Oakridge Fifth Grade Blog

End of Year Survey

alicemercer — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:30:20 +0000

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Reviewing Self Control

alicemercer — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:23:17 +0000

Here is the video on the “Marshmallow Experiment”. Please watch it:

Here is a slideshow with tips about how to improve your self-control. Please read it:

Marshmallows

Have you used any of this tips this year? Have you done something else to improve your self-control. What helped you with self-control this year?

Reflecting on the year at Oak Ridge

alicemercer — Sat, 21 May 2011 17:34:33 +0000

Audio from our class discussion in Ms. Kruse’s class:

KruseDiscussionIfYouLivedattheRevolution

Please write a comment of at least three (3) sentences about one or more of the following:

There have been a lot of changes here at Oak Ridge this year, how do you feel about these changes?
What are you looking forward to about the summer?
What have you learned this year that you’re proud of? What meant the most to you?
How do you feel about becoming a sixth grader next year? What will it mean?

Coordinate Graphing

alicemercer — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:26:52 +0000

Please do one or more of these activities:

Culture and Heritage: Immigration

alicemercer — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:23:04 +0000

Becoming a US Citizen
What did you learn about the culture of some of the immigrants shown in the video? How is it different or the same as some of the cultures in the United States.
Photo Credit: Becoming a US Citizen by Samantha Decker, on Flickr

Heritage and Culture: What we are learning

alicemercer — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:29:32 +0000

Go to one or more of these sites to learn about some different cultures. One day two, you will share something that you learned in a comment.

Heritage and Culture: Questions?

alicemercer — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:00:58 +0000

Last time, we shared some of our cultures. We have students from different cultures from the Southeastern part of Asia, the Hmong, and Mien cultures. We have students who come from the Native American or American Indian culture. We have students who are Mexican or Mexican-American, students who are African American or black, and students who are white. Some of you did not know what your cultural backgrounds were, and I asked that you talk to your family members about this to try to get a better idea.

Today, please write a question that you have either about your culture, or one of the other cultures in our class. Please be appropriate and respectful. If you are not sure if your question is appropriate or respectful, talk to me and we’ll see what we can come up with.
Photo credit: question-mark by the.sprouts, on Flickr

Heritage: Immigration

alicemercer — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:18:43 +0000

Please do the following activities:

Photo Credit: “Statue of Liberty” by Video4net, on Flickr

Heritage and Culture

alicemercer — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:30:51 +0000

We will be starting a new unit on heritage and culture.

Here is a definition of culture:

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group

We will be looking at the food, clothing, and music of some of the cultures at our school. The most important question we will answer is how these things reflect the values, or what is important in those cultures.

Do you have a cultural group that you identify with? What is it and why do you identify with that group?

Astronomy: Closing Our Unit

alicemercer — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:05:39 +0000

Please share your favorite word from you Astronomy A-Z book, and what it meant.