Poignant Lessons of Life from 5-316

We spent the end of our first reading unit finding the authors' messages in our books--the lessons taught through story elements. Extending this search to our own experiences in life, we created our own lessons, supported with real moments of evidence. Take a look at our wise words.

5-316 Housekeeping

After a celebration...

Rag-Cycle in ACTION! 

Thank you for helping us create less waste!

Highlight on Classroom Jobs:

Our amazing Kitchen Managers, Ursula and Lane, help make our classroom the well-oiled machine it is! Their hard work and dedication (which has them missing a bit of Choice Time) gets this month's spotlight. Thank you, Ursula and Lane!  

The Storybook Character Parade!!

October Birthday Party!

Thank you for an amazing Birthday surprise!! XO

Math Vocab Music... GET THE QUOTIENT!

Wig Day was a tremendous success!

Thank you so much for sending your child in with a wig or kooky hair! 

Participation and donations received went beyond our expectations. We will update this post when we have the figures in!

5-316, Out & About

We know that getting there is half the fun!

...pssst!

We're glad you checked in on the blog! Because you did, you'll be privy to this "secret" blog announcement. To encourage you to check in often, you'll be seeing these from time to time. Keep in the loop with our blog community and you will be rewarded with important opportunities in the classroom! 

Help us spread the word!

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5-316 Needs Some Video Games Testers!

We are looking forward to our upcoming Social Studies unit. It is an exciting unit on the tremendous growth of the United States after the Revolutionary War. We are going to incorporate games-based learning into the unit and we're looking for several students who would like to serve as game testers before we begin. This game "research" will take place once a week during recess and lunch. If you are pretty awesome at video games and are interested in being a tester, please leave us a note in the HW bin, detailing your video game skills and talents. Good luck!

Regular-sized fine print: Of course, this opportunity is open to students who are up-to-date and consistent in classwork and homework... and who demonstrate an effort in making good choices in classroom behavior.

Our First 5th Grade Fundraiser!

September Birthdays!

Our new I.T. Technicians are on the task of recording the highlights of our birthday celebrations! Here's the first installment.

Check Out Our Student Blog!

We started blogging! 

Check out the student blog at: 

http://5-316-2013-studentblog.blogspot.com/

Checking In With Stephanie!

We Skyped with Stephanie on Friday! She had a great summer and was happy to be back at the beach. But we miss her in P.S. 58. Hopefully we can check back in later in the year. 

Who Do We Think We Are!

Who we are! Us!...What kind of people are we? What kind of person are you? Isn’t that the most important thing of all? Isn’t that the question we should be asking ourselves all the time? “What kind of person am I?” - Mr. Browne, Wonder

Parents, Can you find your child?

My Favorite part of the Summer was...

As we begin to look forward to our first day of 5th grade, let's reflect on some of the great times we had during our summer vacations. Please add one of your favorite memories here by leaving us a comment.