Last Week Of School Activities

Congratulations to all of the students for being promoted from 5th grade this past Friday.  I am proud of all of you!!  Here are the last 3 days of activities and fun.  

June 15^th (Monday) - Game Day and Class Party (Thank you to Mrs. Raymer for organizing the fun class party)

June 16^th - (Tuesday) - Fuzion Field Trip - Please sign the permission slip. This is a fun field trip for all of the 5th graders. (The cost of the field trip and food is covered  by the PTO, but they do get limited games.  Your child may want to bring a little extra money for that day.)

June 17^th - (Wednesday) - Last Day of School - 
Dismissal is at 12:20.       Year Book Signing

Have a wonderful summer and good luck next year in middle school.  I know that you will all do well in all of your future endeavors!!

     

End Of Year Activities and Fun

  We can’t believe that the end of the year is just around the corner.  We have many different activities going on for the end of the year and it will be a great way to celebrate their last year in elementary school.  Please see the following events and dates below.

                                                             

June 3^rd(Wednesday) - 8:30 -9:15 Broadway Spectacular - for the Parents (Come and see your stars!)

June 4th (Thursday) - Mesa View Field trip -Make sure your permission form is turned in for this as well as the Green Elective Card!

June 5^th (Friday)-Broadway Spectacular 8:30 - for the 3^rd -  5^th graders

June 9^th(Tuesday) - Market Day and Movie Day

June 10^th(Wednesday) - Reading Day - students can bring pillows and blankets to sit on for reading day

June 12^th (Friday) - 10:30 - 5^th Grade Promotion - Wear 5^th grade T-shirts (Parents can check out their students to go to lunch and go home after the ceremony) 

June 15^th (Monday) - Game Day and Class Party

June 16^th - (Tuesday) - Fuzion Field Trip - Please sign the permission slip. More information about this field trip will be coming soon.

June 17^th - (Wednesday) - Last Day of School - Dismissal is at 12:20

       Yearbook signing.     

Broadway Spectacular Performance Times

Broadway Spectacular Performances - Make sure you bring all of your props and outfits Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday


 Tuesday, June 2nd - (Dress Rehearsal) - 8:30 -9:30 (for 1st and 2nd graders)

Parent Performance  -  June 3rd  -   8:30- 9:30 

Friday, June 5th - performance for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders


    

Important Dates!!

State Fair was a huge success. Check out the pictures under the State Fair Tab above.

Here are some important dates for upcoming events:

1)Dress Rehearsal Broadway Spectacular - May 29th (Have outfits with you for this date.  They all need jeans, plain white shirts, colorful shirts.  Girls also need a ripped shirt for Annie and the Lollipop Guild need suspenders.  Some of the others need costumes too.  Please talk to your student about what they need)
                                        

3) Glow Down - May 29th - in the MPR   3:00 -4:00 (Please return the permission form and $5 if you are attending)

4) Broadway Spectacular Performance for the parents - Wednesday, June 3rd - 8:30 a.m. - MPR (Come to school dressed in your outfits and with props/wigs.  If you are Oompa Loompa - please bring in $8 dollars for the wigs. You get to keep them after the performance.) 

   

5) Mesa View Field Trip - June 4th - Please return the permission for signed. 

6) June 12th - 5th grade Promotion - 10:30 (Students can go home with parents after)  

Walk Through the Revolutionary War is tomorrow, May 5th, from 12 to 2:30 in the MPR.  All parents are welcome to come and watch. Students should memorize their parts and dress up in Colonial style outfits for the Walk Through.   It is a great way for the students to learn more about the Revolutionary War.
                                             


Some End of the Year Dates - 

Broadway Spectacular = Wed, June 3rd at 8:30 am in the MPR

5th Grade Promotion = Friday, June 12th at 10:30 

Stock Market Presentation

 

Stock Market Presentation

We are starting to learn all about the Stock Market in class.  We were so lucky to have Mr. and Mrs. Song come in to present to our class all about the Stock Market and Mutual Funds.  They really helped the students learn all about Financial Literacy and how they can make their futures financially stable.  

They are offering a 6 week Free Financial Class for both students and their parents outside of school hours.  

Students will be provided a free "ABC's of Making Money for Teens" workbook and parents will be provided a free "How Money Works" book.

This will be held each Tuesday night at 7-8:30 pm, for the next 6 weeks, starting May 5 at their office in HB.  Attendance is limited so RSVP soon if you interested in attending.

Please call Julie Song to reserve your seat or for more information. 714-726-2528

Jog-A-Thon is this Wednesday, April 29th 
from 11:15 - 12:15 

                                                        

Walk Through the Revolutionary War is next Tuesday, May 5th, from 12 to 2:30.    Come and watch your students!  (Students should be memorizing their parts for that day as well as dressing in Colonial Times Fashion.)

                                                  

Spring Picture day is this Friday, May 1st.  

Welcome Back. I hope you all had a great Spring Break!!


Open House is next Wednesday, April 22nd.  Come and see all of the great work your student has been doing lately.  Please have your child bring in a one inch Binder by this Friday so we can put all of their work inside.

Baby Pictures - We are having a guessing competition for the students' baby pictures.  Please bring a baby picture by Tuesday, April 21st, so we can display it for the competition at Open House on Wed. April 22nd.  Thank You!!

Walk Through the Revolutionary War - the Students received parts to memorize for this event which will be on Tuesday, May 5th from 12:00 to 2:30.  Students are to dress up related to their part or to Colonial Times.  Parents are welcome to come and watch.  It is a great learning experience for the students.

We are starting SBAC testing.  The dates that our class will be testing include the following.  Please try and make sure your child does not miss those days of school. (Please note that some of these were changed because of scheduling conflicts and these are the final correct dates)
             1) Friday, April 17th
                  2)  Wednesday, April 22
             3) Friday, April 24 
            4) Thursday, April 30
             5) Friday, May 1st

State Fair - The students will choose states and partners for the State Fair next week.  They will do the research for their state project in class.  State Fair is May 27th so save the date.  

June 12th, at 12:30, is the 5th grade promotion. Save the Date!!! Please read the yellow paper that went home on Friday, April 17th.   I can't believe it is so close to the end of the year.  

Career Day

Career day was great today.  Thank you to the amazing parents for coming and talking all about your professions. 

A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Phan, Mr. Owens, Mr. Petervary, Mr. Macias, Mrs. Sueki, and Mr. Vu.  We really enjoyed hearing all about your professions!!!!

The students also did a great job  presenting their Careers.  Look on the Career Tab, below the instructions, for pictures from today.  

Thank you to all of the amazing parents who have donated to the Donor's Choose project.  We have almost gotten enough to fund the project!  It will be so exciting to get 5 more Chrome books for our class!  (The link is below if you still want to donate.  Thank You!!)

The students dissected a Pig's Heart today and it was such a great experience!!  They learned all about the heart and the chambers and got to see how similar it is to a Human heart.  Ask your child all about it.  Check out the pictures under the dissection tab.

Tomorrow is the 5th grade Panoramic Picture.  The students should wear red, white, or blue for the picture.

   This week we have some fun events.  On Wednesday, April 1^st, the Discovery Science Center instructors are coming out and dissecting a pig's heart with the class.    This goes along with our Science unit on the Human Body which we will be starting after Spring Break.

         On Wednesday, the Career Day posters are due.  The students will present on Friday, April 3^rd for Career Day.  They should come dressed in something that relates to their Career choice and be ready to give a 1 minute speech about the highlights of their Career. 

We have some wonderful parents presenting first about their professions.  Thank you very much to Mrs. Sueki, Mrs. Phan, Mr. Owens, Mr. Macias, and Mr. Vu for sharing all about your professions!

  I just recently created a Donor’s Choose project called Financial Literacy via Travel Teams, Stock Market, and More.  Since we will not have access to the school computer lab and the school Chrome book cart for the next 6 to 8 weeks, because of testing, I am trying to get more Chrome books for just our class.  If parents donate to this Donor’s Choose project, each dollar will be matched for the next 7 days, until April 5^th.  For example, if  you donated 5 dollars, it would actually be 10 dollars.  Any amount, even 1 dollar, would be so helpful.  We are going to be doing 3 class projects which will help the students develop their Financial literacy skills.  These projects include following the Stock Market, Creating their own Country, and Travel Teams where they plan a trip across the United States while budgeting their pretend money for hotels, gas, car rentals, food, tourist attractions, and much more. 

We need access to technology for these great projects and having 5 more Chrome books in the class, from Donor’s Choose, would allow the students to do more research and financial preparation for these projects. 

If you are willing to donate, that would be great if you could do it in the next 7days, until April 5^th, so your money donation is matched.  Please use the promo code – SPARK  - during checkout to double your donations. Thank you so much!  Here is the link to go to the Donor’s Choose site.

DonorsChoose.org: Financial Literacy via Travel Teams, Stock Market, and More!

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/financial-literacy-via-travel-teams-sto/1534064/?rf=email-siteshare-2015-03-sendFriend-teacher_1647096&challengeid=268998

Spring Break is next week, from April 6^th through 10^th.  School will resume on April 13^th.   Have a wonderful week with your family and friends!!

                                          

Thank you for attending conferences.  I enjoyed our conversations about your wonderful children.  As we spoke there were many questions regarding the transition to Mesa View.  Here is what I learned:

• There is an Orientation Day in August (Do not worry you will get notification during the summer)
• Childcare is not available on campus
• There are bus routes available, just as there are for elementary schools. The routes are on the district website. (Click on routes or district website to take you to those links)
• You do not have to do anything else to prepare, just wait for information to arrive in the mail in August
• Open House for incoming GATE students is on April 16

We are  trying to raise money for a class set of books, Running Out of TIme, so Dr. Webb has posted  a new novel study on Donors Choose. For one more day, DonorsChoose will match ANY donation made to our classes.  If you have the time and the funds, we would really appreciate a donation. Even $1 will help (because really it will be $2 when DonorsChoose matches it). Please do not feel obligated to donate.

IMPORTANT: If you decide to donate within the next five days, enter the code SPARK.  DonorsChoose will only match dollar for dollar if the code SPARK is entered.

Thank you for reading, and thank you so much for donating if you are able to do so! 

 Even the smallest bit helps!  We only have $256 to go!

Thank you!

                                                                        

                                                                          Mix and Match day is on Friday

The Science Test has been changed to Monday since so many people were absent this week.  Here is a fun Song to watch about acids and bases.
   Acid and BASE song!!!! It's all about the BASE...

Conferences are next week - Please return your Conference forms ASAP. Thank you.  

5th Grade Dedications - The deadline is March 20th.  Email your dedication words and images to Cviewyearbook@gmail.com. The forms and payment information came home again in Take Home Thursday last week.


The Science test is this Friday, March 13th.  Make sure you use your books and study guides to study.

Here is a cool Science Site   CLICK HERE  that Suoi-Nguon found and shared.

There is also a Math Quiz on Geometry on Friday, March 13th

Here is a fun VOLUME VIDEO  you can watch for math

Newspaper FAME - Colonial Fair

Look who is in the Huntington Beach Wave!!!
 Here is the online Link for the paper.  Click Here

Happy March




Career Day - Please read the Career Day posted last week and on the Career Day tab.  The students will have some time to work on their Career day posters on the Chrome books and in Computer Lab, if they use their time wisely.  The Poster is due on April 1st.  It should include 6 detailed paragraphs with at least 10 or more sentences for each.  One Paragraph should include the main idea of their Career.  Another paragraph should include detailed information of the College education they need to do this Career.  Each paragraph should also be related to an Icon.  If any parents are willing to come and talk about their profession on Career Day which is April 3rd.  please email me at Jenfisler@verizon.net. 

There are additional Resources on the Career Day tab for the students to use when doing research on their Career.

On March 5th, the Orange County Register is posting some pictures of the amazing Colonial Fair.  The students did such an wonderful job with their Colonial Trades. It was exciting to see the great Colonial Store Fronts.

Career Day Update

February 26, 2015

The fifth grade GATE classes will be holding their annual career Day on Friday, April 3rd.  The kids will be conducting an independent research study on a career that holds some interest.  We know that all Careers are important but we would like the Career choice to include at least 2 years of college. Each student will then present their findings on a poster board and share at a “business meeting" in the MP Room. We want this to be a project that sparks their interests as well as the possibilities of a wonderful future.

We would love to integrate the children’s presentations with some “real-life,” experienced professionals.  If any of you are interested in coming in to share a little bit about your line of work with the kids, we would love to have you!  Please let me know.  This should be a fun event for your children, who already possess such high aspirations for their futures! 

If you are interested in coming in to share with our group of scholars, we would love if you could prepare a short 3 to 5 minute presentation .  Please include the training/education required for your occupation, a description of a typical work day, what you enjoy about your career, and anything else you would like to share.  Feel free to bring in any relevant visual aids to add to your talk. The presentations will be on Friday, April 3rd 12th  from 8:30 to 10:00.  Adults will present first then the students will share their careers. We are hoping that many of you are enthusiastic to come in and share.  It is our goal to fit in as many guest speakers as possible!

Science Test / Colonial Fair Reminder

  Don't forget to study for the Science Test which is tomorrow.


The Colonial Fair is Wednesday, February 25th, in the MPR.  Please come anytime between 8:30 - 9:50 to go back in time and witness your child's hard work.  

Welcome Back

Welcome Back from Astrocamp  and your holiday weekend. It was great to hear all of the wonderful experiences that the students had at camp.  

Next Wednesday, February 25th, is the Colonial Fair.  Come and see the great Colonial Store fronts and research that each group has done for this day.  The Colonial Fair is in the MPR from 8:30 to 9:45.  See you then.

Astrocamp Week :)

Astrocamp is this week from Wednesday, February 11th to February 13th.   Make sure you have all of your items labeled, especially your 2 bags.  Don't forget to bring a labeled sack lunch for Wednesday.  We still need  each student to bring a 2 liter bottle for the bottle launching activity at Astrocamp.

Monday, February 9th - President Holiday - No School

Symphony Field Trip - the Students looked so nice:

Field Trip, Astrocamp, Colonial Fair

 Happy February - 

Tomorrow, February 3rd, we are going on a Field trip to the Orange County Performing Arts Center.  Please make sure your child brings a sack lunch, with their name on it,  for the field trip.  It would be nice if they dressed in something other than jeans and a t-shirt too.  


Astrocamp - is next week  so make sure you are starting to pack and get items together for the trip.  The students did get a packing list last week and it is also on the Blog under the Astrocamp tab.  Please feel free to email me with any questions about Astrocamp.


Colonial Fair -  The students are doing such an amazing job making their Colonial Store Fronts and doing research about their Colonial job.  Thank you for your help with donating some of the supplies for this culmination.   Make sure you mark your calendars for FEBRUARY 25th to come and see the Colonial Fair in the MPR.  

On Tuesday, February 10th, the students can bring Valentine's card in for each other.  If they choose to participate, they need to bring in Valentine's cards for every student in the room. We are NOT having a Valentine's party since it is the only day that the students are at school that week but they will have fun exchanging their cards for the last 20 minutes on the 10th.  We are celebrating this early since the students will be gone at Astrocamp from February 11th through 13th.  

We have just finished the Social Studies Chapter on the Middle Colonies.  The students received a Study Guide which is due this Friday and the test will be next Tuesday, February 10th.  

There is no school on Monday, February 9th,  in honor of President's day.

ASTROCAMP  - The fifth grade class will be meeting during school this week to go over the Astrocamp Rules and Expectations.  In Take Home Thursday, the students will receive a packing list.  Please look over this list carefully and watch out for the weather forecast as we get closer to  Astrocamp.  It is so exciting that it is only a few weeks away!! See the Astrocamp Tab above for the list that is being sent home.   

Each Student needs to bring an empty 2 Liter bottle for the Bottle rocket launch.  Please bring those in the next couple of weeks.

FieldTrip = Tuesday, February 3rd. We are going to the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center Concert for 5th graders. Each student needs to bring a SACK Lunch for this event.  Make sure each it is in a disposable bag.  The students are encouraged to wear something other than jeans and a t-shirt.

Social Studies - 

WE just started learning about the Middle Colonies.  

Here is the podcast that reviewed today -   PODCAST

Scholastic Book Club information  - 

 Here is our Scholastic Book Club information to order books online for our Class

Every so often I put  Scholastic Book Club order forms in the students' Take Home Thursday.

If you are interested in purchasing any of those books, you can order and pay online and then they will send them to the class.  

Scholastic Reading Club orders online:.

Connect Parents to Your Class

Your activation code is in the link below.
Here is the code to link to Mrs. Fisler’s Class.  
  You can place your order on line and pay online.

https://orders.scholastic.com/MMMY6

On Monday, January 26th, the students do NOT have school.  Have a great 3 day weekend.  

COLONIAL FAIR - 

   We have started working on the Colonial Fair.  The students have chosen groups and they have been doing research on the the Chrome Books collaboratively for their research poster.  They are now going to build Store Fronts that represents their  Colonial trade.   They have been discussing and drawing out plans of how  they are going to construct their Colonial store front.  
 We are going to give them 2 to 3 hours a week to work on this project in class for the next 6-7 weeks.  
   We are asking parents to help with getting the supplies for this project. In the past, students have made their Store Fronts out of big pieces of cardboard or Tri-folds put together.  Students have also used PVC pipes and many have also done their store fronts using wood. 
     They are allowed to bring in building supplies like nails and hammers.  If anything needs to be cut, using a saw  or anything sharp, that needs to be done at home with a parent.  The students are also encouraged to paint their Store front.  They are allowed to bring spray paint and regular paint to do this in class.
   Students have asked if they can pass out items on the Colonial Fair day and they can as long as it relates to their trade.  For example, butchers can pass out beef jerky or bakers can pass out bread.  Alchemists can pass out small cups of juice and pretend it is medicine or Silversmiths can make Tin Foil animals and pass those out.  They do not have to pass something out, but if they want to it can not have any peanut items. 
Thank you for your help with getting the supplies for this fun project.  
 The final Culmination will be on February 25th and there will be 20 different Colonial Store Fronts to check out.  This is a great culmination to learn more about the Colonial Times.
  Here are some examples of Store Fronts from previous years.

January 6th

Astrocamp - Medical Forms are due this week. Please sign all parts of the light yellow medical paper.  If your child is bringing something that is not listed on the light yellow form then the dark yellow form needs to have a doctor's signature and stamp.

Friday is Twin Day.

Happy New Year!! Here is to a great 2015!!!!!

We have begun learning about Matter.  Here is a short video about the 5th State of Matter -  VIDEO 

Here is Matter Song Too - Matter SONG

We are also learning all about the 13 Colonies.  Our next IN- Class Project that the students will work on is creating a Colonial Fair.  Please Keep February 25th free so you can come and visit. Ask your kids all about their Colonial Fair group and the Store Front they are going to build.  We are asking that parents help to donate the items needed for their group and they will construct/build/paint their Colonial Store Front in class as well as create a research poster on the Colonial Job in Class.

Here is a Podcast on the NORTHERN COLONIES  - VIDEO- PODCAST