Blanton’s B-News
May 11, 2012

In 10 more days, your child will be a 6th grader! We’ve started talking about what to expect, how to behave, and how to ask for help!! Next Monday, Mr. Allison will be coming over in the afternoon to answer more questions about middle school. As much as I [...]

2 more days to K-PREP! On Friday, we have a Pep Rally scheduled for the morning! The students are going to love it.

5th Grade tested areas are Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Writing On Demand. We have one week to take 3 Reading, 3 Math, 3 Social Studies, and 2 On Demand tests. [...]

Blanton’s B-News
April 26, 2012
What have we been doing?
Math: Line Plots with fractional measurements.
Social Studies: 20th Century

On Demand Writing: Opinion pieces using Mrs. Morrison’s graphic organizer and sources from the Internet. Students will be blogging their opinions in the computer lab next Tuesday during their library [...]

****A note from Mrs. Boyers:

“I think that Spring Break was very beneficial. We’ve all come back refreshed and ready to work towards our finish line. We do have one diabolical plan: Prove them wrong!! (We found out that some people, just around – you know, think that 5th graders, and 8th graders, and 12th [...]

Blanton’s B-News
April 5, 2012
What have we been doing?
Math: Converting units in the Metric System and in the U.S. Customary System. Students need to memorize the measurement information on page 5 in their agendas.

Social Studies: Civil War

Reading: Dibles testing and Common Assessment
Writing: On Demand Writing [...]

What have we been doing?
*Math – fractions and division
*Reading – Proverbs: Those are old sayings that teach lessons or give advice.
*Social Studies – We are finishing up Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny.
We will be studying The Civil War next week.
*Writing – We’ve been covering some [...]

The 5 grade raised $250 for the tornado victims of Johnson County/Paintsville (Mrs. Blanton’s hometown.) Checks from parents and teachers along with $1 from each student who attended the Shamrock Dance, made up this amount. Contributions were sent to the : Johnson County Tornado Relief Fund. Thanks for helping my friends back home!
March [...]

Blanton’s B-News
3/01/2012

Thanks to everyone who came to support our kids last night. We had a wonderful turn out and the kids were fantastic. They really enjoyed being up on stage!

March 6, 2012: School will be in session
March 16, 2012: No school
March 19, 2012: 3rd nine weeks [...]

Math – Fractions: Adding them and multiplying them. Lots of division practice. FYI – Some 5th graders are really feeling the pain that comes when they haven’t kept up with practicing basic math facts. The multi-step processes that they have to do now are difficult when a student doesn’t know basic math facts. The good [...]

Blanton’s B-News
2/9/2012

A list of names for Valentine’s cards is in this folder. Remember, if students bring in a Valentine for any student in the class, they must have one for all members of the homeroom. Valentine’s Boxes are due and will be unveiled during the Valentine’s Party on February 17th. [...]