More From Camp!

After being back from Camp Pine Cove for 2 weeks now, I am FINALLY getting up some more pictures. We had a ton of fun. I think the students really got the opportunity to explore new ideas, explore the wildnerness, bond with their classmates and make some great memories. Here are a few of the 200 (WOW!) pictures I took:

Regulator (the counselor) holding a falcon.

Caleb and Taylor collected samples from the lake.

Boys around the campfire roasting their marshmallows.

Gia collecting her twigs in style.

Building a mud structure to demonstrate the effects of weathering.

More mud structures.

The "Not So Grand" Canyon. And Josh.

Megan playing in the mud!

Shelbie holding the falcon!

Tanner collecting samples in the lake, looking like a pro!

Tiara was not loving the mud so much!

Zach, after he ziplined!

We had so much fun at camp this year! Thank you to all those who played a part in making it possible for all these 5th graders to come! It will be something they remember forever.

Baskin Robbins Night!

Thanks intuitive.com and Baskin Robbins for the pic!

Baskin Robbins Night is TONIGHT! Show up at the Baskin Robbins on Eldorado Drive  from 4:00 to 9:00 pm!

YUMMY YUMMY!

My Life as a Pumpkin Seed

This week we are doing a crative writing piece on our lives as a pumpkin seed. The students have been working very hard to come up with creative stories about what would happen to them if they were pumpkin seeds and went along the journey pumpkin seeds go on. Here are our kids hard at work writing their stories!

These will come home just in time to share with family over the holidays!

Campin!

We are well into day two at camp! Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to. Enjoy!

More pictures and videos to come! Thank you to Mr. Gameson for the AWESOME pictures of the trees!

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Blogging a Headline

For Mrs. Douglas's students:


Thanks to http://www.suzannesutton.com/newspaper.gif


Newspaper editors work under intense pressure and must write up news headlines very quickly. Occasionally, the headlines turn out to mean something very different than what they were intended to mean.

Each one of the following headlines actually appeared in a newspaper at some point.
Choose one, write out two sentences, the first infer what you REALLY think the story was about. For the second sentence, make an inference about what an alternate story might have been for the headline.

Post your answer in the comments!

Headlines (Choose ONE!):

EYE DROPS OFF SHELF

SQUAD HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM

STOLEN PAINTING FOUND BY TREE

KIDS MAKE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS

INCLUDE YOUR CHILDREN WHEN BAKING

Thank you to Dr-mikes-math.com and to Daily Spark Warm up Activities for the headlines! :) 

Monday, October 11



Thank you microsoft clipart!



Monday, October 11 is Parent/Teacher Conference Day! There is NO SCHOOL for students this day. Make you sure you have confirmed with me your time! I sent home emails and letters so hopefully you aware of when you need to come in.

Please do not bring your students with you unless you have to.

THANK YOU!

Reflections

     I want to let you know that this years Reflection Theme is "Together We Can". The due date is Friday, October 29th. Please encourage your kids to participate and show off their creativity. The catagories are Visual Arts, Literature, Dance Choreography, Photography, Film/Video Production & Music. Let see if Robertson Elementary can double our entries from last year!!

The PTA Reflection Program is designed to enhance quality arts education for students in preschool through grade 12, encouraging them to create works of art in the areas of dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and the visual arts.

Look forward to seeing all of the creativity in our Robertson family.

The 2010 Deadline for submission is Oct. 29^th.

For more information, please contact:  

 Teresa Campos     

campost@friscoisd.org

 Student guidelines and forms will be available in our office

and will be posted on the

Texas PTA website: http://www.txpta.org/programs/reflections

as well as                 

Robertson PTA webpage: http://robertsonpta.txpta.org/

REMINDER!!

Camp is sneaking up on us!

Please remember, you need all your camp forms and money turned in by October 15th! That is only 3 weeks away!



Thanks to pinecove.com for the picture!

Camp will take us to Camp Pine Cove on October 27, 28 and 29.

College Week

 Last week was college week here at Roberston! That means we all got to represtent our Alma Maters. I spent 4 years at the beautiful Dallas Baptist University: 

Thank you dbu.edu for the picture!



GO PATRIOTS!

However, since DBU didn't have a football team, and Mr. Douglas went to Texas Tech, if there is any kind of sport competition going on, I cheer for Texas Tech.

Thank you ttu.edu for the picture!

WRECK EM!

During college week, we had some amazing parents come in and speak to the students about different careers and schools. We had a parent who worked on PC's, a businesswomen and a Frisco Firefighter. The kids were all very impressed with all the hard work it takes to succeed in these fields. Here are some pictures of our day:



What it takes to work on PC's.



This outfit weighed 40lbs!



George as a Frisco Firefighter!





A HUGE thanks to all who participated in College Week! It was a great week for our students!

Brain Teaser-Recognition

Thanks to todaysgolfer.com for the image!

John lived in England all his life, until his parents died. He then went to Austrailia to visit relatives. His Aunt Mary had left England before he was born and had never returned. He never met his Aunt Mary, had never spoken to her, and had never seen a picture of her. Yet he recognized her immediately in a crowded airport. How?

Students:
Click the text that says "comment" under this post.
Type your guess in the comment box.
Explain your answer using 3-4 sentences to describe how it is possible.
Click, post comment.

Regions

Last week in Reading/Social Studies, we worked on the regions of the United States and we studied the Native American groups living in each of those regions. Students learned about the climates of the regions, the resources found in those regions and how the Native Americans had different ways of life due to the differences in the regions.

Here are some pictures of our kids hard at work:

Alex at work.

Duce mapping out his regions.

The goal.



Fall Festival

Robertson Elementary’s Fall Festival will be held on Friday, October 15^th from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm. Volunteers are needed before the festival, during the event, and clean-up.  If you are willing to volunteer please get in contact with our PTA volunteer coordinator at  starlahock@hotmail.com.

Thanks to treelink.org for the picture!

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Rainy Days are Quiet Days

Something about the rain makes our 5th grade students very, and I mean VERY quiet. As I look around the room they are all working quietly. Even when they are assigned a partner or a group to work with, they are hesitant to talk.

I don't know if it is that they are just so upset about not having recess that they are too depressed to utter a single word. Or maybe they are so distracted from the vision of Mr. I soaking wet from this morning they can't form any other thoughts. It might possibly be the soothing sound of the rain calms their sweet little spirits so much they wouldn't dare utter a word.

Whatever it is, it has certainly made the classroom eerily silent.

The culprit of our quiet day:

First Blog!

Welcome to the class blog! I am so glad you have stopped by to visit! On our blog you will be able to find, fun things in the class, what we have been working on and etc, interesting facts from Mrs. Douglas, book reviews, and many other interactive activites! 

I can't wait to share with you! Make sure you keep checking for updates!