Classroom Blog Turns Food Blog

5-316's classroom pumpkin was processed... and turned into cupcakes for the Annual 5th Grade Harvest Festival! Check out the delicious pictorial below. 

Scrumptious vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes with vanilla "butter"cream and a sprinkling of vanilla sugar. Who knew classroom decorations could taste so good!

Our Visit From Aunt Sally!

PEMDAS from K.Z. on Vimeo.

November Birthday Party!

Daily Reading HW

Reading response homework will be the same all year! 

As a reference, please see the 2-week cycle detailed below. This will also be taped on each child's Reading Response Notebook (RRNB).

Hope this helps!

To make this tool easy to double-check again, please click on the "homework" label on the right sidebar. 

Spotlight on Classroom Job: Botanist

Kamilla, our botanist, takes great care of our classroom plants! During jobs time, Kamilla planted a new plant for us to enjoy, removing the rosemary that couldn't take the heat of the heater. 

But when life gives you rosemary that's already dried, you share the fragrant herb with others!

Guys Read Extended Day Club watches the '86 Mets

After reading Guys Read: The Sports Pages, Ms. Z's extended day readers watched the exciting Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, which featured prominently in our reading. 

Manifest Destiny

“Manifest Destiny,” painting by John Gast, 1872.

Manifest Destiny is a phrase used by leaders and politicians in the 1840s to argue for the continental expansion by the United States. Writing in the Democratic Review, the editor John O’Sullivan stated it was “our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”  Underneath this slogan is the idea that This slogan made Americans had a “mission” and God-given destiny to expand and acquire more land and power.

People in the United States felt it was their mission to extend the “boundaries of freedom” by imparting their ideas and beliefs to others. Excluded in this mission: Native American people and those of non-European origin. Manifest Destiny would be the explanation for pushing Native peoples into out of newly formed states and into "territories," as well as a war with Mexico. [source]

Day 1: Overview Activity on United States Expansion.

Day 2: Map Activity for Manifest Destiny.

Our Dia de los Muertos Celebration. What a wonderful day!

What a day! We shared traditional Mexican treats and our cherished memories of loved ones. We explored and made traditional art... and listened to a very special read aloud. Take a look at the highlights!  
The success of this special celebration was largely in part to our fantastic 5-316 parents, who supplied the grade with el pan de muerto, champurrano and hot chocolate... and supplied our altar with fruit and pictures of loved ones. 

Thank you so much!