Mrs.

Stonehouse’s
Peek at the Week
October 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music

Human Machine Human Machine

Project Research Project Research NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL
Professional Development Educator Conference Educator Conference

5th Grade
Fundraiser Begins

MIS AMIGOS
Are you interested in helping to foster
interpersonal skills in children of all ages?
Would you like to build self- confidence,
leadership and respect in our
students? Then consider helping us lead
cross age groups called "Mis Amigos"
once a month. Call Marie Andrews at 651
426 2214 or andrews206@msn.com or
Sarah Hesseltine at 651 246 0222 or
ffreezinmn@aol.com.
We would love your participation!
IMPORTANT DATES:
 10/12 – 5th Grade Fundraiser begins
 10/14 – No School (Prof. Development)
CAMP
 10/15 – No School (MEA)
 10/16 – No School (MEA)
We have several students who have not
 10/30 – 5th Grade Fundraiser ends
 11/02 – Camp payment due $90
brought back their camp forms. Please
return the permission slip for camp as
 11/09 – No School
soon as possible. Our scratch off
 11/12 – Camp St. Croix
 11/13 – Camp St. Croix fundraiser cards have arrived! If
students plan on participating in this
fundraiser to earn money for their camp
CLASS WEBSITE: trip, they must bring in a $10 check
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year. made out to Parkview/Centerpoint to
Please check it out! get their fundraising envelope.

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com

Our Week:
This week we continued Unit 1 in math. We
worked on word problems that involved grouping
situations and using parentheses. We also worked three
way combination problems. We are working hard to
remember to show our work and label our answers when
solving word problems. Please continue practicing math
facts at home to help students stay fluent with
computation.
We continued working with our IB Planner, The
Human Machine. This week we focused our inquiry on
the skeletal system, the muscular system, and the nervous
system. We counted the number of bones in our bodies
and learned how important our joints are. Some students
tried to complete daily tasks without the use of their
thumb joints. We also learned about muscles and their
role in our bodies. Students also learned about the brain.
Next week, we will start researching for our summative
assessment for this IB Planner.
In spelling we focused on words with the long o
sound. Please remember that all of our spelling work is
done at school, but we encourage students to study and
practice at home. A great website for practice and games
with our spelling words is www.spellingcity.com.
As a team, we are continuing to discuss what it
means to be a respectful friend and student. Some of the
“big issues” that our class is working on include being
responsible for completing our schoolwork on time,
classroom routines (Agendas back and forth between
home/school)Dr. Moore, our school psychologist, also
visited our classroom again and talked about bullying.
She will be back once a week until Thanksgiving break to
discuss bullying and friendships.
CLASS NEWS
October 9 – October 16
IB Planner Summative Assessment
Students will be creating a project to
share information about one of the
systems we have studied during our
work with the Human Machine. They
will be presenting this project to the
class, giving an explanation of the
project and the system they studied.
They may choose to work alone or with
a partner. We will spend at least two
days in class researching and preparing
for the projects. Students may have to
spend some time at home working on
the project. I am attaching to this Peek
IB Planner – The Human Machine – Bones a copy of the assignment sheet, for
your information. Projects are due and
presentations will be given on
Tuesday, October 20. The guidelines
are also posted on our class website
under the homework tab.
SPELLING
There will be no spelling list
next week because we have a
short week!
CONTACT
INFORMATION:
IB Planner – The Human Machine -Research
Julie Stonehouse
Room 115
(651) 407-7600 x1609
jlston@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us