Elrod 5Q

American Tall Tales in Reading

2010-04-09T07:13:00.000-07:00

This is us talking about our Paul Bunyan timeline. We have been reading the book, American Tall Tales, and have been enjoying the crazy stories!

Spelling List 105

2010-04-09T07:11:00.000-07:00

We will be in spelling list 105 after next week. We will be skipping spelling the week of April 12-16 because we will be working on our fifth grade writing assessment. In the meantime, if you have internet access at home, go to www.wordle.net and type in your spelling words and see what happens.

Spelling List Lesson 105
desert
dessert
instructor
families
intermission
emotional
interview
dictate
inventor
defection
photographer
compressor
projector
citizen
prominent
shipping
character
speaker
champion
supposed
brought
surrounded
attract
trouble
actor

Poetry

2010-04-09T07:09:00.000-07:00

We have been working very dilligently at our poetry for the last few weeks. I always look forward to hearing what everybody wrote - and I think that they enjoy showing it off! We have an "open-mic" part of our day where we share.

2010-04-09T07:06:00.000-07:00

Spring Break

2010-04-07T14:49:00.001-07:00

Welcome back from spring break! I hope that you all had a wonderful time skiing and swimming and hanging out. Can't wait to hear your stories!

Tech Conference

2010-03-05T12:53:00.000-08:00

Hi students and parents! I spent 3 days in Seattle this week at a tech conference. I learned a TON of really cool "stuff" and I can't wait to show you everything when I get back. See you on Wednesday. Check out some of my favorite speeches from the other day below!

NB

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DB

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KN

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Wednesday Schedule Change

2009-11-16T15:10:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone.

Mrs. Carpenter and I have made a slight change to our working schedule. We will work all day every other Wednesday instead of the half day Wednesdays we have worked in the past.
Some students have taken home copies of this calendar that wanted one.

We will send an email with the attached excel spreadsheet as well.

Thanks you with your understanding as we make this adjustment.

Week 45 - Assignment is Other Words

2009-11-16T15:08:00.000-08:00

1. there
2. meet
3. brief
4. artistic
5. unrecovered
6. question
7. photography
8. basic
9. reduce
10. bought
11. relation
12. building
13. restriction
14. chiefly
15. spinner
16. committee
17. station
18. courage
19. stylish
20. creation
21. thickness
22. honesty
23. departure
24. heavy
25. discover

Safe Weekend

2009-10-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

Have a fun and safe weekend to all who will be out and about!

Spelling List 35

2009-10-30T13:10:00.001-07:00

Here is the spelling list for the assignment and the test that will be on Friday, November 6.

Spelling List Lesson 35
1. very
2. would
3. dangerous
4. straight
5. union
6. physical
7. studies
8. major
9. science
10. loneliest
11. inspect
12. projecting
13. pleasure
14. friendliness
15. actively
16. developing
17. beautiful
18. detection
19. berries
20. deception
21. bridge
22. contain
23. treatment
24. government
25. starred

2009-10-15T08:02:00.001-07:00

Here is this week's spelling list. We are on lesson 25. The test and the assignment are due on Friday, October 23. The assignment this week is a fun one! Well, my second graders used to love it so we will see! It is called the "Spelling Bees!" The students are to draw a picture in color and add 25 large bees. In each bee, a spelling word will be written. It HAS to be neat and legible, so make sure each bee is large enough for each word. Have fun all artists in this class!

Spelling List Lesson 25

1. threw

2. tail

3. tribal

4. profound

5. progress

6. treatment

7. pressure

8. studied

9. passive

10. straight

11. lowest

12. speedy

13. increasing

14. hurried

15. receptive

16. government

17. explain

18. action

19. exchange

20. agree

21. confinement

22. easy

23. length

24. stopping

25. trial

2009-10-02T07:57:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We will be acknowledging this by wearing pink on Fridays throughout the month. If your student does not have pink, please do not feel like you have to go out and buy them something pink! I will have ribbons here as well as some other pink ideas. Today is "Turn the Flathead Pink" day and it was REALLY fun to see all of the kids here that were a part of this wonderful campaign for awareness! Thanks to all! I will add a picture today ASAP.

Spelling Lesson 20

2009-10-02T07:51:00.001-07:00

We are on to Spelling Lesson 20! The test and the assignment will be due Friday, October 9. The assignment is a fun one (of course, this is coming from a teacher)! It is called Across and Down - and they are spelling their words across and down. Sounds simple enough, right? For example:

Teach
e
a
c
h

Here are the spelling words for Lesson 20:

Spelling List Lesson 20
1. write
2. whole
3. instead
4. anybody
5. peaceful
6. change
7. rather
8. confronted
9. reinstate
10. create
11. delight
12. snuggest
13. resource
14. starring
15. finest
16. strict
17. govern
18. studying
19. healthy
20. unconfirmed
21. inhuman
22. madder
23. athletes
24. describe
25. throughout

BOOK ORDERS FROM SCHOLASTIC

2009-09-24T11:37:00.001-07:00

You can now order books online with Scholastic. And....for every book that you order online through this site, our class receives a FREE book. Check it out.

http://www.scholastic.com/clubsordering

Our username is Elrod5q and our password is eagles.

Class Cheer

2009-09-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

Check out the class cheer!

Spelling Lesson 15

2009-09-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here is the list for NEXT week - September 28 - October 2. This test will be Friday, October 2. The assignment will also be due then.

Spelling List Lesson 15
1. through
2. weather
3. photograph
4. formal
5. smiling
6. tough
7. people
8. biggest
9. dropper
10. strength
11. really
12. teacher
13. powerless
14. planned
15. signal
16. script
17. weren’t
18. darkest
19. interested
20. widely
21. final
22. wonderful
23. breakable
24. greatest
25. return

September 24-October 1

2009-09-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hi Elrod 5Q! I am so glad that you are checking this blog for up-to-date information! This is what we have coming up:

In Math we are just beginning unit 2 on Estimation and Computation. Any questions? See the math link posted here, or email us at our school addresses. I will add these to the bottom of the page. Here is the math site: https://www.everydaymathonline.com/

We are going to be starting science in here next week with Mr. Bunker. It will be hands-on fun! I know a lot of you are looking forward to that.

We are continuing to read Children of the Longhouse, and will be reading chapter 8 today with a quiz on chapters 4-8 on Friday. We will be working our way through the book next week as well. If your child does not finish the reading in class, you may see that book in your house. It does need to get back to school, though, so please send it in his or her backpack if you see it around!

In writing we are working on Topic Sentences and Best Beginnings. If you have a chance at home to read some great beginnings, please feel free to share them in the comment section of this blog. We will start a writing prompt next week that will be graded in the 6 Traits model.

In spelling, we have a test this Friday on lesson 10 and 10 sentences due. Next week are lessons 11-15, with a test on lesson 15 (Friday). The assignment that is due on October 2 will be "Other Words." Students will be making other words from spelling words. I will attach a list for lesson 15 in my next post.

Please feel free to email either of us with questions or comments, and I encourage you to use this blog for information that is up and coming!

Book club!!

2009-09-18T11:01:00.000-07:00

I have started a book club in 5th grade, and our first book is Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix. So far, only the girls are interested in doing this every other Thursday at lunch, but I am working on those boys! I would like nothing better than to get them involved in reading a little more.

The details are as follows:

Not required
No grade given
Not extra credit
Purpose is to develop a love of reading and a relationship with the teacher and Elrod

I have some men in our building looking into doing a He-Man book club with "boy" orientated books. Any ideas? Let me know!

OPEN HOUSE

2009-09-18T08:04:00.000-07:00

A big thank you to all the students and parents that were able to attend the open house last night. We thank you so very much. There is nothing better than a classroom full of involved parents! I heard from many of you that you would be interested in math help, so I will post the Everyday Mathematics website on this blog, as well as information as we go to help you out. Check out the right hand side of the blog for links.

My hope is that this will serve as a communication tool between you and us. We hope to update it weekly with the happenings in the classroom. Subscribe to the RSS feed, and you can get automatic updates.

Let me know what we can do for you!

Mrs. Wakefield will be back on Tuesday, so the kids will start their usual schedule.

Next week we will be working on the following items:

Math: Stations on Monday as we have a sub, starting Unit 2 in math on Tuesday or Wednesday. Unit 2 deals with estimation and computation.

Social Studies: We will have a test on Monday on unit 1 and then will be getting to know our Aztec history a little better with some videos and activities. Mrs. Wakefield will also use this time to get to know the students a little better.

No science until September 28 when they will go to Mr. Bunker for a 3-week journey into science!

We are reading an American Indian novel right now called "Children of the Longhouse." I will post some resources for you on this blog.

We just started Mountain Language this week, and will continue to do that every week in 5th grade. It is a repetitious program that will benefit all of the students in basic language skills. We will also be working on complete sentences in our writing. We hope to get all students journaling more often.

We are taking spelling lesson 5 test today, so next week we will be on lessons 6-10. We take tests on every multiple of 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. Expect one test a week as well as one additional assignment a week. I will post the spelling words as well as the assignment today for next week, so keep an eye out.

Please contact us with your questions!

2009-09-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Today is the first day of MAP testing in fifth grade! I hope that you all had a great breakfast and are ready to do your best. What are some tips that you have for other Elrodians for taking this test?

About Mrs. Wakefield

2009-08-27T21:08:00.001-07:00

Hello students of 5Q! I am so looking forward to meeting you on September 21^st! It has been an interesting few days knowing you are in school and beginning the year, while I am still at home with my new baby. Bryson John was born a month early (as many of you may remember from last school year) so he has just reached his three month mark. He is doing very well sleeping, eating and pooping (as my 4.5 year old Braden would tell you!) My boys absolutely are the most important part of my days and I look forward to waking each morning with new adventures to come in the day. Braden has quite the wonderful imagination, so it is always fun to see what he is going to invent next or a game he would like to play. Braden and I also enjoy reading, baking and snuggling together!

We enjoy the outdoors in the summer time: hiking, camping, golfing and boating are our main ways to enjoy the sunshine. I am a big fan of sunshine, coming from Florida where we have abundant sunshine, the winter here gets tough for me when it is cloudy and gray for too long. I don't ski or snowboard, but I do enjoy snowshoeing and playing in the white powder as long as it isn't TOO cold! I'm still searching for the perfect gloves to keep my hands dry and warm!

My husband, Ryan, was a PE teacher at Russell and now works for Iron Horse Golf Club planning activities for kids and families to enjoy Montana. He is a basketball coach at Glacier High School as well, so we cheer for the Wolfpack in our house. He also attended University of Montana making us Griz fans. I also cheer for my college back home, Florida State University. I love the fall because it is football time. I can't wait to see some of you play football this year. Braden is also playing little guy football through the Parks and Rec program!

We have two yellow labs (Tanner in the picture with me) and Chloe. They are both very hyper and lovable. Tanner thinks he is a lap dog and loves to eat. Chloe would play with the ball forever if you'd let her. We also have a turtle named Myrtle and some fish.

I also enjoy reading, cooking, spending time with friends and family, watching movies and playing games.

I look forward to getting to know all of you this year and watching you learn and grow. Time goes quickly and it is best to enjoy all that we have everyday. So make the most out of your time and do the best you can in everything you do! See you soon.

All about Mrs. Carpenter

2009-08-15T13:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I cannot tell you how excited I am about school starting. I look forward to meeting each and every one of you. I wanted to tell you a little about myself so that you knew what you were getting into before you got to school.

First off, I am married with two little kids. I have a 2 1/2 year old little boy named Owen who is quite precocious. He is very talkative and tells everyone that he meets any secrets he knows, so watch out! He loves everything that we introduce him to, and is quite the little boy.

Marlo just turned one in April, and she is quickly turning into the spitting image of her brother. She has many interests, and is very busy - to say the least! Her new favorite word is baby, and she calls everyone a baby (much to Owen's dismay!).

My husband, Josh, and I have been marrie for six years, and have lived in the Flathead Valley since 2001. I actually grew up in Whitefish, so this has been my home for a long time, but Josh grew up in Helena. We met in 1999, and were instant friends. You will see him from time to time, but don't call him Mr. Carpenter! He thinks it makes him sound old (don't tell him that he IS old!). You can call him Mr. Josh if you want.

When we are not working, we love to enjoy Montana's outdoors. We hike, golf, bike, fish, camp, and take part in every part of the ourdoors that we can. Josh is an excellent whitewater kayaker and skier. I ski but do not do as well as he does....he is too fast to keep up with! We spend time in Glacier Park, swim at the many lakes, and hang with our family.

Hope to see you hiking Lone Pine ar Avalanche Trail. Those are the two tha are easiest for Owen!

Looking forward to meeting you.

School Supply List

2009-08-15T13:06:00.001-07:00

Fifth graders need a variety of school supplies. Click on this link to see the entire list:

http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/schls/elrd/sply_5.htm

Two changes from this list:

1. You do not need the folders that are listed. If you have them already, we will use them, but if not, please do not buy them.

2. You will be needing a water bottle. We forgot to add that.

You will not need your supplies until the second week of school, so please do not bring them until August 31 at the earliest.