Global Horizons: Fifth Grade- Foxworth & Bosch

Mr. Bosch has been doing a fantastic job with those videos!  I just have a few quick comments to make.  Students have been working hard to complete their poetry portfolio videos.  We hope to post these online.  They have also started a new project.  After learning about propaganda and persuasive writing, students are working to [...]

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Daily Video Log Entry. Includes a video showing the students working on the next step of their ecosystems projects.
Enjoy,
Mr. Bosch
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Another video log (vlog) entry.
Enjoy,
Mr. Bosch
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Today’s entry is being done a little differently. I decided to try something a little different and do a video entry. In this entry I discuss some of the day’s events, the students’ ecosystems projects, and include a description and video showing the students working on their projects. The finished projects will be posted on [...]

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Students received new vocabulary words today which are all based on the Latin roots ped, numer, and lib.  Then block 1 had an introductory lesson on propaganda techniques.  Block 2 had Spanish today and will receive that lesson tomorrow.  We are working to finish up our poetry unit, and students spent writing time today finishing the poems required for [...]

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Today’s lessons were posted on our class activities blog.  Students had to read and follow directions.  They reviewed genre and author’s purpose.  They also studied onomatopoeia and wrote a poem using onomatopoeia.  A challenging online MAP practice test was also on the agenda. Our classes will take the MAP reading test on Thursday and Friday of [...]

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I have to say that this week has been very good so far. The students have been doing a great job thinking and putting forth effort. Today in Math we continued to look at Mixed Numbers and Improper fractions and we looked at a website that allowed them to practice identifying mixed numbers and improper [...]

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Everyone seemed to really enjoy the break, including the teachers! Students were wide awake this morning and seemed enthusiastic about being back together. Mrs. Foxworth’s students enjoyed reporting on all their “misadventures” over the break that caused minor injuries. We work so hard to ensure safety at school that they seem to [...]

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It’s been a very different kind of day!  We began the morning with a fire drill.  Then all of fifth grade went to the courtyard for a special activity planned by our guidance counselors called the Peacekeepers Fair.  Classes rotated to 7 different stations to hear presentations about conflict resolution, peaceful ways to solve problems, [...]

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Well, today is one of those days in the world of elementary schools where you know there will be things that interrupt the day, but you just don’t realize how much. Today, my Block 1 met for our normal block time, but Block 2 was completely taken up with a terrific guidance lesson (about hopes [...]

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