1.30.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWO

Well hey there Friday...it's great to see you again :) I hope you all are staying warm on this cold afternoon! Today we had a great day together celebrating Catholic Schools Week within our school. Even though it was spirit wear day, you all remained focus throughout the day & I'm really proud of you for that! I want to say THANK YOU for letting me be a part of your 5th grade while your teachers have been out this year. I have truly enjoyed my time here thus far! I'm excited to see what the next few weeks will bring & see each of you grow your knowledge as students. 

Today during our Class Meeting, both 5th grade classes met together & discussed what was on our minds from this week. We also practiced some routines and procedures to refresh our minds so we can be the best learners we can be. We introduced to the students that we will each have a class list of the whole 5th grade for our classrooms. It will act as a behavior log to make sure everyone is on task and are doing what they are suppose to be doing at all times. The first misbehavior is a verbal warning, 2nd they get a check next to their name, 3rd they receive another check. If we have to warn them again of something for the 4th time, it will be a call home. We truly don't anticipate having to do check marks, but if necessary we will. If a student makes it 2 weeks with no checks next to their name in EITHER classes, there will be a reward for him/her. Mrs. Schleg & I both think this will be a great incentive for the kids to stay on task and try their hardest, especially since Terra Nova is just around the corner :)

Happy early birthday to Alex Daniel who's b-day is tomorrow!! 

Check out Gavin's last blog of the week by clicking HERE!

LANGUAGE ARTS: Today some of us worked in our reading groups. Everyone worked on their Young Authors story & started to switch their stories with other classmates for revisions & editing. Final drafts are due next Thursday so we have been working super hard to work through the whole writing process. 
HOMEWORK: Read daily :)

SCIENCE: Today some of us taught our Investigations to the class. We also wrote reflections of them at the end of class.
HOMEWORK: Finished guided notes due Monday and test Thursday.

SOCIAL STUDIES: 
HOMEWORK: NONE.

MATH: Today we look over our homework fraction packets and showed a few examples of how we found our answers on the Smart Board. 
HOMEWORK: NONE.

RELIGION: Today we read from our Family Life books.
HOMEWORK: Record our moods.

***Reminders:

HAPPY Catholic Schools Week! There were a lot of things that went on this week to celebrate:

1. FRIDAY'S FOCUS: Faith, Knowledge, & Service in our teachers, staff, & volunteers. Write thank you notes to those who volunteer in you class.
2. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

**Wednesday, February 4 is early dismissal (12:00)

**Saturday, February 7 is the Father/ Daughter Dance

I hope you guys have a fabulous weekend and stay warm of course! Temperatures are dropping yet again in this crazy town. I'm very curious to see what will happen with this rain/snow Sunday night! Make sure to pay attention to the news if we get any snow :) 

Love always,

Ms. Ray

1.29.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND ONE

Howdy 5th grade! Happy Thursday afternoon :) What in the HECK is with that wind today...burrr!! We had quite the busy day today! We had a beautiful Mass this morning put on by 5T (pictures below)...great job to all who were a part of it! Thanks to the parents who came in for Open House and toured our classrooms too!! We are so fortunate to have such a great community to be a part of at SMA! Please see below to check out what we did in class today & what is new for homework tonight...

 Servers getting ready for Mass (Baylee, Gavin, & Laura)

 Henry doing the first reading

 Mary reading 

 Gift Bearers...

LANGUAGE ARTS: I CAN...find inferences in text. Today we continued to work in our reading groups. We also worked on our Young Authors stories and most of us are on the revising & editing phase in writing. 
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SCIENCE: Today we took a quiz and taught our investigations.
HOMEWORK: Finish guided notes due Monday. Test Thursday, February 5.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
HOMEWORK: Vocab lessons 1-3 in Chapter 5.

MATH: I CAN...write a fraction in greatest terms. Today we looked at how to write fractions in greatest terms. We also learned how to rename fractions and find missing factors in fractions as well.
HOMEWORK: Finish fraction math packet due tomorrow.

RELIGION: Master Gardener came.
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

HAPPY Catholic Schools Week! There are a ton of things going on this week to celebrate:

1. THURSDAY'S FOCUS: Faith, Knowledge, & Service in our Vocations. During school Mass we had student testimonials of "What A Catholic Education Means To Me". We also welcomed our SMA families during Open House this morning as well!
2. Friday is Spirit wear day!!
3. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

**Wednesday, February 4 is early dismissal (12:00)

**Saturday, February 7 is the Father/ Daughter Dance

I hope you all have a great evening and I will see you in the morning! Stay warm!

XO- Ms. Ray

1.28.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED (FOR REAL)

Sooo...Ms. Ray made a little uh-oh on the blog as you can see! I was counting our days INCLUDING weekends & Christmas Break...whoops! So actually...TODAY is the REAL 100th day of school! Sorry for all the confusion ha! So since it was 100th day of school today...we had a fun 100th day challenge sheet we worked on in Language Arts. We also played BINGO this morning over the intercom with the rest of the school in celebration of Catholic Schools Week! There were tons of winners...just not in 5th grade :( Maybe next year kiddos!! 

On Friday during our Class Meetings we will be having a little "refreshers course" on expectations and procedures for 5th grade. I think most of us have forgotten some basic things we learned & I think it would be good for ALL of us to go over these again :) 

Check out Gavin's blog post from today by clicking HERE! LANGUAGE ARTS: I CAN...find inferences in text. We started wokring in our Reading Groups again with focusing on inferencing as well as working on our Young Authors pieces. 
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SCIENCE:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
HOMEWORK:NONE.

MATH:I CAN...write a fraction in lowest terms. Today we looked at some key terms with their definitions in Chapter 4. We also completed an Exit Slip on reducing freactions.
HOMEWORK: 

RELIGION:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

HAPPY Catholic Schools Week! There are a ton of things going on this week to celebrate:

1. WEDNESDAY'S FOCUS: Faith, Knowledge, & Service in our Nation. Families are asked to write letters to government leaders sharing the benefits of Catholic Schools to our community and how well prepared Catholic School graduates are as contributors to our society.
2. Thursday our Liturgy (8:15) is planned by 5T!
3. OPEN HOUSE FOR PARENTS THURSDAY (9:15-10:30)
4. Friday is Spirit wear day.
5. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

**Wednesday, February 4 is early dismissal (12:00)

**Saturday, February 7 is the Father/ Daughter Dance

Enjoy your afternoons and I'll see you in the morning :)

XOXO- Ms. Ray

1.27.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR

Happy Tuesday 5th grade :) I hope you all had a great resource day!! We had our school wide Spelling Bee this morning in the gym. Matthew & Margaret tried so hard...great job guys!! (Some pictures are below) The school also sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MRS. ZETTEL...video below :) 

 Matthew was SUPER pumped :)

 SPELL ON!

 All the Spelling Bee finalist 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS. ZETTEL!

In celebration of Catholic Schools Week we will be able to wear jeans with Red, White, & Blue wear tomorrow to honor our Nation!

LANGUAGE ARTS:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SCIENCE:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
HOMEWORK:NONE.

MATH:
HOMEWORK: Finish ODD numbers from class & do EVEN numbers on pg. 142-143 numbers 1-63.

RELIGION:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

HAPPY Catholic Schools Week! There are a ton of things going on this week to celebrate:

1. TUESDAY'S FOCUS: Faith, Knowledge, & Service in our students. 
2. Wednesday is "Red, White, & Blue" dress day to honor our Nation.
3. Thursday our Liturgy (8:15) is planned by 5T!
4. OPEN HOUSE FOR PARENTS THURSDAY (9:15-10:30)
5. Friday is Spirit wear day.
6. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

**Wednesday, February 4 is early dismissal (12:00)

**Saturday, February 7 is the Father/ Daughter Dance

Stay warm this evening & I'll see you loves tomorrow morning!

XO -Ms. Ray

1.26.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE

Happy Monday afternoon 5th graders! It sounds like a lot of you had a nice relaxing weekend, as did I! I hope you all are ready for a full week of learning in school :) Hopefully we won't have to have silent recess again this week...THUMBS DOWN :( This week is Catholic Schools Week & there are lots of exciting things going on! You can find all the events below...

Our blogger this week is Gavin Storm...check out his blog from today HERE!

LANGUAGE ARTS: Today we worked on our rough drafts for our Young Authors stories.
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SCIENCE:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Today we took our test.
HOMEWORK:NONE.

MATH:Today we had fraction stations we worked at. One station was a greater than or less than dice game, another station was spinning & coloring a fraction, and the last station was doing probelms in our books. 
HOMEWORK: Finish ODD numbers from class & do EVEN numbers on pg. 142-143 numbers 1-63.

RELIGION: Today we looked more into our Family Life books.
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

HAPPY Catholic Schools Week! There are a ton of things going on this week to celebrate:

1. MONDAY'S FOCUS: Faith, Knowledge, & Service in our community. Students reflected on service projects during religion class & how they demonstrate faith, knowledge, & service in our community.
2. Tuesday @ 8 AM is the school wide Spelling Bee in the gym.
3. Wednesday is "Red, White, & Blue" dress day to honor our Nation.
4. Thursday our Liturgy (8:15) is planned by 5T!
5. OPEN HOUSE FOR PARENTS THURSDAY (9:15-10:30)
6. Friday is Spirit wear day.
7. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

**Wednesday, February 4 is early dismissal (12:00)

**Saturday, February 7 is the Father/ Daughter Dance

Have a wonderful evening and I'll see you all tomorrow morning!

XO- Ms. Ray

1.23.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

WOOHOO IT'S FRIDAY!! This week felt like a 5 day week ha! Thanks for the parents who came to Coffee House this morning...that was really neat to see it in action! Today in Language Arts we focused on the subject of bullying & made Apps to go on our iPhone for anti-bullying. Both classes did an excellent job on them & they are now for everyone to see in our hallway...check it out below! Next week starts Catholic Schools Week which is always exciting! There will be lots of things going on throughout the week & I look forward to being a part of them for the first time @ SMA! Friday folders are also coming home today as well :)

OUR GROUP APPS!

INTRODUCING...THE NEW IPHONE 5S+!!

LANGUAGE ARTS: Today we focused on the topic of bullying. We listed adjectives that go along with the word "bully" and "buddy". The students worked with their table groups on making a "Anti-bullying App" for our iPhone 5S+! 
HOMEWORK: NONE.


SCIENCE: Today we worked on our Guided Notes for Chapter 10.
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Today we looked over our quizzes together that we completed.
HOMEWORK:Test Monday, January 26

MATH:Today we focused on writing fractions in lowest terms.
HOMEWORK: NONE.


RELIGION: Today we looked more into our Family Life books.
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

Trivia night for athletics is this Saturday, January 24.

Catholic Schools Week is next week and a lot of things are going on for it for next week:

1. Tuesday @ 8 AM is the school wide Spelling Bee.
2. Wednesday is "Red, White, & Blue" dress day to honor our Nation.
3. Friday is Spirit wear day.
4. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

                                             

I hope those who are still sick feel better this weekend & hopefully we will see you all back Monday! Happy birthday to Kayla Yount this weekend as well!! Stay warm, enjoy your family & friends, & come ready to learn on Monday :) 

XO- Ms. Ray

1.22.15 DAY ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

Well look @ that cute new background!! Thanks Mrs. T :) The pictures are so adorbs of the kiddos!! Looks like you guys are enjoying the weather just like we are! Too bad it's turning cold yet AGAIN next week...booooo! 

What a DAY we had today! TONS of energy & talk talk talk in the 5th grade! You all are very sociable ;) I'm glad you all are so close to each other & have a great bond as a class! 

Today the 5th grade presented their Wax Museum projects to some of the school during the Social Studies block. The costumes in the hallway from what I saw looked great! I took a few pictures of the last couple of students that presented their Book Projects today & they're posted below...check them out! There are LOTS of announcements below so make sure and check those out as well :)

 Mason & Cayman acting out a skit

 Our Book Projects :)

 Playing Sam's game!

 Having fun with Mason's game!

Playing Gavin's game!

LANGUAGE ARTS: Today we presented the rest of our Book Projects. We also had some extra time in 5T to play some of our games we made as book projects!
HOMEWORK: Book projects if you didn't present today.
SCIENCE:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

SOCIAL STUDIES:Presented their Wax Museum projects to some of the school.
HOMEWORK:Test Monday, January 26

MATH:Today we focused on making equivalent fractions. We also played a "Fraction Contraption" Game with partners. 
HOMEWORK: NONE.


RELIGION:
HOMEWORK: NONE.

**Reminders:

Coffee House will be TOMORROW morning at 7:40 for 5th grade.

Trivia night for athletics is this Saturday, January 24.

Catholic Schools Week is next week and a lot of things are going on for it for next week:

1. Tuesday @ 8 AM is the school wide Spelling Bee.
2. Wednesday is "Red, White, & Blue" dress day to honor our Nation.
3. Friday is Spirit wear day.
4. Saturday/ Sunday students wear their uniforms to mass to be honored.

I hope to see you all tomorrow morning for my 1st Coffee House experience :) In the mean time, stay warm because temperatures are dropping like kids in class did today! I think at least 4 kiddos went home not feeling good today! Feel better soon to you guys & for the rest...drink lots of water & catch up on your rest!

XOXO-Ms. Ray