Winterfest Performance Video

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Winterfest

On Wednesday, December 19th we had our annual Winterfest performances. The students presented 2 poems and sang Carol of the Bells. The students did a fantastic job. I was so proud of the class. Below is a photo album from the night.

(video to come)

Math 4-6 Homework Help Video

I hope this video helps with your homework. 

Inauguration Party

On Wednesday November 7th we had our Inauguration Party to celebrate the election of our class officers. (I will post the results in the next few day as well as some video.) For this celebration we had the pleasure of having some special guests visit the classroom and join us in this important day. They came and sang patriotic songs and danced with the students. One of the guests that joined us had a fantastic story to share with the students. Jim Pollock who is a banjo player has played for 6 different Presidents of the United States. The students were in awe of his playing the banjo and his story. We had a great time and the students we full of laughs. By clicking the picture below you can check out the photo gallery of the event. Thank you to all that came and help out at this event. For me it was truly an awesome over powering experience.

Speech Videos

Chief of Staff

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of the Treasury

Vice President

President

Photo Albums

Below you will find to Photo Albums from events this week. The first is from our TheatreWorks Presentation on Monday night. The second album is from our class elections speeches. please take a look at the albums by clicking on the picture to see the entire set of pictures.

TheatreWorks

Election Speeches

I will be posting some video later this evening or tomorrow.

Heal Farms Field Trip

On Friday we had the opportunity to go to Heal Farms. This farm is set up through the County Office of Education to teach students about farming its importance. Below are some pictures of our awesome trip. We will be going back in May to harvest what we planted.

(click on the picture to view the album)

TheatreWorks Presentation

On Monday, October 29th at 6:00pm both 5th grade class will be presenting to family and friends what they have learned during TheatreWork over the last 2 weeks. It is pretty fun to see the students show what they have learned is a completely different way. Please make sure students are to school by 6:00pm There will be no homework assigned that night for those that show up. We will also be talking to parents about fundraising for Outdoor Education which is in May. This is a very important evening for both students and parents. Please mark your calendars.

(Click on the link for a preview of the performance.)

Class Election

On November 6th while we are going to the polls to vote for our countries elected offices our class will be going to the polls as well. We will not be voting for the President of the United States but rather the President of our classroom as well as a few other positions. Each student is required to run for an elected position in class. The students must write a speech, produce a poster, as well as create some type of campaign memorabilia. The students will present their speeches to the class on either October 29th or the 30th. A more exact schedule will follow in the coming days. Please refer to the calendar at the top of this page for exact due dates of all assignments. Parents are invited to the presentation days.

Earthquake's Shea Salinas Visits Roosevelt

We had a great opportunity to meet a professional soccer player Wednesday at school. He came and talked to the students about setting goals and how to take care of themselves. He was ver informative and the students really enjoyed having him on campus. Click on the picture to see the photo gallery.

See the Patch.com article about the visit here.

Shuttle Pictures

Here are the best pictures I have from the Space Shuttle Fly Over today. It was a pretty awesome experience.

(Click on the picture to see the entire album.)

Start of the Year

Well it has been a crazy start to the year. With trainings and new students and testing we have been going crazy just to stay ahead. Over the next few days things will start to settle down and we will get into a normal routine. You have all been doing a pretty good job holding things together. There are somethings we will need to work on but I am confident that this will come when class settles down a bit. Keep working hard.

Job Openings

One of the areas we focus on in class is learning responsibility. We do this by taking on different jobs in the classroom. Each of these jobs follows the theme of Government but with a twist. The students are required to fill out a job application and go through a "Rigorous" interview process. All application are do in class on Monday, September 10, 2012.

Job Title	Job Description	# of Students	Possible Salary	Voted In
Secretary of Defense	Hall Monitors	?	$20	No
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Collect Playground Equipment after Recess and Lunch	4	$30	No
Ambassador of Trade	Class Library	2 or 3	$30	No
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Cleaning of the classroom	1 or 2	$20	No
Secretary of State	The most important job ever ICE.	1	$20	No
Secretary of Homeland Security	Line Monitors	2	$20	No
Press Secretary	Picture taking	2	$30	No
Secretary of the Interior	Technology Assistant	2	$20	No
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Recycling and trash supervisors	2 or 3	$20	No
Secretary of Education	Board writing	2	$50	No

Post and Get A Reward

For each student that posts a comment there will be a reward in class tomorrow.

First Day

I had a great time today meeting all of the new students in our classroom. We have some awesome personalities. I can already tell this is going to be a great year. The students worked pretty hard today and it was only day 1. I want to remind all the students to practice their multiplication as it is very important for our math program. Remember to check out the homework section to make sure you completed all of the assignments tonight. 

I look forward to seeing what comes next with this group of students. Again great job everyone!!

Our New Digs

Welcome to our NEW class website. Please make sure you read the rules above and real free to poke around and see what is going on. I am still in the process of creating everything so please check back later to see what is new.