There will be a math test on Tuesday, October 4th.
Personal Narratives are due October 7th. Hard copies (paper copies) on clean, unused white paper must be handed in.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
MLA Heading
Below is a copy of the email I sent to fifth graders about the heading for their personal narratives.
Dear Fifth Graders,
Please SAVE this email so that you can refer to it throughout the
year. Here is an example of the heading you should have on your
personal narrative:
Name
Mrs. Woods
ELA: Personal Narrative
Date
We will follow MLA style. It's OK if you've never heard of this before now. Here's a link:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your
teacher's name (Mrs. Woods), the subject area and assignment, and the
date (this can be the due date). Again, be sure to use double-spaced
text. Unless I say otherwise, please use Times New Roman, font size
12. Everything should be double spaced. The page # should appear,
starting on the 2nd page, in the top right hand corner of the page.
Please ask if you have any questions! Mr. Lobovits, Mr. Ben, and I
are here to help!
Good luck!
Mrs. Woods
Dear Fifth Graders,
Please SAVE this email so that you can refer to it throughout the
year. Here is an example of the heading you should have on your
personal narrative:
Name
Mrs. Woods
ELA: Personal Narrative
Date
We will follow MLA style. It's OK if you've never heard of this before now. Here's a link:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your
teacher's name (Mrs. Woods), the subject area and assignment, and the
date (this can be the due date). Again, be sure to use double-spaced
text. Unless I say otherwise, please use Times New Roman, font size
12. Everything should be double spaced. The page # should appear,
starting on the 2nd page, in the top right hand corner of the page.
Please ask if you have any questions! Mr. Lobovits, Mr. Ben, and I
are here to help!
Good luck!
Mrs. Woods
Buddies
Fifth graders met with their second grade buddies today for the first time! The fifth graders came with getting to know you questions. The second graders read their personal narratives to their big buddies. There were a lot of smiles in the room.
Reader Responses
On Monday the class focused on qualities of a good written response. Alec was our first brave volunteer. He presented his response to the class. Each student, in turn, shared what qualities it contained that made it a good response. Their thoughts are posted ob chart paper in the class, to serve as a reminder to all. Then the class gave suggestions as to how the response could have been even better. The hope is for the quality of all students' responses to improve.
Friday
Fifth Graders did an awesome job on their Teva skits and song at assembly! They are role models to the school! They performed, sand, and led with ruach (spirit). It felt strange to all of us to be back in a classroom. Their Friday letters were all about Teva.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Teva- Day 3
The fifth graders are really awesome! They have the best spirits and attitudes! This class seems truly excited about everything we do here.
This morning they learned a lot more about compost first hand. They know a very cool song about the water cycle too, which I'm hoping they'll share with the school.
The class hiked the mountain today, which they loved. This afternoon some of them went to an elective where they worked with animals while others went to one on wilderness medicine. Without exaggeration: everyone has gotten along beautifully; no one has been homesick; everyone has slept well; there have been no overly fussy eaters or complainers. In fact, they wish we could stay longer! I can already see that they are changed, so please take the time to notice and listen to their newly gained wisdom when they return.
Thursday night, your child will likely want to eat meat. (Only vegetarian fare is served here). We have been asking them to check for ticks daily, but please do a thorough tick check.
Here are some quotes directly from the students:
"Milking the goat was fabulous."- Josh P.
"During wilderness medicine, we learned how to make a splint from anything we had in our back backs and some sticks. It was actually better than I expected."- Yoni
"I went to the goat thing... The goats, you can take out the hay... There was this goat that started eating my pants- it was funny!" -Leah
"We went to the overview of the mountain. We ate lunch at the top of the mountain. We called around the hills, and it bounced back- we got an echo. It was fun and exciting. We also got another bead." - Josh B.
"Today when we went up to the top of the mountain... while we were there we saw a bunch of turkey vultures riding by, and it was so amazing." -Emma
"The trust walk was thrilling. We were all blind folded and then we had to trust the person in front of us. It was really scary and relieving at the same time. It was realy fun when we got to take our blindfolds off because then it was the overlook." -Alec
"We prayed the amidah outside, and that was really cool because usually we're in a chapel when we pray and we're all like in the same place, but when you're outside you're spread out and you have like the fresh air, and it's really more relaxing."- Maya
This morning they learned a lot more about compost first hand. They know a very cool song about the water cycle too, which I'm hoping they'll share with the school.
The class hiked the mountain today, which they loved. This afternoon some of them went to an elective where they worked with animals while others went to one on wilderness medicine. Without exaggeration: everyone has gotten along beautifully; no one has been homesick; everyone has slept well; there have been no overly fussy eaters or complainers. In fact, they wish we could stay longer! I can already see that they are changed, so please take the time to notice and listen to their newly gained wisdom when they return.
Thursday night, your child will likely want to eat meat. (Only vegetarian fare is served here). We have been asking them to check for ticks daily, but please do a thorough tick check.
Here are some quotes directly from the students:
"Milking the goat was fabulous."- Josh P.
"During wilderness medicine, we learned how to make a splint from anything we had in our back backs and some sticks. It was actually better than I expected."- Yoni
"I went to the goat thing... The goats, you can take out the hay... There was this goat that started eating my pants- it was funny!" -Leah
"We went to the overview of the mountain. We ate lunch at the top of the mountain. We called around the hills, and it bounced back- we got an echo. It was fun and exciting. We also got another bead." - Josh B.
"Today when we went up to the top of the mountain... while we were there we saw a bunch of turkey vultures riding by, and it was so amazing." -Emma
"The trust walk was thrilling. We were all blind folded and then we had to trust the person in front of us. It was really scary and relieving at the same time. It was realy fun when we got to take our blindfolds off because then it was the overlook." -Alec
"We prayed the amidah outside, and that was really cool because usually we're in a chapel when we pray and we're all like in the same place, but when you're outside you're spread out and you have like the fresh air, and it's really more relaxing."- Maya
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Teva- Day 2
It was quite something to see how exhausted the fifth graders were last night. They couldn't wait to get to bed! They were adventurous eaters at dinner and enjoyed some Indian food. The night hike was super fun, though tiring. The end of the night campfire ended at around 9:30PM. Lights were out by 10PM, and all was silent by 10:08PM. Absolutely silent.
This morning Josh, Josh, and Emma did a stellar job leading part of shacharit (the morning teflliah service).
The class spent five hours on the trail today! Leah and Josh Philips agreed that their favorite part of the day was finding bugs in the pond. We had a bit of rain, but it wasn't too bad.
Although they were all tired and wet, everyone was raving about their time today.
After some hot showers and playful down-time (spent taking each other's hats and running around), they're about to embark on a game of "predator prey".
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This morning Josh, Josh, and Emma did a stellar job leading part of shacharit (the morning teflliah service).
The class spent five hours on the trail today! Leah and Josh Philips agreed that their favorite part of the day was finding bugs in the pond. We had a bit of rain, but it wasn't too bad.
Although they were all tired and wet, everyone was raving about their time today.
After some hot showers and playful down-time (spent taking each other's hats and running around), they're about to embark on a game of "predator prey".
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Teva- Day 1
We arrived safely at about 10:30AM this morning, and the class was greeted with lots of ruach (spirit) by the Teva educators. Thank you so much to Guy Bermel for driving! After unpacking, meeting all the Teva educators, eating a big lunch, and weighing their food waste (14 lbs) they hit the trails with their "Moreh Dereck" (Teacher of the way), Moreh Daniel. When they returned everyone rated their experience "two thumbs up."
Yoni was fascinated by a striped mushroom they found that seemed to give off smoke when they stomped it. Maya brought back what she thinks are discarded exoskeletons and placed them on the "really cool stuff" table. Alec reported that he connected with a tree.
We're preparing for dinner as I type, and then a night walk!
Stay tuned for more updates about Teva and musings from your children.
Yoni was fascinated by a striped mushroom they found that seemed to give off smoke when they stomped it. Maya brought back what she thinks are discarded exoskeletons and placed them on the "really cool stuff" table. Alec reported that he connected with a tree.
We're preparing for dinner as I type, and then a night walk!
Stay tuned for more updates about Teva and musings from your children.
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