Mrs.

Stonehouse’s
Peek at the Week
December14-18, 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
14 15 16 17 18
Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music Day 3 – Media Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music

IB Planner:
Agents of Change Spanish Spelling Test
Family Gathering
Spanish 6:30pm Patrol Field Trip AoC Note Check for
(So. America Bowling Final Project Due
Research is due) 1:00-3:00
Art Enrichment Homework Packet
Papa Murphy’s Pizza Night
2:00-3:00 Due

PATROL UPDATE
The first School Patrol reward event
has been scheduled for Thursday,
December 17. Patrols will be going
bowling at White Bear Lake Bowl from
1:00 – 3:00pm.
Students should NOT bring extra
money to spend that day for food or
arcade games. We appreciate your
support with this.
IMPORTANT DATES:
 12/14 – Art Enrichment 2:00 – 3:00
 12/15 – Family Gathering 6:30pm
 12/17 – Patrol Field Trip 1:00 – 3:00 Classroom Wishlist
 12/23 – Winter Celebration /5th grade PJ Day
 12/24 – Winter Break Begins Our classroom is getting low on a few
 1/4 – School Resumes supplies. If you are able to donate any
 1/6 – Rough draft and notes due of these items to our classroom, we
would really appreciate it! We are in
need of the following items:
Packages of lined paper
CLASS WEBSITE: Crayola Markers
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade Kleenex
classes this year. Please check it out!
http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 CLASS NEWS
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
In math, we continued working with
decimals. Students were introduced to a few WEATHER
new strategies to use when adding or Please make sure your child has
subtracting bigger numbers. Students should appropriate clothing for winter –
be using which ever method they are the most coat, hat, and mittens are a must!
comfortable with. Please check out links on Don’t forget boots and snow pants
when needed. Many students have
our class web site for more practice with
Patrol Duty outside and need to be
decimals and place value. prepared for any and all types of
In our new IB planner, students are weather.
focusing their inquiry on Agents of Change.
The central idea of this planner is that
individuals have made contributions through
language and the arts. This week we learned
about different agents of change including
Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frida Kahlo. The
summative assessment was explained and
students had time to brainstorm who they
would like to do their report on. We will start
researching next week and begin taking notes.
In Book Clubs we are continuing our WILD ABOUT READING
Our class voted to participate in
study of elements of non-fiction. This week the Wild About Reading contest
we studied text features, text structure, and put on by the Minnesota Wild. We
completed character maps. We also began brainstormed ideas for a class
book club role pages. The groups are working cheer and submitted our entry.
independently—I appreciate their efforts. Now we wait to see if our cheer
As a part of taking responsibility for was chosen as one of the top 12!
our own learning, we have also have been
working on being respectful listeners. Ask
your 5th grader what “active listening” looks Wacky Hair Day!!
CONTACT
like. INFORMATION:
Have a great weekend, enjoy the snow!

Julie Stonehouse
Room 115
(651) 407-7600 x1609
jlston@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us