Things are starting to get more normal for me but driving from Wilson some mornings before getting here gives me time to think. To think about how no matter how hard I try to motivate you to do better, until it comes from YOU it won't work....so find it in YOU to make a difference and make this an environment where we all do our BEST ALWAYS!! This morning before you go to study island reflect on ways we can make this a better environment to learn! Then see me for something to glue into your planner to use with a testing app today. Let's make this an awesome day of learning that will start with a great lesson from Miss Scott!
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First of all Mr. Longest needs you to take a survey....https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SGEStudent Today is Halloween! In Mexico they call it the Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos....... what does this mean? Look it up! Why do they celebrate this holiday? Where did the holiday of Halloween start? Do you remember a favorite song for Halloween? I do .....my music teacher in 3rd grade or so taught me a song about a witch.....stirring and stirring and stirring my brew....oooooo ooooo! Thanks for all of your cooperation while I was out. I missed all of you and I am glad to be back. It is a sad time and you may see me tear up but I am going to try really hard not to do that! That being said, I need as much help and cooperation from you. SOOOOO......tell me what I missed, I feel like I have been gone for months! What did you work on, what happened, what should I know about? After a week with mostly no iPads, what is the difference of iPad versus not? Which do you like better? With having your iPads back you need to make sure you are being a responsible user! Be very thorough in your response.
This morning you need to complete your SS quiz and then read for your 2 points this week. Soon it will be going up to 3!!!
CONGRATS to those in GREEN who have met 2 points this week! And K'nai so far has the highest points. Read the report and see where you fall! Yellow=almost there but you have to read at lunch. Red=you have a lot to go! Reading at lunch! Why is it important to read? Why should you be able to answer questions about what you read? How does it make you a better learner? This morning I need you to study for your SS quiz on Unit 1 Lessons 2 & 3! Leave questions that you still have on here and then STUDY!
Tonight is the digital summit where we will show our families what are doing everyday with our fancy schmancy iPads. Dinner is served at 5 and the presentations will begin at 6. If you had to share with someone why you think that iPads are an important learning tool at our school, what would you tell them? How are they making us better learners? How do think using the iPad changes your thought process on some of the activities we do? What are 2 things you like about using the iPads? What are 2 things you dislike about using the iPads? When blog post is complete, work on science study guide. The answers have been posted on the Science Spot page.
Check out this AWESOME way to reuse things in our community to help schools! I would like for you to respond to this news story by telling me how this could help our school, community, and most of all you. After you explain this, I would like for you to tell me how we could get more people involved. Maybe we could send emails to local restaurants and ask them to participate? Or maybe you have another idea? Be detailed in your response and don't forget to refer to our blog comment rubric to give me a high quality comment!
So check out one of our Water Cycle Flow Maps!! Zoom in and check it out really close in the different areas. There are a lot of awesome things happening here. Explain them to me! What are the streaks running down the back representing? What are the little dots/drops at the top of the bag? Explain how this bag and what you are observing is showing the water cycle process! AND I didn't even notice it until I was sending myself the picture, but the sun we traced is almost lined up with the ACTUAL sun! SWEEETTT!!! So I saw some of you at McTeacher's Night last night. What tracks did that leave on your mind last night? Was it strange seeing your teacher's working at McDonald's? Seeing the video footage, what does it make you think of? I would like to do a narrative writing this morning and write about what you would like to do when you grow up! You can complete this in Evernote and it needs to be several paragraphs. You can include photos or drawings. If you would like to try this i Voice Thread, you may. This will take you several days to write, edit, and publish.
So yesterday we talked about a fresh start and I think things were a little better but we still have some work to do. If you have not submitted BOTH benchmarks, see me. We MUST get those done today. Also at this time everyone should be taking AR tests. If you are having trouble with this please let me know. I have some new programs and other apps I would like to get you on, but until we can complete what is being asked of us, we can't move on to more and new. Do you think the iPads are toys or tools for learning? How can we do a better of job of completing our tasks on them? How do you feel things are going so far this year?
Yesterday was Christopher Columbus day. Who is he and what did he do for America? Remember to use the rubric for blog posts when responding to make sure you have a QUALITY response. (PARAGRAPH!!!) Tonight is McTeacher's night! I will be working! Come let me give you some fries with that. It is happening at the Mickey D's in front of Wal-Mart. I am working from 6:30-8. Make sure you say hey! I am hoping to get drive-thru duty!!! |
Miss Davis5th Grade Teacher at SGE
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