5B Classroom News: Week of January 13th

A note from Mrs. Burke:

It's National Kindness month! The students have created a bulletin board with random acts of kindness. They each decorated an envelope for the bulletin board and wrote acts of kindness on index cards, and put the cards in the envelope. Each morning they choose a card from an envelope and demonstrate the act of kindness that is written on the card. In the blog this week, students have reflected on this activity.

More Spanish songs have been added to the link to the right under Useful Links. We often use the songs for our brain breaks. The students really enjoy them!

Please note, there will not be a blog post next week due to the short school week. Students do not have school on Monday and Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend with your kids!

Take a look at what our student reporters wrote on the blog this week.

Bulletin Board:  Random Acts of Kindness

How did you decorate your envelope to show kindness? 

What are some of the random acts of kindness you wrote on the cards that are inside your envelope?

I decorated my kindness envelope with kind words.Some of the random acts of kindness I wrote are to tell someone to have a good day and you can do it!!
-Aaron

I decorated my envelope to show kindness by writing kind words and hearts on it.  Some of the random acts of kindness I wrote on the cards that are inside my envelope are hold the door for someone, sit next to someone if they are lonely, and say good morning to someone.
-Andre

I decorated my envelope to show kindness by putting acts of kindness on them. 

Some of the kindness cards in my envelope are help someone get up if they fall

and help someone clean up their snack and helping people.

-Ben  

I  decorated my envelope to show kindness by doing a heart shaped earth that

says kind. Also I wrote in a world where you can be anything be kind. Some of

the random acts of kindness I wrote on the cards that are inside my envelope

are make a new friend, and help your teacher in someway to day.

-Charleigh

I decorated my envelope with a world shaped like a heart to show that kindness

makes the world a better place. Some things I wrote in my envelope are cards

that tell you to hold the door and another that says to give someone a compliment.

-Cody

I decorated my random acts of kindness envelope with a heart that has the world

inside of it, and over it I wrote, “Choose Kind” in cursive.  Some of the random

acts of kindness inside of my envelope are… tell someone there a good friend,

hold the door for 5 people, help someone with their stuff, and give 5 people a

compliment.

-Colin

How I decorated my envelope to show kindness are the words “ Be Kind “ with

a rainbow over it. Some of the random acts of kindness I wrote on the cards

that are inside my envelope are, give a friend a hug, and give 3 high fives to

3 different people.

-Emmariah

I decorated my envelope to show kindness by putting a world and saying choose

kindness. Some random acts of kindness I did are “help someone clean”, “hold

the door for someone” and “Play with someone new for recess.”  

-Alisha

How I decorated my envelope was a heart with the world. Some acts of kindness that I put in my envelope are help someone with their bags, ask how there day is, compliment them, and say good morning.

-Kayd

I decorated my envelope to show kindness and I made a world that says be kind

to everyone. Some kindness cards are hold the door for someone and help

someone up to cheer someone up.

-Liam

I put a world and a heart on my envelope to show kindness. Some of the acts of kindness I put in my envelope are: give 20 compliments and hold the door for someone.

-Max

I decorated my envelope with the words World Kindness Month because it is world kindness month. Some of the acts of kindness are: say 5 kind things about somebody, draw a picture for somebody, and help someone.

-Peyton

I decorated my envelope to show kindness by writing my favorite kindness

saying on it and I drew a picture on my envelope. Some of the random acts

of kindness I wrote on the cards that are inside my envelope are: say hi to

your class and teacher, give a compliment, and sharpen someone's pencil.

- Riley  

5B Classroom News: Week of January 6th

A note from Mrs. Burke:

Happy 2020! We have picked up right where we left off before the break. Students have been doing a lot of group work in language arts and social studies. Their posts this week have included reflections about both subjects.

OQS spirit days are starting this month! This is for staff and students. All spirit days will be on Wednesdays when we have our school assemblies. Click on the OQS Spirit Days link, on the right under Useful Links, to view the spirit day schedule.

Keep reading to see what our classroom reporters posted this week!

Language Arts:  Esperanza Rising, Monologue Planning

What is your monologue event? 

How did acting out your event with your group help you understand how your character felt during the event?

What my event in my monologue group is the immigration sweep. The acting

helped me understand what Ben is feeling which is concerned and Riley is feeling

scared.

-Peyton

My event is the immigration sweep, it helped me by showing me how we will do

with our characters. 

-Riley

My monologue event is the immigration sweep. I was asking lots of questions

about the immigration sweep. My character felt worried about the people going

on to the buses and where they go.  Acting out my event helped me because it

helped me understand how Esperanza really felt.

-Ben     

My monologue event is the threat to strike. Acting out my with my group helped me understand how my character felt during the event.

-Emmariah

Miguel losing his job and how we acted it out I felt like that character.

-Liam

My character isabel is trying to help Esperanza when moving into the cabin because Esperanza doesn't like the cabin.

-Kayd

Social Studies:  Regions of the United States

What region of the United States are you learning about with your group? 

What are at least two facts you have learned while reading about your region?

My group is studying the Midwest region of the United States. One fact about

the Midwest is that Mount Rushmore is in the Midwest. Another fact I learned

is that the Midwest has some of the top 20 largest states in the country.

-Cody

My region is the Midwest. Two facts are that they produce cranberries and dairy.

-Kayd

I am learning about the Midwest. The Midwest has the most steel cage mills and they have the most in logging.

-Liam

The region of the United States that I am learning about is the Southeast. One

fact that I have learned about the Southeast is that it has 14 states. Another

fact that I learned about the Southeast is it's the most populated region of the

United States.

-Charleigh

My United States region I am learning with my group is Southeast. One fact I have learned is about the Trail of Tears. Another fact I have learn is that Delaware and the District of Columbia is the least populated state in the Southeast.  

-Alisha

My group is studying the Southeast. Two facts about the Southeast is that one, the Trail of Tears starts in Southeast and two, Florida is the most popular state in the Southeast.

-Peyton

I am learning about the Southwest region. I learned that Arizona is in the Southwest and that New Mexico is in the Southwest.

-Andre

The region of the United States that I am studying is the Southwest.  Two facts

that I have learned are that the “trail of tears” went through Oklahoma.  Another

thing I learned is that Texas is second to California in population!

-Colin

We are learning about the West region of the United States of America.I learned

the West has glaciers.

-Max

The region I am studying is the Midwest.  One would think that the Midwest

is endless fields of wheat and corn but this is not the case.  It also has lots of

skyscrapers in the cities. American Indians lived there long before the European

explorers arrived.

-Aaron

What we are learning is the Midwest two facts I have learned is it has many lakes

and next to the rivers are many cities.

-Riley

The region that I am learning about is the Midwest. Two facts about the Midwest

are the Midwest has a lot of rivers and grow a lot of crops.

-Triv-Ann