Math

If your child has Mrs. Lincoln for Math, your child has a Math test over using Exponents on Friday, April 1st.
It's not an April Fools joke.

DARE Trips

Here is a reminder about our upcoming DARE Trips. If any questions please call me!

March 17, 2011

Dear Fifth and Sixth Grade Parents,

Sheriff Bill Wolfgram, our  DARE officer from Buchanan County, has again set up our annual chartered bus trip to Des Moines.  We will be touring the capitol building and the State Historical museum on Friday, April 15, 2011.  The students will also perform several songs in the rotunda of the capitol.

The bus will leave from the elementary between 8:00 A.M. and 8:15 A.M.  After arriving at the capitol the students will perform their songs.  The students will need to bring a sack lunch for their noon meal.  We will eat, tour the capitol, and then visit the State Historical Museum.  We will eat supper at Burger King in Ankeny and arrive back in Fairbank between 8:00 P.M. and 8:30 P.M.  Please have arrangements made to pick your child up at the elementary school.

The students will need to bring their own money for their supper at Burger King or for any souvenirs they might wish to buy at the museum. They may wish to bring a camera to take pictures of the trip.  A disposable camera works great.

Students may bring snacks and drinks with caps or lids (please send decaffeinated drinks) with them on the bus.  Videos/DVDs will be shown on the bus, but the students may also bring cards, reading materials, and CD players with headphones.  Students must remember not to bring valuables on the bus.  We will not be responsible for anything lost or stolen.    .

Just a reminder that our DARE graduation for the sixth graders will be on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:30 A.M.  Graduation will be held at Heartland Acres in Independence with lunch and a short celebration to follow.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch.  Students are also asked to bring a snack to share during our celebration in the afternoon. The fifth and sixth grade will be performing DARE songs at the graduation. Parents and family members are encouraged to attend the ceremony.

If you have any questions or concerns please call the school at 635-2071.  Please complete the attached permission forms for both the DARE graduation at Independence and the DARE trip to Des Moines.

Thank you.

Mrs. Harter

Mrs. Thurm

Mrs. Lincoln

Mrs. Shannon

Miss Brown

Reading-Paraphrasing

Today we paraphrased about Samuel Adams and John  hannock and did a worksheet -paraphrasing is explaning somthing in your own words. And we will be reading Paul Revere's Ride.
                           vocab. words for our story
fate, glimmer, magnified, fearless, lingers, somber, tread, and steed.



nicely paraphrased by:Macy Jo and Sabrina Kelley

Social Studies:)

Today we talked  about Andrew Jackson and how he  told the Indains to move west to the mississippi river. pg.353-356 and we did a worksheet called Interveiwing Andrew Jackson.

Nicley Parapharased by:Macy Jo  and  Sabrina  Kelley:)

Greek and Latin Roots for March 28 - April 1

miss, mit = send

admit      to send someone in; to allow someone to enter

dismiss     to send someone out; to let someone leave

emit         to send out or give off (such as an odor)

intermission     a break between acts of plays or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks

missile      a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target

mission    a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do

omit         to leave out; to not send

remit        to send back ( usually related to paying bills)

submit     to “send” yourself under someone else’s control; to give in to someone else’s power

transmit   to send something across places; to pass along

Spelling Words for March 28 - April 1

Word Sort

March 28– April 1

soldiers	pianos	essays	chiefs
treaties	countries	luggage	skis
characters	badges	valleys	palaces
beliefs	gentlemen	latches	envelopes
loaves	groceries	heroes	diaries

Port = carry

Port = Carry

deport                to carry or send away from a country: to banish

export                 to carry out of the country

import                 to carry into the country

portable             capable of being easily carried

portage              the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another

porter                  an attendant who carries travelers’ luggage for them

portfolio              a case for carrying loose papers

report                  a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new

support               to carry the weight of something

transport            to carry something from one place to another

Spelling Words for March 21 - 25

Word Sort

March 21 – March 25

director	pitcher	commander	colonist
typist	scientist	editor	homemaker
operator	professor	creditor	instructor
artist	passenger	inventor	tourist
cyclist	actor	publisher	gardener

Social Studies Test

There will be a Social Studies test over Chapter 13 on THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!

Root Words for March 14 - 17

Word List: Sect = cut; separate

bisect      to cut into two pieces

dissect     to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

insect      a class of small arthropod animals that has 3

separate sections of their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen.

intersection     the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

section            a separate part of something

sectional         a couch that is made up of separate pieces

sector              a separate part of a society, group, or areas

transect           to cut across something

trisect              to cut into three separate pieces

vivisection      surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases.

Spelling Words for March 14 - 17

Word Sort

March 14– March 17

proven	Wisconsin	disgrace	horseback
ally	unfasten	weather map	nonsmoker
device	sharpen	Arkansas	unlisted
close-up	magnetize	Wyoming	impure
devise	pocketbook	Arizona	alley

Math

Today in math are going to do work sheet 68





By Jordan & Colin

Science

Today we are talking about the rules about our Rube Goldberg. We are also planning with our partners.

By Colin & Jordan

Social Studies

we read and took notes on lesson 2 chapter 13



By Colin and Jordan 

Science

We finished are screw presentations.



By Jordan and Colin

Social Studies

We took notes on lesson 1 chapter 13

greek and latin roots for March 7 - 11

Greek and Latin Roots for March 7 – 11

ject = throw

dejected         to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit.

eject                to throw out

injection          a shot; the “throwing of medicine in the body by a needle

interjection     a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

jettison            to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

projectile        an object thrown into the air with great force

projector         a machine that throws an image onto a wall

reject               to throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be used again

subject            to throw oneself under someone else’s rule

trajectory        the curved path of an object thrown into space.

Spelling words for March 7 - 11

Word Sort

March 7 – March 11

vane	principal	country	weight
kernel	vein	county	coarse
invent	except	colonel	dairy
capitol	accept	vain	principle
event	capital	diary	course

Tests, Tests, and one more Test!!!!!

Tomorrow is a big morning for your child. They have a reading test over I Want to Vote.  Please make sure they read it to themselves or to you. Spelling Test over Unit 22. Words are on the blog. I need them to study. Last week only 2 students received 100%l.  I expect more from them. Finally they have their Greek and Latin test over DICT = SPEAK. The words and definitions are on the blog. This test will be given to them after lunch. Have a great weekend.

Guest Readers

Thank you to our guest readers this week. Merlyn Duffy, Linda and Evan DeBoer, Chad VanDaele, and Pat Kayser for sharing her experiences of Ireland.