3-31-15

Reminder: Tomorrow is an early out! Reminder: Thursday is our field trip to NIACC. Please send a sack lunch to school with your child that day! Reminder: No school on Friday! 

Homework:
Read 20 minutes.  Quiz #13 is due April 15
Study for tomorrow's spelling test over Pioneer Girl words.

3-30-15

Study your spelling and vocabulary words tonight!

Tuesday:
Guidance
Vocabulary test over Prairie Girl

Wednesday:
Early out
Spelling test

Thursday:
Don't forget your lunch for our trip to NIACC

Friday:
No school

3-30-15

Homework:
read 20 minutes
study for spelling test WEDNESDAY
study for vocab test tomorrow

Busy week... 3-29-15

Monday:
New words over Black Cowboy, you only have 3 days to work on these words.

Tuesday:
Mr. Thompson's last day
Vocabulary test over Pioneer Girl words
Guidance

Wednesday:
Spelling test over Black Cowboy Wild Horses
Early out

Thursday:
NIACC field trip, kids need their own lunches

Friday:
No school

3-26-15

 

Homework: Read 20 minutes

 

 

 

NIACC instructors came to visit the 5th grade today.

The Entrepreneur for a Day (E4D®) program is dedicated to teaching 5th grade students the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and how to start a business. Students learn the distinct differences between becoming an entrepreneur and being an employee. One of the goals of the program  is to get kids thinking about being a job creator versus a job taker. We encourage them to understand that entrepreneurship is a viable career pathway.

◾During the first day, trained facilitators visit the students’ classroom and get them excited about the program by introducing terms and concepts of entrepreneurship.
 ◾The second day, students are invited to visit the NIACC campus where they choose a product, borrow money from a bank, buy resources they will need, make the product, then sell the product and determine if they made a profit.
◾The visit concludes with a tour of NIACC which offers students a sense of campus life, diversity, and validates college. Many of these students may be the first generation in their families to attend college, and the campus presence enables the students to make a post secondary connection.

Jacobson Elementary students will be going to NIACC next week. for the second session

 

 

3-25-15

Homework:
Make sure the kids give you the important notes they got today!
Read 20 minutes
Spelling scrabble homework
Million dollar essays HAVE to be done to participate in NIACC events tomorrow!

Mark your calendar

Dear 5^th grade parents,

There are so many things coming up in the next couple of months, we just wanted to send you a note with all of the information we have at this time.  Keep it somewhere safe, there is a lot here!!

Thursday, March 26^th

NIACC will be sending three instructors to Jacobson Elementary to work with our kids on being an Entrepreneur.  They will work on the various skills we need to go to NIACC next week for Entrepreneur for a Day!

Friday, March 27^th

A really neat program called Rockin’ Prevention is coming to work with our kids in the morning on bullying prevention.  Richard O. Jacobson donated money to this program, and in return he asked that they come to Jacobson and perform!  Go to http://www.rockinprevention.org/ to learn more about it!

We will begin our Growing up health talk on Friday and complete it on Monday.  Nurse D teaches the boys and Mrs. Kern teaches the girls class.  The kids usually end up with some questions after these days, so don’t be surprised.

Saturday, March 28^th

Little Bronco Volleyball camp is having a parent watch day from 10:30-12:00.

Wednesday, April 1^st

Early out for teacher inservice

Thursday,  April 2^nd

We will be headed to NIACC for Entrepreneur for a Day.  It is a terrific learning experience, unlike any other field trip we’ve ever been on.  It’s a full day of lessons on finances, money management, and owning/running a business.  The kids need to bring their own lunches on that day!

Friday, April  3^rd

No school

If you have any questions about any of these things, please contact one of the 5^th grade instructors!

Sincerely,

Annie Bram

Kendra Haugen

Trisca Mick 

3-24-15

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Write your million dollar essay

Spelling test Friday
Vocabulary test Monday

3-23-15

I'm back!  Things should return to normal over the next couple of days.  It was so great to see the kids today!  I just love them to death.

Homework:
Read 20 minutes
Native American name illustration
Slow timeline

Book orders are due tomorrow.

3-20-15

Homework:
read 20 min. per night
vocab test Monday

book orders due Tuesday

3-19-15

Homework:
read 20 min.
spelling test tomorrow
vocab page due
vocab test Monday

3-18-15

Homework:
read 20 min.
spelling test Friday
punctuation test Friday
vocab test Monday

3-17-15

Homework:
read 20 min.
spelling test Friday
comma test Friday
finish timeline if not done

EARLY OUT TOMORROW

book order due Mar. 24

Laptop activities for Tuesday

Westward expansion
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u5/index.html

Punctuation practice
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/punctuation.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/punctuation.htm

http://www.savethecomma.com/game/

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=5&Unit=5&Topic=Capitalization+and+Punctuation

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/braingames/iknowthat/Paintball/Medium.cfm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/using_punctuation/play/

http://mrnussbaum.com/semicolonwars1/semicolon_wars.swf

http://www.scholastic.com/play/cool/flash/punctuation.swf

http://compass2.eup.k12.mi.us/childu/sample_act/la_3_4/LA4RC06a_comma_confusion_rev4_updated.swf

3-16-15

Homework:
read 20 min.
do spelling p. 109
write 15 SENTENCES explaining your chosen items you would pack in your wagon

3-13-15

Homework:
read 20 min. per night
study for vocab test on MONDAY
p. 1& 2 worksheet on comparing characters in stories
comma packet due MONDAY

return overdue library books
return either pictures or money

early out next Wed.

Message from the couch....Mrs. Haugen

OK 5th graders....I finally have a date to return.  The doctor says I can come back on the 23rd. Keep working hard for Mrs. Wagner, and I'll see you in a week.  I am looking forward to being back!

3-9 to 3-12-15

Homework:
read 20 min. per night
study spelling words, p. 59, p. 60
draw action pictures to go with new words, p. 53
comma packet:  have all pages done by Monday

Grade update

Thanks to Mrs. Mick and Mrs. Wagner, I got several of the assignments the kids completed last week.  You'll notice some assignment grades going in today.  There will be some assignments with no grades, due to the no school day.  Don't worry if you see an assignment without a grade.  They'll eventually be entered, after Mrs. Wagner gets to those assignments. Remember, I'm checking my email on a daily basis, so if you have any questions, shoot me an email.

kendra.haugen@bkcsd.org