Ummm....Here are a few words I'm feeling....

and...

I'm thinking it's even too cold for the snowpeople we made the other day.... 

This the look on one of their faces today....

Too COLD OUT HERE!!!! 

Ok, so I'll stop complaining, but WOWZA, it's nasty out there!  Hopefully we'll be on time for school tomorrow with how cold it's supposed to be overnight into the morning.  Jeepers creepers!  Either way, tomorrow is a VERY SPECIAL day to be together in school!  It's a day we should all feel happy to celebrate because of its importance in our history!  Anyone know what it is?   National Freezing Day?  Nope, but it could be!  National It's Almost Kody's Birthday?  True, but nope, not the day I'm talking about.  Watch the video below to find out and be able to answer the blog proof!  

Click Here for Video (and to find the answer for today's blog proof!)

We will most likely be indoors for recess on Monday no matter what happens, so I've got BINGO ready, and I have a few more games available, but I DID take home Isaiah's Neo Tracks!  Sorry guys!  If there's a board/ group game YOU like from home, bring it to school for indoor times, ok?  

Also, remember that Monday is our FAST Test for Reading.  This will be done in the afternoon after recess, and you CAN bring yourself and small dry snack or gum to chew during the test to stay ALERT and do your BEST!  

Ok, so, your blog proof from watching the video will be to answer THESE 2 QUESTIONS:

1)  What special day will we be celebrating on Monday?

2)  What was this person's REAL NAME before changing it?

Write them down on paper to show me as you come in!  DON'T say them outLOUD or show them to others, okey dokey aritchokies?

Stay warm and safe!  Play a family game indoors, READ, WRITE your story, build a fort!  

Looking forward to Friday!

5B has had a good 3 days in a row!  Let's make our 4th day the BEST of them all.  I'll keep it WAY short tonight since it's late.

Reminders....
Mrs. Sorenson's Reading: COFFEE TALKS - book, Think Page, coffee cup and if your family wants to donate juice, that would be PEACHY:)

Mrs. Knobloch's Reading:  Finish end of story

Dream Team:  I have a surprise for this class!  You'll now get the chance to meet a class from another state like the Wonderful Wackos did.  BUT, you'll have to do a Mystery Skype in class tomorrow for writing to meet the class and find out where they are from!

Compliments!  The room looked wonderful again today!  Remind me to put in another Fun Pass!  Also, 6 of you moved up to a new % Level in ST Math today!  Super job to everyone working so hard and well on ST Math skills.  I know they get tough sometimes.  Don't give up!

Blog Proof....  Too celebrate our great week and to prove you can settle down after something GOOFY, come in the classroom and skip around singing "If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands."  Sing through it once and go get ready for switches!  It will be goofy and kinda loud for a short bit, but I'm REALLY checking to see if people can show self-control with it to earn some Fun Passes!

Still Waiting for Final Answer...

5B,
It looks like we MAY be getting our wish of going to East Park for sledding, but we still need to wait and find out what Mrs. Grimm hears for sure.  But it sounds like it is a very good possibility!  Let's hope for the best...  Bree might even say, "That's worth praying about!"  Right, Bree?!  Hahahahaa!

I wanted to be sure EVERYONE was sure to hear/see how proud I am of the work that has been done over the past months for your Research Analyst Project!  Lots of work and effort has been put into it, and your creativity definitely was obvious in all areas!  Love, love, LOVE all you shared!  I'll need to find a way to share the commercials to EVERYONE instead of them just being in a few people's SeeSaw accounts!

FUN PASSES!  Well, I counted them up, and I'm going to give you some OPTIONS for what you think we have.  Do you think we have.....

20 Fun Passes, which means 10 are LOCKED IN?

30 Fun Passes, which means 15 are LOCKED IN?

or

15 Fun Passes, which means 7 1/2 are LOCKED IN?

SHOW ME on a piece of paper what you think is the answer. All you have to write down is how many Fun Passes we earned, not the LOCKED IN part.  I'll tell you if you're right or wrong when you show me your paper!  No matter what the case is, you've got a good start towards your goal already!

Let's keep it up!  Keep thinking about....

Have great nights!  I'm headed to The Heritage for some chicken and pizza!  Anyone want meet me there?  Isaiah would love the company!  I'll save you a bite of scotcharoo bar or some dessert pizza!  YUM!  

Can We Go to East Park for Sledding and Skating?

Well, I DID get to talk to Mrs. Grimm about this question today after school.  We chatted about the HUGE GOAL of 125 Fun Passes and the amount of effort it will take to be full of Cadet Pride almost all day long EVERYDAY to get this goal met.   We talked more but.....to be continued.....later in the blog....  (Heheheheeee)

Today was not too shabby of a day!  I did not put in or take out any Fun Passes since we weren't sure of our expectations listed for how to EARN or LOSE them.  I'll finish up the list tonight, and we'll go through them as a class tomorrow.  That way all of us can decide how serious you truly are going to be.  Some of our 5B Family will struggle with "helping out the team" due to the lack of effort at times.  I know everyone is extremely caring, thoughtful, helpful, responsible and respectful.  I also know that I can trust each of you, BUT will it happen everyday?  Let's make the promise to our class, shall we?!

Today's Tech Class and lunch time were SO WONDERFUL (says Ms. Klenke and Mrs. Kalvelage).  Let's keep those types of compliments coming!

Reminders for Wednesday....
1)   Be sure to show your family the NEW Cadets Academy note about changing things up a bit.
2)  Wonderful Wackos and Dream Team can bring snacks for commercial viewing.
3)  BAND PEOPLE - Don't forget your instruments!
4)  EdPuzzle videos for Science class - must be watched before class time Wednesday.

Blog Proof...  Go back through the blog and write down the letters that I have colored. If you go in order, the colored letters make words to share more about what Mrs. Grimm told me.  Each color is for a new word.

Write down the message and show it to me in the morning as you walk in.  YES, I need to see it written down.  We'll chat more in the morning!

Thanks for a great day!  Let's have a Hip-Hip Hooray Hump Day tomorrow!

Well, well, well.....

4 days off of school.....and then 4 days on!  I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the FUN weather on Friday before it became a bit like Antarctica here Saturday through now! I know Isaiah and I had a blast building snowpeople!  It was the PERFECT snow for forts, snowpeople, sledding, snowboarding, etc.!  

Last week started out so smooth, but it had a pretty rough ending.  The snow, wind and cold air has removed all of those poor choices and "ooops" type behaviors!  Let's start fresh, just like our week will!  Sound good?

The week will be short, but we have a lot to do!  If you have NOT recorded your commercial yet, plan on it for writing class!  That will be the main goal to accomplish.  Reread scripts and try to be as ready as can be with the extra days you were awarded!  

The only blog proof you need to show you check it today (don't worry about last Thursday night's blog proof!) is to say IN MY EAR IN A WHISPER "I'm ready to start off FRESH!"  Then head to your spots and get ready for switching!  

Have good evenings! Stay warm and have WARM clothes in case you go outside for recess.  All students will need to go outside if there is outdoor recess.  Be smart and safe about your health!  Your 5B Mama cares about your little pinkies, nose and toes!  

Yikes.... It's Past 6:30! Sorry!

Hey, All, I'm sorry!  My time got away from me tonight (that's an idiom!)

We've had a pretty good week starting off 2016.  However, today's library class did not demonstrate that for most of the class.  I feel like there were too many followers, and not enough leaders today.  Everyone gave excellent and helpful suggestions about how to make Friday positive.  Here are a lot of your ideas....

1)  Talk less
2)  Be on your iPad ONLY when you're supposed to
3)  T.H.I.N.K.
4)  Quiet in line
5)  Focus on the teacher more
6)  Be happy!
7)  Raise your hand instead of blurting
8)  Use Whole Body Listening
9)  Be on the apps that are assigned for class
10) Stay in your spot unless you need to move
11) Think about others
12) Listen better

These all came STRAIGHT from you, 5B!  There were more, but I believe I got most of the ones said because there were some repeats of T.H.I.N.K, listen better, and talk less.

Let's turn the disappointing, untrustworthy and disrespectful behaviors that happened today into a LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.  We learned today that many others were affected by being off task.  Show that you truly are part of our 5B Family (we are family) by thinking of US (a team!) instead of just me (1 person).  Blog proof tonight will be to come in Friday morning, and write YOURSELF a reminder note about something you'll do to HELP the TEAM today.  Put your name on it.  Don't tape it anywhere, because I want you to keep it with you all day.  Not rolled up, wrinkled, ripped or shoved in a pocket, but wherever you are, it should be out for YOUR eyes to see and remember.

 A note I may write to myself could be....

Guess WHAT?

ALL OF OUR 5B FAMILY is
HERE TODAY!  Hip-Hip HOORAY!

Today's commercial shoots went SO WELL!  I'm LOVING all of the creativity and effort I'm seeing. I'm excited to see the rest tomorrow!  The only thing I'm seeing to work on is to be LOUDER!   If you haven't done your commercial yet, be sure to practice.  If you have, don't relax completely yet.  If it wasn't loud enough, I may be asking you to record AGAIN louder!  I watched a few after school from today!  I literally L.O.L!

Reminders...  Don't forget about band on Wednesdays and Fridays.  I think a few forgot their instruments today.  Remember, those are minors when we aren't prepared for band:(  

I'm loving the ideas and new expectations we are giving ourselves for the next Fun Pass Celebration.  I think being more specific and expecting each other to be thinking of OTHERS as your TEAM will be great!  We can continue our chat in the morning.  Also, we'll need to decide what our Celebration will be and how many Fun Passes will be required to meet the goal! 

Also, many of you seemed interested in the zentangles or zendoodles that Mrs. Halverson showed today to demonstrate calming yourself down when you feel anxiety!  Here's a few links on "How To Zentangle for Beginners".  They are completely optional to watch!  Just wanted to share if you're interested!

Link #1 (about 5 1/2 minutes)

Link #2 (about 3 minutes)

Blog Proof!  I know we didn't go over blog proof from Tuesday night, so there will be something sitting at your spot for you to enjoy when you come in on Thursday morning.  Thanks for all of the book suggestions!  I've read Abduction, My Life in Dog Years, How to Steal a Dog and many of the Would You Rather? books.  So, I'm thinking I'll need to try out some of the other ones!  Thanks so much!

Blog Proof for TONIGHT!  I'll know you checked the blog if you come in and count how many Fun Passes we've collected SO FAR since before Christmas break.  They'll be laid out on the BACK coffee table.  Don't say it OUT LOUD please.  Just count them in your head.  Come whisper it to me. :o)

Thanks for the examples of perfection (muuaaw) today!  Let's have even more tomorrow!  OH, and the ROOM LOOKED AMAZING TODAY after you LEFT!!!!  So, so IMPRESSED!  Fun Pass Added!  

Aidan's Back... Quinzey and Landen are Gone...

When will our whole 5B Family (we are family) be back together again?! The colds, viruses and icky-sicky germs are no longer welcomed in our home!  Not to be rude, but GET OUT!  We don't want you here!

I thought I'd see a bunch of exhausted kiddos today, but there was definitely more CHATTING than I would have thought!  I'm thinking we need to review our Cadet Pride expectations, the T.H.I.N.K. strategy, bubbles, and what we want to do for our Fun Passes again!  I'm thinking something like a SLEDDING PARTY would be so much fun!  We'll see though.
That would be worth A LOT of Fun Passes!

Don't forget to work on your commercials, bring any props or other products/toys you need for your scripts.  I'll bring in a load of Isaiah's for some rehearsals, but if you're ready to record, I'll be ready, too!




Also, after our "Speed Dating" activity with "meeting new friends" aka BOOKS,  it appears many of you found "dates" you are enjoying hanging out with.  Sawyer said he took his date home last night to meet the family!  Brian said he has a school "date" and a home "date"!  Wowza!  That's AWESOME!  Chase's date was broken, so after Dr. Sorenson fixed 'er up, Chase was ready to hang out some more!  Bree mentioned she hung out with her date through 2 FULL CHAPTERS!  Hubba-Hubba!  Just Kidding!  I'm thrilled to see everyone finding books that want to spend time with.  I'm almost done "dating" my book about a pig who writes his own diary.  It is hilarious!

 However, I'm going to be looking for another "date" soon.  I'm needing some friends to suggest good ones they've hung out with....

So, for your blog proof, go on this TodaysMeet Link to suggest a good book you've "dated" before or think might be fun to date sometime that you've heard about.  It could be the one you're reading now, one you read in the past, one a teacher read to you some time, a book club book you've read, etc. Maybe you've heard others mention a book?  Anything would be helpful!  Answers like "I don't know" or "idk" will not be accepted as blog proof!  Be helpful:)

Back in Action with 5B!

Well, we proved that 2016 has started off to be a super year!  I am so glad we got to hear about each other's' winter vacations.  By about 2:45, I was starting to feel how tired I am from the transition of getting back into the swing of things.   I'm guessing the rest of you were feeling it, too, based on all of the fun it sounds like people were having over the break.  From what I remember we had students...

having cousins visit from New York,  Virginia and other places
lots of snowmobiling fun
exciting presents - iPod 6's, iPhone 6's,
special handed-down presents
hanging out with family
wrestling camps
playing ping pong (on a new table)
watching siblings hopped around from bad toes
going to grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc.
traveling to Minnesota and other places
getting new jammies and Cheez-Its
dreaming of horses and Mrs. Sorenson getting a baby!
hotels with friends/family for New Year's Eve
AND SO MANY MORE...

I'm pretty impressed that I remembered THAT many actually!  I told you I need to work on my short-term memory!  Maybe I'm not as bad as I thought!  Well, at least today!

But even as I write this, my eyes are heavy and I'm thinking an early bedtime for me is in the plans!

Please be sure to work on that commercial script (Wonderful Wackos and Dream Team and Joey/Elyse).  The more time you put towards  it, the better you'll feel about it!

Camden requested the Kid President video we watched today in class to be put on the blog, so here it is below if you want to share it or watch it again:  Click Here

There were SO MANY more blog checkers from last night than I expected!  I was thinking maybe 5 or so of you would do it, but there were 14-15!  Great job!  Let's see for Monday, now that we're a bit more "in the swing of things" how many are back at it!  I'll know you checked the blog when you come Tuesday morning IF you ask me for the 2016 paper we talked about on Monday.

I know this one in the photo is
 backwards, sorry!
I'll have you start on it right as you
come in, okey dokey artichokies?

Thanks for a FANTASTIC first day back and start to 2016!  The only thing bad about our day is that we started it with only 28 of our 29 students!  Feel better, Aidan!  We missed you today!

Missed You....

5B, I can not WAIT to hear about your vacations, family time, and holiday stories!  There's always so much to catch up on after a break like this!  I really did miss seeing my 5B Babies (mama, mama) for such a long time.  Don't get me wrong.... I LOVE time home with my family and all of my holiday traditions and activities, but I thought of you all so much and hoped you had a happy and relaxing break!  Let's take it EASY tomorrow (and this week) to adjust to SCHOOL MODE!  I know I'm going to struggle with it, too!  

Things to LOOK forward to this week...

1)  Working on COMMERCIALS for our Products!  STEP 6 - Here it comes!  This will be AWESOME!

2)  Mrs. Suckow has a student from Luther College that will be learning about 5th graders during the month of January.  Let's show her what 5B (and our classes) are all about!

3)  You have P.E. on Monday!  

4)  We also MIGHT get to meet up with our Kindergarten buddies again already!  That is not a for sure, but it's being discussed!  

5)  The most important one.... SEEING OUR 5B FAMILY AGAIN... Awwww...  

I'm not sure how many will check the blog tonight, so this will be a pretty special blog proof!  I'll know you took the time to check the blog IF you come in on Monday morning and (WHISPER!!!!!!! in my ear how tired you are on a scale from 1 - 10...   See below!  Choose any NUMBER you think you are for our first Monday back after break!

1 = I'm great!  Not tired at all! Raring to go!  Bring it up, baby!

2

3

4

5 = I'm fine.  I'm a bit tired but I'll be ok all day long.

6

7

8

9

10 = I don't know if I'll make it through the day.   I'm so exhausted and forgot how to function....

See you all soon!  Excited to see you!  But right now, I feel like an 8!  Maybe some rest tonight will change that!