Au revoir!

I wanted to say good bye one last time. As the summer begins, yardwork sets in and slippin' slides take over my life, I think about school and the fun I had this year! I truly enjoyed every child! I learned so much from them as well. I had a great time looking up questions they had in the dictionary or the encyclopedia, or giving extra credit to any one who took the time to research beyond our discussions. This class was inquisitive and full of a desire to learn! It was refreshing and made me want to be a better teacher for them. Thanks so much for helping, parents. You all had such giving and positive attitudes. It was refreshing to know I could count on you for all our class needs. Thank you. So, have a great summer and know that I still think about you. If you come across anything this summer that you think I would like to see, send me a picture! I would love to see what you are exploring beyond the classroom.
Au revoir!

Best Year Ever by DJ

Hi I'm Zeep. I'm from the planet Qito. I just went to Earth, so I could learn everything in 5Th grade. It was the best year ever. This is what I learned: I learned about magnets, electricity , the reproductive system , the Aztec, Maya, and Incas. We also learned about puberty, Renaissance and more. BEST YEAR EVER!!!

My farewell !!!!!! :( by:Brytin Waterlyn

This is my final day peeking in on the fifth grade. Oh! and I almost forgot I am a Pilf form the planet Feepla. My crew mates and I crash landed on the 13th of August now I was surprised to see that I hit the window, Zearrah crashed on top of a table, now I remember seeing a strange creature unlike anything I have ever seen in all of my whole Pilfian eon of life! It had strange looking sticks coming out f its body and under it to! As soon as I saw that thing I run into the smallest crack I could see. I heard strange sounds like no other, and nothing as tall and as weird of an animal! Now through many trials and hard comings I have gotten use to them and I am sure they have gotten use to me

I am filled with excitement! Now I can at last say good-bye to my human friends and gather my ship mates and return home to Feeepla. But first I need to tell you all of my troubles,achievements and so forth. First I will start with the thoughts of some journals I have read throughout the year. The very first one I can remember is he wrote to Mrs. Short(the teacher) what they had on Mondays because the first day of school was on a Tuesday. So what could a curious soul do? and the funniest was the one on the manners. They had to make up a story about bad manners, here's one of the funniest. "Hi my name is Vicky and my brother and I are complete opposites! I actualy have manners but him, he has none whatsoever!!!" "Hi, Im Todd Vicky's unmannered brother.I love to BELCH, and SHOUT and best of all I put worms in Vicky's lunch today (don't tell her)." " Having fun is always better!" ha-ha-ha!!! That one always makes me laugh. I loved being there for birthdays and especially the Christmas party! Anyway I hope to "accidentally " cash land again sometime next year well this is my last farewell. GOOD-BYE!!

THE GREATEST YEAR OF ALL !!!!!!!!!!!! by; corbin neider

wow! bam! pow!

What a most fun ,cool ,radical and awesome year this was for 5Th grade.

We had for science marvelous magnetism, giving classification some class,

poking the body,shocking electricity,attracting opposites with Mr. Magnet, matching D N A and puberty of B.O. the K.O. !

In history we had finding our ways though Maps and Globes, Oh MAYA the AZTECS are in the INCAS,a golden age though the Renaissance,DAHH ... it's RUSSIA, old days in JAPAN.

P.S. HAVE FUN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SCHOOLS OUT!!!!! By: Jessica Rogers(:/Zearrah

Hello my name is Zearrah, Im a little Pilf from the planet Feepla. My ship and all of my fellow crew (Zeldah, Zorah)crashed into a strange wooden object on August 13, but that was a long time ago. While in this strange planet I met creatures unlike any others called humans. I learned what they did in a place called school, and WOW! This has been an awesome year in the world of 5th grade learning. We have done so many thing this year. This year we did these things , history, math, science, language arts, art, writing, computers, & P.E . In math we are on lesson 112 that's more than half the book. In history we have done, Civil War, Renaissance, , Native American Civilizations, Maya-Inca-Aztec,westward movement, maps and globes, Japan & Russia, as you can see history was a long unit. In science we have done the maturation program, the Science fair, magnets,electricity,matter,plants,animal(reproduction) & cells ,we also raised butterflies. Next is language arts . In language arts we did spelling, spelling contracts,and some more that I cant really remember. In P.E we mostly danced and exercised so we gave it the nickname D.E for dance education. we didn't play many games. In art we did self portraits, Mothers Day presents,(but sadly my mom was 9,000,000 gallexies away) Christmas door hangers, landscape paintings (7 of them ) and more I cant remember.In computers we did blogs and Lexia Center.Of course we had recess. And remember this if you hear a scuttling along the floor , it might be me, so don't step on me!!!!!! But now, I must leave you and return home too my friends, gather my ship & crew and leave you.

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School's Out, Let's Shout! By: Megan Call

This year our 5th grades shining stars class did lots of fun stuff. At the begining of the year it was boring but then it came in as fun! Although 5th grade was hard, we still had lots of field trips and fun stuff like that. The one we mostly worked on all throughout the year was The Hope of America, Student Showcase. In April, we finally had our concert at BYU! Mariot Center. Now, I Know that all the parents reading this know about everything fun, we did. But, they really don't! My favorite part and probably was went to the Monsters of the deep blue 3-D. It was mainly about how people found fossil bones to prehistoric waters/swimming dinosours. The waters were in mostly what is now vast desert areas. I thought it was very interesting. And now a big thanks to Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Free, and Mrs. Matson to driving us up to the dinosour museum, so we could see this most awsome movie, ever! :) Have you seen your children's artwork? Well, I have, and when they bring it home soon, look at the title page, and look at the academics section of the portfolio. Where did we get the good idea for the title page? Good question. We all know that Mrs. Merrill is very creative and crafty, well she was in charge of doing the title page. When I saw her ideas on what to do, i knew they all would look great. We all walked around the room, and they were amazing, no lie. Thank You, Mrs. Merrill!!! We all know the science fair project was really hard, and took a lot of time, but it actually was, well worth it. Did I hear Party? Yes, we went to boondocks!!! We spent the whole day there, from 9:45 a.m., to 2:00 p.m. The whole day was full of fun and games, prizes and toys, food and drink. See, all that time actually, worked! I know pretty okward. Well, I guess this is good bye. See you all next year. :(

Love, Megan Call

:-) :-) :-)!!!!!!!!! Schools is out!!!!!! By Savannah Free

March 25, 1862

Hello, my name is Charlotte Summers and I am a girl from the past. Although i am from so far back, i found a deserted laboratory in West Philadelphia, went in, and discovered an old broken down time machine that hadn't been worked on for over 50 years. I am from the civil war period, but i am definitely not stupid. I took that time machine home and fixed it up until it ran as smooth as butter. Once I had finished, i got into it and experimented with all the times and numbers. here are some of my journal entries from those periods of time.

Sometime before 900 a.d.

I don't know where i am, but there are thousands of men in some kind of metallic silver colored suits, hard as rock. there are many horses and fine tapestries. I think I'm in a castle!

August 16, 1997

I am now in a beautiful bedroom with fancy bedding and a gorgeous baby lying in a mothers hands. It seems like quite the celebration, because there are many people gathering around to press a circular button on a handheld machine that flashes! I must leave now, for i feel this is too private to interfere with.

May 21, 2008

This is not an entry i have written myself, but i found a little slip of paper folded inside a wooden desk written by a little girl in her classes that caught my attention: School is is out! I cant believe it is finally over!!! I am so happy, but I will miss Mrs. short, the classroom (which I have grown to know and love), and everything else! (except for the homework, of course) I had sooooo much fun with all the in-class assignments like history, science and reading. I also had tons of fun with the science fair, all the book reports and the research paper. i will now tell you about all the subjects from my favorite to least favorite: Reading, art, history, science, logic, grammar and then the maturation program. (of course) Looking back on the year, I realize that this year I have grown (physically and mentally) more than any other year in school. Good-Bye 5th grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Way Back, By Tanner Fredrickson

Hey! Were did you come from? Oh its the perfect time to try my "go into a star and be a star and have fun machine ray". Wow a mouthful! Lets see its June 30th 1999. What? You say you're from 2008? huh? Oh now its perfect time to try my "time machine"! But first, go into the star. And I'll tell you the story of Mrs. Shorts fifth grade class they're from your time. I heard the story from my time machine. But now, Star Time! Whoosh! Zam! Pop! Ploop.

Now here's the story...

SCHOOL'S OUT!!! We have done a lot this year, I'll name some of the things we did this year... Research paper, Hope of America, Science Fair, westward movement, Russia & Japan, cells, Genes & Hereditary, Civil War, poetry, art, portraits, Maya, Inca, Aztecs, elocution, Life Cycles, Composition, Writing, grammar, logic, daily news, reading, President Lincoln, Lewis & Clark, we have also read a couple books in reading like, Riley, Preachers Boy, Jip, Dreamer, Ribsey, The Green Dog. And that's all I can remember but I'm sure there lots more than that!

Now they are looking back at the year thinking of all the fun things they did that year. And now they are moving up to 6th grade, and they are the fifth grade super stars.

Ploop. Pop! Zam! Whoosh!

Now that you are back, time to go to 2008! Zam! Whoa! Pop! Whoosh! Ploop pop.

HAGS=have a great summer by:amelia davis and A 5th grade story.

This year has been the best year ever and the very busy. Nine months of school with Mrs. Short is never a boar. First we had to get to know each other. Second we had to do history. Mrs. Short taught us Aztec, Maya, and Inca, Renaissance, Civil war , Japan / Russia , west, & native Americans. Now, for science we learned about classification, magnets, cells, hereditary, & science fair. Also we did the Hope of America, Tom Sawyer, State tour thought the US, self portraits, freedom festival, newsletter, & elections.

in the 5Th grade classroom

saw by: Fly Kin

Hay, I'm fly . I'm going to take you on a tour Mrs Short and her little pupils getting ready for the end of the school year. Here is Sophie cleaning out her bucket. "Ahhhhhh there's a fly." Then the class goes wild. I have been here ever seances the very begining of the school year. Mrs short has the class do every thing possible to get them through the core knowledge book. the end

Loving the year!!! By:Sydnee Merrill

The year started as a bore, but then we got started with the fun! learning to write with super Mrs. Short ,and learning and growing we all did it together. As we look back at the sad memories ,and look back at the good memories, made as realize that it was fun.We also went on some fun field trips my favorite was the 3d movie and how there were sea monsters long ago, and what there names were. The monster it talked about was the dolly, the dolly is one of the creatures that live long ago. And my other favorite was Boondocks! We had a lot of fun we stayed there for 5 hours!! Well as we come to a close for the year, we wish the best to you all. And we will see you next year!!! and before I say goodbye I must say something before we close this years last entry. " For the summer get a job that will keep you going." and as I say goodbye don't be sad because it is SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!! now I hope your summer is the best year, as it was last year!!! Goodbye shinning stars, and goodbye Mrs. short!!!!!

5th Grade in Outer Space by Sydney Halladay

Hi my name is 12wok. I am from outer space on planet mars I am in 5Th grade now I will tell you a little bit about 5Th grade. My teacher is the nicest teacher ever her name is Mrs.23tech she rocks!! We learned about science, language arts, math, history and geography, and art. In science we have learned magnets, cells, magnitude, jeans,heredity, and electricity. We have also learned about self portraits in art with Mr.Alic. We had a lot of fun at our Renaissance feast and throwing pie at each others faces! After, our class spent a ton of our time doing the United States tour book and doing the United space test. We have done our freedom festival about God and planet and Family. We have been singing the Hope of America for almost the whole year so far! We have been doing history for quite along time now we've done Japan,Russia Civil War and a ton others. We have done Lexia for computer time and reading. We will always remember Mrs. Short and 5Th grade.

O Outer Space by Paige Moreno

Hi, my name is CETE and these are some of the things I remember from this year. My teacher is Mrs. Short. We have had a great year in fifth grade. In science I've gone over classification I've done the science far and I've learned about magnetism,cells and heredity that I remember. In reading I've read Tom Sawyer, The Green Dog and A School Story. In art I've done self paintings of me with Mr. Child and I have done many activities to help me learn more about art. Some reports we have done are the Freedom Festival and our Civil War report. In history some units we have done are Inca, Maya, Russia, Japan and the Civil War. In reading we have done Lexia and Mrs. S is helping us in reading also and Mrs. All has helped also so we have all improved in our reading. In math our teacher is Mrs. Williams. We have done 112 lessons and I think everyone has learned something about math so I think were good. So this is the end of our journey back in time. I have to say this has been the best school year yet and I've had the most exiting year ever.

What Did You Do? by Rachel Judson

I am a school bug. I patrol the school and check out one classroom each year. This year I stayed in the 5th grade. I will start by telling the best things that I saw this year. In history I snuck some food at the reniaunce feast. It was way good! In science the kids had the most fun with the cell unit. In art, they enjoyed the mothers day gift. Of all the things I saw this year, My least favorite was the Japan and Russia cultural fair because it was so busy! In science the only person in 5th grade who won a prize for science fair was a girl named Rachel. She won first place in the Science Fair! As the year closes I would like to say thank you to the teacher, Mrs. Short, for all the fun things she lets 5th grade do.

School is Over! by McKenna Kirby

Hello! I know this may sound weird, but I am a butterfly. I went through the pupa stage in Mrs. Short's fifth grade class. I had to stay in a net during the science unit about the Life Cycle. I was the first butterfly to come out of the cocoon and I couldn't help but listen in on what the kids were learning about! The science units that the kids (and me) learned about are the classification, cells, electricity, magnets, genes and heredity, and maturation program (fun subject!). History was a cool subject. We got to learn about Japan and Russia, Westward Movement, Civil War, and Native Americans. They did a lot of Grammar! They learned how to self edit, and learned about nouns, imperative, declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences. In French...well, I couldn't go to different rooms with them so I didn't learn French. I also didn't learn math. But I know the kids learned a lot because when they came back they looked tired! Well, Mrs. Short seemed like an awesome teacher! She was really fun and nice!

Once the other butterflies emerged out of their cocoons the class had to let us go! It was cool to be let go! I liked being free! I knew I was going to miss the class so I just stood there looking at them walking inside. But then, one of the boys in the class stuck his finger out so I hopped on. I was cool to touch a human! I will miss that class!

School's Out! by Sophie Turner

This year at John Hancock Charter School was a fun experience. Let me take you back to the first day of school.

School's out. Here we are on the first day. I know 5th grade is going to be hard work. But I can tell you one thing. I'm going to like my teacher, Mrs. Short . We're going to do fun activities, fun math, fun everything. It's going to be a fun year.

Now back to the present. This year I enjoyed science tests, research paper, science projects, and assemblies. We did journals entries, and the steps we would go through included writing, dating it, and giving it to Mrs. Short so she can read it and tell us that is cool.

I enjoyed doing all the projects like science fair, history, and the Japan and Russia units. I enjoyed reading, making friends, and learning French. I loved the science fair reward at Boondocks. I can't wait until next year because 6th, 7th,and 8th grades are going to Lagoon.

I love 5th grade soooooooooooo much. I hope you like my story and hope you send me comments about it. Oh and parents tell your children what it was like when you were in 5th grade. See ya. Oh, I forgot one thing. You older siblings do the same. Now see ya.

Random Things We Did During the Year by David Trottier

This year I enjoyed the 3rd term book report because we designed a game. I got good grades this year. We did the Renaissance Feast. The Renaissance Feast would be just a normal feast during the Renaissance. In Science, we learned about the layers of the Earth, electricity, magnetism, matter, life cycles, plants, animals, puberty, endocrine, reproduction, science fair, genes and heredity, cells, DNA and classification. In History we did the Geo Journey, Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, Renaissance, Reformation, Golden Age, Russia, Japan, Before the Civil War, Civil War, and the Nez Perce. In Grammar we did nouns, conjunctions, verbs, prepositions. This year was really good.

How fast the time goes by! by Melanie Matson

Hello! My name is Plippie. I am from the planet Meep. I am on an exchange student program. I was the one who was sent to Earth this year. Now, the student exchange program(SEP), provides everything for you. Anyway, when I was almost to Earth, the space auto (flying bus) I was flying on ran out of molecular fuel! We started hurtling down to Earth, until, finally, the driver flipped the switch that made more fuel go into the tank, and we were saved. We got down to earth in another 5 milliseconds. It took forever! When we got to Earth, I went to my new family's house, unpacked, and went to bed. The very next morning, I went to JHCS for my first day of school on a strange new planet. I have been keeping this secret, all this alien stuff, but people were starting to figure out my secret after they saw all my weird lunches, all my alien family pictures, my green skin, and my science fair invention--a hovercraft that talked and gave you candy. Of course, it won. I will go back to my family on planet Meep for 2 weeks in the summer, but then I will come back for the summertime. I will then come to 6th grade here. I hope no one is scared of me.

WOW! This has been he shortest school year EVER! I am going to miss going to fifth grade, but I am also really excited for sixth grade. I remember all the things we did. Here's a list of the most important things we did. At the beginning of the year, we did an Aztec, Maya and Inca unit. We learned about the stories they tell and how they live, including where they lived. Some of the other units we studied in history throughout the year were the Civil War, the Renaissance, Native Americans, Japan and Russia, maps and globes, the West, and the Earth. In science, the big "thing" was the Science Fair. It took many weeks, but was really fun. The other things we studied throughout the year in science were cells, the maturation program, and magnets. We finally finished our grammar books, which took all year. We also did Lexia, a computer unit, where we learned about reading and language arts. Well...Farewell! I hope to see you soon! back to the planet Meep!

Looking Back by Landon Hall

As I started my first day in 5th Galaxy at Milky Way Academy I was really nervous. My name is Reggie Black "Hall", and this is my first day at my school, but it's not going to be my school we're talking about. It all started about the first minute of school. I was late and running along the gel grass. My foot got caught and I fell face-first into the gel. As I fell I heard a hollow THUD noise under the gel. I zoomed inside and to the principals office. I hadn't wanted to go to school that day, but I am glad I did. I showed her where I had fallen and she and the janitor grabbed a Blovel Shovel and started to dig. Pretty soon all of the fifth galaxy class was crouching over my shoulder as Principal Featherhead pulled out a big metal container. They let me unlock the rusted lock, and open the capsule. Inside we found a pair of dusty shorts hat had the letters JHCS on them. Then there were two weird orange sticks that wrote stuff, and there was a book with a black and white design on it. It read JOURNAL. I took it out and opened it. I flipped through the pages and stopped at the last page which said...

LOOKING BACK

Now we are on the first day at school, and everyone is excited and ready. We did all the stuff, new subjects, and new things. We started with classification in science, electricity, cells, earth and more. We started blogs and spelling and Daily News. Now in October and December, we did art, portraits, and a lot of grammar. Near New Years, we started doing Hope of America and Science Fair. We worked very hard. Then the renaissance party started. Food and jokers and other stuff. In February we did history, westward movement, and in history we also did Maya, Inca Aztecs, Civil War, and Golden Ages. Now in the last few months of school we are finishing up. Hope of America, elocution, science fair, Boondocks, and testing. And our research paper! Now we are back at the end Looking Back on 5th Grade. New friends, new subjects, new activities, and reaching new heights. We really are Super Stars! (well at least I am) :)

As I finished reading, I felt better about going into 5th galaxy. I was really excited and happy. Now it is the last day of school, and I am looking back. Maybe next year I will find a fossil of one of those orange stick creatures. Who knows? See ya later!

Little Library by Rachel Judson

Welcome to little library. Do you like books? I do, and my class does too! Here is what my class suggested for you to read:

Megan: Charlotte's Rose
Jared: Harry Potter
Melanie: Worriers Series
Brytin: Land of Elyon
Corbin: Spiderwick
Landon: Candy Shop
Tanner: Fable Haven 1
Savannah: Fable Haven 1
Dylan: I Am Legend
Paige: Tinker Bell Books
Mckenna: Children of the Lamp
Sydnee Merrill: Secret School
Sydney Halliday: Twilight
DJ: Eragon
Amelia: Sound of Music
David: FoxTrot, by Bill Amend
Rachel: Little House Series
EVERYONE LOVES: Hooray for Wodney Wat!

I hope you have fun reading from Little Library.

Rockin' Reading! by Melanie Matson

Lately, we have been doing a LOT of activities in reading. First of all, we finished our book club books and did a book report. We also started our new books and switched the people in our book clubs to new people in new groups. We have been doing what we call "constitution packets." We read about a certain event, fill out the test, and do a crossword puzzle on the back. Discover pioneer is the name of the activity we just did. First we did a couple of worksheets, and then we did a certain activity with our reading group and made the activity. Well, see ya!

Math Math Math by DJ

In math, more than half of our class is in Mrs. Williams class. Savannah Free is in the highest math class which is taught by Mrs. Ballard. Sydnee and Sydney are taught by Mr. Kernan. Now I'm going to see who likes math and who doesn't. Sydney yes, Sydnee yes, Ameila yes, McKenna both, Paige no, Dylan yes, DJ both, and thats all I can do now.

Screeching Our Way Through Strings by Megan Call

Dear 5th grade parents,

Have you heard your children play the violin or cello? I have, and they sound pretty good.

In strings, we have this thing called challenges. What do we do? Good question. Well, first Mrs. Tripp pulls two names out of a bucket. Then she picks a song and those two specific people challenge to see which plays best. Whoever wins gets to roll a die and move their player across the board. It is like the best game ever!

Did you know we are almost done with our violin and cello book? Well, we do, and we have only have five songs left! The most important song we're working on is called, Cripple Creek. It's a smooth, pretty song. We love to play it!

Have you heard about pass-off songs? We go to this special room that has a tape recorder, chair, microphone, and stand. Then, we play our memorized song. Don't forget to say your name and the song you're playing! Most people are almost done. (P.S. don't cheat and look at your songs notes.)

Enough with that. Okay, let's talk about our wonderful teacher, Mrs. Tripp. She's pretty cool. She says we are one of her favorite classes and most talkative.

Well, there's the update for March's strings. Tune in next time for more.

Written by your host, Megan Call!

PE by David Trottier

I'm doing PE in this newsletter. We've been doing games and dances. For games we do any kind of tag game, like hospital tag for instance. If you get tagged three times you go to the hospital. We had a tag game where people who were dressed in red were it. The people who are it tag the other people to get them into the group.

In dance we've been doing rock steps and the swing. In rock steps, the man steps opposite the direction of the woman. In swing, the woman usually goes under. There's also another kind of dance that we've been doing where we go around in circles. That's all I can think of.

Hoppin' History by Tanner Fredrickson

We learned about the pioneers moving West. We have a map of what and who bought or won a war for the area of our country. So we (Utah) were won in a war. We also learned about the North and South Regions. And Manifest Destiny is when we discovered what was past the Appalachians. And we learned about the long hunters, backwoodsmen, and the original pioneer. So I hope that was educational. Bye!

Guess Who! by Sophie Turner

Today I will be interviewing two people. They are both boys. One of the boys has blue eyes and one of them has hazel eyes. They both have freckles. Their favorite sports are fencing and volleyball. Their favorite colors are blue and red. Their favorite food is pizza and mac and cheese. Their hair color is red and blond. Can you guess who they are?