Keenoy Koala of the Week: Hailey Homann
Hello, my name is Hailey and I am the Koala of the week. I have three other people in my family (besides me). They are my mom, dad, and younger sister. Some of my favorite things to do are to read, draw, and play piano. My favorite thing to read is Harry Potter and I recently finished the series. I also go to dance class every Monday night. I am looking forward to the Holiday Break in the next couple of days.
Keenoy Koala News
One of the Koalas surprised me with an early present! Fun!
Dear Families,
I cannot believe
that our Winter Break is already here, and we are nearing the midway point of 5th
grade. I am looking forward to spending
the extra time with family and wish everyone a wonderful break! This will be my last newsletter until after
the New Year.
700 Keenoy Cash Celebration
Our class earned
their 700th card this week and met their latest goal. Gabby is so excited to come to school and
watch a movie with her daddy and the Koalas.
I’m happy that they want to spend time with my daughter and we will
enjoy another picnic style lunch/movie in the next week or so. I have to work out the logistics with our
daycare provider and find a copy of the movie before setting a firm date. As soon as I know, I will pass that
information along at least one day prior.
They class wants to watch the movie, The Watson’s Go to
Birmingham-1963. I thought that was a
great idea and we will be finishing up with that read aloud in the next couple
of days.
What a Great Idea and Class!
Math - Variables & Expressions
* We continued working on order of operations.
When numbers with decimals were added to the problems, many students needed a
refresher on how to add, subtract, and multiply with decimals.
* Students
will take an assessment over this topic on Monday.
* After winter break, students will be spending
a great deal of time with fractions.
Writing
– Paragraphing and Charities
Students practiced
organizing unorganized paragraphs this week.
They are also improving with their paragraph planning.
This week students
learned more about various charities for their informational writing reports.
Students will chose a charity to research once we return from winter break.
Reading – Main Idea and Theme
* I am happy with the progress that students
are making with identifying main ideas and themes. We have had many great conversations and
students are showing understanding my supporting ideas from the text.
* Students took an assessment over inferring,
context clues, and predicting today.
These will be scored and returned after break.
Science – Experimental Design
Thank you for
participating in our research activity during our Holiday Open House. I was SO happy to share that the small group
adult research average was better than the 5th graders. They seemed pretty confident that they would
have faster reflexes than the adults. Oh
how I love a good/friendly competition.
We calculated the
average of the three trials for each person.
We then took 15 people’s average from each group and calculated those
averages. Results included:
2nd
grader average= 46 cm
5th
grader average = 23 cm
Adult average = 18
cm!!!
We concluded that as
you get older, your reflexes improve.
Students do think that when you reach a certain age, your reflexes may
start getting slower again. I had a lot
of fun with this activity and I love how our research ideas improved along the
way.
Important Dates:
Dec. 20 Winter
party at 2:15
Dec. 21-Jan. 3
Winter Break
Jan. 4 School Resumes
Jan. 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-No
School
Have a wonderful
Break!
Sincerely,
Dan
Keenoy
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