Hello all my old babies!

I hope you all are doing well in middle school. I certainly miss you this year. Keep in touch with me and let me know how things are going!

Summer Activities

Fun stuff at the Public Library. Check it out!

http://jpl.coj.net/progs/jpl/summer_reading2008.html


Hope you all are having a fantastic summer!

End of the Year

Well guys, this is it! Another year has sailed by so quickly and we have reached the end of another year. It has indeed been a pleasure being your teacher as you ended your elementary school days. I hope that when you look back at the things you've learned, the friends you've made, and the times you've had, that you will smile. I know that along the way this year, you have made me smile, and laugh quite a bit. I enjoyed watching you guys grow from little guys and gals to young ladies and gentlemen. You are a force to be reckoned with. I wish you much success as you continue your educational journey into middle school. I look forward to hearing good things about you and your accomplishments. I do hope that you will stay in touch. I plan to have this blogspot up and running next year, so please take a moment and stop by once and a while. Each one of you has a very special place in my heart along with several memories that I will never forget. Thank you for allowing me to be your teacher and I love you all!

Ms. Herrera :)

Poetry Cafe

Monday is Poetry Cafe!!!

Don't forget to bring juice and cookies in!

Comment to let me know if you will bring enough to share with the class!

5th Grade Formal

The Fifth Grade Formal was awesome! You guys looked amazing and so grown up. I hope you all had a pleasant evening and enjoyed yourselves. Here are a few pics from the formal. If you have any pictutres on your digital cameras, please ask your parents to upload them and send them to my email address. herreraf@duvalschools.org

HELP FIGHT HUNGER WITH VOCABULARY

Go to this website and find large vocabulary words to challenge yourself and to help fight hunger at the same time. Challenge your parents too! Who can earn more rice? Don't forget to tell me how much you your earned!

www.freerice.com

State Report Help!

Here are a few more sites that I have found that could be helpful for any information that you have not been able to find.

http://www.sjteach.org/state

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

http://classbrain.com/artstate/publish/

http://www.ecb.org/tracks/

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/states/default.htm#Informational%20Sites (excellent site)


Remember that your fact pages along with their captions are due on Monday! The entire project is due on Tuesday!

End of the Year Events and Deadlines

Parents,
As the end of the school year draws near, here are a few important dates to keep in mind:
April 8th- 20 completed notecards are due on State Project
April 14th- Last day to pay for Islands of Adventure ($55 cash)
April 22nd- COMPLETED STATE REPORTS and ART PROJECTS ARE DUE
April 23rd- Picture Day (Smile and dress cute and colorful)
April 25th- Last day to purchase 5th grade CD's ($10 cash)
April 28th- April Book Log check (MUST HAVE READ 25 BOOKS BY THIS DATE)
May 1st- Reading Celebration (completion of 25 books)
May 1st- Dance Tickets go ON SALE!
May 5th-Teacher Appreciation Week Begins!!
May 6th- Islands of Adventure field trip
May 8th- Visit to Oceanway Middle School!!! (You guys are growing up so fast!)
May 13th- Boy/Girl Assemblies
May 16th- 5th Grade Formal at First Coast High School 6p-9p (invitations will go home soon)
May 23rd- National Nerd and Geek Pride Day (dress up like Screech!)
June 4th- 5th Grade Farewell/Awards Ceremony
June 5th- Last day of school (noon dismissal)

STATE REPORTS

It's "Report Time!"
All students drew a state this week to do a research report on. Students were given a pink packet explaining what was to be included in their report, as well as how it would be graded. There are several due dates as we go through this process. Please visit this post and the comments frequently for more information.

March 25th- Pack of colored note cards due.
March 27th- Students given information about how to do notecards and bibliographies
March 27th- Students visit computer lab to gather research.
April 8th- 20 completed notecards are due!
April 15th- Bibliography draft due
April 18th- Rough draft of paper due (This includes introduction section through the closing paragraph)
April 21st- Fact pages due in class to be shown to Ms. Herrera (remember captions must be included!
April 22nd- Published reports, Art projects, everything due!

Dynomite Dioramas!

Great job on your dioramas! Look below to see the ones that were turned in for the month of March! They are awesome!

Dioramas.

National Chocolate Caramel Day!

March 19th is National Chocolate Caramel Day! This day has been established to celebrate the wonderful taste of chocolate combined with the sweet irresistible taste of caramel. Where would the world be without this delicacy. Be sure to be in class tomorrow. Our celebration will not be a "dud!"

Verb Test Thursday

Use these sites to help prepare you for your VERB TEST!

http://www.quia.com/ws/67745.html (verbs and their past tense)

http://www.quia.com/cb/1027.html (irregular verbs)

http://www.funbrain.com/verb/index.html (verb be)
click on the bees!

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/verbquiz5.htm (all kinds of verb help)

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/verbquiz6.htm (subject-verb agreement)

Let me know how you do!

GRAMMAR DAY

Here are some pics from our GRAMMAR DAY! All students went around to different stations to do different grammar activities!

MARIO DAY (Mar. 10)

How did you like Mario Day? Was it what you expected? Be sure to play some Mario this weekend. Your coupon is below!

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Redeemable at any home or a friend’s house No Expiration Date
MARIO DAY COUPON
This coupon entitles Ms. Herrera’s student to one uninterrupted round on any “Mario” video game!
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Practice Reading FCAT Scale

How well did you do? How close were you to the next level?

Level 5- 100%-95%
Level 4- 94%-85%
Level 3- 84%-75%
Level 2- 74%-65%
Level 1- 64% -0%

You guys did great on the practice tests! I am so proud of each of you. Keep up the good work and let's make this happen on the real test! Comment on this post and tell everyone what strategies work best for you! Be sure to explain them thoroughly!

Next Week's "Quirky" Holidays!

Monday- Mario day! No details until Monday!!!! Make sure you are here to celebrate!
Friday- International "Ask A Question" Day! - Come up with some good ones! I'll tell you later in the week what we are doing for this special day!

National Name Tag Day

Today is Nametag Day!
All students made a nametag and brought it in to share.
To celebrate the day, we wore our nametag proudly and were strangers only once to the people who did not know our name. Plus, Ms. Herrera through in a twist and made students be more creative. No pencils, markers, or crayons were allowed to be used to the names!
Ms. Herrera's Class

Mrs. Elmore's Class

March Book Log Check and Response

The monthly book log check will be on March 27th! (You are not in school on the 28th!)

As with each book log check, you have to turn in a response for a book that you have read that month! This month you have an option. You can either turn in a response in Response to Literature format or you can make a diorama.

I have included a few links about dioramas so you will know what they are and what they look like.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/diorama/

http://www.ehow.com/how_12761_make-diorama.html

WE HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS!

On February 29th, it was discovered that we had new neighbors in the area of our portable. They are polite and seem to keep to themselves. We did find out that they seem to enjoy Fruit Loops!