewart, "It's a risky job when you have to go on the field, you have to be careful you could be shot!"
I interviewed soldiers about their life at home. I talked to Private Myers about recreation.
"Downtime is sometimes fun. I usually play cards and talk."
The next person I interviewed was Private Roodhouse.
"At home I wash the dishes and clean the clothes." At home, the soldier's cook and if they have a farm, they take care of the farm animals.
I talked to Private Kreisman and what he does during down time.
"I play baseball with other friends or play card games."
At last I had time to interview General Rose. About being an officer, she explained, "Well you have to push and tell your soldiers what to do! Also it takes a lot of responsibility to be an officer. War is a terrible place and you want to win."
I spent my time at the Civil War Battlefield interviewing people and seeing what it is like on the battlefield. I learned it is hard to be a soldier. But there was one story that made me upset.
Soldier Hunt told me about the fact he is on the Confederate side but his son is on the Union side.
"The fact that my son is on the Union side is horrible. I don;t want to kill him, he is my son!"
That is a sad story. That was all the news for today. I'm Gracie DeVenney, you local news reporter.
Slavery or Not
Emma Kingsley
As most know the Civil War is happening. I am at the Battle of Centralia. Many men died during this battle. General Wilson was the first person down on the Union side. Before he fell, I asked him about his views on slavery.
"It is a horrible thing and is a disgrace to our country."
I also talked to Union flag bearer, Olivia.
"It is the worst thing in the world."
There is a side that likes, the Confederacy. I talked to a few of them. I talked to Nina.
"It helps our growing economy."
I also talked to Captain Kuensting who said, "Get them Yankees out of my fort!"
I also talked to people who weren't in the battle. The nurse Charu said, "It is really, really bad. It is not right. You can't own someone like they are property.
I also talked to Faith. She said, "It is bad because people become property."
In the end the Confederate's won the Battle of Centralia. Also we heard the inside scoop on slavery. Hopefully, this changes some minds on slavery and people will give up their slaves so they can be free.
Civil War Surgeons
Kripa Sigdel
As a surgeon in the Civil War, alongside the nurses, there are many direct duties. Dr. Charu Murugesan said, "I thought it would be gross helping wounded soldiers but now it's hard, and interesting to help soldiers." She is proud when she helps a soldier and gets them ready.
Civil War Training
Ysana Graves
The Confederate Generals look serious and ready, as well as proud, for the upcoming battle. The Union Generals also look proud, ready, and serious, The flag bearers stand tall and proud.
Meanwhile, the Confederate soldiers are ready to march to battle. Captain Kuensting said, "Tell those Yankees to go home!"
General Wilson, from the Unions, states, "Go tell those traitors to go home!"
Nurse Emma and Katelyn say, We hope to be able to bandage the hurt, even if we cannot help the sick." Hopefully, the neutral nurses do not get hurt.
The Union looks very inexperienced while the Confederate side is working on their training.
Many nurses and surgeons are very nervous as the battle begins.
Soldier and Personal Life
Gracie DeVenney
As soldiers line up for training there is a wonder in the crowd who will win. I talked to some nurses about what it is like on the field. Nurse Stewart, "It's a risky job when you have to go on the field, you have to be careful you could be shot!"
I interviewed soldiers about their life at home. I talked to Private Myers about recreation.
"Downtime is sometimes fun. I usually play cards and talk."
The next person I interviewed was Private Roodhouse.
"At home I wash the dishes and clean the clothes." At home, the soldier's cook and if they have a farm, they take care of the farm animals.
I talked to Private Kreisman and what he does during down time.
"I play baseball with other friends or play card games."
At last I had time to interview General Rose. About being an officer, she explained, "Well you have to push and tell your soldiers what to do! Also it takes a lot of responsibility to be an officer. War is a terrible place and you want to win."
I spent my time at the Civil War Battlefield interviewing people and seeing what it is like on the battlefield. I learned it is hard to be a soldier. But there was one story that made me upset.
Soldier Hunt told me about the fact he is on the Confederate side but his son is on the Union side.
"The fact that my son is on the Union side is horrible. I don;t want to kill him, he is my son!"
That is a sad story. That was all the news for today. I'm Gracie DeVenney, you local news reporter.
Slavery or Not
Emma Kingsley
As most know the Civil War is happening. I am at the Battle of Centralia. Many men died during this battle. General Wilson was the first person down on the Union side. Before he fell, I asked him about his views on slavery.
"It is a horrible thing and is a disgrace to our country."
I also talked to Union flag bearer, Olivia.
"It is the worst thing in the world."
There is a side that likes, the Confederacy. I talked to a few of them. I talked to Nina.
"It helps our growing economy."
I also talked to Captain Kuensting who said, "Get them Yankees out of my fort!"
I also talked to people who weren't in the battle. The nurse Charu said, "It is really, really bad. It is not right. You can't own someone like they are property.
I also talked to Faith. She said, "It is bad because people become property."
In the end the Confederate's won the Battle of Centralia. Also we heard the inside scoop on slavery. Hopefully, this changes some minds on slavery and people will give up their slaves so they can be free.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
FINAL WEEK FOCUS
SINK WATER POLLUTION DAY WEDNESDAY 9:30-10:30!! SEND IN CHANGE TO SINK OUR LITTER MACRO BOATS AND RAISE MONEY FOR WATER CONSERVATION!! WATCH OUR WATER CONSERVATION MOVIE AND LISTEN TO THE HIT SONG Oh Splash by GRANT SCHOOL 5th GRADE
Every part of our final days is filled with finishing fun projects and preparing for the End of the Year festivities. Kids are doing very well as we focus on this final week. Last week, every student received satisfactory marks in their Friday Folder! They are doing well on Sink Water Pollution Day group projects and enjoying fun times like Hannibal. Below is a hodge podge of fun photos from the past couple of weeks. First, here is the focus for this week:
TODAY: Come and garden at the Ecoschoolhouse at 1:00. This afternoon, anyone who wishes can come help plant our tomato plants. These plants were grown in the Ecoschoolhouse by seed in Grant School compost. Of course, our planting may be thwarted by the weather. However, I will be there rain or shine with treats for any willing gardeners.
FOCUS THIS WEEK: We have only a few academic projects to focus on this week. There is also a lot of festivities and fun planned too.
ACADEMIC
1. Finish Power lessons: this health unit focuses on informing students about various categories drugs and how to make healthy choices. We have already learned about categories of drugs and have focused on tobacco first.
2. Civil War: We will cover the end of the Civil War and prepare for Civil War Day this week. Students' last assignment of the year is to write a Civil War letter from the perspective of that time period. This letter is due Friday.
3. Sink Water Pollution work: On Monday and Tuesday we will wrap up our science/art/media/music/writing work for Sink Water Pollution Day. Students will be filming their Water Conservation movie scenes.
SPECIAL EVENTS
MONDAY/TUESDAY: SINK WATER POLLUTION DAY!!! On Wednesday at 9:30, 5th graders will share their Weather Conservation Movie, a rap about healthy water they created, teach about macro invertebrates and stream health through their litter art, and raise money for water conservation. PLEASE SEND IN PENNIES AND OTHER CHANGE TO HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT!!! We will be testing our boat building by trying to sink our litter boats using the change folks bring in. We will see how much money our best macro boats can hold!
TUESDAY:
Middle school kids from West Middle School will be coming by to give a middle school presentation.
WEDNESDAY:
IPAD turn in. Students will be shutting down their devices and urning them in for the summer.
THURSDAY:
Civil War Day!!! You will receive information Monday on how to prepare students for this fantastic field trip.
FRIDAY:
Grant School Field Day in the morning.
Shelter Reality Assembly in the afternoon.
On top of all this, we will be sending home a lot of supplies and students work throughout the week. Next week is all focus on the End of the Year Party, Graduation, and Memory Books. There is a letter in the Friday Folder this weekend about how you can help out!
Enjoy the photos!
Every part of our final days is filled with finishing fun projects and preparing for the End of the Year festivities. Kids are doing very well as we focus on this final week. Last week, every student received satisfactory marks in their Friday Folder! They are doing well on Sink Water Pollution Day group projects and enjoying fun times like Hannibal. Below is a hodge podge of fun photos from the past couple of weeks. First, here is the focus for this week:
TODAY: Come and garden at the Ecoschoolhouse at 1:00. This afternoon, anyone who wishes can come help plant our tomato plants. These plants were grown in the Ecoschoolhouse by seed in Grant School compost. Of course, our planting may be thwarted by the weather. However, I will be there rain or shine with treats for any willing gardeners.
FOCUS THIS WEEK: We have only a few academic projects to focus on this week. There is also a lot of festivities and fun planned too.
ACADEMIC
1. Finish Power lessons: this health unit focuses on informing students about various categories drugs and how to make healthy choices. We have already learned about categories of drugs and have focused on tobacco first.
2. Civil War: We will cover the end of the Civil War and prepare for Civil War Day this week. Students' last assignment of the year is to write a Civil War letter from the perspective of that time period. This letter is due Friday.
3. Sink Water Pollution work: On Monday and Tuesday we will wrap up our science/art/media/music/writing work for Sink Water Pollution Day. Students will be filming their Water Conservation movie scenes.
SPECIAL EVENTS
MONDAY/TUESDAY: SINK WATER POLLUTION DAY!!! On Wednesday at 9:30, 5th graders will share their Weather Conservation Movie, a rap about healthy water they created, teach about macro invertebrates and stream health through their litter art, and raise money for water conservation. PLEASE SEND IN PENNIES AND OTHER CHANGE TO HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR OUR COMMUNITY PROJECT!!! We will be testing our boat building by trying to sink our litter boats using the change folks bring in. We will see how much money our best macro boats can hold!
TUESDAY:
Middle school kids from West Middle School will be coming by to give a middle school presentation.
WEDNESDAY:
IPAD turn in. Students will be shutting down their devices and urning them in for the summer.
THURSDAY:
Civil War Day!!! You will receive information Monday on how to prepare students for this fantastic field trip.
FRIDAY:
Grant School Field Day in the morning.
Shelter Reality Assembly in the afternoon.
On top of all this, we will be sending home a lot of supplies and students work throughout the week. Next week is all focus on the End of the Year Party, Graduation, and Memory Books. There is a letter in the Friday Folder this weekend about how you can help out!
Enjoy the photos!
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| Congrats to the Grant School Generals! What an impressive season! Good job to the Pep Squad too. We enjoyed watching all of you and your talents. |
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| We earned a special science show for doing our best on the MAP test! |
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| Watch out kids, just a little oxygen mixed with other stuff! |
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| Farewell photo with Ms. Maggie Science, who has helped All Stars for 2 years with awesome science projects! Thanks Ms. Maggie, we will miss you and our tiger talks. |
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| Mrs. Gribble's daughter came and presented on the Veterinarian profession during Career Day! |
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| This is a good shot of the happy faces we saw all day on our Hannibal trip! It was wet so I do not have many photos but we all had a good time. Nice work, kids! Thanks PTA! |
Sunday, May 3, 2015
ITS MAY ALREADY!!!
This first week of May we are wrapping up a few projects. We are also planning full steam ahead for Sink Water Pollution Day on May 20. Below is a more specific look at our work this week. But first, I want to post a few notices:
MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT:
Monday night, May 4th, the CPS Middle Schools are hosting 5th grade families in the evening.
SMITHTON 5-6:30
ALL OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS 6-7:30
MEMORY BOOK PHOTOS:
Please send in a baby picture to be scanned or copied from a flash drive for the 5th Grade Memory Book! Families who do not have a kindergarten picture from Grant are also encouraged to send in a kindergarten photo for their child. You can send in hard copies of the pictures to be scanned or send digital copies by email to ewilson107@gmail.com
FIELD DAY:
MIDDLE SCHOOL NIGHT:
Monday night, May 4th, the CPS Middle Schools are hosting 5th grade families in the evening.
SMITHTON 5-6:30
ALL OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS 6-7:30
MEMORY BOOK PHOTOS:
Please send in a baby picture to be scanned or copied from a flash drive for the 5th Grade Memory Book! Families who do not have a kindergarten picture from Grant are also encouraged to send in a kindergarten photo for their child. You can send in hard copies of the pictures to be scanned or send digital copies by email to ewilson107@gmail.com
FIELD DAY:
Our popular Field Day event is coming up on May 22nd! We are looking for parents to help make Field Day a success by volunteering some time! Field Day will have 15 stations of activities that all students will rotate every 12 minutes throughout the morning. Our rotations will begin at 8:30 with the final rotation concluding at 12:00. We will need parent volunteers to help starting with our setup at 8:00 Friday, May 22 and to run various stations until noon. If you are able to help for any duration of time in the morning, please email Cathy Hughes your name and the time frame you are able to join us! Thanks!
WORK THIS WEEK:
READING: SOLAR SYSTEM POSTER USING NONFICTION FEATURES
WRITING: PLANNING MOVIE SCENES FOR SINK WATER POLLUTION DAY MOVIE
MATH: DIVISION REVEIW, DREAM HOUSE PLANS AREA/PERIMETER
SS: WESTWARD EXPANSION SLIDES
SCIENCE: MACROINVERTEBRATE ORGANISM BOATS
I am also sending home a lot of graded work in the Friday Folders. I am enjoying grading because student work has been impressive on past assignments. We will be sending a lot of information home on Hannibal, Civil War Day and end of the year activities too! Thanks for all your support! This will be a great May.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
FUN WEEK!!
We enjoyed school in a variety of ways this week as we moved through our work in each subject. Students had one last week to work on book shares, enjoy just right books, and share Eco Dioramas. Next week, we will be focusing on nonfiction in reading as we research solar system topics. Students had interesting discussions about government this week as we looked at the structure of the US Constitution. Next week in social studies, small groups are researching and making an informational media slide on a Westward Expansion event. In math, we prepared a bit for the MAP testing next week. Most of our math next week will be centered around MAP testing. After MAP, we will continue investigations to 2D and 3D shapes. We spent science this week practicing for our presentation at the Science Symposium on Saturday. Next week, we will be planning our Sink Water Pollution Day and designing our boats with Ms. Christiansen.
Our last week of MAP testing is next week. Students will test in Communication Arts on Monday and Wednesday and Math on Thursday and Friday. So far the digital version of the test has run smoothly so kids can focus on eating and sleeping well and staying relaxed. There will be long sessions of testing in the afternoon. Most of our class work in the morning will our Westward Expansion slide, nonfiction reading research on solar system, and designing our boats.
I have been catching up on grading and really enjoying the students' work, especially in social studies. There is 2 math tests and social studies work in the Friday Folder today. The fraction test was remarkably challenging so we went over the test extensively. Students did much better on the geometry test and, again, impressive work writing about the American Revolution.
Here is a highlight from this week: Cooking Class as a Read a Thon prize. Thanks families for helping Grant School and letting us celebrate!
Monday, April 20, 2015
A COUPLE PHOTOS FROM FRIDAY
We joined our buddies for a walk at Stewart Park and we got a visit from Tim the Three Toed Box Turtle too!
Sunday, April 19, 2015
WEEKLY UPDATE
Families, I have updated the important dates as I know them. One important day is today! Last week, I confirmed our cooking class date with the Inside Columbia chef. We chose today, April 20th as the best day. So students will get a surprise this morning as we will walk across the street and enjoy a cookie baking class from 9:30-11. This event is a reward for raising a large amount of Read a Thon money. Thank you families!
You will also notice the Sink Water Pollution Day on May 20th. On this day, students are revealing some of their creative work to go along with our litter/stream project. One of the projects involved making boats in art class using litter like materials. Students should be collecting litter like materials at home to bring to school (plastic bags, recycling materials, styrofoam cups etc...).
This week we will finish sharing Ecodioramas and spend one last week working on book shares. We will finish discussing the constitution. In science, we will practice presenting our poster for the symposium on Saturday. In math, we will start looking and volume and 3d shapes. And of course there are various other pieces to focus on too such as cards for secretaries, going over graded work and some gardening too. Lots to do in Spring!
You will also notice the Sink Water Pollution Day on May 20th. On this day, students are revealing some of their creative work to go along with our litter/stream project. One of the projects involved making boats in art class using litter like materials. Students should be collecting litter like materials at home to bring to school (plastic bags, recycling materials, styrofoam cups etc...).
This week we will finish sharing Ecodioramas and spend one last week working on book shares. We will finish discussing the constitution. In science, we will practice presenting our poster for the symposium on Saturday. In math, we will start looking and volume and 3d shapes. And of course there are various other pieces to focus on too such as cards for secretaries, going over graded work and some gardening too. Lots to do in Spring!
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