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Spirit Week!
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New Headline
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Shaving Cream Spelling Words
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Sledding Fun
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100th Day of School!
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Capitol and SCI
On March 4th, the fifth graders traveled to Des Moines for the annual Capitol tour and Science Center of Iowa.
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Upper Elementary Science Fair
Congratulations to Hannah Thompson, Camren Riggs, and Keith Thompson for earning medals in the annual Upper Elementary Science Fair. Hannah Thompson's project was awarded first place. She studied which paper towel brand absorbed the . . .
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100th Day Celebrations!
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Gingerbread Houses
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New Headline
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Owl Pellet Dissection
5th graders celebrated the end of their food chain studies by dissecting owl pellets. They examined the bones found in the pellets, identified who the owl's prey was, how many animals are prey per owl per day, etc.
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Hockey
On November 7th, 4th-6th graders loaded a bus and headed to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines to watch the excitement of Iowa Wild verse Chicago Wolves hockey game.
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Morrill Hall
On Monday, October 21st, 5th graders (along with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders) went to Morrill Hall in Lincoln. They examined quite a few fossils and learned about creatures from long ago. They also enjoyed a video in the Planetarium. After . . .
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Save Fred!
Students were partnered up and asked to save Fred. Fred was a gummy worm in a capsized boat that needed his life jacket (aka peach ring) immediately! Students were unable to touch Fred with their fingers because Fred was a special worm . . .
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Twizzler Knots
5th graders used their Leader In Me time to practice being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, and synergize. Their end or objective was to tie Twizzlers into knots with a partner only using one of their own hands. Working . . .
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Spanish Field Trip
On Tuesday, April 30th, 5th graders celebrated their Spanish studies by authentically practicing their language skills in South Omaha. They started their adventure at the International Bakery with some tasty treats. In the words of . . .
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HyVee's Excerising Character Event
On Tuesday, April 9th, 4th and 5th graders joined over 11,000 kids in Des Moines for HyVee's Exercising Character event. Students enjoyed dancing and messages about healthy habits. Speakers included Jesse LeBeau, an actor, . . .
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Capitol and Science Center of Iowa
5th Graders went to Des Moines on Wednesday, April 3rd. They spent the morning touring the capitol building. By far, the class favorite was touring the dome! In the afternoon, they explored the Science Center of Iowa. Students explored an . . .
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Unsinkable Ships
5th graders started practicing the design process and engineering through a project titled "The Unsinkable Ship." The design process is a cycle and not linear. This means the beginning is also the start. The cycle continues until . . .
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Valentine Day Party
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Cow Eye Dissection
Today in fifth grade, Dr. Wells surprised the students with cow eyes to dissect. First, he gave them an illustration to see what is inside the eye.
Dr. Wells showed the students how to safely cut the eye.
Students . . .
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Tis the Season for Sledding
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Owl Pellets
5th graders celebrated the end of their food chain studies by dissecting owl pellets. They examined the bones found in the pellets, identified who the owl's prey was, how many animals are prey per owl per day, etc.
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Nov 2018 - 5th & 6th Grade Science Fair
The annual 5th & 6th grade science fair was held in the Hamburg gym on Wednesday, November 7th. 22 students presented their scientific discoveries to three out of the nine judges. Judges were Mrs. Kris Wood, Mrs. Reva Benefiel, . . .
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Happy Halloween! 👻
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Rats! the Play
Rats have invaded the town of Hamelin! What will the town folks do? We will have to find out on Thursday, November 1 at 9 AM at the theater.
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Volume Investigations
Fifth graders are studying volume in math. They started with determining the volume can be found by finding the area of the base and multiplying it by the number of layers. The math curriculum asks students to investigate doubling the volume . . .
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Ecosystem Studies
5th graders are studying ecosystems. More specially, they are looking at how adding and taking away living things from an ecosystem can affect the carbon dioxide levels. In a game format, they explored how plants verse animals change the . . .
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High Tech 5th Grade Classroom
Did you know our school has some of the most high tech classrooms in our area?!
Forget the traditional chalkboards! The fifth grade classroom has 5 TV monitors, 1 OneScreen with Octopus software, 15 MacBooks, and a MakerBot! Miss Tomlinson . . .
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Foot Wall Ball
5th graders are off to a great start! They are working on effective communication and reading body language through a fun game of foot wall ball!
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Bowling
5th grade spent their end of the year celebration playing kickball and bowling! I am sure going to miss this crew!
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MaKey MaKey Magic
5th grade has been exploring electricity with MaKey MaKeys! A MaKey MaKey "is an electronic invention tool and toy that allows users to connect everyday objects to computer programs." 5th graders investigated which items conducted . . .
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BABY SHEEP!
On this windy day, fifth grade went out to check out the newest addition to the farm: BABY SHEEP! We also had to check in on our kids!
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Bridges
Fifth graders are reviewing what they learned in science through projects. The first one was forces with bridges. Students worked in groups to construct their bridges out of popsicle sticks and glue. No other supplies were allowed. . . .
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May's Leader of the Month
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Converting Units with Paper Airplanes!
Fifth graders are working hard on convert units of measurements. Today, math class took us to the gym to measure our paper airplanes' flight distances. Students measured their paper airplane's flight distance in feet and as a class, . . .
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Spanish Field Trip
5th grade went on our annual field trip to Omaha for Spanish on April 17th. We started our day at the International Bakery for a quick treat. We continued to Jacobo's for a scavenger hunt. We enjoyed lunch at Taqueria Tijuana. The . . .
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New "Kids" in Class?
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5th Grade takes on Des Moines!
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Science Fair!
5th graders competed in the annual Hamburg Science Fair on March 28th! Logan brought "home" the bronze medal!
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March Leader of the Month
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Dr. Seuss/Read Across America Festivities
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! We dressed to a title of Dr. Seuss each day. Monday was hats for Cat in the Hat . Tuesday was green for Green Eggs and Ham . Wednesday was crazy socks for Fox in Socks . Thursday was vacation shirts for Oh, . . .
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Science Center of Iowa Visit
Rhiley from the Science Center of Iowa came to visit us! She gave two very entertaining presentations about things that go BOOM and electricity! Students were memorized by her amazing experiments and learned the science behind her . . .
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Field Trip Shirts have Arrived!
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Valentine's Day Celebration
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100th Day of School Celebrations
The fifth graders joined forces with the kindergarten class to celebrate the 100th day of school! Together, the classes designed a 100 poster, counted 100 treats, and traveled 100 steps.
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Army Man Launchers
Fifth graders have put their science knowledge to use while critically thinking with the Army Man Launcher challenge. They were asked to plan and sketch their designs before building. All partnerships created original designs. . . .
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New Headline
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New Headline
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Christmas Caroling Tradition
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
The week fifth graders took a break from their Journey's reading book and dove into Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes . The story is about a girl named Sadako who is diagnosed with leukemia. In her culture, it is believed . . .
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January's Leader of the Month
Congratulations to Hayden for being 5th grade's Leader of the Month! He put first things first when completing his make up work the day he got back!
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HOLIDAY DODGEBALL!🎅🏽
5th Graders were invited to the Middle School's annual Dodgeball Tournament
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'Tis the Season for Salt Dough Ornaments
'Tis the season for salt dough ornaments! The fifth grade activity was chalk full of putting our classwork to use. They read and followed directions. They had to quarter the recipe and measure out their ingredients, so they worked with . . .
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Christmas Concert
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Magic Carpet Ride
As a Friday Leader in Me challenge, students were asked to synergize with the Magic Carpet Ride challenge. All students start on the "magic carpet" and have to flipped the "magic carpet" without any student coming off . . .
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December's Leader of the Month
Congratulations to Ellie for being 5th grade's Leader of the Month! She goes above and beyond to ensure the classroom's technology is turned on and properly working.
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Egg Cars Survived
The reflection from egg drops and hard work on developing their egg car paid off! All egg cars survived the blue or green tornado slide at school! Many even survived both trips down the slides!
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Egg Drop Challenge
5th graders have explored gravitational force. They were challenged to design egg drops or contraptions to protect eggs from the gravitational force or impact from hitting the ground. All groups had lids or protective layers on the eggs, so . . .
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Show Stoppers!
Fifth graders blew us away with their acting talent this morning. They performed the play The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf . Three pigs sue the wolf for blowing down their house. The wolf cries he is innocent to the very sick . . .
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Firemen Visit
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Owl Pellets
5th graders ended their science unit on food chains by dissection owl pellets! They examined the bones found in the pellets, identified who the owl' prey was, how many animals are prey per owl per day, etc.
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Decomposing Experiment Day 3
Pumpkin outside is being eaten by gnats.
The meat inside is drier and blacker. There are no worms or anything growing on the meat outside.
Cucumber seeds outside are worse than the one inside. The seeds are smaller outside . . .
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Save Sam!
Fifth graders cannot wait for Friday afternoons to hear about their Leader In Me challenge and get a chance to practice those habits. This past Friday, they successfully began with the end in mind and synergized to save Sam, a gummy worm. I . . .
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Decomposing Experiment Day 2
Day Two Inside
Day Two Outside
We observed the meat and cucumber inside is more dehydrated because the controlled air. We believe the water in the air makes the outside meat and cucumber more hydrated.
The bugs . . .
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Decomposing Experiment
Today is day one of our decomposing experiment. We set up the experiment yesterday, and we each created a hypothesis. We have a jack-o-latern, cucumber, banana, and hamburger outside and inside to determine which item decomposes . . .
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Honey Extraction
Fifth graders were invited out to the Mincer farm to watch honey being extracted to extend their knowledge on plant pollination!
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Plant Study
5th graders are studying plants in science. They took it a step further by looking at the different parts under microscopes! They were eager to explain what they were seeing and use their plant vocabulary.
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New Year; New Room; New Memories
The new school year has started off with a blast for the new fifth graders (aside from being relocated for our classroom to be UPGRADED!) The first three days of school were spent giggling and getting back in the groove of things in the . . .
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Waubonsie's Conservation Day
Fifth graders enjoyed their outdoors day on their annual Waubonsie's Conservation Day on May 11th! Students participated in an array of activities such as archery, reptile exploration, camping-related activities, fishing, and hiking. . . .
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Operation: Animal Happiness in Effect
Maker Movement
After over a month of observing, examining, researching, and preparing, fifth graders have finally started work on their farm improvements.
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Converting Standard Measurements with Paper Airplanes
In fifth grade math, we are focused on converting measurements. Gallons to pints, inches to feet, cups to quarts, yards to feet, etc. After a much thrilling rap about Capacity Kingdom and the King G who is a "playah" with four . . .
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Spanish Field Trip
5th graders traveled to Omaha on April 12th to authentically practice and gain confidence in their Spanish skills.
First stop was the International Bakery!
After enjoying bakery treats, students . . .
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You've Got Mail!
The fifth graders were surprised to receive mail yesterday! They were donated a chicken harness, leash, and animal communication book! They were eager to run out and test out the harness and leash on the chickens and ducks! The communication . . .
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5th Graders Take On Des Moines!
On Thursday, April 6, 5th graders went on their annual trip to Des Moines.
The morning was spent at the capitol building.
Pardon my first use of a selfie stick!
The afternoon was . . .
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Operation: Animal Happiness Project Update
Maker Movement
In the past week, fifth graders have started work on their farm improvement projects. Each group is at a different stage in the process and have decided on a different format to organize and solve their identified problems. . . .
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5th Grade's Production of "Radio Station K-I-D-S"
5th graders wowed the audience with their production of "Radio Station K-I-D-S." A radio station K-I-D-S is at risk of being shut down. The workers come up with a creative solution and air live auditions.
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Operation: Animal Happiness
Students have worked hard to get the basis of Maker Movement. Science Center of Iowa sums the movement nicely by the following statement. "Making introduces people to the skills and problem-solving techniques they can apply in a . . .
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