Super Power
If I had a super power what would it be and how would I use it to help the world. This was the topic for our own book! One student had brain power and would help students learn better, one student had super human power that would repair devastations like in Haiti and save people. One child even found the solution for world hunger. All of their essays were innovative and creative. When asked, the students agreed that Mrs. Emestica’s super power would be to transport through time with a flick of my hand! Thank God for an imagination. Job well done 5E.
Mrs. Emestica
Learn From The Sansei
Right angels, obtuse, triangles, parallelograms we are having fun in geometry figuring out patterns and learning our angels. We went into the geometry matrix where I, Mrs. Emestica, was the geometry Sansei. I modeled the angels and the students guessed what they were in order to be able to move on to the next level. When 5E had mastered the different angels they were able to become a Sansei like me.
Mrs. Emestica
Know Your States
Did you know that the state flower of South Carolina, the Jasmine is poisonous, but at the same time is used in medicine? Did you know that the best blueberries come from Maine? The state of Georgia is known as the peach state but who knew it has seven other nicknames. Did you know that the franchise called Starbucks all started in Washington! As 5E did state presentations we all learned different interesting fact about each other’s states.
Mrs. Emestica
Ronald McDonald Promotes Literacy
“Literacy” was the theme that was emphasized during Ronald’s visit to Evangel on Tuesday, May 19, 2010. The students sang songs, saw a puppet show and had a great time learning about “Book Time” and the love of reading. Ronald encouraged our students not to “play the day away, but to grab a good book and go on an adventure!” We are very grateful to McDonald’s for sending Ronald to our K-5th grade students to share how important it is to love reading and to read books with excitement!! We can’t wait until he comes to visit us again!!!!!! Thank you to the McDonalds Corporation for their generosity in choosing our school for their community outreach efforts.
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Peacock Bookmarks
Reading is fun but its tough when you forget which page you left off at. Students made lively peacock bookmarks using Popsicle sticks, feathers, googley eyes and markers. There’s no better way to save your page then with a bright peacock!
Miss Arnau
Beginning Typing – no wait – Keyboarding
The students in elementary have begun a focused unit studying the history and basics of keyboarding. We have taken a speed test and many of the students have some natural ability. The students are exploring Microsoft Word and love drawing pictures for each other in Pixie, our basic illustration software. Jump start is a great addition to your home software collection. The students love playing it and they learn about many different subjects from playing it.
Mr. Boyd
We have a voice
If I had a super power what would it be? What would I do to help the world? 5E is writing about this topic and is going to publish a book. Children are the future and in reading some of the essays students took a stand about, pollution, war, and poverty. As strongly stated by a student, children are people too and our voice counts. We can make a difference in this world. We can make it a better place. I agree.
Mrs. Emestica
The Hydrological Cycle
Here we go, as we learned a little song and dance that would help us remember the three states of water. The hydrological cycle condensation, evaporation, precipitation OH! In this lesson the students had to observe different states of water as well as make other observations of what was in it. This helped students be more aware of their scientific evaluations. OH!
Mrs. Emestica
Do you know Aunt Sally?
PEMDAS, please excuse my dear aunt sally. We are now moving on to Algebra. 5E learned this simple acronym to help them remember the order of operations. P is for parenthesis, e is for exponents, m is for multiplication, d is for division and s is for subtraction. This helped 5E as they ventured into solving math equations. They learned it so well that we can now say we don’t need Aunt Sally helping us anymore.
Mrs. Emestica
Lamination!
What is it? 5E learned it is the process by which you make things stronger layer by layer. In this lesson the students had to strategize to build a Tower of Straws using only masking tape, plastic straws and a desk. 15 minutes were on the clock as each group taped and built and stacked their tower. The goal of the activity was to have the last tower standing. It would be the tower of strength because of lamination and construction. At the end of the activity each tower was left to stand without anyone’s help. Just when the groups thought they had won, their tower came tumbling down. The winner of the last one left standing happened to be the group that took it apart and put it together several times. In the very end persistence won.
Mrs. Emestica