Christmas Auction Fun

The students have been "working" really hard to earn class cash since the beginning of the school year.  Here are some of the items up for grabs by the highest bidder and silly students flashing cash.

Zoo Reminders and Party Info

The big day is almost here!   This is just a quick reminder of what all is due:

Thursday, December 18th

1.  The cover for the folder

2. Zoo name tag cute out and colored

3. Rough 2-d Draft of Zoo

4. Final 2-d Draft of Zoo

5. Area/Perimeter calculated

6. Legend

7. Zoom in Habitat

8. Trifold Brochure or Zoo Questions

Friday, December 19th

1.  3-D Zoo due by 8:05

2.  Zoo Walk Through is open to parents/family etc from 9:00 - 10:20

Party Info

The school is sponsoring an "Ugly" Christmas Sweater competition.  Students are welcome to don their best ugly sweater for free.   Our class party will take place from 11:15 - 12:40.  I have a hot chocolate bar for the students to make their own creations and we will continue watching the Polar Express.  The Christmas auction will conclude our day.  

                       I hope everyone will have a wonderful and restful Christmas break!  

For the week of December 15th - 19th

Hello all!  Welcome to the last week of the school for this year.  ;)    Here are a couple of reminders to help keep your student on track for this week.

1.  Zoo Project Deadlines
     a.  Trifold brochure or Zoo questions  due Thursday.
     b.  Zoo 3-D project due Friday morning by 8:10

2.  Zoo Walk Through Tour
     a.  This will be open to the parents and other classrooms from 9 - 10:20 am.


3.  Keep track of your December reading minutes.  Please note, as a small Christmas gift, I did not      make students have to read over break but there are still minutes due.

4.  Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest
     K-12^th grade students and staff are invited to enter our “Ugly Sweater” contest this upcoming Friday, December 19^th.   If the sweater is worn over your uniform there is no cost. If you wear jeans or out of uniform it is a $1 donation. All school modesty and appropriateness rules apply. 

5.  Class Christmas Party
     a.  Our class party will take place on Friday, December 19th from 11:15 - 12:40.  I will be setting up a build your own hot cocoa bar.  If you would like to donate to the party, I am still in need of 32 cups, cinnamon, 30 candy canes and 2 more cans of spray whip cream.  Just send me an email if you can send an item.  Thanks to those who already offered to donate.  :)  Parents are welcome to come in and hang out at this time.  

    b.  Our afternoon will be spent at my Christmas auction.  I have been buying the students presents since September to spend their class cash on.  It is an auction and the presents go to the highest bidder.  If you have a slightly used but new looking toy, game or ball you would like to get rid of, I would gladly put it in the auction.  Please do not go buy anything.  I am just looking at garage sale type items you don't want.  

6.  ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: 
The all elementary Christmas program for kindergarten through fifth grade students, "The Jingle Bell Jukebox: The Flipside", will be Tuesday, December 16th at Jewett Auditorium starting at 7:00 p.m. and doors will open at 6:15.  Students need to arrive and be in place by 6:45.  Students may dress up in Christmas outfits.  Regular school modesty rules apply.  Please do not wear Christmas hats.  Directions to Jewett Auditorium will be coming home soon. 

Zoo Project Due dates and descriptions

Hello all!

I am sure you have heard all about our Zoo project.  I am giving the parents the same check list the students have at school, along with the attachment for each page and a description of what needs to be accomplished. Here is also the link to print these pages at home if more are needed.
                                                          Zoo Project Printable Pages

1.  Folder Cover - needs to be colored and glued on front of manila folder.

2. Zoo Name Tag -  needs to decorated, colored and cut out.  We will tape this to our desk the day of the Zoo Walk-through.

3.  Rough 2-D draft - needs to have all features listed on attached check list and spelling must be correct.

4.  Final 2-D draft (due 12/10)  - needed to be colored and labeled.  Spelling counts.

5.  Area and Perimeter (due 12/12) - needs to be calculated for each building/cage/special feature of the zoo.

6.  Map/Key/Legend (due 12/12)   -  this can be a map of zoo, a key to read your 2-D prints or a legend representing the animals in the zoo.  Spelling counts.

7.  "Zoom in"  Habitat Packet (due 12/16)  - includes 1.  rough draft   2.  final draft   3.  picture
      The Zoom in Habitat is where students pick their favorite exhibit from their zoo and expand on it.  They change their original dimensions by 3, 4 or 5 times the amount.  Say if the original cage was a  4 x 5 and the student zooms in 5 times the amount.  The new dimensions will be 20 by 25.  The student has room to add extras for their animal, such as trees, water features, rocks and shelters.  The draft and the final are done just like the zoo, looking down from the top.  The picture is drawn from a visitors perspective looking into the animal's cage.

8.  Tri-fold Brochure or Animal report/quiz (due 12/18) - students get to pick to do either.  The Tri-fold is an advertisement to get people excited about visiting the student's zoo.  Special features of the zoo, like where the animals came from, or new exhibits opening etc,  should be highlighted.   The animal report consists of researching an animal from the student's own zoo, answering the questions on the attached link and then creating a questions and answer page, also on the attached link.

9.  3-D Zoo Model (due 12/19) - students will create a 3-D model of their zoo from their 2-D blue prints. The project must fit on the students' desk. I have several different desk sizes in my room but the average is around 18 x 24 in.  The project must be labeled.  If students choose do build their project in Minecraft or similar programs, their project must be displayed on their own device from home or create a Prezi or Powerpoint which can be played on the student Chrome book.  Please don't wait until the morning of the presentation and hope technology works.  Have your child bring the project in early to test.  Here is a few examples of zoos done in the past.

Desk Measurement for Zoo Project.

I have several different desk sizes in my room but the average is around 18 x 24 in.

For the week of December 8th - 12th

Zoo Project 3-D Expectations
I am sure you have heard about our Zoo Project.  We have been designing 2-D blue prints, measuring perimeter and area, discussing design elements and more in class!  The 3-D model will be due Friday, December 19th.  We will be having an open house that morning and parents will be welcome to drop by and view all the zoos. If you cannot make it, I will be taking tons of pictures and posting them to the blog.  :)
 

Project Expectations:

1.  The project must be a very close representation of the 2-D blue prints.

2.  The project must fit on the students desk.  (I will take exact measurements on Monday)

3.  The project must be labeled.

4.  The project is due Friday, Dec 19th at 8:05 am. 

5.  The project must be 3 dimensional, with the exception of those wanting to build their zoo in Minecraft.  For those students, you must either bring in your own device to  show the class or create a Prezi or Powerpoint which can be played on your student Chrome Book.  

6.   Creativity is encouraged.  You don't need to go buy anything fancy.  You can use what you have around the house, it can even be made out of old Halloween candy if you so choose.  The main point of the 3-D project is to take the 2-D blue prints and be able to manipulate them, as well as convert the image into a 3-dimensional world.  These are real-world math applications.  

Service Project - Week 2

Last week's letter to a Soldier was amazing.  I loved to read the compassion and the sympathy our students have towards those who serve our country and cannot come home to be with their families.  This week we will be making Christmas cards for the elderly in the nursing homes.  

Christmas Party

Our Christmas party will take place on Friday, December 19th.  The first part of the party will consist of a Hot Cocoa bar.  Students will be able to make a chocolate creation with toppings like whip cream, marshmallows, sprinkles and more!  The second part of the party will consist of our class auction.  Your student has been earning class cash all semester to spend at this big event and I have been shopping for several weeks to pick up presents they will want to have!

Mrs. Evans Spelling List #9

Test on Friday, December 12th

	Word	Level
1	outside	Basic
2	several	Basic
3	activity	Basic
4	reading	Basic
5	beard	Basic
6	appeared	Average
7	brown	Average
8	o'clock	Average
9	taking	Average
10	didn’t	Average
11	ice cream	Average
12	Tuesday	Average
13	finally	Average
14	merely	Average
15	fluorescent	Challenge
16	necessary	Challenge
17	international	Challenge
18	difference	Challenge

Wahoo! Party Day Friday!

Mrs. Oldenkamp was so excited about our Zoo project, she came to class and spent over an hour watching the students work on drafting their zoo's.  (I have to brag for a moment)  She said and I quote," Your class was amazing!  I wish I had video taped the lesson to share with the staff."
                                                                     Wahoo!

With that, my class earned a party from 11:15 - 12:40 and they are excused from their spelling test!  The class worked really hard for Mrs. O and earned a well deserved break.  
The party includes:
1.  PJ's and stuffies
2.  Students may bring snacks to share
3.  Students may bring their electronic devices (please read handbook online for rules)
                                                                  Handbook

                                  Thanks to my fabulous 5th graders for just being fabulous!