What a BLAST We All Had!

Congratulations to Class 5-301!!

Please send me your pictures so I can add them to our blog! 

Dystopian Sing Along

Summer Learning!

The summer is a great time to brush up on your skills and prepare for a successful sixth grade year!  With so many web and app resources around, it can be difficult finding quality sites. Below are some great resources teacher-approved for summer learning. Check them out! (Kids--As with any website, adult supervision is advised.)

Math skills:
Math Live-kid-friendly & interactive
Conceptua Math-tools to reinforce fraction concepts
Khan Academy-enrichment opportunity... prepare for algebra
XP Math-Games for many math concepts
3DTin-Create your own 3D models

Social Studies:
My Wonderful World-Geography skills
Mission US-Interactive games with historical content
Library of Congress Digital Collections-expansive digital museum
Colonial Williamsburg-virtual field trips

Literacy:
Wordia-Fun way to increase vocabulary
Brooklyn Public Library recommended reading lists
Book Trailers-Watch video trailers for books!
Google Lit Trips-Take a trip through books
What Should I read Next?-Type in a book and the site gives you recommendations of similar books.

For more summer fun, check out Camp Virtual, an online and app guide to summer learning compiled by Common Sense Media. Use their "learning ratings" and concise descriptions to find great resources for fun and learning.

Also, 5th graders contributed to a huge list of recommended books. Keep your reading skills sharp by reading as much as you can!  As you read many books this summer, you can log your reading on Scholastic for a chance to win PRIZES!

Heroes of Olympus series
Ida B.
The Sisters Grimm series
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series
Slob
The Kane Chronicles series
The Egypt Game
Rapunzel's Revenge
Calamity Jack
A Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
Are you There God, It's Me Margaret
Red Blazer Girls series
My Side of the Mountain
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Mixed Up Files of Ms. Basil E. Frankweiler
Space Station Seventh Grade
Fourth Grade Rats
Stargirl
Love, Stargirl
The Library Card
The Secret Series
Half Minute Horrors
Big Nate
Seekers series
Hatchet
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Heart of Samurai
Hoot
Flush
Chomp
War Horse
Flawed Dogs
Amelia Rules! series
Edward's Eyes
Wonderstruck
Half Upon a Time
Twice Upon a Time
The Magician's Elephant
The Messenger
School of Fear series
Dork Diaries series
Finding Blue
Warriors series
The Girl With the Silver Eyes
Beyonder
Babysitting Wars 
The Witch and Wizard Trilogy
Longer Letter Later
Snail Mail No More
Cold Cereal
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
His Dark Material
The Gregor the Overlander Series
A Wrinkle in Time
Smile
Regarding the Bees
The Last Dragon Chronicle Series
Tintin Series
Amulet Series
The Kitchen Princess
Worth
Yotsuba Series
Emily Windsnap Series
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Kiki Strike Series
The Girl Who Could Fly
Copper

Club Getaway was AWESOME!

We all had an amazing time at Club Getaway! Take a look...

Click on this link to access the web album of all these pictures. You can order prints of them if you'd like.

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Hello? Oh sorry. We're not here right now.

We are at Club Getaway!!

The Photography Lunch Club is PUBLISHED!

Take a look at our great photographs!

The Dimension of a Camera | Make Your Own Book

Central America Exploration

Freddie, Skylar, Nicolas, and Grace: Guatemala (here)

Paulino, Emma N., Diana, and Ava: Belize (here) and El Salvador (here)

Theo, Kayla, Jenna, and Olivia: Honduras (here)

Nilajah, Diego, Philip, and Anjali: Nicaragua (here)

Julia, Vanessa, Omari, and Emma D.: Costa Rica (here) and Panama (here)

San Martin and Bolivar

San Martin

Bolivar

Conquistadores... An exploration

Learn more about the conquistadores.

Click your group to explore. Your mission is to find 5 important facts to share with the rest of the class. All facts must relate to the conquistadores in some way. 


THE FACTS MUST BE ENTERED AS COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG POST! Use complete sentences and proper grammar.

Freddie, Grace, Nicolas & Skylar's Group (Overview)

Paulino, Emma N., Diana, and Ava's Group (Cortez, Pizarro)

Julia, Vanessa, Emma D., and Omari's Group (Incas)

Nilajah, Diego, Philip, Giovante, & Anjali' Group (Aztecs)

Theo, Terrence, Kayla, Jenna, & Olivia's Group (encounters)


Please use the video of our class lesson to help you with your homework.

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SS: Latin American Geography Challenge!

Group 1: Mexico 
Group 2: Central America 
Group 3: Caribbean 
Group 4: South America 
Group 5: South America

The Official 5-301 Class Flag!

Congratulation's to Skylar and her winning design!

Social Action! Second Cycle--Take a Look!

Check out these awesome blogs:

Julia's social action blog! 

Emma N.'s social action blog!

Goodbye Amelia!

ELA Test: Done!

We got through this together. Thank you for all your hard work! Now... the Math Exam.

Happy Birthday Jenna, Emma & Olivia!

Staffle Raffle Lunch at Nine D!

Congrats to Anjali for winning our Staffle Raffle lunch outing! We enjoyed yummy Thai food with her and Diana.

What a yummy fundraiser.

Check Out Our Social Studies Presentations!

5th Graders On Rocks.

Join us for research project presentations!

How to Upload to Vimeo So We All Can See

1. Have your video file ready on a flashdrive or on your hard drive.


2. Have a parent create a free basic account at Vimeo.


3. Click "upload" up on top and choose your file.

4. It'll upload to the site. You'll see this screen when it is done. Feel free to give it a title. Follow to green box to go to the video.

5. You'll see this screen. You'll have to wait 30 minutes to see the video. Vimeo will email you when it's ready.

6. When your video is available, log back in and go to the video. "Copy" the url of the page, this is specific to your video. "Paste" it in an email to Karen and I'll get it on our blog!

Let me know if you have any questions!