Directions to Cinepointe 6

Class Movie!

Our class movie 'get together' will be NEXT Saturday. . . January 4th! Although I do not know yet what movie we will be watching. . . it will be a cartoon. . . rated G and at approximately 1:30 on Saturday. Admission is $3.00 We will all meet at Cinepointe6 www.cinepointe6.com
Important! If you go to their website and sign up for their newsletter they will give you a coupon for a free small popcorn! I hope you can all make it! I hope you have had a very Merry Christmas and. . . will have a very Happy New Year!!!
Much love. . . my little honey bunches of oats. . . . :)

Christmas Party Fun!

Midsummer Night's Dream!

We had the most amazing masks and octave performances in class this week! I am so very proud of my 5th graders! You Rock!

WSU Fieldtrip!

November Newsletter

Midsummer Night's Dream Project

October Newletter!

Odyssey of the Mind

There will be an informational meeting on Thursday, September 12th from 5:30-7:00 in the cafeteria  for anyone wanting more information about the Odyssey of the Mind group. This is a problem solving competition and involves students from kindergarten through college. Thursday's meeting is open to parents and students in any school that would like to learn more about the program.

( I believe it is a club which meets once a week, they compete against other schools at the end of the school year)

For more information contact Lisa Pockrus, our awesome librarian, at lpockrus@gfautah.org or visit the Ootm website at www.utahodyssey.org

First Blog of the school year!

Welcome Parents and Students to my blog!
I am looking forward to posting amazing pictures of activities and presentations done in our classroom. I would like to thank all of the parents in advance for turning in YOUR homework on time! :) If you were not able to make it to back to school night, I sent home the packet of information with your scholar. If you did not receive the packet, please let me know. My school email address is grivera@gfautah.org

Please feel free to email me at anytime. I usually check my email at 7:30 am and then again at 4:00pm.

Field Trip to Promontory Point!

Tomorrow is our field trip to Promontory Point! Please Remember to bring a sack lunch! They also have a gift shop if you would like to take spending money! Water bottles are recommended! They must wear uniform dress!

Asking for donations of disposable aluminum pans and flour

For our erosion and earthquake center we are in need of large and small disposable aluminum pans and bags of flour.
Your donation would be greatly appreciated! :)
Heart,
Mrs. Rivera

Pictures of the t-shirt!

Class Shirts! Order yours today!

http://www.customink.com/signup/2x2kt0b9

Here are our class shirts!
They are roughly $20!
Order yours today!
I made sure they didn't have a year or date on them so that they could be used for as long as they fit!
You can personalize with your last name on the back!

Welcome Back!! Week 27 Vocabulary/Spelling Words

April 8-12

1. benediction

2. upbraid

3. frivolity

4. ecstasy

5. cogitating

6. accoutrements

7. geological

8. erosion

9. weathering

10. nonvascular

11. bryophyte

12. germination

13. dicot

14. monocot

15. embryo

16. immigrant

17. precipitation

18. portentous

19. grandeur

Your

Week 26

1. grotesque

2. audacious

3. grandeur

4. disconcerted

5. prodigious

6. venerable

7. mortified

8. expectorate

9. animosity

10. predestined

11. ostentation

12. caricature

13. portentous

14. laggard

15. odious

16. pariah

17. rural

18. urban

19. confederate

20. republic

Your

Week 25 Vocab/Spelling!

spectacles

2. perplexed

3. circumstantial

4. diligence

5. knack

6. resolution

7. adamantine

8. beguiled

9. dilapidated

10. philosopher

11. tranquilly

12. prohibit

13. ratify

14. racist

15. percent

16. compromise

17. arraigned

18. conceived

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY!

There will be no school Friday, March 15th! :)

Week 24

1. arraigned

2. sundered

3. digress

4. dispel

5. disposed

6. integrity

7. conceived

8. liberty

9. propriety

10. consecrate

11. hallowed

12. detract

13. perish

14. government

Your

Spelling List W23

1. discordant

2. goaded

3. imprudent

4. languished

5. compromise

6. abolitionist

7. secede

8. secession

9. fugitive

10. jubilant

11. wrath

12. sentence

13. transfigure

14. magnetic field

15. temporary magnet

16. natural magnet

17. abhorrence

18. supercilious

19. prodigious

20. tumultuous

Your

Science Fair!

It's almost here!
The Fifth Grade Science Fair is February 26th!
6:15 is the time students need to be completely set up in the gym and ready to go.
6:30 is when judging begins.
There will be two rounds of judging.
After the second round scores will be tallied and places determined.
Between 8:00-8:30 Awards will be given and pictures taken.
8:30-8:45 Clean up. Many hands make light work.
We encourage everyone to stay to support their friends even if they aren't in the second round judging.
This is a required activity. If there is a conflict and students aren't able to attend, please send the reason in writing for clearance by their teacher. They will stil need to present their board and procedure to their class.

Judges will interview students and find out:
Why they were intereste dint their project
What they learned in their research
What they learned during their procedure
What they concluded from their experiment.

Students need to be able to:
Explain why they chose this project.
Discuss what they learned from their research.
Explain their procedure.
Explain why they used the materials they used.
Describe the importance of their variables: dependent, independent, and controlled
Elaborate about what they learned form the experience of researching, conducting and analyzing their procedures.

Spelling/Vocabulary W21

1. barbarity

2. tidings

3. odiousness

4. blasphemy

5. conferred

6. circuit

7. insulator

8. conductor

9. magnetic force

10. electromagnetism

11. current

12. hundredth

13. irrigation canal

14. triskaidekaphobia

Additional Parent Teacher Conference Times!!

Report cards were given out, and most of them were returned with a signature. I have been meeting with parents on an as-needed basis. This quarter has been more casual for PTC conferences, and we were instructed to meet with our high-risk students first. If you would like to meet with me, please sign up! If these times do not work for you, please let me know and I can schedule you in for a different time. You are invited to sign up for Quarter 2.

DATE: February 15, February 19 and February 21.
PLACE: Room 203 (Our classroom).
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: End of day before each conference day

To pick a time slot, enter this link in your internet browser:

www.ptcfast.com/reg1

At that link, you will be asked for your Entry Code, where you should
enter VC4131343

If you do not have internet access, please send me a note with requested times .

I sincerely hope you will be able to attend.

Best Regards,


Mrs. Rivera

Valentines Party!

Remember! Our Valentines Party is Thursday! Valentines Day Box Contest with prizes!!
Italy Trip Meeting at 6:00 in the cafeteria!
Keep working on Science Fair! Remember to take pictures of your scholars working on their projects for their boards!!!

Valentines Party

Thank you Collings family for donating cups for our Valentines party! We will be exchanging Valentines and doing a small craft that has to do with our up and coming electricity unit! We are still in need of store bought baked goods, and punch or sprite. We are also having a Valentines Box competition! Prizes will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd best boxes!!!

Italy Trip Meeting!

Wednesday, February 13th at 6:00pm we will be having an informational meeting in the GFA cafeteria! Come one and all!!! More information or to sign up go to www.eftours.com/1340865

Box Tops Contest!

Dear Parents, It's that time of year again! The final contest to collect Box Tops and Labels for Education will be held February 11th-15th. Please turn Box Tops and Labels for Education in to your child's teacher during that time. The class that collects the most will win a prize!

Spelling/Vocabulary List W19

1. archipelago 2. isolation 3. typhoon 4. defection 5. samurai 6. figurehead 7. haiku 8. docile 9. counteract 10. tyrannize 11. procrastination 12. bequeath 13. contempt 14. reprehensible 15. equivocal 16. perimeter 17. conventions 18. tumultuous 19. incongruous

Early out at 1:00 today!! No Afterschool Activities!

Good Foundations Academy GFA will follow Weber School District's decision to have Early Release today. All after-school activities will be cancelled. Afternoon kindergarten will be cancelled. GFA has confirmed the decision that we will follow Weber's school closure procedures at all times. We apologize for any confusion as we clarify our process. This winter has hit all of us hard. Thank you!

2nd Quarter Honor Roll!!!

Headmaster's List Noah Robert Cody Baker Jaide Poulsen Dean's List Tim Jarman Chris Porm MaryGrace Waterman Savanna Nielsen

Spelling List W18

1. orthodox 2. boyar 3. serf 4. kremlin 5. verdure 6. equivocal 7. profane 8. obsequious 9. ratio 10. perimeter 11. despondent 12. pendulum 13. gallivant 14. wrought 15. reconcile 16. perpendicular 17. petulantly 18. Mongol 19. gullible 20. imaginative

Spelling Week 17

1. perpendicular 2. vertex 3. variable 4. reciprocal 5. sanguine 6. affable 7. mortify 8. torpid 9. impending 10. dawdle 11. ambitious 12. czar 13. czarina 14. disheveled 15. petulantly 16. impassive 17. vertices

No School on Monday!

Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday due to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Also. . . Some of you did not receive your report card due to the fact that the teachers were the caboose to our fieldtrip. I will have those for you on Tuesday! Be safe this weekend! Love, Mrs. Rivera

Quizlet!

The instructions for using quizlet.com are as follows: 1.Go to quizlet.com 2.In the search engine type "Caesar's English II" 3.Click on the first option (cevarts) http://quizlet.com/2847659/caesars-english-2-flash-cards 4. They may work on flashcards, or play the games.

SNOWDAY!!!!

There is no school today due to weather! :)

Field Trip to the Leonardo/SLC library

A permission slip was sent home yesturday for a field trip on January 18th. We will be visiting the Leondardo exhibit and the SLC public library. Please wear uniform, and bring a sack lunch! Drivers are needed!

Spelling/Vocabulary (January 7th, 2013)

1. Science 2. compound 3. conductive 4. ductile 5. malleable 6. periodic table 7. chemical bond 8. atomic symbol 9. algebraic expression 10. aristocrat 11. Parliament 12. galleon 13. gentry 14. satirical 15. enticement 16. earnest 17. indignant 18. infringe 19. reproachful 20. conceited