Colonial Fair News!

I know many of you have started on your Colonial Fair projects, and I am very proud of you!  I also know we have started PACE this week, too.  I wanted to give you a little extra time to work on your projects, so our Colonial Fair has been moved to Monday, February 13th.

Thank you for all of your hard work!!!

Social Studies Update

Here is what the fifth graders need to be working on, at home, for Social Studies:

PACE:  Go to the library, and find a book or two for their PACE project
*If they have a computer at home, they may use the previous post to find resources
*Students need to have materials at school by Friday, February 3rd

COLONIAL FAIR:  Friday, February 10th-This is a project done entirely at home.  Student chose the projects they wanted to work on last week-they have a packet of descriptions, and they have the rubrics.  All projects will be due on the day of our Colonial Fair.

Please email me if you have any questions!  Thank you!

PACE Research Websites

Thank you for taking the time to find reliable internet sources!  This is valuable information, that will help you throughout the rest of your school career, and BEYOND.

Click here for a list of eight ways of checking information on websites.

Do you know how hard our librarians work, to make sure we have reliable internet sources? 

Click here for a list of resources gathered by our wonderful librarians.

Once you get to that website, there are some great lists!

PACE:  Browse these websites, for information on the person you are studying.  Don't get discouraged, if you can't find something right away!

RESEARCH DATABASES:

*Ebsco and World Book Online are fantastic resources!  World Book Online will count as an encyclopedia source.
*These require a password:
Ebsco:  login:  jsd2; password: smart
World Book:  login:  jsd2; password: smart

P.S.

Need some reminders about PACE?  Here are resources from the district website that are definitely worth browsing.: PACE Resources

Ski Night: Thursday, January 26th

*Ski night is ON!  Bogus Basin will start night skiing on Wednesday, so we are cleared to attend our regularly scheduled night on Thursday.

*We are going to have a great time!

Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll keep this as updated as possible, with upcoming events, homework, fun websites to check out, and just anything else you need to know about our class.