Thursday, November 21, 2013

Ada and I were doing a project on the Victorian Era. We just finished Wednesday and we are proud of it. We had to do 3 big questions: what was it like for children during the Victorian Era, what was it like for a servant during the Victorian Era, and lastly what were clothes like during the Victorian Era.

One of our answers for the first question was, poor children were treated with more kindness and loving from their family, while wealthy children did not communicate with their family as much.

An answer for the second question is, the girl servants were always supposed to look pretty in case any guests came over.

For the last question, we learned that the colors for women’s dresses were deep reds, greens, and especially blue.

That was a little summary about our project! We enjoyed learning so much about our research.

Friday (November 22, 2013) my class will be doing the spelling bee. I already studied but still am studying my words. I hope to make it in the top three. Last year I was in the spelling bee and there was only four of us left but I missed a letter and didn’t get in. This year I hope to do my best and get in the top three.

Bob the Robber 2 is about a kid who is adopted and was a suspect in a crime.

As he got out of prison, people got sick and turned into zombies.

Your job is to sneak into houses, find money, and find serums to save the world.

It might be hard, but you can do it.

It's easy.

Spelling Bee -Anaiya

Yesterday at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Stokes' class had our class spelling bee. When there were only four people left in the class spelling bee, (Alana, Thomas, Andrew, and me) Alana got out. So, Andrew, Thomas, and I were the top three. We forgot that Andrew was moving before the spelling bee. We were going to start that round over again, but we decided to let Alana back in instead of doing the round over. After the spelling bee was over, Mrs. Adams took Alana, Thomas, and me outside to give us our spelling bee booklets. After Thanksgiving break we will start meeting with Mrs. Adams and do spelling games.

No School Next Week -Cassius T.

Starting on November 22 we have NO school for a shocking 9 days. I'm very excited to party and have Thanksgiving. Then a few weeks later we have winter break. So we have about a month off of school during the school year in the year 2013. This is the first whole week off of school for Thanksgiving in a year. We used to have to come the Monday that week off. I like the whole week change. Post in the comments what you want to do over the break.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Can-a-Thon-Ietta

The 33rd Can-a-Thon just started this week and we are losing, because we haven't collected any cans. I don't think we are going to win the field trip to the Athens Area Emergency Food Bank. One of the teachers has 62 after only four days of collecting. I think that's a lot!!!

The Can-a-Thon ends on the 22nd of November. One week left!!! I hope the school can collect a lot of cans, because that would be a lot of cans to feed the hungry.

http://www.athensfoodbank.org/

Our field trip to the Georgia Museum of Art

Wednesday, the whole 5th grade went to the Georgia Museum of Art. It was super exciting because we got to see a lot of cool, creative pieces of artwork. We also got to make memory journals. Also we got to learn some techniques that some of the famous artists used. We also got to play a few fun games. So overall it was a pretty awesome field trip and I think we all enjoyed it.

Turtles :D Remi

Turtles are my favorite animal .

"Why turtles?" you say. Because they're slow on land and I am too. They're fast in water and I'm fast in water.

Really, I'm sorta like a turtle.

I have fed my turtle sushi. He did not like it .

I know almost know every thing about them.

Field Trip - Hayyah

November 13 (yesterday) was the 5th grade field trip. We went to the Georgia Museum of Art. I had a great time. We got to see famous paintings and we got to make some of our own. We were broken up into groups and walked all around the building. After we toured the building we found a lady singing opera. We all started to sing but it didn't turn out well. Finally,we got to eat lunch (delicious). Then, we went to the music rehearsal. I thought they had some good bed time songs, I know I almost fell asleep. After that we went back to school.

/http://georgiamuseum.org/

Opinion Writing in 5th Grade

In fifth grade we are working on opinion writing. We are writing about whether we should eat turkeys or not. Since it's close to Thanksgiving we are doing turkey opinion writing. I think we should eat turkey. Some of my reasons are that you can eat many other foods with turkey. Another thing is that you have more turkey left over. Some students think that we should not eat turkeys and they're acting like they're the turkeys.

Thanksgiving - Cassius T

Every year on the fourth Thursday of November we the people of America celebrate a day when pilgrims came and had a big feast with the Native Americans. The main course of that feast was turkey. Every repeated feast there are certain foods that are traditional to eat.

On this day we (most of the time) eat the traditional foods including turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, and much more. Some people have a big debate about how they shouldn't eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Other people eat other foods on Thanksgiving.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Genetics in Science Remington

In science we're talking about genetics .

It is things that you have in common with your parents , such as hitchhiker thumb and curly hair and so much more .

If both parents have brown hair you most likely have brown hair just like eyes .

Working With Decimals-Danaya

This semester in math we are learning about subtracting and adding decimals. It is very easy doing all of those things. Here are some ways to do those things.

Adding decimals:

subtracting decimals:

That's all, folks!

Veterans Day At Applebees - Hayyah

On Veterans Day my sister and her class are going to Applebee's to work. I always wanted to be a waitress, plus all the food will be free for vets and people in the mlitary. I am sure my family will be getting something to eat. I will sneak in with my awesome ninja moves (NOT REALLY) and help with my sister. I hope to see some other people there as well.

Making Clay Busts in ART - ADA

The last few weeks in art class we have been making clay busts. It is really fun because we got to play, and make new things out of clay. We also got to be creative and do anything we wanted to with our busts. It gave us a chance to express ourselves and show off our skills. And all the busts were really awesome, funny, and creative. Next year I am sure all the 4th graders will will have lots of fun making clay busts.

Georgia Museum of Art - Anaiya

Next week on Wednesday, fifth grade is going on a field trip to the Georgia Museum of Art. Next week (on Wednesday) we will have specials as usual. After specials we will board the buses and head for the museum. Mrs. Dean said that it will probably take about ten or fifteen minutes to get there. When we get there we will look at paintings and maybe do activities . We will eat lunch there and won't come back until school is almost over.

Opinion pieces-Ietta

We are writing opinion pieces in writing class. Today we had to write about whether kids (elementary school) should or shouldn't have cell phones. I say NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! You may not agree with me. These are some reasons why: the screens crack easily, they're are hard to find if they get lost, it's bad for their eyes, they make annoying dinging sounds, distracting when doing homework, and could possibly get taken away if the teacher sees it. Comment if you agree or disagree. That's what we wrote about today!

Fifth Grade Field Trip -Cassius T.

Fifth grade is going on a field trip to the Georgia Museum of Art. I am really excited to go on this field trip because we get to see all of these famous collections of multi-million dollar art. Plus after we go to the art museum we get to go to the music hall. Also we get the day off without class. So basically a field trip is a whole day of recess. If you want to learn about the museum then click the link below.

http://georgiamuseum.org/