Browsing Archive: December, 2015
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Monday, December 28, 2015,
Are you ready for a new year? Make sure you say good bye, see you next year to everyone you won't see again until Friday. That always throws them for a loop and it's kind of fun to do. Ticket task: say "See ya next year" to someone and then blog who it was and how they reacted to it and you can have 10 tickets on Monday.
Speaking of Monday, that is only a week away. Vacation is flying by. I do miss you guys though and am already planning what we will do next week for fun and for learning...
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Merry Christmas!!
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Friday, December 18, 2015,
I can't believe it is already winter break! YIKES. This year is flying by!
Today's ticket question is: what piece of garbage did you take to engineer into something fabulous. Blog a comment describing what you took. If you want to share your plan for repurposing you can--that's up to you. We'd love to hear it but I understand if you don't want others to copy it.
What a great show you put on today. I LOVED your puppet shows. Everyone did a great job and performed well and the little kids...
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Lovely Weekend Ahead
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Friday, December 11, 2015,
Enjoy your lovely weekend. I think it's supposed to snow next week. I certainly hope so!! We had to suffer through a brown Christmas last year and I really can't bear to do that again. There is nothing as beautiful as a white Christmas and I want one this year.
Work on your reindeer plays--google docs is a great way to do that. Share with each other, comment on your changes and updates and come ready to make some cute puppets on Monday. The excitement level was high during our exploratio...
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Still Missing Some Maps
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Wednesday, December 9, 2015,
Tomorrow the Maps will be 4 days late and there are still 5 of you who have not turned yours in. YIKES!! 5th graders need to know that in middle school the work that is late is often docked a letter grade for every day it's late. YIKES!! That would mean an A would now get a D. You are lucky this is NOT middle school.
Tomorrow we will dissect the Rudolph story and learn all about the man who wrote it. It is an interesting story to be sure. If you have time tonight, research Robert May an...
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Maps Were Due Today
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Monday, December 7, 2015,
The Landforms Maps of our schoolyard were due today. I got 13. That's 13/20. Yikes. That is not a very good % of students who turned their map in on time. It is 65% which is not that much over half, which would be 10/20 or 50%. What's up? How can I get you to turn that in? Bring it tomorrow DONE.
Today's ticket question has to do with the Exploration sharing that went on today. For the most part, the girls were darling with each other. I heard TONS of compliments, positive feedback an...
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Maps and Choice Exploration Due Monday
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Friday, December 4, 2015,
Sadly I see some maps in people's mailboxes. They are due MONDAY, Dec. 7 people.
Due Monday:
Landforms Maps of our School Yard
Choice Exploration project/lesson due per your contract
We will kick off our reindeer study by considering Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and researching some facts about reindeer of the north lands. We will make a group Fast Facts Sheet to teach others about reindeer too.
Have a great weekend. Enjoy the warmish weather....
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Stream Tables on Friday!!
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Thursday, December 3, 2015,
Today was your last day to work on your map in class. Most of you have done a beautiful job working on these and can be really proud of your work. You are real cartographers. COOL!! They are due Monday, Dec. 7.
Tomorrow we will get to do the landforms experiment which is the running of the stream tables. This is so much fun and it really brings the vocabulary to life. Come ready to jump in and work. We will run at least 3 experiments. If there is time, you can do more. We shall see. ...
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Tomorrow is Art with Kyle!
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Wednesday, December 2, 2015,
Ticket Question: predict what we will do with Kyle tomorrow. Put it in a blog comment and you can have 4 tickets tomorrow.
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3/4 Field Trip Wed., Dec 2
Posted by Jamie Kovacs on Tuesday, December 1, 2015,
Bag lunch needed tomorrow if you are a 3rd or 4th grader. You are going to Orchestra Hall and you will be missing lunch and recess completely. Remember a bag lunch!!
5th grade you are staying here. You will have business as usual for lunch and recess. The only change in your life will be that you will have math first thing in the morning as I will be going to Orchestra Hall with the other kids. You will learn what it must have felt like for the 3rd and 4th graders when you went to Deep Po...
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