End of the Year!!

I can't believe it is time for school to be out in just a few days.  Just a few reminders for you:
May 9th-May 13th is End of Level Testing--please make sure your students go to bed early and eat a good breakfast.
May 24th Timeline dance
May 25th  Swimming @SHAC.
May 25th Last day of school! Students get out @ noon.


Thank you again for all of your support this year!
Mrs. Griffiths 

Sample Student Reports

Jefferson Finis Davis

By: Melissa Vidal

Jefferson Finis Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in a log cabin in Kentucky.  He was the youngest of 10 children.  Around 1812 Jefferson moved twice and finally stayed in Mississippi.  Jefferson was rich during his whole life.  He’s father was in the war and so was he’s grandpa.  A year after Jefferson Davis got sent to a military academy. Then in 1828 he graduated from he U.S military academy at the west point at the age of 20. As the years went by he found himself president of the C.S.A initials for Confederacy States of America.  He was elected president in November 6, 1861 for 6 years. He was the one and only president during the 4 years of the civil war between the years of 1861 thru 1865.

                Jefferson Davis’s first wife was Sarah Knox Taylor the daughter of Zachary Taylor but after the marriage she died in 3 months. In 1835 Jefferson got remarried to Varina Ann Howell Davis a young teenage girl. Jefferson was 19 years older than Varina.  Varina and Jefferson had 6 children all together. One was born during trouble times and another during a tragedy.  Jefferson’s family supported him through everything. After the war Varina and Jefferson Davis was captured and got sent to a dungeon and their children had to live with their grandmother.

            Jefferson had never really liked his middle name. In all his papers except his birth certificate it only shows, Jefferson Davis, he had removed the F. Jefferson was the leader of the Confederate States so he had to make all the decisions. Jefferson was the one that decided to start the Civil War in 1861. Jefferson was used to being a leader, when he was in the military he was chosen to be the leader of his team.

            Jefferson Davis was a great leader to the south side but most people think that he had made some wrong decisions. Jefferson Davis had 2 slaves and thought African- American should still be slaves. Most people say that Jefferson Davis didn’t know how slaves were being treated. But I think that he just doesn’t want to admit that he knew what’s going on.

            Jefferson Davis viewed himself as a loyal American. He’s heroes were, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Zackary Taylor. Those presidents were slave owners as well. Because of those heroes he ran for congress, served in the Mexican War, ran for governor of Mississippi and lost, but then appointed a United State Senator of Mississippi.

            When Jefferson got captured, the fourth Michigan Cavalry captured him in Irwinville, Georgia. In May 13, 1867 he was released from Fortress Monroe prison. He had to pay a 100,000-dollar bail signed by 20 prominent men. When Jefferson got out he had gotten his children back.

           

December 6, 1889 at 12:45 Jefferson Davis was dieing at a friends house of pneumonia. He was at Brierfield, Alabama and was rushed to New Orleans, Louisiana. When the doctor tried to give him medicine he refused. Then his last words were, “Pray excuse me I cannot take it”Then right there he had died. In December 11, 1889 Jefferson Davis had the longest and largest funeral in the Southern. He remained buried at New Orleans till this day.

Christopher Columbus
           By: Treyton Wilson

Christopher Columbus was a great man.  I will tell about some of his early life, second voyages, and third voyages across the sea. He was a truly great man.

                Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the north Italian port of Genoa. He was the first child of Domenico, a wool weaver, and Susanna. Christopher was followed by two brothers named Bartolomeo and Diego, and a sister Bianchietta.  Another brother, Giovanni, died at a young age. A couple years later Columbus found America!

                After the success of finding this new land, He set sail west again on September 23, 1493 with 17 ships and 1,200 men. The purpose of this journey was to establish colonies in the name of Spain. On November 3, the crew members sighted land and found 3 more new islands! Because their was still no riches there, they went on to Hispaniola, only to discover that the fort of Navidad had been destroyed and the crew killed.
    
    Columbus's 3rd voyage began May 30, 1498 and took a more southern route. Instead of finding China, he found Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, and Margarita, on July 31. He also reached the mainland of South America. He returned to Hispaniola and found the colony of Santo Domingo. A representative went to look at the land in the 1500; Columbus was arrested and sent back to Spain.

               

                Columbus’s final voyage began on May 9, 1502 and arrived in Hispaniola in June. Once there he was banned from the colony and so he explored more. On July 4, he set sail again and soon found Central America. In January, 1503 he reached Panama and found a small amount of gold but he was forced out of the area by the people that lived there.  After numerous problems and years waiting on Jamaica after his ships had problems, Columbus set sail for Spain. When he arrived there he settled with his son in Seville.

Columbus died on May 20, 1506. As you can see Columbus is a very great man. I told about his early life, second voyages, and third voyages. Columbus has sailed the sea and found what we call today The United States of America!

Pocahontas's life

By:Chelsie McLaws

Pocahontas was really named Matoaka Powhatan but they called her Pocahontas. We don't know a lot about Pocahontas childhood. All we know about Pocahontas childhood is that she was the daughter of chief Powhatan. Her mom was one of the women that married Powhatan. Her mother died giving birth to Pocahontas she had other siblings following her half brothers Nantaquas, Parahont, Pochins, Tatacoope, and Taux and half sisters Cleopatra and Matachanna. She has 15 other siblings of estimatewitch names are unknown. It has been said that pocahontas saved Smith's life more than once witch struck up some friend ship with him. One year later she saved John's life again. John and some other peopke were invited to a Werowocomoco by chief Powhatan. As a firendly gesture. Pocahontas warn John and the people that powhatan was planning a war. But it never occurred. In 1609 a injury that forced John to go back to England. But the remaining people told her John was dead. There are soome reports that say Pocahontas did marry a powhatan warrior named kocoum before 6121. But not much is known about the marriage. Pocahontas's baptize name is lady Rebecca. She married John Rolfe. They spent their early years together on Rolfe's plantation across james river. They had a son named thomas Rolfe in 1615. the onion said to have created peace between Jametown and powhatans tribe. The Rolfe's made a trip to london in 1616. while she was there found out that John was alive in london but they did not meet. But during her stay she was at the society gathering and met king James some English regarded her as a princess in Europe sense. In 1617 John met Rolfe's at a socity gathering but he did not think she was happy to see him. The Rolfe'e retured to Virginia in 1617 but she was ill on board the shipbut Pocahontas's illness was undetermind she died short after . She funeral was on March 21,1617 in parish of saint George's Gravesand.

Track Meet

By: Tyler Hardy

The track meet is coming soon! I am so exited! All I'm doing is either the softball throw or the long jump.(I don't like to run!) We will watch people run and eat lunch outside! Now I will tell you what some of my classmates are doing for the track meet.

DeVeri is doing both track and field events and the 100 m. dash.

Kara is doing the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter and the long jump.

Meadow is doing the long jump, 400 meter and the 100 meter dash.

Treyton is doing the field events.

Brooklyn is doing the 400 meter, the relay, and the long jump.

Javiera is doing the 100 meter dash, long jump, and softball throw.

Kaleb is doing the 100 meter dash, relay, and long jump.

Michal is doing the softball throw and the 100 meter dash.

Olga is doing the long jump and the 100 meter dash.

Olivia is doing the long jump and the softball throw.

Angel is doing 200 meter, 400 meter, and the long jump.

Matt is doing the long jump and softball throw.

Dakota is doing the long jump.

Parker is doing the relay, 400 meter, and the long jump.

Scott is doing the softball throw and long jump.

Chelsie is doing the relay, 200 meter and long jump.

Chase is doing the relay, 100 meter, and the long jump.

Donavan is doing 800 meter, 200 meter, and the softball throw.

Zack is doing the relay, all field events.

Jesus is doing the 200 meter.

Kelsey is doing the 200 meter, softball throw, and long jump.

Allie is doing the 200 meter and the relay.

Austin is doing the 800 meter, softball throw, and the long jump.

Jared is doing the 100 meter, 200 meter, and the long jump.

That is what all my classmates are doing. Remember... THE TRACK MEET IS ON APRIL 14, 2011!

P.S: You can run fast by running on your tiptoes and not letting your heels touch the ground.

Famous Reports

By: Jared Buttle

In my class we have been studying some famous people. My friend Austin has been studying George McClellan. I have been studying Abraham Lincoln. We can find a lot to learn about. I found that my friend Keat might be related to Abraham Lincoln. My friend Angel has been studying John F. Kennedy and he learned that he was born in May 29, 1917. Meadow’s person is Ezra Meeker and she learned that he was the first one to get to the Organ trail. Jesus’s person is on George Washington and he learned that his father died when George Washington  was eleven. Chase’s person is Joe Jackson and he learned that he gave up is baseball career for 5,000 dollars.  Zack’s person is Brock Obama and he learned that he was born in Hawaii.  Parker’s person is John F. Kennedy and he learned that his left leg was shorter than the other. I learned that Abraham Lincoln had four kids and that when he got mail he would put it in his hat.

Upcoming Events

Dates and Events to Be Aware of:

February 28^th-March 4^th :SEP’s students out @ 1:15 p.m.

*Please make sure to come to your conference.  If you need to reschedule please email me @ cwood@cces.washk12.org

February 28^th- March 4^th: Dr. Seuss week

*Check out orange handouts for more information on the daily activities.

March 7^th: Astronomy night 6:30-8:00p.m.

*Come and enjoy a night with the stars with your child.

March 9^th: 5^th Grade “Give Me Liberty” Program @ 6 p,m, for parents

March 14^th-21^st: Spring Break

March 22^nd: Back to School!

Valentines Dinner

Etiquette Dinner

By: Olivia Hansen
          Our Etiquette dinner was splendid, yet delightful! In other words it was fun and creative! The boys were great gentle men. And girls were looking so fancy. It was a fun activity and the food was great! We had a great time and I hope we can do the same in the near future! Happy valentines day!

Upcoming Events

Dates  and events to be aware of:
*Monday, February 14^th we will be having our Valentines Etiquette Dinner.  This will be a formal occasion so make sure your child is dressed up.
*Also, students are to make their boxes at home and bring them to school.  We have 28 students in our class.  Make sure that you don’t put names on the Valentines this will make the passing out process much easier.
*** If you want to make any donations to the Valentines Party, all we need now is money donations for the deserts.

Thank you so much for all you do to help this year be successful!

Making Electromagnets

By: Treyton Wilson
A couple of days ago we experimented on how to make an electromagnet. We got all of the materials we needed, a wire, a battery, a nail, some tape, and finally some paperclips. First we tape the two ends of the wire to the two ends of the battery. Next we coil the wire to give the electromagnet more power. Then we slide the nail through the coils and we now have an electromagnet. Now we try to see if the new electromagnet picks up any paperclips. Success!! Let's try to coil the wire more and see if it can pick up more than two. Good. Try experimenting with your new electromagnet!:)

Upcoming Valentines Party

by:Allie Parr

This week on Valentines day we the fifth grade are going to have an etiquette dinner. The boys will have to pull the chairs out for the girls and serve the dinner. The girls have to serve the desert. We are having spaghetti, corn, rolls, and desert. We have to dress in dress like clothes. We are lucky we get to do this because the years before did not get to do this. It will be held at 2:00.We are also going to do valentine treats just for our classes. We have to make valentine boxes to put our treats in. It will be so much fun!!! My classmates and I are sssssssssssssoooooooooooooooo EXCITED FOR Monday!!!!

                                  

Welcome!

Welcome to our class blog!  Each week we will have three editors highlighting our class news.  Feel free to comment and respond to our posts. We hope you enjoy!

-Mrs. Griffiths' Class

The latest news:
*Our class won the first in math trophy this week for the highest scores in the school!
*Austin Mild won first in math student of the Month!
*We took 3^rd place in the food drive!

R.A.S.K.A.L Club

Editor: Austin Mild

We are doing a new club in our school called The Random Act of Service, Kindness, And Learning Club. This is a club where you can pick up litter, help tutor, and build a green house. This seems like so much fun for some people sometimes you even get free breakfast. The R.A.S.K.A.L Club is going to help the school and help our community. The green house produce will go to the school. We will be having a meeting every first Friday of the month.

Lava Ridge!

Editor: Tyler Hardy

This Wednesday the fifth graders got to go to Lava Ridge intermediate school. I will tell what some people thought about it. I thought that it was the best time ever! I loved how the band played that on song. I liked it. I was also jealous because their lunch actually smelt like... well I don't know, just delicious! But our lunch was also. When we got there, everyone was screaming. It was  annoying.

 First, we went to the band room. We listened to a awesome song that was greek or something. After, we went through the lunchroom and into the theater. In the theater, we listened to all the rules. It was boring but without those rules, we wouldn't survive the 6^th grade!

We split into groups and went to the lunchroom right when they where cooking their lunch! It smelt so good. When we left to the computer lab up the stairs, I heard people saying, “Why don't we get lunch like that?!” But in the computer lab, we registered for our classes. I didn't get to go to register for about 10 minutes.

After we registered, we went to say goodbye to the Lava Ridge teachers and got back on the bus. When we left, everyone was sad. Michael said, “It was paradise. I never wanted to leave!” Some other kids were disappointed also. I will tell you what some of my classmates said also.