St. Henry 5A- Mrs. Dietz's News

4H January 5, 2012

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Time Multiplication Facts

2011-11-29T20:32:00.000-08:00

http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/mathsmulti.html

Games & Ice Cream

2011-11-20T15:55:00.001-08:00

Students play common and proper noun games made by fellow students.

Paul Revere's Map

2011-11-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/virtual.html

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

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http://quizlet.com/3544481/midnight-ride-of-paul-revere-flash-cards/

Jane Goodall's 10 Ways to Help Save Wildlife

2011-11-13T19:03:00.000-08:00

http://quizlet.com/96831/scatter/

Moon Facts

2011-11-13T18:37:00.000-08:00

Moon Facts

1. The moon lights up because it reflects the light from the sun.

2. The moon causes most of the Earth's ocean tide because of the force of gravity between Moon & Earth.

3. During the day, the moon temperature can rise as high as 250 F and night as lows as -380 F.

4. It takes approximately 27 days to go all the way around the Earth.

5. One moon day is 27 days, 7 hours, and 43.2 minutes long.

6. The moon is about 4.5 billion years old.

7. The moon has eight phases.

8. The moon has landforms on it.

9. The moon has no wind or rain.

10. There is no life on the moon.

11. There's no liquid water on the moon.

12. The moon revolves around Earth.

13. As the Earth, the moon, and the sun travel through space, they sometimes line up to produce eclipse.

14. The first man to step on the moon was July 20, 1969.

15. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon.

Sacramentals

2011-11-13T09:08:00.000-08:00

http://quizlet.com/7944935/sacramentals-flash-cards/

Vocabulary word games Ch'i-lin Purse

2011-11-07T14:59:00.001-08:00

http://www.studystack.com/matching-46798
http://www.quia.com/jfc/1286951.html
http://quizlet.com/1747424/chi-lin-purse-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Proper Nouns

2011-11-03T18:47:00.000-07:00

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/basketball/index.html

Vocabulary to "Passage to Freedom

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http://www.quia.com/mc/1070855.html

Using Play Dough to make vocabulary words

2011-10-23T08:47:00.001-07:00

Isaac Newton Breakfast

2011-10-23T08:44:00.001-07:00

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

2011-10-20T19:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index_pre.html

Vocabulary Inside Out

2011-10-16T20:37:00.001-07:00

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/membergames/stingray/stingray.php?d=1679

Independent and Dependent clauses

2011-10-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_fulwiler_collegeref_5/59/15167/3882857.cw/content/index.html

Service Project

2011-10-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Students are cutting angels for the "Giving Tree" during Advent.

Vocabulary Shutting out the Sky

2011-10-08T21:03:00.000-07:00

http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-46784

Thank-You

2011-10-08T20:43:00.001-07:00

After returning from Art, students

were surprised with a goody bag from the Cincinnati Reds.

Function Tables

2011-10-06T18:44:00.000-07:00

http://www.mathplayground.com/functionmachine.html

Algebraic Expressions

2011-10-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.math-play.com/Algebraic-Expressions-Millionaire/algebraic-expressions-millionaire.html

Function Tables

2011-10-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/mystery/

Newton's Laws of Motion

2011-10-04T18:27:00.000-07:00

http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/

http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/newton/newton.html

Unbalanced Forces

2011-09-30T03:42:00.001-07:00

Reds Hall of Fame

2011-09-30T03:38:00.000-07:00

Vocabulary Satchel Paige

2011-09-30T03:36:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/1365684/satchel-paige-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Subtraction Facts Part II

2011-09-28T19:20:00.000-07:00

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SpeedGrid/Subtraction/urikasub1res.html

Basic Subtraction Facts

2011-09-25T13:16:00.000-07:00

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumsub.html

English Test - Thursday, September 29

2011-09-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html

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Way to go 5th grade volleyball teams!

Addition Basic Facts

2011-09-21T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumadd.html

Vocabulary Island of the Blue Dolphin

2011-09-20T20:01:00.000-07:00

http://www.quia.com/mc/1719855.html?AP_rand=1467676125

Field trip

2011-09-18T05:21:00.000-07:00

Reds Hall of Fame field trip will be Monday, September 26. Students will learn about the science of baseball. While learning about the science of baseball, students will get to tour The Great American Ballpark and see the Reds Hall of Fame. We can't wait!!

September 12-16

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5th graders had a busy week. Tall tales were written, memorized, and then told. We finished up our magnet centers with a car race. Each car had a magnet and each student had a magnet. The students then were "off to the races".

Science Test - Wednesday, Sept. 21

2011-09-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/4868162/magnets-flash-cards/

Chapter 2 Religion

2011-09-13T12:43:00.001-07:00

http://quizlet.com/6500617/chapter-2-religion-flash-cards/

Chapter 1 Religion http://quizlet.com/6499726/chapters-1-creation-flash-cards/

2011-09-13T12:03:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/6499726/chapters-1-creation-flash-cards/

Compare/Ordering Decimals

2011-09-12T18:17:00.000-07:00

http://www.quia.com/cb/8142.html

http://www.interactivestuff.org/sums4fun/switch.html

THE BEE BLOG BY MRS. DIETZ'S 5TH GRADE CLASS

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Students, be ready to post your thoughts this week.

September is National Honey Month. What is the sweetest thing you've ever eaten? Describe it.

Once I bit into a piece of chocolate cake. Chocolate gushed into my mouth. It was the best chocolate I ever ate.

Mrs. Dietz

Comparing Decimals

2011-09-06T20:23:00.000-07:00

www.mrnussbaum.com/placevalue.htm

2011-09-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

These students had the best distance and accuracy on the target. Congratulations!!!

Force Experiments

2011-09-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

Students made a catapult. They were given a shoebox, spoon, two rubberband, two popsicle sticks, ruler, and tape. The catapult launched a marshmallow that was to go a certain distance and hit a target.

Types of Sentences

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Test on Friday, September 9th

http://www.quia.com/pop/35934.html?AP_rand=558997513

Thunder Rose Vocabulary

2011-08-27T05:16:00.000-07:00

Test on Thursday, September 8th.

http://www.quia.com/mc/1719800.html

Place value game

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http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

Frindle

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http://quizlet.com/6191166/frindle-flash-cards/

Newton's Laws of Motion

2011-05-15T05:56:00.000-07:00

http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/newton/newton.html

Practice Vocabulary for "The Gymnast"

2011-05-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

paces.com/The+Gymnast+Vocabularhttp://lehighgrade5.wikisy

DARE Graduation Friday, May 13

2011-05-14T15:16:00.001-07:00

Equivalent fraction game

2011-05-11T13:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.funbrain.com/fract/index.html

Science test vocabulary

2011-05-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/5492380/scatter/

http://quizlet.com/5492312/ecosystems-1-flash-cards/

Practice Multiplication Facts

2011-05-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/spaceracer_multiplication.html

http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html

http://hoodamath.com/games/multiplication.php

http://jmathpage.com/JIMSMultiplicationfactspractice.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_multiplication.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_multiplication.htm

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SumSense/summulti.html

http://media.emgames.com/emgames/demosite/playdemo.html?activity=M2A073&activitytype=swf&level=2

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/QuickFlash2.htm

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/meteor/meteor.html

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/tackled.htm

Practice Division Facts

2011-05-09T14:43:00.000-07:00

http://hoodamath.com/games/division.php

http://jmathpage.com/JIMSNumberdivision.html

http://resources.oswego.org/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fruitshoot/fruitshoot_division.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/popup/popup_division.htm

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bingo/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/mental/flash4.shtml

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/Tunnel/divide.htm

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/Division/pizzaDiv.html

http://www.lizardp oint.com/math/div-online.html

http://www.funbrain.com/tictactoe/index.html

Fractions

2011-05-08T18:18:00.001-07:00

http://www.aaamath.com/fra43b-comparefractud.html

http://jmathpage.com/JIMSFractionsfractionsdecimalspercents.html

Overnight Zoo Trip

2011-05-06T20:09:00.000-07:00

Vocabulary Practice "The Stormi Giovanni Club"

2011-05-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/195780/unit-4-the-stormi-giovanni-club-flash-cards/

Fraction to Decimal Game

2011-05-02T18:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/death_decimals/index.html

Upcoming Excitement

2011-04-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

DARE graduation May 13 8:00 in cafeteria

All are invited.

Overnight trip to the Cincinnati Zoo will be May 5.

Food Web Game

2011-04-28T18:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/index.html

Exploding Ants Websites

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Context Clues

http://educationalminimovies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231%3Acontext-clues&catid=229&Itemid=54

Animal Adaptations

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/animals/animal-adaptations.htm

Pronouns

http://educationalminimovies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158%3Aintroductions-to-pronouns&catid=166&Itemid=54

http://www.sasionline.org/antsfiles/pages/honeyants/honey.html

Vocabulary

http://quizlet.com/4560511/5th-u4-w3-exploding-ants-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Food Chain Game

2011-04-14T12:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

Game Ecosystems

2011-04-12T18:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/humans_animal_habitats/activity.cfm?coSiteNavigation_allTopic=1

Prime/Composite/Factorization

2011-04-02T18:21:00.001-07:00

http://www.mathgoodies.com/factors/prime_factors.html

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/games/prime/prime01.html

http://www.math-play.com/Prime/prime-and-composite-numbers.html

2011-04-02T18:19:00.001-07:00

Diagraming Prepositional Phrases

2011-04-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/diagrams2/diagram24.htm

2011-04-02T05:32:00.001-07:00

Students observe raisins shrink and rise in soda. We then discussed the atom movement in relationship to corresponding states of matter.

Vocabulary Practice - "Stretching Ourselves"

2011-04-02T04:57:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/4087407/stretching-ourselves-vocabulary-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/2066439/stretching-ourselves-flash-cards/

Civilization

2011-03-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

Students read the story "Weslandia". The main character, Wesley, is tormented by his classmates. So Wesley decides to create his own civilization. After the students see what he has accomplished, he no longer is an outcast. In the pictures the students are making their own civilization. Some of the things they had to decide on were landforms, money, government, housing, clothing, food, games for pleasure, and how to make money.

Probability Games

2011-03-24T18:03:00.000-07:00

http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/probability-games.html#bag

http://jmathpage.com/JIMSProbabilitypage.html

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol6/intro_probability.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ExpProbability/

Science test - March 25

2011-03-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

Use this website to practice for science test.
http://quizlet.com/4868162/magnets-flash-cards/

Practice vocabulary for "Weslandia"

2011-03-20T16:39:00.000-07:00

http://quizlet.com/3647261/5th-grade-u4-w1-weslandia-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Friction experiments

2011-03-20T04:45:00.000-07:00

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/friction/play.shtml

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Friction/friction.html

2011-03-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

Off to the Races

2011-03-19T10:56:00.000-07:00

Students used magnetic wands and other kinds of magnets to find attracting and repelling sides of magnets. Using their understanding of magnetic poles and problem-solving strategies students were involved in a car race.

2011-03-12T14:52:00.000-08:00

Websites used in "Special Effects"

http://sketch.odopod.com/

http://www.myavatareditor.com/

Students Creating Special Effects

2011-03-12T14:50:00.000-08:00

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Students worked on magnet centers all week. Some of the things they learned were: 1. Every magnet has a north and south pole. 2. Magnetism can travel through air. 3. You can temporarily magnetize magnetic metals. 4. Energy from a magnetic field travels through solids. 5. Energy of a magnetic field can travel through water.

2011-03-05T04:32:00.001-08:00

Fun ways to practice vocabulary words for "Special Effects"

http://lehighgrade5.wikispaces.com/Special+Effects+in+Film+and+Television+Vocabulary

Game to practice words for "Special Effects"

http://quizlet.com/212215/reading-street-special-effects-in-film-and-television-vocabulary-flash-card

Websites for principal parts of verbs

http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-1661

http://www.hindscc.edu/Departments/WritingCenter/Worksheets/Irregular_Verbs/Irregular_Verbs.pdf

2011-03-05T04:19:00.001-08:00

Mahalia Jackson

2011-03-05T04:17:00.000-08:00

After reading about Mahalia Jackson, students made shirts and vests to symbolize her life.

Questions to science test March 2

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The website below will help you study for the question part of the science test. There are still pictures, on the test, that you will have to answer questions.

http://quizlet.com/4586779/earth-moon-and-beyond-test-questions-flash-cards/

Dinosaur Museum

2011-02-26T05:06:00.000-08:00

Fifth grade students made a dinosaur museum. After researching dinosaurs, students told interesting facts in our museum to visitors. Visitors then "dug" for dinosaur fossils.

Science test March 2

2011-02-22T18:04:00.000-08:00

Use the below websites to practice vocabulary

test.http://quizlet.com/4534696/vocabulary-for-test-earth-moon-and-beyond-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/4534940/voc-2-earth-moon-and-beyond-test-flash-cards/

Field Trip

2011-02-20T09:34:00.000-08:00

FIELD TRIP

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Friday, February 18 students will be delighted by the Hubble telescope. Use the link below to find out even more about it.

http://hubblesite.org/

Dinosaur Hall here we come! Before seeing the amazing Hubble telescope in Omnimax students will be involved in a dinosaur lab. Here students will become paleontologists and explore the size and bone structure of dinosaurs while using the tools of the trade, including fossil replicas.

Making Double Bar Graphs

2011-02-13T05:05:00.000-08:00

Students working together to make a double bar graph comparing telephone colors and use of computers.

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Tests February 7-11

Tuesday - Math Chapter 5 - Review pages begin on page 230.

Reading - "The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkings" See link below.

Wednesday - Religion - Chapter 8

Friday - English - subject/verb agreement, present, past, future tense

See links below to use for practice.

Science - Students will write ten facts about the moon.

http://quizlet.com/4308497/the-dinosaurs-of-waterhouse-hawkins-flash-cards/

http://www.primarygamesarena.com/redirect.php?id=1083 verb tense

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/game.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/game.shtml

4-H Speeches

2011-02-05T16:30:00.001-08:00

Students did a wonderful job with speeches.

Aidan, Olivia, Elizabeth, Whit, Megan moved onto the next step. Congratulations!

2011-02-05T16:26:00.000-08:00

Students became artist/scientist. Dinosaurs were made out of cakes.

2011-01-29T09:18:00.000-08:00

Students paint to help them learn about integers.

2011-01-29T09:17:00.001-08:00

Students relax in reading area as Mrs. Dietz reads aloud.

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D.A.R.E. BEGINS FEBRUARY 8.

January 24-28

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Leonardo's Horse test will be Wednesday. See below for vocabulary.

Students will begin a moon brochure.

DINOSAURS! DINOSAURS! DINOSAURS! are coming. Students will begin a dinosaur report. Information will come home late in the week to early part of next week.

http://www.kidsdinos.com/