Mrs.

Stonehouse’s
Peek at the Week
November 2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3 4 5
Day 3 - Spanish Day 1 – Phy Ed Day 2 – Music Day 3 – Spanish Day 1 – Phy Ed

Start of new Homework Packet due!

Language Arts
rotation Spelling Test
Book Browse
Start new
unit of inquiry: First Grade Buddies Friday Activity Day 
Civil Struggles
Last day for Trick or Can

IMPORTANT DATES: PATROL UPDATE

The Black team will take over duties on
 11/8 – Drumming Exchange Monday, November 1. They will be on
 11/12 – NO SCHOOL duty two weeks, until November 12.
 11/25 – NO SCHOOL Please check the schedule posted in the
 11/26 – NO SCHOOL fifth grade classrooms or on the team
website.

CLASS WEBSITE:
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year. Please check it out!

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 ROOM 114 – CLASS NEWS
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO? TRICK OR CAN
This week in math we finished Unit 2 The canned food drive has been
and our work on area and perimeter. We took extended until November 5.
the unit test on Thursday. Double checking our If you can donate, we would
work for details (“Do I have the correct unit of appreciate non-perishable food
measure with my answer?”) continues to be a items. Thank you! 
goal area for many students.
We also presented projects and
reflected on our IB Planner, titled The Human
Machine. Students did a great job presenting
THE GREAT MAIL RACE
their projects to the class. They also reflected on
Last week our fifth grade team
everything we have learned and chose
received a letter from a fifth grade
something to include in their portfolios. We will Our class and Mrs. Felton’s class meet some
class in Utah inviting us to
be starting our next Unit of Inquiry, Civil special guests from Brazil! participate in the Great Mail Race.
Struggles, next week.
This is a way for us to write letters to
Our spelling list focused on words with
fifth graders in every state, and to
double letters and the /aw/ sound. Students
receive letters back from around the
started Tic Tac Toe spelling, where they choose
country! We are excited about this
how they want to practice their spelling words.
project. Each student wrote a letter
We also worked on writing a friendly letter and
this week and will be sending it to
addressing an envelope in the Great Mail Race.
two different states across the U.S.
It’s been a week of the arts! Kathy Berlin
We look forward to hearing back
(mom of a fifth grader) did a lesson on
from other fifth graders and tracking
pointillism and Kyle (White Bear Lake Center for
our letters on a map of the U.S.!
the Arts) did a watercolor lesson. Students also
watched a performance by the Windy City
Players with their first grade buddies.
On Monday, we met visitors (school
administrators) from Brazil. We were able to CONTACT INFORMATION:
ask them questions about what schools and Pointillism Art Lesson
students in their country are like. Julie Stonehouse
(led by Parent volunteer Kathy Berlin)
We also had our fall fun celebration on Room 115
Friday afternoon. This included crafts, snacks, (651) 407-7600 x1609
and fall games. We had a wonderful time! Have jlston@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us
a great weekend! 