Happy Weekend, 5B!

Boy, I have to say that this 3 day weekend feels pretty good! I think we've all been working our hineys off, so a day off of school is nice little treat, don't you think?! But don't get too carried away, this next week is a 5 day week filled with deep thinking, quizzes and homework assignments! Yippee! For now, enjoy your freedom and relaxation!

Also, I wanted to thank 5B and their parents for great conferences last week. I really enjoy chatting with families about how things are going. I know it takes extra time to schedule in the conferences. I appreciate the effort of both the parents AND the 5B students who came along to their conferences! I have few to reschedule this week, but thanks to ALL of my 5B families for their time, questions and input!

Mr. Blankenship wrote me a nice thank you for being able to spend his time with 5th grade this week. He said it was a lot of fun and will never forget it! I told him he was always welcome to come back to visit us!

For this week, I just wanted to give you a heads up about a few things...

1) Monday: Senorita Rachel is ready to Skype with us right away in the morning - she has some Halloween words for us to learn!

2) Tuesday: Book-It slips are due for the month of October! Not only will you earn YOURSELF a free personal pizza from Pizza Hut, you could also help 5B win the competition for eating first for the WHOLE MONTH of NOVEMBER! Gotta Keep Reading...ooooo, ooooo.

3) Wednesday: 3-hour early out!

4) Friday: Book Orders are due! Remember, if your family wants to order ONLINE, they just need to visit the www.scholastic.com website and click on "Parent Online Ordering". The code you need is on that little white label on your book order pages up in the left-hand corner! If your family chooses to order online, the class gets a free book!

Well, this is a pretty long post, so I'd better let you get going! Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Monday is Halloween!!!! So, I'll know you checked the blog if you can come up with or find a Halloween joke to share with the class! The jokes the get the best votes, get a Halloween prize!

Peace Out,

Mrs. Sorenson

It's Been a Fast Week!

Wow,

It seems crazy that we only have 1 more day this week! I'm guessing Mr. Blankenship feels like he has learned a lot from our 5th graders! Thanks for making his time with us a great experience! You always seem to surprise me more and more each day with how respectful and responsible you are...not too mention your fun personalities!

Let's show Mr. Blankenship how to end the week with style tomorrow! He'll be leading both reading and writing classes on Thursday, so keep up the great respect and enthusiasm. We want him to think 5th grade is the BEST grade ever, so really "bring it on" Thursday with participation and deep thinking.

We'll have a goofy schedule tomorrow because of the 1-hour early out. I know it will make you very sad that our music class is shorter than normal! But I'm sure you'll get over it:} To prove you checked the blog, come in Thursday morning, and write a "goodbye message" to Mr. Blankenship on the white board. It could be "thanks, good luck, take care, peace out, don't forget us, etc" and write your name by it! That will be a nice way to let Mr. Blankenship know we appreciate him visiting our classroom!

Conference Week Coming Up...

Hey, 5B,

Make sure to remind your families about the 1-hour early out on Monday and Thursday this week. Also, I'm sure you won't forget that we have NO SCHOOL on Friday as well. The final reminder is to make sure you and your family remember your conference day/night and time on either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday. It is expected to see YOU at the conference, too:) Don't worry... every student who has ever come to a 5B conference has survived it.......so far.... Heehaha!

I know many of you have your social studies project and paragraph to bring in on Monday. You'll need to bring it straight to Mrs. Halverson's room. After dropping it off with her, you'll need to head back outside for morning recess. I'm excited to see the rest of these projects. They look so great! I can tell a lot of work has gone into them. Super effort!

Ok.. now... what you've really been wanting to know is the name of our visitor for the week. So here are your clues..

1) His first name starts with an R and rhymes with lion.

2) His last name can be broken into 3 parts:

Clue for the 1st part: Fill in the ________.

Clue for the 2nd part: The opposite of out.

Clue for the 3rd part: What a large boat could be called.

Can you figure it out? This will be your proof for checking the blog. Write down the first and last name and show it to me (and our guest for the week...he'll be welcoming you in the room with me on Monday morning!)

Have a great rest of your weekend. See you in the morning:)

~Mrs. Sorenson

2nd Quarter Proves to Be Just as Great as the 1st...

The days just seem to go by so quickly, 5B. I'm afraid if I don't stop and think about our days together, it will be Christmas break before we know it! Yikes!

I forgot to share the "Nuttin' But Cadet Pride" cards with you at the end of the day today. I'm so proud of 5B for noticing the great behaviors from their classmates! That's so mature of you to see the good in others without taking any credit for yourself! That's why you my little angels (ding! ahhhhhh)

Don't forget to wear red or purple tomorrow AND if you can, we would love to show how much you care about people outside of our classroom by bringing in 1 canned item or 1 boxed item to donate.

Tomorrow also is REPORT CARD DAY! Yippee! I bet you just can't wait to see them! They will be sitting at your table/desk tomorrow as you come in on Thursday. So go ahead and look through all the pages, but I'll chat with you about it, too after attendance and pledge!

Have a great night! See you jueves (what Spanish word is this?)!

~Mrs. Sorenson

Pretty Tough Monday, Huh, 5B?!

Well, hopefully you were able to get some rest and relaxation this afternoon since your morning was so exhausting.....NOT! Ok, so we gave you a day to celebrate your super effort put you put into the first quarter of 5th grade. Now, it's back to work! Tomorrow will be a regular day with band lessons, P.E., switching classes, group band and of course, lots of thinking!

Reminders for Tuesday...

1) You have a Perspective Assignment for writing class due (EVERYONE should have this done since it was due Monday!!!!)

2) Math page should be done since IT was also due Monday.

3) Wear green and "Sock it to Responsibility" by wearing crazy/goofy socks. (Even un-matching ones works!)

I'll know you checked the blog if you check out the the link on the side of the blog that is titled, "You Think Life is Tough?" It is right below the picture of the Blobs for Literacy photo. Watch the video and tell me ONE word that it makes you feel after watching it. It made me want to cry:( Write that ONE word on the white board (with your name next to it) when you come in Tuesday morning. We'll watch it again as a class to see everyone's reactions.

Thanks for a great day, 5B! Let's have another FANTABULOUS quarter!

~Mrs. Sorenson

One Quarter Down.... Can You Believe It?

5B,

It just boggles my mind that we have finished 1 full quarter of school already! I guess time does fly when you're having fun!

This week has only one day with a few goofy twists to it, but nothing too crazy. Check out the reminders below for Monday!

Monday: 3-hour early out, PTO meeting @ 6:30 tonight (if you get a parent to come, I'll put your name in a drawing for a treat!) Kim won last time, if she can get her mom to come again, she's in the drawing again! "Hats off to Respect" and wear yellow! Let's see what you wear tomorrow that proves you are all about RESPECT! I've got a few extra hats if you would like to borrow one, but that means I get to choose which one you wear. Muuusaaaaahhh!

I have a little surprise for you when you get to school Monday! But since we have the 3 hour early out, we have to start our day earlier than normal. We need to be ready at 8:40 for our first switch of classes ! That means we need to get in, get our jobs done quickly and see what the schedule is for the short day. I'll know you checked the blog if you act all goofy and say "I can't take it anymore, what's the surprise you're talking about?!"

5th GRADE COMES IN FIRST PLACE!!!!!

What a DAY!!! You really are TOP DOGS! Even though we kind of felt like 5th grade was in the lead, the secret stashes that the other grades were hiding gave us something to worry about, didn't it?! Well done, 5B and the rest of 5th grade! I know that you earned every one of those blue tickets. The teachers always make you work for it, so CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN! I'll get the pictures I took from the announcement this morning and the extra recess and dance posted soon. (Not tonight though)

I'll have to let you know when the photo will be taken for the paper! Maybe we can all dress up as fancy as Luis did for his school pictures! Wouldn't that be impressive? Anyone have a tuxedo? Evening gown?

Remember to bring your ChipShoppe Fundraiser packets in tomorrow (Thursday). Don't forget o mark your prize, too. I can't

wait to see how many people will be in the Tug-o-War activity! Get ready to eat PUDDING 5B sellers! (I hope:})

Some of you had homework to finish the LEAD 21 website and post a comment. Remember the website is www.wglead21.com . If you can't get it done tonight, stop by the Discovery Center when you get to school in the morning.

Way to go, 5B! We'll be starting individual yellow tickets on Monday. I'll know you checked the blog if you say to me, "Tell me more about those yellow tickets" as you walk in the door Thursday morning.

Marvelous Monday!

Wow, 5B, you really had another awesome day! What else should expect, right? The day just flew by sooo quickly!! Good thing Kirsten toldus it was time go today, otherwise we still might be in our classroom learning! I guess it is true, time flies when you're having fun!

Since we ended our day so abruptly, I thought I'd list below what your possible homework was for each class:

Spelling: study words

Reading: Work on Stamina (Read for Book-It - let's show 5A and 5C who will be in the lunch line first!!!)

Writing: Optional to Work on Writing Piece

Math: Math Box Page

Science/Social St: Study Vocab Words, Finish Activity if you worked with Mrs. Halverson

Homeroom: Blog, Fundraiser packet due Thursday, Book-IT, Respect Pledge (3 left:), 3-hour early out this Wednesday, Green Conference Notes from parents

Check out the What Do You See? or Optical Illusions on the right side of the blog if you liked seeing things from different perspectives today in writing class.

I'll know you checked the blog if you look at the picture in this posting and think of a Funny Title or Speech Bubble for what goes with it... Write it on a scratch piece of paper (with your name on it) and hand it to me when you come in Tuesday morning!

See you soon! Thanks again for a great day!

Another FANTASTIC DAY, 5B!

I just can't get over what amazing students we have in 5B! I think we have definitely squashed that chatty bug that was in the year a few weeks ago! Yeehaw, baby!

Please remember these ideas for your or your families for tomorrow....

1) If you are interested in learning more about being a Mentor, come into the Discovery Center at about 8:20ish Friday morning. If you could just stop into the room quickly and put in your FROG, that would be helpful so I know you are here!

2) Water bottle for Fall Fitness Day

3) Practice dance moves (Ask your parents if they remember the moves on the "Evolution of Dance" video on the blog. :} )

4) Breadsticks and reading with 1 family member at 2:45 (Parents stop in at office, then come down to our room)

5) Able to leave with family member if you choose at end of day:}

Since Jordan and Jon will not be with us for the part or all of the day, we'll have to take some good pictures. We will miss them on such a fun day of activities! Also, we'll need to get all of their blue tickets found so we can hand in EVERY blue ticket we have earned!

See you all Friday! Wow, this week just flew by!

3,050 Blue Tickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5B, I sure hope you shared our Blue Ticket Total today with your families! That is a record for the blue tickets for any grade over the past 2 years!! That's a MAJOR accomplishment! Let's see what we end up with, shall we?!

I'll keep it short since it's a little later tonight. Please remind your families about 2 things:

1) Fill out and return the green conference note

2) Breadsticks and Reading on Friday!

I'd love to see a few more Jib Jabs from people if you're trying out any new cards. I've got a lot more websites to share with you that I think you'll enjoy over the next few months! I love to see your enthusiasm and excitement to share the things you do!

I'll know if you checked the blog if you raise your hand after the pledge and ask me this question, "What's the fitness thing for Friday?" Even if someone else has asked first, please raise your hand and ask it for yourself! I'll tell the class after all the 5B Blog checkers ask me!

Thanks for an AWESOME day! Let's see if we can top it tomorrow...you, Top Dogs!

Anybody Want a Dog????

Hey, 5B, Top Dogs!!!

Remember the story I was brainstorming and ready to draft today in writing class about Ebony in the kitchen and diarrhea??? Well, I have another story to add to my brainstorms after today! Apparently, my dogs like Doritos! I had a brand new, full bag of Doritos way up high on top of a cupboard and SOMEHOW the little stinkers (guessing Ebony) got it down and then they both devoured the chips and shredded the bag into tiny little pieces across the entire house!! GRRRR...

This morning, you guys seemed pretty mellow, but I can't complain about great Cadet Prride! Don't forget to keep that "sonrisa" (remember what it means from Senorita Rachel today?) on your face, too! I think the JibJab cards with your classmates brought a "sonrisa" to all of your faces today - with all those moves and singing! Who knew how talented our class was!! Wow! Remember, I'll share with the class any that you make. I already have one from Sam!

I'll know you checked the blog if you do the following steps for me....

(you can tell other people about it to as they are coming in).

1) AS SOON AS YOU COME IN, find your Word Study notebook from the pile.

2) Check your list of words so they are numbered 1., 2., 3., etc.

3) Make sure your NAME and DATE (Sept. 30) are at the top of the page.

4) Bring it to Mrs. Wilson's 5B Hand In trays.

5) Then be ready for Attendance!

**If you pass the message on so that the WHOLE class knows without me having to tell them, I'll have a breakfast snack for EVERYONE after returning from dropping off the notebook in Mrs. Wilson's room:) I hope the class gets the message because I might not be able to move if I have to eat all of the snacks on my own!! I may not fit through the door!! Help me, please!

Excited for a NORMAL Week!!

Hey, there my little estudiantes (that's Spanish for students, but I'm sure Luis knew that, right!?)

I hope you had a fun homecoming and weekend. I saw quite a few of you while I walked in the parade and then I even saw more of you after the parade back at the school. What a busy but fun day it was last Friday!

Although it was exciting to have so much going on last week, I have to be honest that I'm even MORE EXCITED to get back to a normal routine for us. I feel like I barely saw you guys at all!! My babies.... tear drop, tear drop :(

So, get some rest for a learning-packed week, and then we'll end it with some reading and BREADSTICKS, right!? Don't forget to remind your families that moms, dads, grandpas, grandmas, aunts, uncles, etc. are welcome to come read and join you for breadsticks. Please remember though that we will only be inviting ONE guest per student for this activity. We want to make sure our classroom does not explode! :)

I'll know you checked the blog if you say "Hola, Senora Sorenson" to me as you come in Monday morning. Remember, we will be using Skype again with Senorita Rachel right away after attendance/pledge. She will be giving more Spanish names to some lucky chicos (boys) and chicas (girls)! She said she was excited to chat with 5B again!

Hasta manana (until tomorrow!)

Senora Sorenson