Mr. Mell's
Fifth Grade Classroom
2009-2010


Welcome to Mr. Mell's Fifth Grade Classroom
2009 - 2010


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We have started our economics unit.
Click HERE for resources and games!

j0433668.wmf (111740 bytes) CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES AND A MOVIE FROM OUR FIESTA!!

SOCIAL STUDIES -  We have had so much fun learning about Latin America.  Students made some really cool brochures about different countries.  We had a language teacher visit and teach us some Spanish.  Mr. Floyd presented his trip to the Panama Canal.  Miss Meyers gave another presentation on her visit to Belize.  We'll be having a big fiesta to celebrate what we have learned.  Our next unit of study will be the long awaited economics unit.  More information will follow soon.

SCIENCE - We are starting to learn about the nervous system.

READING - Students have been reviewing reading strategies to use when taking a test.  We have worked on reading question stems for key words, finding evidence markers and envisioning.  We have also been reading our independent books as well.  After the test, we will be starting a historical fiction unit.

WRITING - Student have finished writing their brochures.  They turned out great.  We are finishing a fun piece called, "When I am 30 Years Old."  We hope to share these with you soon.   Student will soon be writing historical fiction pieces.

MATH - You may have noticed that we have been jumping around a bit in math.  We went from unit 9 to unit 12 in about one week.  The reason is that there are some concepts on the state math test that aren't covered until later in the year in our math program.  I will be going back and completing the lessons we had to skip for now.  Luckily, we are in a really good place in math program.  The students have made great progress this year.

Please click HERE for an extra copy of any parent letter that was sent home.

TECHNOLOGY - Students are learning a program called Garage Band.  They are having so much fun with it.  The program allows them to compose and record music.  We'll be making jingles for our economics unit.  Our music teacher is helping us.  We are also learning how to create web pages using a program called iWeb.  Each student will create a page about an author and the books that they have written.  These pages will be shared with other Lynnwood classes and published to the Lynnwood intranet as reference for students.

* Check back soon for more updates *

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Welcome Home
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They are home!!
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Move over Hannah Montana, we have a hit song of our own!  Click HERE to listen to our class sing the Fifty Nifty (it may take a moment for the song to load).

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Our big end-of-the-year field trip has been announced.  We are going to BOSTON!  The students are very excited.  Click HERE for more.

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The "Journey" has begun!
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What a terrific day we had together at UAlbany's Education Day.  See more of what we experienced together by clicking HERE.


 

 

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We shared a fun day together before our December break.  We participated in a sing-a-long, read while drinking hot chocolate, decorated cookies and enjoyed a fantastic presentation on antique toys by Mr. Floyd.  Click HERE to see part of our day.

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!  Check out the video of our very first snowfall.  We took a quick break from math to try and catch some snowflakes on our tongues!
100_1690.jpg (214190 bytes) In science we have been using microscopes to observe many interesting items.  Here are some pictures of our young scientists observing fish scales and human hair.
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capitolpic.jpg (130843 bytes) We experienced a lot during our trip to Albany.  We visited the assembly and senate chambers in the capitol building.  We traveled  42-stories up to the Corning Tower observation deck (which happens to be the tallest building in New York State outside of New York City).  The state museum was another stop where some of us even had a chance to ride a historical carousel.  Click HERE to see the pictures from the day.

Our Halloween party was a lot fun.  Click HERE to see some of the friendly and scary faces in the classroom!
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See below for more on what is happening in our classroom.

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Our Mission Statement Video was presented last week at Lynnwood's Share & Celebrate.  The students did a terrific job helping to film and produce this video.  We hope you enjoy it.

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What would life be without rules?  We started our unit on the U.S. Constitution and Government with a crazy kickball game that had no rules! 

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Our math array museum

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Observing a penny
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Classroom Observations

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This year we are helping join Peyton and Eli manning to help donate 1 million books to kids in need.  All we have to do is read 100 books as a class by the end of December.  Click HERE to see the kickoff video for the program with Peyton and Eli.




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Documents from the start of school:

Welcome Letter Supply List Mr. Mell Interview
Student Interview

PDF COPY
Mr. Mell's Email
mellt@guilderlandschools.org
Parent Interview

PDF COPY


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DATES:

June 17 - Field Trip to Boston.  Click HERE for information.

June 21 -Fifth Grade Friendship Games at the High School.

June 23 -Fifth Grade Celebration.   Starts at 8:30am.  Half day for student.

June 24 - Last day of school.  Half day for student..

 

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