Kianna

This week in gym we had the Halloween maze, in art we got start are clay projects,in Spanish we started are sugar skulls,in music we are starting Irish drumming.
In since we are starting a Grand canyon and were in groups of two or three.
and then we let them dry over night and then were going to work on them again.

Kianna

This week of October 19th we got are kindergarten buddies and and are since fish.Also we finshed the book Extra Credit and started a new book called The Liberation of Gabriel King.And we also had continued are math classes.

week of October 13

This week we split up into separated into different math groups there is Mrs.Stevens,Mrs.Ament,and Turk.We are working on multiplication in our math groups.In readers workshop we are doing choice time we can pick read to self , read to someone ,work on writing , listen to reading or moddle.In science we are doing a controlled experiment we planted plants and see if they will grow with salt water for farmer Brown. In writers workshop we are working on our personal narritives.We are also learnig about book reviews we learned how to do creative choice, podcasts,online book reviews,and a book talk.

new president

there has been a lot of talk about who's running for president and who won the class election.Today is the voting day for the school president and a lot of the fifth graders are routing for there friends or some times family.One of my friends allie is running for school and she told me at band she was really nervous but I now shell do good. hopefully all the the fifth graders running Adam Allie or Jack well have good luck. samantha out

Today was your first band rehearsal . I play saxophone and the 5th grade only dose band and Anya plays the trumpet . We play ode to joy, every one had a hard time playing it. Rebacca plays the tuba,shes the only girl tuba player. Next Wednesday we have a another rehearsal .

morgan

Last week we had the Big river field trip we lerend about the puoltion and birds

This week

This week has been a ton of fun!! We went on the Big River field trip where we learned about the Mississippi river and its surroundings and about Fort Snelling. We spent almost the whole day there...yay!

Specialist: In Spanish we learned about Merridona, the famous soccer player in Argentina and about "De Diez". In Chinese we leaned about tones and vowels. In Phy Ed we played football tag. That's where a couple of people are it and they try to tag the people with a football before they get to the other side. In music we learned a Cambodian xylophone piece and the culture. In art we are learning about color values.

~Jerica

The day after the field trip.

Today is the day after the big river field trip. first we went to Fort Snelling and we went to different station my station was telling the difference from fossils and artifacts then we hiked to the boat and when we got on they took us upstairs to tell us about the different stations. there was crime lab, bird watching , and looking at bugs through a microscope, finding Eco system stuff ,and two other stations I cant remember what the names were. It was really fun!

starting the third week

today is monday sep 21. lots of the 5th graders have band and tomorrow we have our field trip. we will go to fort snelling, lock and dam, and lots of places near the river in the twin cities. we are all having fun in fifth grade.

I'm so excited for our field trip!

Yay! The second Friday of the school year! I am so excited for our field trip on the Mississippi River on Tuesday. For the past couple of days we have been learning about the river and all the history around it. I'm also super excited to go to Fort Snelling. I have never been there beforeand all the history about was really interesting. I have also been on one of the boats we are going on so I'm excited to go on it again.

Kianna

Fifth Grade Is Fantastic because we have a lot more responsibilities like: bus patrol,cross walk duty,kindergarten patrol it also is fun because a lot of technology .

TIME IN FIFTH GRADE

I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME I CAN'T WAIT TO GO ON THE RIVER FIELD TRIP. THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TIME ON A BOAT . THE BUS PATROLS AND OTHER PATROLS ARE HAVING FUN.


MORGAN PHILLIBER

New Year! New Class! 2009-2010 School Year

Welcome to the new school year. School started last week and it was ruff at first but i settled in real fast.I made more friends than i expected.I can't wait to see where this week leads to.

CHEYANN PHAY

Spring Band Concert - Video

5th Grade Spring Band Concert

Band IS coming to an end

Our fifth grade band has had our last rehearsal, leading to our last concert. All of the fifth grade band is awaiting this day, but we will all miss Mrs.Anderson, our devoted band teacher.


LAST CONCERT: May fifth, 2:45, and 7:00!!!

Art

In art we are making people doing a certain thing. Like sitting down,running, walking a dog, or playing a sport. First we are going to make them out of newspaper. Then we needed to wrap wire around them so that we can bend them in the form we want them to be in. Then you need to cover it in plaster. When the plaster dries we are going to paint them the way we should look like.

MCA tips

MCA Prep test!

MCA Tips

The big test tips!

MCA:Tips for Success

MCA's By:Sawyer and Taylor P.

Math yoga

Hi I am Nate

This week in Diamond Path we have been doing practice tests on Epat. And we are reading are lit. books about floods. Are D.A.R.E graduation is coming up and I am so happy :D. In June we are having a ton of field trips like nickelodeon universe j biz town and more. And on wiki we are communicating with Coalhurst Elm. thanks for reading:D.

Fifth grade during May!

In the month of May we are going to be taking many field trips. It is a l0t of fun for fifth graders and we are very excited about that. But we aren't very excited about leaving elementary school. some of the fun highlights for May and part of June are D.A.R.E graduation, j bizz town, como park, track and field day at Eastview, visiting the middle schools, and Nickelodeon University for patrols. We are very excited for these fun days in fifth grade and we are going to be missing all of the wonderful teachers and friends here!

Science Websites

Go to this Wiki to find some science websites. Many of these activities and games will be helpful for our Science MCA test.

Select an activity you want to improve your knowledge on!

Science Wiki

Coalhurst Elementary School - Wiki

click here to access their Wiki

Today we are going to read some of the writing our friends in Coalhurst have been doing. The link above takes you to their wiki. On the right side are the menu options. You'll like the Settings link!

See if you can figure out how to comment on their writing!!!

Freerice.com

FREE RICE - Click here for Website!

Free Rice is a website that donates 10 grains of rice for every problem you answer correctly. This is our word study assignment for the week. (the level can be changed after you answer the first problem)

Please complete the following quizzes each day. Record the number of grains of rice you earn. (you must earn at least 200 grains of rice a day, but you can do more if you'd like) Graph the data to present to the class. This is due on Friday.

Monday - Vocabulary
Tuesday - Grammar
Wednesday - Basic Math
Thursday - Your Choice

MCA testing

MCA testing is coming up and we are stressed out about it because it's the biggest test of the year but it's a good thing that we are doing pretests to prepare for it. Lately we have been doing reading tests and now we are going to start math pretests. I hope everyone does a good job on their test!!!

Math Games all about Measurement

Practice your measurement skills with these games. Click on the title to be taken to that link. Have fun!

Perimeter & Area Game

Cyberchase - Build an Airplane

Shape Surveyor - Dig Geometry

Measure It! - funbrain

Wacky Ruler

Angles - Hitting the Target

Polygon Sort

Quadrilateral Quest

March 4th - Daily Assignments

Please spend time on each of these sites:

World Math Day

Tomorrow is the last day for World Math.






Moodle - with Coahurst
Password - dp.yourname
Login - your name
(Login, go to Coalhurst Elementary, Hubber/Ament,)

1. Review the All About Me post. Read some of their comments and make some new comments.

2. Review their comments on the Voice Thread - Data Collection Results. See what they thought about your graphs, make comments.

3. Review Canada from A to Z. Listen to the O'Canada.
Begin working on American Alphabet. Try posting what America means to you!

World Math Day!

We are participating in World Math Day! Go to the link below, login and play as many games as you'd like. You're competing from kids around the world.

World Math Day!

Poetry Video Conference

Hi my name is Amelia!

Today, our class is going to have a video conference with a class in New Jersey. We have been working very hard on poetry. Today we will present our poetry that we memorized from books, and ask a question. For example the question could be: What kinds of figurative language did you hear? Katie, Connor, Sawyer, and I will do a Introduction. We will show them snow, and talk about our school and much more.

Mean, Mode, Median Games

Have fun playing and learning with these games!

Game #1

Game #2

All About Me!

We are going to chat with our friends in Alberta in an online forum. Click her for the link: Alberta Moodle

Enter your user name and password.
user name - dp.fred
password - fred

You will be asked to change your password. Change it to your name and dp. freddp

click on Add a New Discuss to begin.

Some ideas for sharing:
Your favorites - food, color, school subject, sport, video game, book, movie, tv show, music

About your family

About the latest book/series you've read

About your daily life - school, sports, etc...

Questions for them

Coalhurst Elementary School

Check out the videos from our friends at Coalhurst Elementary.

VIDEOS

What can you learn about their town?

Coalhurst - Alberta Canada

Using google earth or google maps try to find where they live. How far is this from Apple Valley?

Voice Thread Link

Click HERE!

Voice Thread - Alberta

Here is the link for our first voice thread. Click on the link to go there. Follow the directions on the page.

Alberta - Canadian Rockies - Voice Thread

Programs Around School: Fifth Grade View

For the past six years 5th grade has been going and seeing all of the school programs. The fifth graders always sit in the back because they think we are tall enough to see in front of all the other grades. Us fifth graders already had our program it was at the beginning of the year.

Idioms

Practice what you know about Idioms with these links:

Idiom Links

Fifth Grade News

Dear Families,

The fifth graders have completed their written reports on ancient Egypt and are finishing their multimedia presentations. Next week when you come to conferences you'll have a chance to see their hard work when they present their projects.

Important Dates:

Culver's Night - January 27 - the money goes to support the 5th grade PATROLS! We hope you will come and support DP and our program.

Book Fair - the book fair will be here during conferences. On January 28th 4-8pm and January 29 8-8. There are lots of great books at great prices!

GEMS information will be coming home soon! Classes start in February so watch for this in Friday Folder.

Thanks to all the students and families who attended the music program. The singing, dancing and speaking were all excellent!

Mrs. Ament

Thursday Math Game!

Use this link to play games about adding fractions. Select adding mixed numbers!

Fishy Fractions

Wednesday Math Game of the Day!

These math games are all about adding and subtracting fractions!

Have fun learning!!

Fishy Fractions
select add unlike fractions

Soccer Shoot Out
select hard

Our Country's New Begining

On Tuesday January 20 the school crowded in the library to watch president Barack Obama become the 44th person to lead our free country. Were there for it all, our class had to answer questions on the presidents speech. This would help us understand what is going to happen when he is leading our country. I love politics and the history of our country, so this was especially important to me, and the world.
~Katie
editor Saraa
When we went to the library I was so excited to watch the inauguration, I never watched one before. Barak Obama, during his address he talked about how he wanted to reform America and create a better country. Obama said he would like to make more roads and bridges, and have the education at a better quality. Barack also said he'd like to lower insurance prices, and bring them to better quality. He also said he wants to bring back the truths as in, Honesty, confidence, and hardwork. I believe he'll try to bring back these truths, his theme was that we went through these problems before so we can do it again. I enjoyed watching the parade from the Us capital to the white house. I love politics and I'm happy we have Obama as president.
Your editor,
Saraa

Learn all about KEYNOTE!

Watch these videos to learn about the cool things you can do to enhance your Keynote presentation.

Keynote Videos

Anicent Egyptian Keynotes

From Mummies to toys and games.We are all doing something on anicent Egypt. We all did a topic and we had to take notes on it.Now we are doing something like a powerpoint but it is called keynote.We are sooooooo happy that we can use keynote to do this great project on are mobile lab.


~Sawyer

Learn about the Inauguration

Use these websites to learn more about the upcoming presidential inauguration.

History of the Inauguration

Pictures of the Event

Wednesday's Math Game

Practice Adding and Subtracting Fractions with LIKE denominators.

Fishy Fractions

Soccer Shoot Out - Addition and Subtraction - select easy

Splat!

HAVE FUN!!!

hi I'm Megan and I am going to tell you about what is hapening in 5th grade. on thursday we are having our music program. I have a solo singing part in the begining of a song called 'cowherd and the weavingmade'.

Friday's Math Game

Here is the math game of the day!  Practice finding equivalent fractions.

Fresh Bake Fractions

Our Resherch proejcts

The fifth grade is working on our ancient Egypt research projects. We are all resching different topics that have to do with ancient Egypt. they range from mummy's to Nefertiti. Right now we are in the process of taking notes. We are all working very hard and having fun.


~ katie

Next week will be having our music program. All of the 5th graders have been working on our program. Every year the 5th grade class will be doing an international program. Our program will be on the 15th at 9:30am and 6:30pm we hope all of the students can make it for both programs. Any parent or relatives can come at either program. We hope everyone that wants to come can and we all hope you will enjoy it
-Casey

Math Game for Thursday!!

Play this game to practice finding Equivalent Fractions.  Click below to be linked to the website.

Cyberchase Game

Wednesday Math Game of the Day!

Spend some time ordering fractions. Click on the link below. Have FUN!!

Ordering Fractions Activity

Snow Tubing Trip

Hi I'm Amelia, and I am a student in Mrs. Ament's fifth grade class.
On Thursday (1/8/09) most of the fifth grade will be going to Buck Hill. The trip was originally scheduled on December 14 (12/14/08), but due to below zero temperatures our trip was rescheduled to Thursday.
After school on Thurs., the students will ride the bus to Buck Hill. (Chaperone's will ride in a separate car.) There will be a chalet where the kids can buy dinner. Or they can bring home lunch. Then we go snow tubing!

Math Game for Tuesday

This game is for improper fractions and mixed numbers.  Select the improper fraction choice.  When it asks to register, click maybe later.  Have fun practicing converting fractions!

Click here for the link to the Fishy Game!

Try this game for fun!

Math Magician - click the name to go to the link

In 5th grade we are starting a unit on Egypt.We are going to be writing a research paper on our topic. We have different topics to choose from.Some people are researching a pharaoh but some people are doing arts,mummies,clothing,food etc.We are doing a lot of note taking and we are makeing a bibliography too.To research we go in the library and read the books on egypt.
By,
Kacey

Math Game of the Day

Here is the link for the math game of the day!

Have fun learning about fractions while you play!

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/tonyfraction.htm

Monday January 5th, 2009

The fifth graders are still getting used to school. We started class at about 9:25. The A's have spanish and music the B's Had P.e. Then we move onto the morning meeting, while Mrs.Ament talks about the day and events this month/week. Following that is our math session. Lately we've been studying algerbra and had ou algerbra test before break. Then the fifth graders should of have time to bring there research material for there ancient Egypt report. Other then that we have some books on the research subject, they will be taking notes as well. Then we have recess and lunch then the following, Library on our story telling session probably. Then we have word study, and end the day with planners. Check out our website to see what yur fifth graders been doing this year!