Sunday, December 29, 2019

5B Classroom News: Week of Dec. 16th

A note from Mrs. Burke
I hope you and your family are having a restful vacation. The week before the break was filled with many activities. Students sold lots of tickets to raise money for Heifer Project International. We are very thankful to Mrs. Frappier who donated this beautiful blanket as a raffle prize to help us raise money.



I am also very excited to announce that 5B won the Related Arts ROCKSTARS Award for the 2nd time in a row for their excellent behavior in all of their related arts classes! I am very proud of my class!



On the last day before the break, students enjoyed creating crafts before our pizza lunch and a movie. Thank you very much to all of the parents who volunteered to help us with the crafts!








I wish you a very happy new year! Keep reading to see what our student reporters posted before they went on break. Make sure you watch the students performing their Two-Voice Poems which appear in the Language Arts section after their reflections.


Language Arts:  Esperanza Rising Two-Voice Poems

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What is the event your Two-Voice (or Three-Voice for some of you) poem is written about? 

Which human rights were threatened in your event, and who was threatened?

What did you like most about the Two-Voice poem lesson?

My event is Miguel losing his job. Human right number one is threatened. Miguel was threatened by the human right.
-Andre

My event was Mama's sickness.I think it will be #2 that was threatened. It was so fun doing the two-Voice Poems with the wig and all of the stuff.
-Ben

The event my group chose was Mama’s sickness. The human rights that were
threatened in Mama’s sickness were worker's rights and Mama was threatened.
I liked that we got to write poems, because it’s fun.
-Charleigh

The event for my Two-Voice poem is the immigration sweep in Esperanza Rising. In my event multiple human rights were threatened such as human rights 2, 5, 6, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20.  The thing I liked the most about my Two-Voice poem was being able to collaborate with one of my friends.
-Cody

My event was Miguel losing his job. The human rights that were threatened are Article 2, don't discriminate. To present it to the class.
-Emmariah

My event was when Miguel lost his job. The human right that was threatened was number 23, worker rights, and Miguel was threatened. The thing I liked most of all about the two-voice poem was creating the story line.
-Alisha

What I liked about the two voice poem was that we worked really hard on it and it turned out so fun! And me and my partner worked really well together.
-Kayd

The poem was Las Cebollas. Mama was threatened and they all got treated very poorly and didnt be respected. All of them were threatened. Writing about it and acting it out.
-Liam

My event was Mamas sickness. Human Right  #1 was threatened in this part of the book. I most liked how I got to see other people plays against mine.
-Max

My event I was writing about was Mama’s sickness. One human right that was
threatened was 24 and Mama was threatened. What I liked most in the two
voice poems was being able to dress up.
-Peyton

My event in the two voice poem is Moving Into The Cabin. The human rights that were threatened in my event  were #2, No discrimination, and the whole family was threatened. What I liked most about the Two-Voice poem lesson was the props.
-Riley

The event my Two-Voice poem is written about mama’s sickness the human rights that were threatened in my event are 3 which is “The Right To Life” and 5 which  is “No Torture”and what I liked most about the Two-Voice poem lesson is dressing up and acting.
-Triv-Ann

Two-Voice Poems Performances:
Click on the names below:



Spanish Class:  Making Tamale Pie!
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What was your favorite part about making tamale pie during Spanish class? 

My favorite part about making tamale pie was working together with all my friends in Mrs. Rhoades’ room. It smelled so good. I helped pour the tomato sauce into the big bowl.  It was fun! I can’t wait to eat it on Thursday.
-Aaron

My favorite part about making tamale pie during Spanish class was learning how to make the tamale pie. I didn’t know how to make tamale pie. Also I have never had tamales or tamale pie.
-Charleigh

My favorite part of making the tamale pie in Spanish class was when we were
dumping everything together into one big pan because it was all just slopping
in there and we poured cheese out all over it.
-Colin

My favorite part about making tamale pie during Spanish class was cracking the
eggs, and stirring.
-Emmariah

My favorite part about making tamale pie during Spanish class was putting the
cheese on the top.
-Max

My favorite part of making tamale pie was whisking all the ingredients.
-Peyton






















Sunday, December 15, 2019

5B Classroom News: Week of Dec. 9th

A note from Mrs. Burke:
The winter concert was spectacular! I am so proud of how the students performed. They were fantastic role models for all of the younger students.

The 5th grade is involved in giving a gift through Heifer Project International, an organization that provides families with gifts of livestock and training to care for their livestock. This enables poverty stricken families to become more self-reliant. Families who receive an animal also learn how to care for that animal so that it can help provide for the family. Some animals that we might be able to give include goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, honey bees, chicks, ducks or geese. We are holding a raffle to raise money for Heifer Project International. For a donation of 50 cents, you can purchase a ticket and help a needy family in our country, or in one of the other 115 countries that Heifer Project International reaches. The more money we raise, the more animals we can give! If we raise a lot of money, we could even provide a family with a heifer, a water buffalo, or a llama. Thank you for supporting this worthy cause. All raffle tickets and money need to be turned in by 12/19/19.

Thank you to those who have purchased items from our Yankee Candle Fundraiser. We greatly appreciate your support. Every purchase helps us raise money for our end-of-the-year activities. I have included a Yankee Candle Fundraiser link on the right hand side of this post. If you order, please make sure you include our group number which is 990006902. Thank you for your consideration.

Keep reading to see what student reporters posted on our blog this week!

Second Step:  Wonder Self-portraits

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Why did you draw a self-portrait similar to the cover of the book Wonder?

What are some of the words you wrote on your portrait to describe yourself? 

Why did you choose one word to write over your eye, and which word did you choose?

We drew a  self-portrait similar to the cover of the book Wonder because we are reading Wonder in class. Some of the words I put on my poster are loyal,Trinidad, Tobgo, short, Big sister, Little sister and talkative. I chose one word to write over your eye because it describes me the most. I chose “BRAVE” because when my mom was pregnant with my sister she needed to go down stairs to check everything to make sure it was locked and off even though I was scared I still went and today I am proud of myself.
-Triv-Ann

We did this because we are reading the book and that was what we where doing in art and I chose  adventurous for my word over my eye because I love to go on adventures, it's so much fun! And that's why I choose my word over my eye.
- Kayd

I drew a self-portrait similar to the cover of the book Wonder because we're doing it in art and we are reading the book Wonder in class. Some of the words I wrote on my picture are blue, star, Stranger Things, kind, red hair, art, fun, horse. I wrote these things because they all mean something to me. I chose to write the word love over my eye because I love all things things that I wrote they all mean something to me and I love my life.
-Charleigh

I drew a self-portrait similar to the cover of the book Wonder to show some things about yourself. I wrote the books that I like, pokemon, sports, and more. I chose sports over my eye because I do a lot of sports.
-Riley

I drew myself similar to the cover of the book Wonder because it shows
that we all wonders. Some of the words I used to describe myself were
Artist, night owl, and shy. I chose the word I put over my eye was ‘gamer’
because I love to game on my PS4.
-Alisha

We did it because we are reading Wonder in class. Some of the words are bold, brave, loyal, and ect. I chose to write a word above the eye is to give it the look that it has on the book cover. My word I put above the eye was bold.
-Peyton

I chose words like tall, leader, night owl and brother. The word I chose to go over
my eye was Smart because I am smart and my last name is Smart.
-Max

We drew our self-portraits similar to the cover of the book Wonder with words
because we wanted to show that it matters what you are like on the inside, not
how you look on the outside.  Some of the words that I wrote on my portrait
were talkative, curious, and actor. I chose curious for my eye-word because
I am curious about many things.
-Colin

We drew  a self-portrait similar to the cover of the book Wonder because it ties
in with class.
-Emmariah


The reason why we chose to make self portraits that are similar to the cover of
Wonder during art is that we are reading Wonder in class. Some of the words I
chose for my poster were Baseball, Golf and Football because they are my favorite
sports and I also chose the words Trumpet and Guitar because they are my favorite
instruments.
-Cody

I choose athletic, helpful and friendly. We all were reading Wonder so we all did a self portrait in art.
-Liam

I loved the Wonder self-portraits because it was so so fun to do it was similar
to the cover. My portrait shows what I like like old cans and dogs. Ichoose old
cans over my eye because that is my favorite.
-Ben

I chose to write the word ‘book lover’ over my eye, because I like to read.  I like to
read almost everywhere and as often as possible.
-Aaron